Stephen L Mielke

20120229621, Sep 13, 2012

Mar 9, 2011

13/043784

Justin Turner - Middletown CT, US
Tyler Steele - Hamden CT, US
Stephen L. Mielke - West Hartford CT, US
Xavier M. Colonna de Lega - Middlefield CT, US
Bruce E. Truax - Southington CT, US
Andrew D. Meigs - Durham CT, US

Zygo Corporation - Middlefield CT

H04N 7/18
B21K 11/00

348135, 761011, 348E07085

Determining spatial information about a part includes positioning the part in a fixture having two reference surfaces, where the part is positioned between the two reference surfaces, imaging the two reference surfaces and opposing surfaces of the part to different locations of a multi-element detector, simultaneously acquiring images of the opposing sides of the part and the two reference surfaces using the multi-element detector, and determining spatial information about the part based on the simultaneously acquired images.

20220390274, Dec 8, 2022

Nov 18, 2021

17/529786

- Orlando FL, US
Stephen L. Mielke - Oviedo FL, US
Roger S. Cannon - Oviedo FL, US

G01J 1/04
G01S 7/4861

An optical receiver including an ASIC, a light detector element, and a protective mask is disclosed. The light detector element is disposed on the ASIC and has a top surface oriented toward incident light, the top surface including a portion configured to receive the incident light and via which the incident light reaches an active area of the light detector element. The protective mask is placed over the ASIC so as to (i) cover, from the incident light, a portion of the ASIC, and (ii) provide an aperture that defines an optical path for the incident light through the protective mask to the portion of the top surface of the light detector element.

20230025747, Jan 26, 2023

Jul 26, 2021

17/385312

- Orlando FL, US
Stephen L. Mielke - Oviedo FL, US
Philip W. Smith - Melbourne FL, US
Gregory T. Landers - Orlando FL, US
Jason M. Eichenholz - Orlando FL, US

Luminar, LLC - Orlando FL

G01S 7/481
G01S 17/08

A lidar system for scanning a field of regard is described having first and second light beams and first and second detectors. The light beams pass through a lateral beam shifting device prior to being directed to a beam scanner. The lateral beam shifting device reduces the overall size of the emitted and returned light beams thus reducing the size of scanner components. Lateral beam shifting devices may be a single rhomboid prism, a pair of rhomboid prisms, a pair of mirrors, or a single mirror or prism.

20200182968, Jun 11, 2020

Aug 29, 2019

16/554709

- Orlando FL, US
Mark A. Drummer - Orlando FL, US
Stephen L. Mielke - Oviedo FL, US
Jason M. Eichenholz - Orlando FL, US

G01S 7/48
G01S 7/481

In one embodiment, a lidar system includes a light source configured to emit multiple optical signals directed into a field of regard of the lidar system. The optical signals include a first optical signal and a second optical signal, where the second optical signal is emitted a particular time interval after the first optical signal is emitted. The lidar system also includes a receiver configured to detect a received optical signal that includes a portion of the emitted first or second optical signal that is scattered by a target located a distance from the lidar system. The received optical signal is detected after the second optical signal is emitted. The receiver includes a first detector configured to detect a first portion of the received optical signal and a second detector configured to detect a second portion of the received optical signal.