Patents by Inventor Patrick Nolan Whaley

Patrick Nolan Whaley 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).

  • Patent number: 6108071
    Abstract: A speed and/or position determining device for determining the speed or position of a target object includes a head-up display for simultaneously viewing both the target object and an image of information regarding the target object. An optical projection system for projecting the information image from a light emitting display to a combining sight of the head-up display passes along a short straight optical axis between the light emitting display and the combining sight. The device may also incorporate a novel method for determining the length of a time period that elapses between the time that a radiation emitter emits a pulse of radiation and the time a reflected portion of the emitted pulse of radiation is received back at the device. The novel method makes use of one or more electronic delay modules having a plurality of tap lines. An electronic state of each of the tap lines changes as a signal input to the delay module propagates through the delay module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Laser Atlanta
    Inventors: Benjamin Joel Landry, Patrick Nolan Whaley, Paul R. Akins, Oscar Jerome Brittingham, IV