Patents by Inventor Steven H. Ernst

Steven H. Ernst 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: 8038097
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes various apparatus, system, and method embodiments for vehicle recovery. One embodiment includes an inflatable member for impact of a vehicle thereon, an inflation source for inflating the inflatable member, and where the inflatable member and inflation source are housed in a portable package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Monson, Steven H. Ernst
  • Patent number: 7686247
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes various apparatus and method embodiments for vehicle recovery. One embodiment includes at least one inflatable member having a target area for impact of a vehicle thereon and wherein the at least one inflatable member is inflated with a fluid provided by an inflation source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Monson, Steven H. Ernst
  • Patent number: 7538746
    Abstract: A direct ocular virtual 3D workspace (laser-based 3D display system) utilizes traditional binocular methods of image composition to produce a 3D workspace in the observers' psyche. This direct ocular virtual 3D workspace is implemented such that in moving environments, such as on a ship or vehicle, the immersion of the individual into the display environment will not result in vertigo and/or motion sickness. This is resolved by utilizing a system that accomplishes eye-tracking, and produces the display image within the eye by means of laser projection. Two images can thus be projected into an individual's eyes to produce a 3D holographic-like image space. The individual will still maintain partial vision, resulting in a holographic-like display in space that the observer can look through. The images provided to multiple collaborators/users are geometrically corrected for each collaborator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Brian L. Uhlhorn, Robert J. Monson, Steven H. Ernst
  • Patent number: 7512237
    Abstract: A multiplexing technique for optical communications used to create a pseudo-random communications signal in the optical domain such that only the sender and/or receiver can decode the signal. The multiplexing technique may include one or more information-bearing optical signals combined with one or more dynamic pseudo-randomly-generated optical signals to create a combined dynamic subcarrier multiplexed privacy-protected output signal. The information-bearing signal is protocol-independent and can be of mixed type, such as RF, analog, and/or digital. Only the receiver of the privacy-protected signal may decode the pseudo-random signal so as to disclose the information-bearing signal. The present invention may use dynamic subcarrier multiplexing selection based on standard digital encryption and the use of optical range time to ensure synchronization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Howard J. Schantz, Rick C. Stevens, Steven H. Ernst
  • Patent number: 7474277
    Abstract: A direct ocular virtual 3D workspace (laser-based 3D display system) utilizes traditional binocular methods of image composition to produce a 3D workspace in the observers' psyche. This direct ocular virtual 3D workspace is implemented such that in moving environments, such as on a ship or vehicle, the immersion of the individual into the display environment will not result in vertigo and/or motion sickness. This is resolved by utilizing a system that accomplishes eye-tracking, and produces the display image within the eye by means of laser projection. Two images can thus be projected into an individual's eyes to produce a 3D holographic-like image space. The individual will still maintain partial vision, resulting in a holographic-like display in space that the observer can look through. The images provided to multiple collaborators/users are geometrically corrected for each collaborator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Brian L. Uhlhorn, Robert J. Monson, Steven H. Ernst