Patents by Inventor Richard S. Hughes

Richard S. Hughes 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: 11966992
    Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method of identifying multiple mortgage ready properties. The method includes receiving, via one or more processors, information from a customer approved for a mortgage about preferences for a real estate property and accessing, at a memory coupled to one or more processors, a memory storage location to retrieve a plurality of mortgage ready real estate properties meeting one or more of the customer preferences information. The method further includes transmitting, via the one or more processors, the plurality of real estate properties meeting one or more of the customer preferences information to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Benjamin Tarmann, Richard R. Rhodes, Lokesh Awasthy, Denise DeRoeck, Jaime Skaggs, Jacob J. Alt, Shanna L. Phillips, Matthew S. Meierotto, Richard D. Groonwald, Brian J. Hughes, Shyam Tummala
  • Patent number: 4494084
    Abstract: A companding digital to analog converter (DAC) of a digital input and exponential output is utilized to drive a PIN diode having a logarithmic attenuation characteristic. An RF signal applied to the diode is linearly attenuated by the diode and variably controlled by digital means through the DAC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1985
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Richard S. Hughes
  • Patent number: 4250466
    Abstract: A multiple pulse laser from a single resonant cavity. An acousto-optic cell s used to modulate coherent light from a lasing element. Either multiple chirp signals or a masked mirror are used to provide distinct pulses of light. Through proper choice of materials for the acousto-optic cell and use of divergent optics, a higher power level is obtained. Use of a multi-tapped delay line permits a shorter period between pulses due to the linear superposition principle. When the mask embodiment is used, the acousto-optic cell focuses light which scans across the mask. Whenever the focused light passes through the mask, lasing occurs which generates an output pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1981
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: James L. Jernigan, Richard S. Hughes
  • Patent number: 4216440
    Abstract: A tunable laser using surface acoustic waves in the sides of a piezoelect prism to provide two reflective diffraction gratings for tuning the resonant cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1980
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: John P. Rahn, Richard S. Hughes
  • Patent number: 4190327
    Abstract: A liquid mirror for high energy lasers. A working liquid such as mercury, used as the reflecting surface for laser light. Dielectric enhanced reflecting techniques can be used to increase significantly the amount of reflection from the working liquid. The liquid is contained in a pressure cell behind a transparent optical flat. By varying the pressure cell of the liquid, compensation for the aberration caused by heat absorption can be made. These same pressure changes can be used to correct for laser beam wavefront distortions produced elsewhere in the laser, director or atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1980
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Richard S. Hughes
  • Patent number: 4184767
    Abstract: A frequency agile optical radar system including a frequency agile laser rce coupled with an extra-cavity dispersive element in such a manner as to radiate into space specific optical frequencies correlated with specific elevation angles measured from the horizontal. Laser radiation reflected from an object in space is detected by a staring detector system and the wavelength of the reflected optical energy determined therefrom. The elevation angle of the object in space is correlated with the optical frequency determination and coupled together with target range and aximuth angle so that the position and range to an object in space may be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1980
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Richard S. Hughes, Keith L. Gardner
  • Patent number: 4124297
    Abstract: A scanning spectrophotometer employes fixed optics to produce a dispersion f optical energy. The dispersed optical energy is scanned by a fixed position surface acoustic wave photoelectric transducer. The scan rate of the surface acoustic wave photoelectric transducer is determined by associated electronic circuitry to produce scan rates permitting real-time spectral measurements from a moving platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1978
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Richard S. Hughes, Julian L. Thompson
  • Patent number: 4123728
    Abstract: A laser using electrogenerated chemiluminescence wherein an organic dye lasing solution is made to flow through or over alternately charged electrodes to charge the dye molecules which are then hydrodynamically diffused to maximize the production of excited molecules, for stimulated emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1978
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: James L. Jernigan, Richard S. Hughes, Russell R. Van Devender, Jr.
  • Patent number: 3959739
    Abstract: An electro-optically tuned organic dye laser having an electro-optic cell d a diffraction grating. A varying electrical field is supplied to the cell to cause the laser beam to be swept across the stationary diffraction grating which reflects a specific wavelength for each angle of incidence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Lynn D. Hutcheson, Richard S. Hughes