Patents by Inventor Walter H. Boober

Walter H. Boober 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).

  • Adaptive high frequency laser sonar system
    Patent number: 7613075
    Abstract: An acoustic sensing device includes a housing having an internal cavity filled with a vibration decoupling medium. An acoustic window formed of an acoustically transparent material is mounted in the housing. This mounting can be by antivibration mounts to prevent housing noise from affecting the acoustic window. A scanning laser vibrometer is positioned within the housing and directed to detect vibrations of the acoustic window. Antivibration mounts are joined between said scanning laser vibrometer and said housing. In further embodiments, the scanning laser vibrometer detects vibrations at a plurality of locations on the acoustic window forming a virtual array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Cray, Walter H. Boober, Stephen E. Forsythe, Lee E. Estes, Andrew J. Hull
  • Adaptive High Frequency Laser Sonar System
    Publication number: 20080310256
    Abstract: An acoustic sensing device includes a housing having an internal cavity filled with a vibration decoupling medium. An acoustic window formed of an acoustically transparent material is mounted in the housing. This mounting can be by antivibration mounts to prevent housing noise from affecting the acoustic window. A scanning laser vibrometer is positioned within the housing and directed to detect vibrations of the acoustic window. Antivibration mounts are joined between said scanning laser vibrometer and said housing. In further embodiments, the scanning laser vibrometer detects vibrations at a plurality of locations on the acoustic window forming a virtual array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Cray, Walter H. Boober, Stephen E. Forsythe, Lee E. Estes, Andrew J. Hull