Patents by Inventor Yair Benayahu

Yair Benayahu 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).

  • System for increasing horizontal field of view of a camera
    Patent number: 7576925
    Abstract: A terrestrial imaging device includes an objective lens which accepts light within an intrinsic angular field of view onto a focal plane and two pairs of plane mirrors. The first pair of plane mirrors reflects a first light incoming ray sequentially to produce first and second reflected light rays within a roughly horizontal plane, the second reflected ray being focused by the objective lens on the focal plane. The second pair of plane mirrors reflects a second incoming ray sequentially to produce third and fourth reflected light rays within a roughly vertical plane, the fourth reflected light ray being focused by the objective lens on the focal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Yair Benayahu, Eliezer Rosenblum, Paula Ines Roit
  • SYSTEM FOR INCREASING HORIZONTAL FIELD OF VIEW OF A CAMERA
    Publication number: 20090080092
    Abstract: A terrestrial imaging device includes an objective lens which accepts light within an intrinsic angular field of view onto a focal plane and two pairs of plane mirrors. The first pair of plane mirrors reflects a first light incoming ray sequentially to produce first and second reflected light rays within a roughly horizontal plane, the second reflected ray being focused by the objective lens on the focal plane. The second pair of plane mirrors reflects a second incoming ray sequentially to produce third and fourth reflected light rays within a roughly vertical plane, the fourth reflected light ray being focused by the objective lens on the focal plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: RAFAEL ADVANCED DEFENSE SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Yair BENAYAHU, Eliezer Rosenblum, Paula Ines Roit
  • Threat detection system
    Patent number: 7492308
    Abstract: An optical detection system for detecting launch of an offensive projectile. The detection system includes an image detector array, an optical arrangement for focusing on to the image detector array, and a processing system associated with the image detector array. The processing system is configured to derive a series of frames from the image detector, to process the series of frames to identify a flash event and to generate and output that indicates a direction of the flash event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Yair Benayahu, Asher Vuskoboinik
  • Threat Detection System
    Publication number: 20080191926
    Abstract: An optical detection system for detecting launch of an offensive projectile. The detection system includes an image detector array, an optical arrangement for focusing on to the image detector array, and a processing system associated with the image detector array. The processing system is configured to derive a series of frames from the image detector, to process the series of frames to identify a flash event and to generate and output that indicates a direction of the flash event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: RAFAEL - ARMAMENT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY LTD.
    Inventors: Yair Benayahu, Asher Voskoboinik