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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2015
Applicant:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
William E. Torruellas, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Robert L. Fry, New Windsor, MD (US);
Isaac N. Bankman, Clarksville, MD (US);
David M. Brown, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Gil Tadmor, Rockville, MD (US);
Thomas Raphael Clark, Jr., Ellicott City, MD (US);
Assignee:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01S 7/484 (2006.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01); G01S 17/93 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 17/10 (2006.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/484 (2013.01); G01S 7/4808 (2013.01); G01S 7/4815 (2013.01); G01S 17/08 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01); G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G01S 17/936 (2013.01);
Abstract
An active optical detection system includes an optical transmitter configured to transmit light in a signal pattern and an optical receiver configured to receive light and determine a correlation between the received light and the signal pattern. The correlation of the received light and the signal pattern is indicative of range to an object.