Patents by Inventor Stuart Herndon

Stuart Herndon 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).

  • Apparatus and method for remotely detecting the presence of chemical warfare nerve agents in an air-released thermal cloud
    Patent number: 4725733
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for remotely detecting the presence of chemical ware nerve agents in a suspect thermal cloud. Infrared radiation emitted by a suspect thermal cloud is analyzed by means of a forward looking infrared thermal imager equipped with a spectral filter wheel having four passband filters; three of the spectral filter elements are spectrally optimized to respond to infrared radiation emissions characteristic of chemical warfare nerve agents. The variations in image contrasts of the thermograms generated by selectively filtering the infrared radiation emitted by the suspect thermal cloud are compared to determine the presence or absence of chemical warfare nerve agents in the suspect thermal cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1988
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Roger Horman, Joseph Overman, Stuart Herndon