Patents by Inventor Whitlow Au

Whitlow Au 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).

  • Biomimetic sonar system and method
    Patent number: 6798715
    Abstract: The Biomimetic Sonar invention ensonifies submerged objects, digitizes acoustic images reflected from the ensonified objects, and classifies and stores the digitized images using electronic processing derived from that believed to be used by Tursiops truncatus, the bottlenose dolphin. The invention also provides a probable identification of an ensonified object based on comparison of an ensonified object with templates in a library of acoustic images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Neptune Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John B. Harmon, Whitlow Au, Paul Eugene Nachtigall, Herbert Lawrence Roitblat
  • BIOMIMETIC SONAR SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20040165478
    Abstract: The Biomimetic Sonar invention ensonifies submerged objects, digitizes acoustic images reflected from the ensonified objects, and classifies and stores the digitized images using electronic processing derived from that believed to be used by Tursiops truncatus, the bottlenose dolphin. The invention also provides a probable identification of an ensonified object based on comparison of an ensonified object with templates in a library of acoustic images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: John B. Harmon, Whitlow Au, Paul Eugene Nachtigall, Herbert Lawrence Roitblat