Kenneth R Gardner

US Patent:

7558157, Jul 7, 2009

Filed:

Apr 26, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/412023

Inventors:

Kenneth R. Gardner - Rochester NY, US
Fred Yacoby - Honeoye Falls NY, US
Paul P. Lee - Pittsford NY, US

Assignee:

ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

G04B 47/00
G01V 1/22

US Classification:

368 10, 7315246, 367 76

Abstract:

A data acquisition system includes multiple terminal nodes. Each terminal node includes a sensor, an atomic clock and a controller. Each sensor is adapted to sense an external event and transform the external event into an electrical signal. Each atomic clock generates a time reference. Each controller is coupled to the atomic clock and the sensor, and is configured to merge the electrical signal with the time reference and provide a time-stamped data stream to a remote central processor. The remote central processor is configured to organize a respective time-stamped data stream from one terminal node with another respective time-stamped data stream from another terminal node.

US Patent:

7773126, Aug 10, 2010

Filed:

May 26, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/441936

Inventors:

Paul P. Lee - Pittsford NY, US
Kenneth R. Gardner - Rochester NY, US
Fred Yacoby - Honeoye Falls NY, US

Assignee:

ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

H04N 5/76

US Classification:

3482315, 348 36, 348159, 348239, 382284, 382294

Abstract:

An imaging system includes a camera having a lens and a focal planar array (FPA) for capturing at least one image frame having a plurality of sub-image frames. Each sub-image frame includes multiple pixel values corresponding to photonic intensities of the captured image frame. An embedded atomic clock (EAC) is integrated in one single unit with the camera for providing time code data. A multiplexer combines the multiple pixel values of one sub-image frame with the time code data, and an input/output module provides both, the time code data and the multiple pixel values of the sub-image frame as an output data stream.