Patents by Inventor Richard A. Niksch

Richard A. Niksch 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: 9933514
    Abstract: LADAR systems and methods are disclosed. LADAR systems include a LADAR transmitter configured to emit a laser signal from a platform and a LADAR receiver configured to detect the laser signal returning from a target moving relative to the platform. The LADAR receiver includes a dynamic receiver filter with a receiver bandwidth (which may be about equal to the linewidth of the laser signal) and a tunable receiver center wavelength. The LADAR receiver is configured to adjust the receiver center wavelength to a wavelength that is Doppler-shifted due to the target velocity. Methods include transmitting a laser signal from a platform, returning the laser signal from a moving target, adjusting a dynamic receiver filter to a receiver center wavelength that is based upon the center wavelength of the returned laser signal (that includes a Doppler offset due to the relative velocity of the target), and receiving the returned laser signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Vytas Thomas Gylys, Michael C. Cates, Richard A. Niksch, Paul J. Rodney, Peter Durkin
  • Publication number: 20180081045
    Abstract: LADAR systems and methods are disclosed. LADAR systems include a LADAR transmitter configured to emit a laser signal from a platform and a LADAR receiver configured to detect the laser signal returning from a target moving relative to the platform. The LADAR receiver includes a dynamic receiver filter with a receiver bandwidth (which may be about equal to the linewidth of the laser signal) and a tunable receiver center wavelength. The LADAR receiver is configured to adjust the receiver center wavelength to a wavelength that is Doppler-shifted due to the target velocity. Methods include transmitting a laser signal from a platform, returning the laser signal from a moving target, adjusting a dynamic receiver filter to a receiver center wavelength that is based upon the center wavelength of the returned laser signal (that includes a Doppler offset due to the relative velocity of the target), and receiving the returned laser signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Vytas Thomas Gylys, Michael C. Cates, Richard A. Niksch, Paul J. Rodney, Peter Durkin
  • Patent number: 7987068
    Abstract: A method and system for mitigating the effectiveness of IEDs are disclosed. The method can include detecting IEDs by sensing the presence of a non-linear electronic component of an IED. The presence of a non-linear electronic component of the IED can be detected by illuminating the device with a high power microwave signal containing a plurality of radio frequencies of electromagnetic radiation and receiving sum and/or difference frequency components that are produced by interaction of the illuminating signals with a non-linear IED component and subsequently re-radiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignees: The Boeing Company, The University of Missouri
    Inventors: Eugene M. Schultz, Randy D. Curry, Richard A. Niksch
  • Patent number: 7512511
    Abstract: A method and system for mitigating the effectiveness of IEDs are disclosed. The method can include detecting IEDs by sensing the presence of a non-linear electronic component of an IED. The presence of a non-linear electronic component of the IED can be detected by illuminating the device with a high power microwave signal containing a plurality of radio frequencies of electromagnetic radiation and receiving sum and/or difference frequency components that are produced by interaction of the illuminating signals with a non-linear IED component and subsequently re-radiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Eugene M. Schultz, Randy D. Curry, Richard A. Niksch