Patents by Inventor Robert Francis Sean HICKS

Robert Francis Sean HICKS 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 FREE-SPACE OPTICAL TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20190280770
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining a data signal. In an example, a method includes acquiring at least one image of a field of view at a first frame rate and identifying a sub-region of the field of view, wherein the sub-region contains an optical data signal. A plurality of images of the sub-region of the field of view may be acquired at a second frame rate, wherein the second frame rate is higher than the first frame rate, and a data signal encoded in the optical data signal may be determined from the plurality of images of the sub-region of the field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventor: Robert Francis Sean HICKS