公开(公告)号：US20080063296A1

公开(公告)日：2008-03-13

申请号：US11937562

申请日：2007-11-09

申请人： German Von Thal ,  Gregory Roberts

发明人： German Von Thal ,  Gregory Roberts

IPC分类号： G06K9/40

CPC分类号： B64D39/00 ,  G06T5/003 ,  G06T5/008 ,  G06T5/10 ,  G06T2207/20064

摘要： Methods and apparatus for digitally enhancing images are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes analyzing an acquired image to provide a high sensitive low light image and a low sensitive high light image, and then summing the high sensitive low light image and the low sensitive high light image to create an enhanced image.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于数字增强图像的方法和装置。 在一个实施例中，一种方法包括分析所获取的图像以提供高灵敏度低光图像和低灵敏度高光图像，然后对高灵敏度低光图像和低灵敏度高光图像相加以创建增强图像。

公开(公告)号：US20070040065A1

公开(公告)日：2007-02-22

申请号：US11208343

申请日：2005-08-19

申请人： German Von Thal

发明人： German Von Thal

IPC分类号： B64D39/00

CPC分类号： B64D39/04

摘要： A tanker aircraft refueling boom utilizes an upper boom tube that connects to an aircraft fuselage, a lower boom tube that connects to the upper refueling tube, and a removable flexible tube with a nozzle that is connected to the lower boom tube. The flexible tube is bendable to accommodate movement of the tanker aircraft relative to the receiver aircraft during refueling. The flexible tube is expandable to absorb shock loads due to the conservation of momentum of the fuel when the fuel is shut off during delivery. The expandable flexible tube eliminates shock loads in other areas of the refueling boom. A ruddevator is attached to the refueling boom to permit aerial control of the upper, lower and flexible tubes prior to and during refueling. The flexible tube is independently removable from the refueling boom to facilitate convenient and cost-effective maintenance.

摘要翻译： 油轮飞机加油吊杆使用连接到飞行器机身的上吊臂管，连接到上加油管的下吊臂管，以及连接到下吊臂管的喷嘴的可拆卸柔性管。 柔性管是可弯曲的，以在加油期间适应油罐飞机相对于接收器飞机的运动。 由于在输送期间关闭燃料时节省燃料的动量，柔性管可膨胀以吸收冲击载荷。 可扩展的柔性管消除了加油吊臂其他区域的冲击载荷。 在加油吊臂附近有一个扶手，以便在加油之前和加油期间对上，下和柔性管进行空中控制。 柔性管可独立从加油臂移除，以方便维护成本效益。

公开(公告)号：US20070285774A1

公开(公告)日：2007-12-13

申请号：US11423663

申请日：2006-06-12

申请人： John O. Merrirt ,  German Von Thal

发明人： John O. Merrirt ,  German Von Thal

IPC分类号： G02B27/26

CPC分类号： G02B27/26 ,  H04N13/337 ,  H04N13/346

摘要： An apparatus and method is disclosed for increasing the light output of a stereoscopic three-dimensional display system by reducing the light losses typically present when using a conventional beam-combining half-mirror, i.e. a beam splitting device (BSD). The separate outputs of two LCD monitors are optically superimposed, one for the left eye and one for the right eye of a user, in order to produce a brighter stereoscopic three-dimensional display. By selecting angles of linear polarization for the rear and the side LCD monitors or other display devices, embodiments of the invention can achieve as much as 60/60 efficiency for the display pair, according to the Fresnel laws of reflection regarding polarization. This intensity increase can provide a viewer a significantly brighter picture and allow the installation environment of the stereoscopic display to maintain higher ambient lighting conditions. Embodiments of the invention also can achieve both, a more efficient polarizer orientation, and the required mirror-image reversal in one simple step.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于通过减少当使用常规光束组合半反射镜即分束装置（BSD）时通常存在的光损失来增加立体三维显示系统的光输出的装置和方法。 两个LCD监视器的独立输出被光学叠加，一个用于左眼，一个用于用户的右眼，以产生更明亮的立体三维显示。 通过选择背面和侧面LCD显示器或其他显示装置的线偏振角度，根据关于偏振的反射的菲涅尔定律，本发明的实施例可以实现对显示器对的高达60/60的效率。 该强度增加可以为观看者提供明显更亮的图像，并且允许立体显示器的安装环境保持较高的环境照明条件。 本发明的实施例还可以在一个简单的步骤中实现更有效的偏振器定向和所需的镜像反转。

公开(公告)号：US20060000950A1

公开(公告)日：2006-01-05

申请号：US10872225

申请日：2004-06-18

申请人： German Von Thal ,  Harry Slusher ,  Stephen Stecko

发明人： German Von Thal ,  Harry Slusher ,  Stephen Stecko

IPC分类号： B64D39/00

CPC分类号： B64D39/00 ,  B64D39/02

摘要： An in-flight refueling system and method are provided to extend and retract an in-flight refueling device between a stowed position and an extended position relative to a tanker aircraft. The system and method of the present invention provide an induction device configured to extend and retract the in-flight refueling device such that the in-flight refueling system requires less maintenance and may be packaged in a compact, low-profile arrangement so that the in-flight refueling system may be carried by a variety of tanker aircraft in a variety of different configurations.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种飞行中加油系统和方法，以在收起位置和相对于油罐飞行器的延伸位置之间延伸和缩回飞行中加油装置。 本发明的系统和方法提供了一种引导装置，其被配置为延伸和缩回飞行中加油装置，使得飞行中加油系统需要较少的维护，并且可以以紧凑，薄型的装置包装， - 多种不同配置的各种油轮飞机可以装载轻型加油系统。

公开(公告)号：US08132759B2

公开(公告)日：2012-03-13

申请号：US11689280

申请日：2007-03-21

申请人： German Von Thal

发明人： German Von Thal

IPC分类号： B64D39/00

CPC分类号： B64D39/00

摘要： A refueling system and method for use with a refueling tanker aircraft. The system and method involves the use of a camera system to provide imaging information concerning a receiver aircraft to the processor. The processor uses the imaging information to derive closure rate and distance information for the receiver aircraft as it approaches a refueling envelope prior to contact with a refueling boom. The processor also makes use of information from a look-up table to generate commands that are tailored to the specific type of aircraft being refueled. The commands are applied to a pilot's director lights display that generates visual commands or signals (e.g., “UP”, “DOWN”, “LEFT”, “RIGHT”) that assist the pilot of the receiver aircraft in guiding his/her aircraft toward and into the refueling envelope at a desired closure rate. The system and method eliminates potential error in the pre-contact phase of a refueling operation by eliminating judgment decisions by a boom operator when generating the commands for the pilot's director lights display.

摘要翻译： 用于加油油轮飞机的加油系统和方法。 该系统和方法涉及使用相机系统向处理器提供关于接收器飞机的成像信息。 处理器使用成像信息来获得接收机飞机在与加油吊杆接触之前接近加油信封的闭合率和距离信息。 处理器还利用查找表中的信息来生成针对正在加油的特定类型的飞机而定制的命令。 命令被应用于飞行员的导向灯显示，其产生辅助驾驶员将他/她的飞机引向他/她的飞机的视觉命令或信号（例如，“UP”，“DOWN”，“LEFT”，“RIGHT” 并以期望的关闭速率进入加油信封。 该系统和方法通过在生成用于飞行员的导向灯显示的命令时，通过消除吊杆操作者的判断判断来消除加油操作的预接触阶段的潜在误差。

公开(公告)号：US20100084511A1

公开(公告)日：2010-04-08

申请号：US12634955

申请日：2009-12-10

申请人： Gregory A. Roberts ,  German Von Thal

发明人： Gregory A. Roberts ,  German Von Thal

IPC分类号： B64D39/00 ,  B64D47/06

CPC分类号： B64D39/00

摘要： An device, method, and aircraft are provided for illuminating an in-flight operation, the device, method, and aircraft generating an electromagnetic radiation within the far-violet and ultraviolet spectrum, and thus being imperceptible to the naked eye, compatible with night vision equipment, and undetectable by night vision equipment.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种装置，方法和飞机，用于照射飞行中的操作，装置，方法和飞行器，其在紫外线和紫外线光谱内产生电磁辐射，并且因此与肉眼不可察觉，与夜视兼容 设备，夜视设备无法检测到。

公开(公告)号：US20090140099A1

公开(公告)日：2009-06-04

申请号：US11403301

申请日：2006-04-13

申请人： Gregory A. Roberts ,  German Von Thal

发明人： Gregory A. Roberts ,  German Von Thal

IPC分类号： B64D47/02

CPC分类号： B64D39/00

摘要： An device, method, and aircraft are provided for illuminating an in-flight operation, the device, method, and aircraft generating an electromagnetic radiation within the far-violet and ultraviolet spectrum, and thus being imperceptible to the naked eye, compatible with night vision equipment, and undetectable by night vision equipment.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种装置，方法和飞机，用于照射飞行中的操作，装置，方法和飞行器，其在紫外线和紫外线光谱内产生电磁辐射，并且因此与肉眼不可察觉，与夜视相容 设备，夜视设备无法检测到。

公开(公告)号：US07309048B2

公开(公告)日：2007-12-18

申请号：US11193668

申请日：2005-07-29

申请人： German von Thal ,  Ronald G Benjamin

发明人： German von Thal ,  Ronald G Benjamin

IPC分类号： B64D39/00

CPC分类号： B64D39/00

摘要： A vision system and method for use on a refueling tanker to assist a boom operator in performing an airborne refueling operation on a receiver aircraft. The system includes a digital camera system, a sensor subsystem and a processing system that receives information from the sensor system and the camera system. The processing system includes video processing capability and a graphics generator that generates a two dimensional graphics symbology set that is displayed on a display terminal along with a real time image of the boom and the receiver aircraft. The graphics symbology set includes a plurality of graphic symbols that indicate the position of the refueling boom and the position of the receiver aircraft relative to a desired contact zone within which physical contact between the boom tip and a refueling receptacle on the receiver aircraft can be made. The graphics symbology set also makes use of various colors to indicate warning conditions to the boom operator.

公开(公告)号：US07185854B2

公开(公告)日：2007-03-06

申请号：US10872225

申请日：2004-06-18

申请人： German Von Thal ,  Harry W. Slusher ,  Stephen M. Stecko

发明人： German Von Thal ,  Harry W. Slusher ,  Stephen M. Stecko

IPC分类号： B64D39/02

CPC分类号： B64D39/00 ,  B64D39/02

摘要： An in-flight refueling system and method are provided to extend and retract an in-flight refueling device between a stowed position and an extended position relative to a tanker aircraft. The system and method of the present invention provide an induction device configured to extend and retract the in-flight refueling device such that the in-flight refueling system requires less maintenance and may be packaged in a compact, low-profile arrangement so that the in-flight refueling system may be carried by a variety of tanker aircraft in a variety of different configurations.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种飞行中加油系统和方法，以在收起位置和相对于油罐飞行器的延伸位置之间延伸和缩回飞行中加油装置。 本发明的系统和方法提供了一种引导装置，其被配置为延伸和缩回飞行中加油装置，使得飞行中加油系统需要较少的维护，并且可以以紧凑，低调的布置包装，使得在 - 多种不同配置的各种油轮飞机可以装载轻型加油系统。

公开(公告)号：US20070023574A1

公开(公告)日：2007-02-01

申请号：US11193667

申请日：2005-07-29

申请人： German von Thal ,  Ronald Benjamin

发明人： German von Thal ,  Ronald Benjamin

IPC分类号： B64D39/00

CPC分类号： B64D39/00

摘要： A vision system and method for use on a refueling tanker to assist a boom operator in performing an airborne refueling operation on a receiver aircraft. The system includes a digital camera system, a sensor subsystem and a processing system that receives information from the sensor system and the camera system. The processing system includes video processing capability and a graphics generator that generates a two dimensional graphics symbology set that is displayed on a display terminal along with a real time image of the boom and the receiver aircraft. The graphics symbology set includes a plurality of graphic symbols that indicate the position of the refueling boom and the position of the receiver aircraft relative to a desired contact zone within which physical contact between the boom tip and a refueling receptacle on the receiver aircraft can be made. The graphics symbology set also makes use of various colors to indicate warning conditions to the boom operator.