Patents by Inventor Scott William Sparrold

Scott William Sparrold 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).

  • Transceiver for a wireless optical telecommunication system
    Patent number: 6867889
    Abstract: A holographic optical element (HOE) device is mounted in wireless optical telecommunication system transceiver. The HOE device includes a developed emulsion material having an interference pattern recorded thereon, sandwiched between a pair of elements, such as a pair of clear glass plates. In operation, the HOE device uses the recorded interference pattern to diffract received light rays towards an optical processing unit of the system receiver. A transmitter unit can be positioned at least in part behind the HOE device. An opening in the emulsion material allows a light signal transmitted from the transmitter unit to be substantially unaffected by the recorded interference pattern. The transceiver can also include a spotting scope and an alignment beacon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Terabeam Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Gregory Amadon, Richard D. Rallison, Mark Pratt, David P. Bajorins, Lawrence Cooper Stapleton, Richard B. Riday, Harold Alexander Brown, William Joseph Lauby, Michael Thomas, Scott William Sparrold
  • Transceiver for a wireless optical telecommunication system
    Patent number: 6678079
    Abstract: A holographic optical element (HOE) device is mounted in wireless optical telecommunication system transceiver. The HOE device includes a developed emulsion material having an interference pattern recorded thereon, sandwiched between a pair of elements, such as a pair of clear glass plates. In operation, the HOE device uses the recorded interference pattern to diffract received light rays towards an optical processing unit of the system receiver. A transmitter unit can be positioned at least in part behind the HOE device. An opening in the emulsion material allows a light signal transmitted from the transmitter unit to be substantially unaffected by the recorded interference pattern. The transceiver can also include a spotting scope and an alignment beacon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Terabeam Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Gregory Amadon, Richard D. Rallison, Mark Pratt, David P. Bajorins, Lawrence Cooper Stapleton, Richard B. Riday, Harold Alexander Brown, William Joseph Lauby, Michael Thomas, Scott William Sparrold
  • Window-mounted free-space optical wireless communication system
    Publication number: 20020109886
    Abstract: A compact, lightweight free-space optical communication system is mounted to a window, such as to a surface of the window. Mounting can be accomplished using glue, vacuum devices, or other fastener devices or fixtures. The optical communication system has features that compensate for window dynamics and other window characteristics, including fast steering solutions for pointing and tracking, and terminal size and weight factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Pierre Robert Barbier, William Joseph Lauby, Scott William Sparrold, Eric Joseph Davis, Steven Andrew Cashion, Nicholas Eichhorn Bratt, James Joseph Herbert, Eric Lawrence Upton, David Lawrence Rollins, Mark Lewis Plett