Patents by Inventor Robert L. Peirce

Robert L. Peirce 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: 10907938
    Abstract: An infrared camouflage textile, including an emissivity layer on one side of the textile and adapted to provide at least two different infrared emissivities in a pattern; a heating layer between the emissivity and insulating layers; and a power source to the heating layer. The emissivity layer may include a display module including pixel elements displaying the pattern, each pixel element including a display segment; a plurality of first charged pigments in the display segment each having a first charge; a plurality of second charged pigments in the display segment each having a charge opposite the first charge; an electrical contact coupled to the display segment to receive signals creating an electric field in the display segment; at least one computer-readable storage medium including code to transmit signals to the display module that create an electric field in a pixel element form the pattern in the emissivity layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Kenn S. Bates, Robert L. Peirce
  • Publication number: 20150234039
    Abstract: A method of testing a Laser Detection and Ranging (LADAR) or LIght Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) system includes receiving an input signal from the LADAR/LiDAR and triggering light/laser sources to output pulses. The method includes transmitting the light/laser pulses into a first end of two or more fiber optical delay lines. The method includes transmitting the pulses throughout a length of two or more fiber optical delay lines. The method includes after a delay time corresponding to the length of the fiber optical delay lines, transmitting the pulses out through a second end of the fiber optical delay lines arranged within a target plane. The pulses output yield a return signals transmission from the target plane to the LADAR/LiDAR. The return signal transmission is delayed by times for the light/laser pulses to traverse the length of the fiber optical delay lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Kenn S. Bates, Robert L. Peirce
  • Patent number: 9110154
    Abstract: A method of testing a Laser Detection and Ranging (LADAR) or LIght Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) system includes receiving an input signal from the LADAR/LiDAR and triggering light/laser sources to output pulses. The method includes transmitting the light/laser pulses into a first end of two or more fiber optical delay lines. The method includes transmitting the pulses throughout a length of two or more fiber optical delay lines. The method includes after a delay time corresponding to the length of the fiber optical delay lines, transmitting the pulses out through a second end of the fiber optical delay lines arranged within a target plane. The pulses output yield a return signals transmission from the target plane to the LADAR/LiDAR. The return signal transmission is delayed by times for the light/laser pulses to traverse the length of the fiber optical delay lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Kenn S. Bates, Robert L. Peirce
  • Publication number: 20140247478
    Abstract: An infrared camouflage textile, including an emissivity layer on one side of the textile and adapted to provide at least two different infrared emissivities in a pattern; a heating layer between the emissivity and insulating layers; and a power source to the heating layer. The emissivity layer may include a display module including pixel elements displaying the pattern, each pixel element including a display segment; a plurality of first charged pigments in the display segment each having a first charge; a plurality of second charged pigments in the display segment each having a charge opposite the first charge; an electrical contact coupled to the display segment to receive signals creating an electric field in the display segment; at least one computer-readable storage medium including code to transmit signals to the display module that create an electric field in a pixel element form the pattern in the emissivity layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Kenn S. Bates, Robert L. Peirce