Patents by Inventor Sammy Henderson

Sammy Henderson 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).

  • Efficient lidar with flexible target interrogation pattern
    Publication number: 20060227317
    Abstract: A system for observing a field of view including a light transmitter and a light detector. A path is defined between the transmitter and the detector. The light transmitter generates substantially coherent light onto a transmit portion of a light path and the light detector is positioned in a receive portion of the light path defined by reflected light from some of the target locations. The system includes a component for configuring at least a portion of the light path such that a subset of the plurality of potential target points are included in the light path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Sammy Henderson, Paul Suni