MICHAEL E DEFLUMERE
Broker in Winchester, MA

6836320, Dec 28, 2004

Jun 25, 2003

10/607155

Michael E. Deflumere - Winchester MA
Hamilton Stewart - Hollis NH

AE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. - Nashua NH

G01C 308

3561411, 356 401, 3561413, 250342

In a dual mode target designation system involving the use of a passive IR detector for developing rough target locations and a ladar or laser range finder for refining target position, a closed loop system is provided for correcting the boresight error of the laser so that it matches that of the IR detector. In one embodiment this is accomplished by first selecting a target detected by the IR detector, executing a laser scan in which the laser beam is moved in a reach pattern until a return from the selected target is detected, developing an error vector between the reported laser target position and the reported IR detector target position and repositioning the line of sight of the laser using the error vector to minimize the co-boresighting error. The result is that the boresight correction resulting from illuminating the first target reduces laser scan time for each subsequent target to permit rapid and accurate target position acquisition. The refined target position may then used to direct a kill vehicle to the target.

7973272, Jul 5, 2011

Mar 9, 2009

12/400505

Michael E. DeFlumere - Winchester MA, US
Paul W. Schoeck - Townsend MA, US

BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Inc. - Nashua NH

H01J 40/14

250214VT, 250207

Techniques are disclosed that can be used to interface a microchannel plate (MCP) with readout circuitry. The techniques can be employed, for instance, with MCP based devices used in a numerous sensing/detection applications, and are particularly suitable for applications where it is desirable to interface an MCP having a relatively large active area to a readout circuit having a relatively smaller active area. The interface effectively decouples anode geometry from ROIC geometry and may also be configured with flexible anode pad geometry, which allows for compensation of optical blur variations as well as a very high fill factor. The interface can be made using standard semiconductor materials and photolithography techniques, and can be configured with thermal expansion qualities that closely track or otherwise match that of the readout circuitry.

7926961, Apr 19, 2011

Nov 20, 2008

12/274574

William E. Shaw - Marlborough MA, US
Michael E. DeFlumere - Winchester MA, US
Brian Foley - Nashua NH, US
Walter P Watson - Lowell MA, US

BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. - Nashua NH

G02B 23/16

359611, 359602, 359613

A telescope design is disclosed that has at least some of its interior facing surfaces configured with corner reflectors, so that a detector operatively coupled to the telescope views itself, instead of those surfaces. The corner reflectors may be on, for example, interior facing surfaces of a conventional baffle appended to the telescope and/or mirror supports or other structures inside the telescope housing that are within the detector's FOV. Likewise, the corner reflectors may be on interior facing surfaces of a baffle that is integrated into the telescope housing. In some such cases, the integrated baffle can be configured as both a baffle and a mirror support. The integrated baffle can be shaped to the F-cone between mirrors of a given telescope design, and/or configured to minimize or otherwise reduce the total obscuration of the baffle to improve the optical throughput.

2004002, Feb 5, 2004

Feb 3, 2003

10/357158

Michael DeFlumere - Winchester MA, US

G01C003/08, G01C001/00, G01B011/26

356/141100

A dual mode seeker for intercepting a reentry vehicle or other target is disclosed. In one embodiment, the seeker is configured with an onboard 3D ladar system coordinated with an onboard IR detection system, where both systems utilize a common aperture. The IR and ladar systems cooperate with a ground based reentry vehicle detection/tracking system for defining a primary target area coordinate and focusing the IR FOV thereon. The IR system obtains IR image data in the IR FOV. The ladar system initially transmits with a smaller laser FOV to illuminate possible targets, rapidly interrogating the IR FOV. The ladar system obtains data on each possible target to perform primary discrimination assessments. Data fusion is employed to resolve the possible targets as between decoys/clutter and a reentry vehicle. The laser FOV is expandable to the IR FOV. Robust and reliable discrimination is obtained at high altitudes.

8371201, Feb 12, 2013

Aug 18, 2005

11/579367

Michael E. Deflumere - Winchester MA, US
Richard J. Venuti - Greenville NH, US
Fernando M. Faria - Westford MA, US

BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. - Nashua NH

F42B 15/01

89 111

A method and apparatus is provided for increasing the effectiveness of destroying selected objects in a target cloud by prioritizing the objects detected in a large aperture IR detector aboard a carrier vehicle and sequentially illuminating the detected targets with coded laser radiation, followed by the launching of multiple miniature kill vehicles from the carrier vehicle, with each kill vehicle assigned to a differently-coded object in the target cloud due to the reflection back of the coded returns, thus to permit directing of individual miniature kill vehicles to a specific object in the target cloud prior to a handoff to an IR heat seeker in the miniature kill vehicle, actuated to guide the kill vehicle for a final kill.

8168936, May 1, 2012

Jun 17, 2011

13/162738

Michael E. DeFlumere - Winchester MA, US
Paul W. Schoeck - Townsend MA, US

BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. - Nashua NH

H01J 40/14

250214R, 250214 VT

Techniques are disclosed that can be used to interface a sensor circuit with readout circuitry. The techniques can be employed, for instance, with microchannel plate (MCP) based devices used in numerous sensing/detection applications, and are particularly suitable for applications where it is desirable to interface an MCP having a relatively large active area to a readout circuit having a relatively smaller active area. The interface effectively decouples anode geometry from readout circuit geometry and also may be configured with flexible anode pad geometry, which allows for compensation of optical blur variations as well as a very high fill factor. The interface can be made using standard semiconductor materials and photolithography techniques and can be configured with thermal expansion qualities that closely track or otherwise match that of the readout circuitry.

7485860, Feb 3, 2009

Mar 28, 2003

10/400261

Michael DeFlumere - Winchester MA, US

BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. - Nashua NH

G01J 5/00

2503381

An IR detector for use in an array of detectors is provided with better thermal resolution resulting in increased range and increased contrast for a standard 30 frame per second frame rate includes a support structure for the detector made from thermoelectric material supports which transports heat away from the detecting material during each readout cycle just after the instantaneous reading has been made. By removing heat thermoelectrically from the detector, detector sensitivity is improved, higher frame rates are achievable and an improved fill factor is the result of being able to more closely pack the detector elements.

6877691, Apr 12, 2005

Dec 31, 2002

10/334884

Michael E. DeFlumere - Winchester MA, US
Michael P. Bulpett - Woburn MA, US
Timothy J. Boyd - Winchester MA, US
Kurt J. Nordhaus - Pepperell MA, US

BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. - Nashua NH

F42B015/01, F42B015/10

244 316, 244 31, 244 311, 244 315, 89 111, 342 52, 342 53, 342 54, 342 61, 342 62

A technique is provided that uses a dual mode seeker (IR and LADAR) for precise target dynamics measurement, which extends stripping to a much higher altitude than ground based radar. Initial results show that this approach works to altitudes in excess of 100 km. Stripping becomes a reliable way to discriminate lighter weight decoys from reentry vehicles at altitudes and ranges consistent with planned divert capabilities for terminal phase missile defense. It is a finding of this invention that the LADAR will improve the spatial resolution by a factor of five over typical missile defense IR seekers using a common aperture. The LADAR provides a 3D angle, angle, range (AAR) image for each laser pulse which is used to extract the precise target state vectors.

6864965, Mar 8, 2005

Dec 31, 2002

10/334826

Michael E. DeFlumere - Winchester MA, US

BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. - Nashua NH

G01C003/08, G01B011/26

356 401, 3561411

A single dual mode monolithic focal plane array having an active sensor and a passive sensing capability is switched from one mode to the other by switching the bias across the cells of the array from a passive IR mode to an active LADAR mode, with the monolithic dual mode focal plane array having applications in missile target seekers and laser target designators. The switching is accomplished by increasing the gain of the array by as much as 30 times that associated with IR detection when laser return pulses are expected. Thus, there need be no mechanical changes to the array to afford both passive IR sensing and an active LADAR pulse detector. Nor need there be two different focal plane arrays, one for IR and one for laser radiation, which leads to boresighted alignment problems.

8218012, Jul 10, 2012

Mar 18, 2008

12/050344

Michael E DeFlumere - Winchester MA, US
William E Shaw - Marlborough MA, US
Walter P Watson - Lowell MA, US

BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. - Nashua NH

H04N 5/33, G06K 9/00

348164, 348166, 348169, 382103

A sensor is used to detect and track a plurality of objects by using a separate track window for each object. Such sensors may be electro optical or infrared. Each object of interest (potential target) in the sensor FOV has a unique track window assigned. This allows independent control of video frame summing for each object to maintain a constant (optimized) signal to noise ratio (SNR) over an extremely large signal dynamic range and reduces track jitter by the simultaneous tracking of multiple objects.