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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. 24, 2011
Filed:
May. 11, 2010
Applicants:
Robin Terry Snider, Fallbrook, CA (US);
Jeffrey Dykes Mcgee, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Dale Perry, Poway, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robin Terry Snider, Fallbrook, CA (US);
Jeffrey Dykes McGee, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Dale Perry, Poway, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present embodiments provide methods, systems and apparatuses that detect, classify and locate flash events. In some implementations, some of the methods detect a flash event, trigger an imaging system in response to detecting the flash event to capture an image of an area that includes the flash event, and determines a location of the flash event.