IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0491833
(2009-06-25)
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등록번호 |
US-8412048
(2013-04-02)
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발명자
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
5 인용 특허 :
4 |
초록
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A method and apparatus are present for managing a transmission of photons. The number of parameters for transmitting the photons as a beam in a liquid are identified using a number of characteristics of the liquid to form a number of selected parameters. The photons are transmitted in the liquid as
A method and apparatus are present for managing a transmission of photons. The number of parameters for transmitting the photons as a beam in a liquid are identified using a number of characteristics of the liquid to form a number of selected parameters. The photons are transmitted in the liquid as the beam to a target using the number of selected parameters to form the transmission of the photons.
대표청구항
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1. A method for managing a transmission of photons, the method comprising: identifying a number of parameters for transmitting the photons as a beam in a liquid using a number of characteristics of the liquid to form a number of selected parameters; andtransmitting the photons in the liquid as the b
1. A method for managing a transmission of photons, the method comprising: identifying a number of parameters for transmitting the photons as a beam in a liquid using a number of characteristics of the liquid to form a number of selected parameters; andtransmitting the photons in the liquid as the beam to a target using the number of selected parameters to form the transmission of the photons, transmitting further including changing the number of characteristics of the liquid along a path for the beam using the number of selected parameters, and transmitting the beam along the path. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the photons in the liquid as the beam to the target using the number of selected parameters comprises: altering the transmission of the photons in the liquid from a number of current parameters to the number of selected parameters. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of changing the number of characteristics of the liquid along the path for the beam using the number of selected parameters comprises: changing the number of characteristics of the liquid along the path for the beam using the number of selected parameters using an effector selected from at least one of an electromagnetic field, a laser, a radio frequency field, an x-ray, bubbles, a tube, heat, pressure, salinity, a waveguide, fiber-optics, ionizing particles, an energy force, and organic saturate absorbers. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the photons in the liquid as the beam to the target using the number of selected parameters further comprises: setting a number of properties for the beam. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of setting the number of properties for the beam comprises: setting the number of properties for the beam in which the number of properties for the beam is selected from at least one of a direction, focus, power, tilt, tilt angle, phase, wavelength, amplitude, aperture size, and wave front. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of identifying the number of parameters for transmitting the photons as the beam in the liquid using the number of characteristics comprises: identifying the number of parameters for transmitting the photons as the beam in the liquid using the number of characteristics in which the number of characteristics for the liquid is selected from at least one of pressure, salinity, temperature, presence of aquatic life, presence of entrained air, depth, and flow patterns. 7. The method of claim 1 further comprising: transmitting initial photons in the liquid as an initial beam to the target to form an initial transmission; andidentifying the number of characteristics of the liquid in response to the initial transmission. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of identifying the number of characteristics of the liquid in response to the transmission comprises: detecting at least one of a refraction, a reflection, a backscatter, and a holographic image of the photons in the beam to form a response; andidentifying the number of characteristics of the liquid from the response. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of detecting at least one of the refraction, the reflection, the backscatter, and the holographic image of the photons in the beam to form the response comprises: detecting at least one of the refraction, the reflection, the backscatter, and the holographic image of the photons in the beam to form the response in which the refraction and the reflection are in response to the photons in the beam encountering a transition between the liquid and air. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of detecting at least one of the refraction, the reflection, the backscatter, and the holographic image of the photons in the beam to form the response comprises: detecting at least one of the refraction, the reflection, the backscatter, and the holographic image of the photons in the beam to form the response in which the refraction and the reflection are in response to the photons in the beam encountering the transition between the liquid and air, wherein the transition comprises at least one of a surface, a wave, an edge, and a boundary. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the photons in the liquid as the beam to the target using the number of selected parameters to form the transmission of the photons comprises: transmitting the photons in the liquid as the beam to the target using the number of selected parameters to form the transmission of the photons, wherein the liquid is water in an ocean. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the photons in the liquid as the beam to the target using the number of selected parameters to form the transmission of the photons comprises: transmitting the photons in the liquid as the beam to the target using the number of selected parameters to form the transmission of the photons, wherein the beam is transmitted continuously while altering the transmission of the photons in the liquid from a number of current parameters to the number of selected parameters. 13. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the photons in the liquid as the beam to the target using the number of selected parameters to form the transmission of the photons comprises: transmitting the photons in the liquid as the beam to the target using the number of selected parameters to form the transmission of the photons, wherein the beam is transmitted in a pulsed or modulated manner while altering the transmission of the photons in the liquid from a number of current parameters to the number of selected parameters. 14. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the photons in the liquid as the beam to the target using the number of selected parameters to form the transmission of the photons comprises: transmitting the photons in the liquid as the beam to the target using the number of selected parameters to form the transmission of the photons, wherein the beam is used for one of communications, ranging, surveillance, target illumination, and damaging the target. 15. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the photons in the liquid as the beam to the target using the number of selected parameters to form the transmission of the photons comprises: transmitting the photons in the liquid as the beam to the target using the number of selected parameters to form the transmission of the photons, wherein the beam travels through the liquid into a medium selected from one of a second liquid, a solid, an atmosphere, and outer space, wherein the target is located in the medium. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the step of transmitting the photons in the liquid as the beam to the target using the number of selected parameters to form the transmission of the photons comprises: transmitting the photons in the liquid as the beam to the target using the number of selected parameters to form the transmission of the photons, wherein the beam travels through the liquid into a number of mediums between the liquid and the medium. 17. A method for managing a transmission of optical signals, the method comprising: identifying a first number of characteristics for a first medium;identifying a second number of characteristics for a second medium;identifying a third number of characteristics for a transition between the first medium and the second medium;identifying a location of a target in the second medium; andgenerating an optical signal within the first medium using the first number of characteristics, the second number of characteristics, the third number of characteristics, and the location of the target, wherein the optical signal propagates through the first medium, the transition, and the second medium reaching the target with a number of desired properties at the target. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the step of generating the optical signal within the first medium using the first number of characteristics, the second number of characteristics, the third number of characteristics, and the location of the target, wherein the optical signal propagates through the first medium, the transition, and the second medium reaching the target with the number of desired properties at the target comprises: generating an optical signal within the first medium using the first number of characteristics, the second number of characteristics, the third number of characteristics, and the location of the target, wherein the optical signal propagates through the first medium, the transition, and the second medium reaching the target with the number of desired properties at the target, wherein the number of desired properties for the optical signal is selected from at least one of a wavelength, an amplitude, and a wave front. 19. The method of claim 17, wherein the step of identifying the third number of characteristics for the transition between the first medium and the second medium comprises: identifying the third number of characteristics for the transition between the first medium and the second medium, wherein the first medium is water and the second medium is selected from one of an atmosphere and outer space. 20. The method of claim 17, wherein the step of generating the optical signal within the first medium using the first number of characteristics, the second number of characteristics, the third number of characteristics, and the location of the target, wherein the optical signal propagates through the first medium, the transition, and the second medium reaching the target with the number of desired properties at the target comprises: generating the optical signal within the first medium using the first number of characteristics, the second number of characteristics, the third number of characteristics, and the location of the target, wherein the optical signal propagates through the first medium, the transition, and the second medium reaching the target with the number of desired properties at the target, wherein a propagation of the optical signal through the transition changes a focus of the optical signal such that a number of properties of the optical signal changes to the number of desired properties when the optical signal reaches the target. 21. The method of claim 17, wherein the step of generating the optical signal within the first medium using the first number of characteristics, the second number of characteristics, the third number of characteristics, and the location of the target, wherein the optical signal propagates through the first medium, the transition, and the second medium reaching the target with the number of desired properties at the target comprises: changing a number of characteristics of a portion of the first medium taking into account at least one of the first number of characteristics, the second number of characteristics, and the third number of characteristics to form a modified portion of the first medium; andtransmitting the optical signal in the first medium through the modified portion of the first medium in a path to reach the target, wherein the first medium changes a number of properties of the optical signal such that the optical signal reaches the target in the second medium with the number of desired properties. 22. An apparatus comprising: a photon generation system configured to generate photons;a wave front management system configured to control a number of properties of the photons generated by the photon generation system, wherein the photon generation system is associated with the wave front management system; anda sensor capable of detecting a number of characteristics of a number of mediums through which the photons in the beam travel. 23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the wave front management system is configured to change the number of properties of the photons generated by the photon generation system. 24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the wave front management system further comprises: an optical system, wherein the optical system is configured to focus the photons in a beam. 25. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the photon generation system comprises at least one of a system of lasers, a system of deformable minors, and a system of lenses. 26. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the wave front management system controls a number of wave fronts for the photons. 27. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the wave front management system is configured to identify a number of parameters for transmitting the photons as a beam in a liquid using a number of characteristics of the liquid to form a number of selected parameters and transmit the photons in the liquid as the beam to a target using the number of selected parameters. 28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the wave front management system is configured to alter the transmission of the photons in the liquid from a number of current parameters to the number of selected parameters. 29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the wave front management system is configured to change the number of characteristics of the liquid along the path for the beam using the number of selected parameters using an effector selected from at least one of an electromagnetic field, a laser, a radio frequency field, an x-ray, bubbles, a tube, heat, pressure, salinity, a waveguide, fiber-optics, ionizing particles, an energy force, and organic saturate absorbers. 30. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the wave front management system is configured to change the number of characteristics of the liquid along a path for the beam using the number of selected parameters; and transmit the beam along the path. 31. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the wave front management system is configured to set a number of properties for the beam. 32. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the number of properties for the beam is selected from at least one of a direction, focus, power, tilt, tilt angle, phase, wavelength, amplitude, aperture size, and wave front. 33. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the number of characteristics of the liquid is selected from at least one of pressure, temperature, salinity, presence of aquatic life, presence of entrained air, depth, and flow patterns. 34. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the wave front management system is configured to transmit the photons in the liquid as the beam to the target to form a transmission; and identify the number of characteristics of the liquid in response to the transmission. 35. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the wave front management system is configured to detect at least one of a refraction, a reflection, a backscatter, and a holographic image of the photons in the beam to form a response; and identify the number of characteristics of the liquid from the response. 36. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the refraction and the reflection are in response to the photons in the beam encountering a transition between one of the liquid and an atmosphere and the liquid and outer space, wherein the transition comprises at least one of a surface, a wave, an edge, and a boundary for the liquid. 37. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the beam is transmitted continuously while altering a transmission of the photons in the liquid from a number of current parameters to the number of selected parameters. 38. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the beam is transmitted in a pulsed or modulated manner while altering a transmission of the photons in the environment from a number of current parameters to the number of selected parameters. 39. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the beam is used for one of communications, ranging, surveillance, target illumination, and damaging the target. 40. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the beam travels through the liquid into a number of mediums selected from at least one of a second liquid, a solid, an atmosphere, and outer space, wherein the target is located in one of the number of mediums. 41. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the wave front management system is further configured to identify a first number of characteristics for a first medium, a second number of characteristics for a second medium, a third number of characteristics for a transition between the first medium and the second medium, and a location of a target in the second medium; and generate an optical signal comprising the photons within the first medium using the first number of characteristics, the second number of characteristics, the third number of characteristics, and the location of the target, wherein the optical signal propagates through the first medium, the transition, and the second medium reaching the target with a number of desired properties at the target. 42. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the wave front management system is configured to change a number of characteristics of a portion of the first medium taking into account at least one of the first number of characteristics, the second number of characteristics, and the third number of characteristics to form a modified portion of the first medium; and transmit the optical signal in the first medium through the modified portion of the first medium in a path to reach the target, wherein the first medium changes a number of properties of the optical signal such that the optical signal reaches the target in the second medium with the number of desired properties. 43. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the number of properties for the optical signal is selected from at least one of a wavelength, an amplitude, and a wave front. 44. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein a propagation of the optical signal through the transition changes a focus of the optical signal such that a number of properties of the optical signal changes to the number of desired properties when the optical signal reaches the target. 45. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the wave front management system is configured to identify a number of parameters for transmitting the photons as a beam in a medium using a number of characteristics of the medium to form a number of selected parameters; and transmit the photons in the medium as the beam to a target using the number of selected parameters. 46. The apparatus of claim 45, wherein the medium is selected from one of a liquid, a solid, a gas, a vapor, air, and space. 47. The apparatus of claim 22 further comprising: a platform, wherein the photon generation system and the wave front management system are associated with the platform, wherein the platform is selected from one of a mobile platform, a stationary platform, a land-based structure, an aquatic-based structure, a space-based structure, an aircraft, a surface ship, a tank, a personnel carrier, a train, a spacecraft, a space station, a satellite, a planetary-probe, a submarine, an automobile, a power plant, a bridge, a dam, a manufacturing facility, and a building. 48. A method for managing a transmission of photons, the method comprising: identifying a number of parameters for transmitting the photons as a beam in a medium using a number of characteristics of the medium to form a number of selected parameters; andtransmitting the photons in the medium as the beam to a target using the number of selected parameters, transmitting further including changing the number of characteristics of the medium along a path for the beam using the number of selected parameters, and transmitting the beam along the path. 49. The method of claim 48, wherein the medium is selected from one of a liquid, a solid, a gas, a vapor, air, and space.
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