Patents by Inventor Ted C. Almgren
Ted C. Almgren 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).
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Patent number: 9835413Abstract: A portable system for facilitating inclined shooting of projectile weapons comprises a ranging system, an inclinometer and a processor. The ranging system measures a line-of sight range distance from a vantage point to a target that is elevated or depressed relative to the vantage point, and the inclinometer measures an inclination angle of a line of sight between the vantage point and the target. Based on information from the rangefinder and inclinometer, the processor determines a predicted altitude-compensated inclined shooting (ACIS) trajectory at the line-of sight range distance for a preselected projectile. The ACIS trajectory is based on a bullet path height correction between a bullet path height at a first altitude and a bullet path height at a second altitude, a range distance of the target from the vantage point, and selected meteorological atmospheric information.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2012Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Leupold & Stevens, Inc.Inventors: William True McDonald, Ted C. Almgren
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Patent number: 8317100Abstract: An automatic optical sighting system generates at least one adjustment for an adjustable optical system based on at least one detected condition, an appropriate dynamic model of a projectile in flight, and a solution of the equations of motion in flight, so that the projectile will have a trajectory between an origin and a selected target that helps the projectile to hit the target.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2011Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: AOSS, LLCInventors: Bernard T. Windauer, William True McDonald, Ted C. Almgren
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Publication number: 20120217300Abstract: A portable system for facilitating inclined shooting of projectile weapons comprises a ranging system, an inclinometer and a processor. The ranging system measures a line-of sight range distance from a vantage point to a target that is elevated or depressed relative to the vantage point, and the inclinometer measures an inclination angle of a line of sight between the vantage point and the target. Based on information from the rangefinder and inclinometer, the processor determines a predicted altitude-compensated inclined shooting (ACIS) trajectory at the line-of sight range distance for a preselected projectile. The ACIS trajectory is based on a bullet path height correction between a bullet path height at a first altitude and a bullet path height at a second altitude, a range distance of the target from the vantage point, and selected meteorological atmospheric information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: Bitterroot Advanced Ballistics Research, LLCInventors: William T. McDonald, Ted C. Almgren
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Publication number: 20120124884Abstract: A portable system for facilitating inclined shooting of projectile weapons comprises a ranging system, an inclinometer and a processor. The ranging system measures a line-of sight range distance from a vantage point to a target that is elevated or depressed relative to the vantage point, and the inclinometer measures an inclination angle of a line of sight between the vantage point and the target. Based on information from the rangefinder and inclinometer, the processor determines a predicted altitude-compensated inclined shooting (ACIS) trajectory at the line-of sight range distance for a preselected projectile. The ACIS trajectory is based on a bullet path height correction between a bullet path height at a first altitude and a bullet path height at a second altitude, a range distance of the target from the vantage point, and selected meteorological atmospheric information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Inventors: William T. McDonald, Ted C. Almgren
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Patent number: 8172139Abstract: A portable system for facilitating inclined shooting of projectile weapons comprises a ranging system, an inclinometer and a processor. The ranging system measures a line-of sight range distance from a vantage point to a target that is elevated or depressed relative to the vantage point, and the inclinometer measures an inclination angle of a line of sight between the vantage point and the target. Based on information from the rangefinder and inclinometer, the processor determines a predicted altitude-compensated inclined shooting (ACIS) trajectory at the line-of sight range distance for a preselected projectile. The ACIS trajectory is based on a bullet path height correction between a bullet path height at a first altitude and a bullet path height at a second altitude, a range distance of the target from the vantage point, and selected meteorological atmospheric information.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2010Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Bitterroot Advance Ballistics Research, LLCInventors: William True McDonald, Ted C. Almgren
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Publication number: 20120053878Abstract: An automatic optical sighting system generates at least one adjustment for an adjustable optical system based on at least one detected condition, an appropriate dynamic model of a projectile in flight, and a solution of the equations of motion in flight, so that the projectile will have a trajectory between an origin and a selected target that helps the projectile to hit the target.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Inventors: Bernard T. Windauer, William T. McDonald, Ted C. Almgren
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Patent number: 8033464Abstract: An automatic optical sighting system generates at least one adjustment for an adjustable optical system based on at least one detected condition, an appropriate dynamic model of a projectile in flight, and a solution of the equations of motion in flight, so that the projectile will have a trajectory between an origin and a selected target that helps the projectile to hit the target.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2010Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Inventors: Bernard T. Windauer, William True McDonald, Ted C. Almgren
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Publication number: 20110162250Abstract: An automatic optical sighting system generates at least one adjustment for an adjustable optical system based on at least one detected condition, an appropriate dynamic model of a projectile in flight, and a solution of the equations of motion in flight, so that the projectile will have a trajectory between an origin and a selected target that helps the projectile to hit the target.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2010Publication date: July 7, 2011Inventors: Bernard T. Windauer, William T. McDonald, Ted C. Almgren
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Patent number: 7806331Abstract: An automatic optical sighting system generates at least one adjustment for an adjustable optical system based on at least one detected condition, an appropriate dynamic model of a projectile in flight, and a solution of the equations of motion in flight, so that the projectile will have a trajectory between an origin and a selected target that helps the projectile to hit the target.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2005Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Inventors: Bernard T. Windauer, William True McDonald, Ted C. Almgren
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Publication number: 20090266892Abstract: An automatic optical sighting system generates at least one adjustment for an adjustable optical system based on at least one detected condition, an appropriate dynamic model of a projectile in flight, and a solution of the equations of motion in flight, so that the projectile will have a trajectory between an origin and a selected target that helps the projectile to hit the target.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2005Publication date: October 29, 2009Inventors: Bernard T. Windauer, William True McDonald, Ted C. Almgren
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Patent number: 5095525Abstract: A computer memory is transformed such that a data word to be sent to an address is transformed into a transformed data word, and the address to which it is to be sent is transformed to a transformed address. Such transformations are by inversion and permutation of the memory lines (address or data). The data transformation process depends on the address. The data inverse transformation process also depends on the address, but there is no address inverse transformation process. The invention may be used whenever it is desired to more nearly equalize the use of all the bits of the memory, or to impede unauthorized persons from extracting the virtual addresses and data from the transformed addresses and data.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 1989Date of Patent: March 10, 1992Assignee: Rockwell International CorporationInventors: Ted C. Almgren, James M. Mitchell, Gregory A. Phillips