Patents by Inventor Robert George Atkins

Robert George Atkins 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).

  • MOBILE COHERENT CHANGE DETECTION GROUND PENETRATING RADAR
    Publication number: 20150293219
    Abstract: Described are a method and system for detecting and locating changes in an underground region. Changes are detected using a mobile coherent change detection ground penetrating radar (GPR). The GPR system is located on a mobile platform that makes two more measurement passes over the same route to acquire GPR images of an underground region at different times. A lateral offset between the GPR images for the two different times is determined and applied to one of the GPR images to generate a GPR shifted image that is spatially aligned with the other GPR image using a correlation process or other technique. A GPR difference image is generated from the GPR shifted image and the other GPR image. The GPR difference image includes data representative of changes to the underground region that occurred between the two measurement passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Robert George Atkins, Justin John Brooke, Matthew Tyler Cornick, Beijia Zhang
  • Mobile coherent change detection ground penetrating radar
    Patent number: 8786485
    Abstract: Described are a method and system for detecting and locating changes in an underground region. Changes are detected using a mobile coherent change detection ground penetrating radar (GPR). The GPR system is located on a mobile platform that makes two more measurement passes over the same route to acquire GPR images of an underground region at different times. A lateral offset between the GPR images for the two different times is determined and applied to one of the GPR images to generate a GPR shifted image that is spatially aligned with the other GPR image using a correlation process or other technique. A GPR difference image is generated from the GPR shifted image and the other GPR image. The GPR difference image includes data representative of changes to the underground region that occurred between the two measurement passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Masachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Robert George Atkins, Justin John Brooke, Matthew Tyler Cornick, Beijia Zhang
  • MOBILE COHERENT CHANGE DETECTION GROUND PENETRATING RADAR
    Publication number: 20130050008
    Abstract: Described are a method and system for detecting and locating changes in an underground region. Changes are detected using a mobile coherent change detection ground penetrating radar (GPR). The GPR system is located on a mobile platform that makes two more measurement passes over the same route to acquire GPR images of an underground region at different times. A lateral offset between the GPR images for the two different times is determined and applied to one of the GPR images to generate a GPR shifted image that is spatially aligned with the other GPR image using a correlation process or other technique. A GPR difference image is generated from the GPR shifted image and the other GPR image. The GPR difference image includes data representative of changes to the underground region that occurred between the two measurement passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Robert George Atkins, Justin J. Brooke, Matthew Tyler Cornick, Beijia Zhang