Patents by Inventor Robert L. Fry

Robert L. Fry 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: 10535158
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for point source image blur mitigation are provided. An example method may include receiving, from an imaging detector, a plurality of pixel signals associated with respective pixels of an image over a stare time, and determining a trajectory of a point source within the image due to relative angular motion of the point source across a plurality of pixels of the image. The example method may further include determining a subset of pixels that intersect with the trajectory, and determining an estimated location of the point source within the image at an end of the stare time based on the pixel signals for each of the pixels within the subset of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventor: Robert L. Fry
  • Patent number: 10295658
    Abstract: An active optical detection system includes an optical transmitter configured to transmit light in a signal pattern and an optical receiver configured to receive light and determine a correlation between the received light and the signal pattern. The correlation of the received light and the signal pattern is indicative of range to an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: William E. Torruellas, Robert L. Fry, Isaac N. Bankman, David M. Brown, Gil Tadmor, Thomas Raphael Clark, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20180081032
    Abstract: An active optical detection system includes an optical transmitter configured to transmit light in a signal pattern and an optical receiver configured to receive light and determine a correlation between the received light and the signal pattern. The correlation of the received light and the signal pattern is indicative of range to an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: William E. Torruellas, Robert L. Fry, Isaac N. Bankman, David M. Brown, Gil Tadmor, Thomas Raphael Clark, JR.
  • Publication number: 20180061080
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for point source image blur mitigation are provided. An example method may include receiving, from an imaging detector, a plurality of pixel signals associated with respective pixels of an image over a stare time, and determining a trajectory of a point source within the image due to relative angular motion of the point source across a plurality of pixels of the image. The example method may further include determining a subset of pixels that intersect with the trajectory, and determining an estimated location of the point source within the image at an end of the stare time based on the pixel signals for each of the pixels within the subset of pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventor: Robert L. Fry
  • Patent number: 7593914
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for constructing optimal cybernetic based systems. The method is based on a process of formalized rational inquiry, measurement and planned action. More particularly, the method relies upon the precise determination of alternatives through inquiry, a formal logical model of measurement, and the subsequent matching of information obtained through measurement to possible courses of action to arrive at a realizable and useful cybernetic system architecture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventor: Robert L. Fry
  • Publication number: 20090112337
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for constructing optimal cybernetic based systems. The method is based on a process of formalized rational inquiry, measurement and planned action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventor: Robert L. Fry
  • Patent number: 7475053
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for constructing optimal based systems. The method is based on a process of formalized rational inquiry, measurement and planned action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventor: Robert L. Fry
  • Publication number: 20030208453
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for constructing optimal cybernetic based systems. The method is based on a process of formalized rational inquiry, measurement and planned action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventor: Robert L Fry