Patents by Inventor William K. Tomita

William K. Tomita 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).

  • Boresight method and apparatus
    Patent number: 4139769
    Abstract: In a system employing a collimated beam projector radiating energy of a single wavelength and an image detector sensitive to a band of wavelengths, a boresight technique includes the steps of extracting a portion of the projected beam, focusing the extracted portion onto a predetermined point of a boresight target material until said material responsively emits radiation in said band of wavelengths, and collimating the emitted radiation into said image detector at a field of view location corresponding to the projected beam location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1979
    Assignee: Ford Aerospace & Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Eugene F. McCrum, William K. Tomita, James G. Myers, John T. Rehak