US Patent 7414702 Reverse logic optical acquisition system and method

Patent 7414702 was granted and assigned to Adtech on August, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Adtech

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

74147020

Patent Inventor Names

Donal S. Dunbar, Jr.0

Date of Patent

August 19, 2008

Patent Application Number

114450510

Date Filed

June 1, 2006

Patent Primary Examiner

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Thomas H. Tarcza

Patent abstract

The present invention is a system and method of acquiring airborne objects utilizing a reverse logic algorithm. The system includes an optics component for detecting the intensity of light from a light source as well as determining the location of the light source. In addition, the system includes a computing system to determine sources of light, which fall below a specified light intensity threshold. The portion of the sky where the light intensity falls below the threshold is determined to be airborne objects. The airborne objects can be tracked by velocity and direction as desired by the acquisition system.