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公开(公告)号：US20200124385A1
公开(公告)日：2020-04-23
申请号：US16164894
申请日：2018-10-19
Inventor： Michael N. Mercier
Abstract: A projectile round for intercepting an incoming threat to a vehicle or the like is provided. The projectile round may include an explosive layer, which upon detonation, may cause a the fracturing of one or more material layers into one or both of shrapnel and chaff while simultaneously causing the distortion and/or destruction of a piezoelectric material contained within the projectile round. The distortion and/or destruction of this piezoelectric material may further cause the release of an electromagnetic pulse. The projectile round may be part of a countermeasure system against guided munition threats, including those posed by man-portable air defense systems.
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公开(公告)号：US10295402B2
公开(公告)日：2019-05-21
申请号：US14918233
申请日：2015-10-20
Inventor： Michael N. Mercier , Joseph M. Schlupf
Abstract: A method of determining the point source quality of a set of pixels associated with a detected energy signature is discussed that pre-records ideal test point source signatures at various sub-pixel locations and radiant intensities throughout the overall sensor field of view in a focal plane array, determines the sub-pixel location of an observed source, and compares the signature at a pixel of the observed source to the pre-recorded “ideal source” signatures at the determined sub-pixel location. to determine point source correlation.
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公开(公告)号：US09760809B2
公开(公告)日：2017-09-12
申请号：US14887863
申请日：2015-10-20
Inventor： Michael N. Mercier
CPC classification number: G06K9/72 , G06F17/30265 , G06K9/00677 , G06K2209/27
Abstract: A mechanism for image recognition based on multiple factors is described. A method, system and computer-readable medium for multi-factor image recognition includes using environmental contextual attributes to create likelihood tiers in an image recognition database such that irrelevant entries are excluded from the search. The mechanism described here limits and sorts by contextual likelihood the number of entries to be searched, increasing both the speed and accuracy of the image recognition process.
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公开(公告)号：US20210262801A1
公开(公告)日：2021-08-26
申请号：US17241833
申请日：2021-04-27
Inventor： Robert D. Frey, JR. , Austin J. Dionne , Michael N. Mercier
Abstract: An alignment system for sensor or other electrical device filters rate data from gyroscopes and integrates the same to determine an alignment error state that is populated into a direction cosine matrix that pre-rotates measurement from a first electrical device into an estimated coordinate frame to determine a static alignment between first and second electrical devices or sensors. The system may be part of a countermeasure system on an aircraft. A first electrical device may be an inertial navigation system (INS), and a second electrical device may be an inertial measurement unit (IMU). The attitude of the IMU is used to translate the detected threats from the countermeasure system into a common reference frame of the INS.
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公开(公告)号：US10989797B2
公开(公告)日：2021-04-27
申请号：US16325980
申请日：2018-04-25
Inventor： Michael N. Mercier
Abstract: A passive altimeter system comprising an angle between a point and a central boresight that is determined from distortion parameters of a lens in an infrared sensor in a countermeasure system on a mobile platform wherein the infrared sensor captures a first image for determining a distance between the platform and one of (i) a ground surface and (ii) a target, and the passive altimeter system further comprising a dimensional distance between two points in the first image that is determined from a secondary source external to the countermeasure system, and a processor to triangulate the distance between the platform and one of (i) the ground surface and (ii) the target based on the dimensional distance and the angle.
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公开(公告)号：US10935357B2
公开(公告)日：2021-03-02
申请号：US15962002
申请日：2018-04-25
Inventor： Michael N. Mercier
Abstract: A proximity fuse includes an electric-field (E-field) sensor to detect electrical disturbances from an object that is external and distinct from a device carrying the proximity fuse. The E-field sensor detects or senses E-fields versus time in order to provide omnidirectional coverage of the device carrying the proximity fuse. When the device carrying the fuse is a missile having warhead, the proximity fuse is connected with detonation logic that detonates the warhead at a desired time to destroy or neutralize the object, which is typically a threat, such as another missile.
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公开(公告)号：US10078887B2
公开(公告)日：2018-09-18
申请号：US15108602
申请日：2015-10-20
Inventor： Michael N. Mercier , Kevin C. Cole , Joseph M. Schlupf
CPC classification number: G06T5/20 , G06T5/50 , G06T2207/10004 , G06T2207/20032 , G06T2207/20216 , H04N5/232
Abstract: Methods and systems for correcting non-uniformity in focal plane arrays include averaging pixel intensity values from a plurality of data captures to generate an image, spatially median filtering the image to generate a median filtered image, temporally stacking the median filtered image with at least one previously median filtered images to generate a median filtered image stack, and temporally median filtering a pixel offset value stack corresponding to each of a plurality of filtered pixel locations within the median filtered image stack to generate a process dataset.
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公开(公告)号：US09900509B2
公开(公告)日：2018-02-20
申请号：US14918118
申请日：2015-10-20
Inventor： Michael N. Mercier , Joseph M. Schlupf
CPC classification number: H04N5/23267 , G06T5/003 , G06T5/20 , G06T5/50 , G06T2207/10016 , H04N5/23254
Abstract: Methods and systems for non-stationary image sensor frame registration include receiving a data capture from an image sensor in motion, spatially filtering at least one pixel intensity value within the data capture to create a spatially filtered image, predictively differencing a filtered pixel intensity value of the spatially filtered image from a predicted intensity value, and generating a predictively differenced image based on the predictive differencing.
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公开(公告)号：US09626569B2
公开(公告)日：2017-04-18
申请号：US14932490
申请日：2015-11-04
Inventor： Michael N. Mercier , Joseph M. Schlupf
IPC: G06K9/00 , G08B13/196 , H04N5/232
CPC classification number: G06K9/00711 , G06K2009/00738 , G08B13/1961 , H04N1/21 , H04N5/23229
Abstract: Methods and systems for filtered image data recovery using lookback include storing first, second, and third data captures received from the image sensor in a first memory component and a second memory component. The methods and systems also include identifying a second detection in the second data capture and a third detection in the third data capture by filtering the first, second, and third data captures. The second detection and the third detection each exceed a pixel intensity threshold. The methods and systems also include correlating the second detection and the third detection to identify at least one track. The methods and systems also include detecting a first detection in the first data capture stored in the second memory component, the first detection being a pixel intensity value that is less than the threshold or an initiation event having a pixel intensity value that is less than the threshold.
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公开(公告)号：US20160109288A1
公开(公告)日：2016-04-21
申请号：US14918233
申请日：2015-10-20
Inventor： Michael N. Mercier , Joseph M. Schlupf
CPC classification number: G01J1/18 , G01J1/0219 , G01J1/4228 , G01J2001/4247
Abstract: A method of determining the point source quality of a set of pixels associated with a detected energy signature is discussed that pre-records ideal test point source signatures at various sub-pixel locations and radiant intensities throughout the overall sensor field of view in a focal plane array, determines the sub-pixel location of an observed source, and compares the signature at a pixel of the observed source to the pre-recorded “ideal source” signatures at the determined sub-pixel location. to determine point source correlation.
Abstract translation: 讨论了确定与检测到的能量签名相关联的一组像素的点源质量的方法，其预先记录在焦平面中的整个传感器视场中的各个子像素位置处的理想测试点源特征和辐射强度 阵列，确定观测源的子像素位置，并且将所观测源的像素处的签名与所确定的子像素位置处的预先记录的“理想源”签名进行比较。 确定点源相关。
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