Patents by Inventor Reinhard Dirscherl

Reinhard Dirscherl 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).

  • Method and apparatus for recognizing the start and motion of objects
    Patent number: 5001348
    Abstract: A recognition system for alarming and early warning against starting and approaching flying objects with an active engine evaluates the "plume signature" of such an engine. Image signal generating electro-optical sensors, which operate in a preselected spectral range, are combined with an image processing and evaluating arrangement for producing output signals that can initiate countermeasures semi-automatically or automatically after a threat analysis has established that a threat exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Dirscherl, Ernst-August Seiffarth, Georg Voetterl
  • Method and apparatus for steering moving objects
    Patent number: 4988058
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for steering a moving object is based on an electro-optical sensor unit which selectively detects the UV-radiation generated by a flying body or projectile. The signals resulting therefrom are processed and converted by a computer into steering and control signals for the object to be steered, whereby the locating probability and the interference reliability are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1991
    Assignee: Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Dirscherl, Ernst Lill