Patents by Inventor Page E. King

Page E. King has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Optical position encoder
    Patent number: 9726524
    Abstract: Optical position encoding mechanisms and methods for use in reimaged optical imaging systems. In one example, a reimaged optical imaging system includes an imaging detector, an optical component, and at least one light source coupled to the optical component and configured to be reimaged onto the imaging detector, wherein a position of an image of the at least one light source at the imaging detector encodes a position of the optical component relative to the imaging detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Eric C. Fest, Page E. King, Justan Forsyth
  • OPTICAL POSITION ENCODER
    Publication number: 20160103000
    Abstract: Optical position encoding mechanisms and methods for use in reimaged optical imaging systems. In one example, a reimaged optical imaging system includes an imaging detector, an optical component, and at least one light source coupled to the optical component and configured to be reimaged onto the imaging detector, wherein a position of an image of the at least one light source at the imaging detector encodes a position of the optical component relative to the imaging detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Eric C. Fest, Page E. King, Justan V. Forsyth
  • Movable pixelated filter array
    Patent number: 8842216
    Abstract: An optical imaging system and method including a movable pixelated filter array, a shutter mechanism to which the pixelated filter array is attached, and a controller configured to implement a data reduction algorithm. The shutter mechanism is configured to move the pixelated filter array into and out of the optical path, and the data reduction algorithm allows the controller to account for axial and/or lateral misalignment of the filter array relative to the imaging detector array or its conjugate. In certain examples, the controller is further configured to use the data reduction algorithms also to perform wavefront sensing, for example to estimate wavefront error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Eric C. Fest, Michael P. Schaub, Page E. King
  • MOVABLE PIXELATED FILTER ARRAY
    Publication number: 20140063299
    Abstract: An optical imaging system and method including a movable pixelated filter array, a shutter mechanism to which the pixelated filter array is attached, and a controller configured to implement a data reduction algorithm. The shutter mechanism is configured to move the pixelated filter array into and out of the optical path, and the data reduction algorithm allows the controller to account for axial and/or lateral misalignment of the filter array relative to the imaging detector array or its conjugate. In certain examples, the controller is further configured to use the data reduction algorithms also to perform wavefront sensing, for example to estimate wavefront error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Eric Fest, Michael P. Schaub, Page E. King