Patents by Inventor Wesley E. Stevens

Wesley E. Stevens 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).

  • Automatic target detector
    Patent number: 4030096
    Abstract: Apparatus which automatically detects targets of interest in line scanned amplitude modulated data systems such as side scan radar or sonar. The apparatus examines a received signal for target highlights followed by a target shadow of a certain length, depending upon range. The apparatus indicates the presence of a target of interest when the highlight-shadow information is contained in multiple sequential signals over a predetermined range window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1977
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Wesley E. Stevens, Frederick Brimberg
  • Multibeam sidelooking sonar display system
    Patent number: 4024490
    Abstract: The beam signals of a multibeam sidelooking sonar system are initially time compressed in a first, relatively low speed, logic section and thereafter transferred to a relatively higher speed logic section for placement onto a video disc. The signals from the video disc are presented to a TV display with the information being portrayed as a moving window. The scan conversion operation may be modified to provide a substantially correct picture geometric format as the vehicle carrying the sidelooking sonar apparatus varies its velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1977
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Wood, Wesley E. Stevens