Patents by Inventor Steven Allen Schwartz

Steven Allen Schwartz 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).

  • Reconfigurable surveillance apparatus and associated method
    Patent number: 9065982
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing; a plurality of cameras in the housing, each of the cameras being configured to capture image data of a portion of a scene external to the housing; an attitude detector for detecting an orientation of the housing; and a transmitter disposed within the housing, the transmitter being configured to transmit the image data and an orientation signal to a station disposed remotely from the scene. A method of using the apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Allen Schwartz, Kenneth Lee Morris
  • DRIVE-BY TOMOGRAPHY
    Publication number: 20110187702
    Abstract: A method for constructing a tomographic image includes: (a) using at least one transmitter to transmit a signal through at least a portion of an area of interest; (b) using at least one receiver to receive the signal after the signal has passed through the area of interest; (c) extracting tomographic data from the signal; (d) repeating steps (a), (b) and (c) with the transmitter and/or receiver at different locations; (e) converting the tomographic data samples from irregularly spaced samples to a set of samples that are regularly spaced; and (f) constructing an image of the area of interest from the converted tomographic data samples. An apparatus that performs the method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Steven Allen Schwartz
  • RECONFIGURABLE SURVEILLANCE APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD
    Publication number: 20110164137
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing; a plurality of cameras in the housing, each of the cameras being configured to capture image data of a portion of a scene external to the housing; an attitude detector for detecting an orientation of the housing; and a transmitter disposed within the housing, the transmitter being configured to transmit the image data and an orientation signal to a station disposed remotely from the scene. A method of using the apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Allen Schwartz, Kenneth Lee Morris
  • Automatic target recognition system for detection and classification of objects in water
    Patent number: 7916933
    Abstract: A method of detecting objects in water, comprises the steps of capturing a plurality of images of a region of interest, extracting voxel data from the images, and processing the voxel data to detect items of interest in the region of interest. An apparatus that performs the method is also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Allen Schwartz, Kenneth J. Wallenstein, David S. Lee
  • Automatic target recognition system for detection and classification of objects in water
    Publication number: 20080175434
    Abstract: A method of detecting objects in water, comprises the steps of capturing a plurality of images of a region of interest, extracting voxel data from the images, and processing the voxel data to detect items of interest in the region of interest. An apparatus that performs the method is also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Allen Schwartz, Kenneth J. Wallenstein, David S. Lee