Stephen V Mckaughan

8139205, Mar 20, 2012

May 11, 2009

12/463882

Stephen V. McKaughan - Arlington MA, US
Philip A. Rombult - Boxford MA, US

Flir Systems, Inc. - Wilsonville OR

G01C 3/08

356 501, 356 301, 356 31, 356 401, 356 41, 356 51

A compact optical payload for an unmanned aircraft includes two infrared cameras for wide and narrow field viewing, a daylight color camera, a laser pointer and a laser range finder.

8269893, Sep 18, 2012

May 11, 2009

12/463922

Stephen V. McKaughan - Arlington MA, US
Philip A. Rombult - Boxford MA, US

Flir Systems, Inc. - Wilsonville OR

H04N 9/74
G06F 15/16

348588, 709245

A compact optical payload for an unmanned aircraft includes two infrared cameras for wide and narrow field viewing, a daylight color camera, a laser pointer and a laser range finder.

20090278929, Nov 12, 2009

May 6, 2008

12/151381

Nicholas J. Lagadinos - Billerica MA, US
Cheryl A. Casper - North Chemlsford MA, US
Stephen V. McKaughan - Arlington MA, US

FLIR SYSTEMS INC - North Billerica MA

H04N 7/18
H04N 5/225

348143, 3482171, 348374, 348E07085, 348E0509

A video camera for remote operation or surveillance has a lens system supported on a fixed base plate and a pair of image sensors mounted onto a movable plate A pair of balls slides are attached to the fixed base plate and the movable plate to provide linear movement of the movable plate along a linear motion axis An actuator is disposed between the fixed base plate and the movable plate to move the movable plate and each of the image sensors along the linear motion axis to dispose either the first image sensor or the second image sensor in and imagining position where the lens system forms a scene image onto its active surface. In a preferred embodiment, the first image sensor is an Electron Multiplication CCD array suitable for night time imaging and the second sensor is a color CCD array suitable for day light imaging. The invention allows for multiple resolutions, multiple fields of view, multiple spectral bands or all three capabilities using a single lens system without the efficiency losses in photon gathering and other shortcomings of other techniques commonly in use today.

20090284644, Nov 19, 2009

May 11, 2009

12/463858

Stephen V. McKaughan - Arlington MA, US
Philip A. Rombult - Boxford MA, US

FLIR Systems, Inc. - Wilsonville OR

H04N 5/232
G01C 3/08

348348, 356 401, 348E05045

A compact optical payload for an unmanned aircraft includes two infrared cameras for wide and narrow field viewing, a daylight color camera, a laser pointer and a laser range finder.

53011295, Apr 5, 1994

Apr 29, 1992

7/875672

Stephen V. McKaughan - Arlington MA
Gary F. Nevers - Lynn MA
Joseph W. Landry - Saugus MA
John P. Fallon - Andover MA
Paul R. Adomaitis - Trafford PA

Aluminum Company of America - Pittsburgh PA

G06F 1100

364552

Method and apparatus for inspecting the surface of a moving web of homogeneous material for anomalies, the apparatus including a light source for illuminating the web surface and a light sensitive detector for receiving data from the web surface. The data is representative of the light reflected from the surface, as the light is affected by surface anomalies and background information. Computational means are provided for receiving output data from the detector in response to the data the detector receives from the web surface, and for processing the output data in a manner that determines the presence of surface anomalies. The computation means includes a plurality of filters for transforming the surface data in a manner that effects substantial elimination of the background information, and means for establishing threshold levels for background information. In addition, automatic means is provided for modifying the threshold levels in response to changes in the reflectance, frequency, or contrast of background information received by the detector and forwarded to the computation means.

20150350569, Dec 3, 2015

Jun 1, 2015

14/727790

- Wilsonville OR, US
Stephen V. McKaughan - The Villages FL, US
Nick Lagadinos - Billerica MA, US

H04N 5/33
H04N 5/225

An imaging system may include input optics and a plurality of optical sensors. A positionable reflector may be disposed between the input optics and the optical sensors, and may be positionable to redirect incident radiation from an input optical axis toward any one of the optical sensors. The reflector may comprise a rotatable prism.