Patents Examined by Casey Bryant
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Patent number: 11964169Abstract: A prescribing user can designate and prioritize clinical goals that can, in turn, serve as the basis for optimization objectives to guide the development of a radiation treatment plan. The prescribing user can then alter that prioritization of one or more clinical goals and view information regarding changes to fluence-based dose distributions that occur in response to those changes to relative prioritization amongst the clinical goals to thereby understand dosing tradeoffs that correspond to prioritization amongst the clinical goals.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Varian Medical Systems International AGInventors: Emmi Ruokokoski, Ville Pietilä, Lauri Halko, Jarkko Y. Peltola, Christopher Boylan
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Patent number: 11965778Abstract: An optical filter including filter regions arrayed two-dimensionally, in which the filter regions include a first region and a second region; a wavelength distribution of an optical transmittance of the first region has a first local maximum in a first wavelength band and a second local maximum in a second wavelength band that differs from the first wavelength band, and a wavelength distribution of an optical transmittance of the second region has a third local maximum in a third wavelength band that differs from each of the first wavelength band and the second wavelength band and a fourth local maximum in a fourth wavelength band that differs from the third wavelength band.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiya Fujii, Takamasa Ando
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Patent number: 11947060Abstract: A method for validating the axis linearity of a displacement mechanism for a radiation detector configured to detect high-energy radiation emitted by an irradiation device comprises providing a container configured to receive a liquid. A tactile sensor and a standard element are positioned within the container configured for receiving the liquid. A displacement mechanism is structured to displace at least one of: (1) the tactile sensor; and (2) the standard element along at least one spatial axis. The tactile sensor is used to tactilely detect the standard element.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Inventors: Markus Brunk, Daniel Bojara
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Patent number: 11940534Abstract: A detection device includes a first light source configured to emit a first light in a first direction, and a second light source configured to emit a second light in a second direction different from the first direction. A light receiver is configured to receive one of a first reflected light of the first light and a second reflected light of the second light. A black shielding plate surrounds a light source substrate including the first light source, the second light source, and the light receiver. An outer housing surrounds the black shielding plate. A transparent member is configured to pass the first light and the second light to outside of the outer housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Michiaki Shinotsuka
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Patent number: 11933721Abstract: A method for spectroscopically detecting a chemical in a gas sample includes illuminating the gas sample with ultraviolet light and photolyzing a first chemical in the gas sample to generate a photolyzed gas sample and spectroscopically detecting a second chemical in the photolyzed gas sample. The second chemical has an optical absorption range within a respective optical absorption range of the first chemical.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Reinoud Wolffenbuttel, David Bilby, Nathan Kempema, Jacobus Hendrik Visser
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Patent number: 11932416Abstract: An escape path marking for an aircraft includes a lighting element, which luminesces in a dark environment, and which emits an emitted light which exits at an outer side of the escape path marking. A transparent protective element is arranged between the lighting element and the outer side of the escape path marking. A planar grid element, which comprises regularly alternating pure-color transparent and opaque regions, is arranged between the lighting element and the outer side of the escape path marking. A transparent pigmented element is formed and arranged between lighting element and the outer side of the escape path marking such that in an event of external illumination according to at least one predefined illumination scenario, a predefined first color tone results on the outer side of the escape path marking at the transparent regions of the grid element.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AGInventor: Wolfgang Sutter
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Patent number: 11927511Abstract: The present application relates to a method for statistical distribution characterization of dendritic structures in original position of single crystal superalloy, and relates to the technical field of analysis of metal material composition and microstructure, comprising the following steps: step 1, processing a to-be-tested sample and determining a calibration coefficient; step 2, obtaining a two-dimensional element content distribution map of the to-be-tested sample; and step 3, determining the number and average spacing of primary dendrites. A composition distribution region analyzed in the present application is larger than the area of a distribution region of the traditional microscopic analysis method, and the sample preparation is simple. The distribution, number and average spacing of the primary dendrites can be obtained without metallographic corrosion sampling.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignees: NCS TESTING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, CENTRAL IRON AND STEEL RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Dongling Li, Lei Zhao, Haizhou Wang, Xuejing Shen, Qingqing Zhou, Weihao Wan, Haozhou Feng
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Patent number: 11929187Abstract: An adjustable collimator includes a pair of knobs configured to adjust an aperture size by manipulating one or both of the knobs. The knobs may be disposed at opposite ends of a first shaft. The knobs may be configured to each adjust a same dimension of the aperture or to each adjust a different dimension of the aperture.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.Inventors: Michael R. Spaeth, James Rydelek, Anthony Dirisio, Dennis J. O'Dea, Craig F. Hofmann
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Patent number: 11925153Abstract: An approach for controlling light exposure of a light sensitive object is described. Aspects of this approach involve using a first set of radiation sources to irradiate the object with visible radiation and infrared radiation. A second set of radiation sources spot irradiate the object in a set of locations with a target ultraviolet radiation having a range of wavelengths. Radiation sensors detect radiation reflected from the object and environment condition sensors detect conditions of the environment in which the object is located during irradiation. A controller controls irradiation of the light sensitive object by the first and second set of radiation sources according to predetermined optimal irradiation settings specified for various environmental conditions. In addition, the controller adjusts irradiation settings of the first and second set of radiation sources as a function of measurements obtained by the various sensors.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc.Inventors: Michael Shur, Alexander Dobrinsky, Maxim S. Shatalov, Arthur Peter Barber, III
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Patent number: 11921252Abstract: The present invention relates a security screening device, comprising: a radiation generator for respectively generating X-rays and neutron beams and irradiating same toward an inspection object; an inspection object transfer unit for changing the position of the inspection object; a radiation detector configured to respectively detect X-rays and neutron beams transmitted through the inspection object; and a gamma ray detector installed adjacent to the inspection object and configured to detect a gamma signal generated from the inspection object, wherein the radiation detector acquires image information of the inspection object by using radiation information detected from the X-rays and neutron beams that have passed through the inspection object, and the gamma ray detector analyzes the detected gamma ray to detect the location of the inspection object from the analysis of the inspection object and the image information.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Byeongno Lee, Kyungmin Oh, Namho Lee, Moonsik Chae, Jungho Mun, Yeongheum Yeon, Jinsik Ju
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Patent number: 11914086Abstract: A radiation detection device includes a non-volatile memory chip including a plurality of stacked memory cells, and a controller configured to detect gamma rays incident on the non-volatile memory chip during a gamma ray detection window according to a data inversion or a threshold voltage change of at least some of the memory cells in the non-volatile memory chip during the gamma ray detection window.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventor: Tomoya Sanuki
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Patent number: 11913875Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for identifying an incorrectly or non-calibrated infrared spectrometer, comprising the steps of a) recording an infrared spectrum of a sample with a first infrared spectrometer to provide a sample infrared spectrum, b) recording an infrared spectrum of the same sample as in step a) with a second infrared spectrometer to provide a reference infrared spectrum, wherein said second spectrometer is a correctly calibrated infrared spectrometer, or b?) providing a reference spectrum of the same sample as in step a), wherein said reference spectrum was recorded on a second infrared spectrometer, which is a correctly calibrated spectrometer, c) determining a difference between the wavelength of each extreme point in the sample of step a) and the wavelength of each extreme point in the reference spectrum of step b) or b?), and d) indicating the infrared spectrometer of step a) as incorrectly calibrated or non-calibrated, when at least one difference was detType: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbHInventors: Ingolf Reimann, Joachim Reising, Christoph Mueller
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Patent number: 11892620Abstract: Target devices for characterizing terahertz imaging systems are provided. The target devices include a terahertz resolution pattern having spatially distributed resolution features and one or more prism assemblies configured to provide a variable contrast level within the resolution features when used with terahertz radiation. Each prism assembly includes first and second prisms arranged in a Frustrated Total Internal Reflection (FTIR) configuration.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: INSTITUT NATIONAL D'OPTIQUEInventors: Alex Paquet, François Berthiaume
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Patent number: 11892355Abstract: An optical device designed to be arranged on a detector provided with an infrared sensor for increasing the angle of the field of view of the detector. The device includes a primary mirror and a secondary mirror that face each other. The primary mirror collects the infrared radiation from a wide-angle field of view to return it to the secondary mirror, which in turn reflects it back to the sensor of the infrared detector.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE DU BÂTIMENT (CSTB)Inventors: Christophe Martinsons, Pierre Lepretre
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Patent number: 11874410Abstract: A radiation detection device, including a detection panel, is provided. The detection panel includes multiple first pixels, arranged into a first row in an extending direction of a data line; multiple second pixels, arranged into a second row in the extending direction of the data line; and multiple other second pixels, arranged into a third row in the extending direction of the data line. Each of the multiple first pixels includes a first switch. Each of the multiple second pixels and the multiple other second pixels includes a second switch. Each of the multiple second pixels and the multiple other second pixels includes a photodiode. The multiple first pixels do not include a photodiode. That is, compared with the multiple first pixels, each of the multiple second pixels further includes the photodiode electrically connected with the second switch.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: InnoCare Optoelectronics CorporationInventors: Chun-Fu Lai, Shun-Cheng Cheng
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Patent number: 11874164Abstract: A system, apparatus and method of improved measurement of the SPF factor of sunscreen compositions. In one embodiment, a method of measuring the protection of a sunscreen composition includes exposing skin to a known intensity of light, measuring the amount of remitted light from the skin, applying sunscreen to the skin, exposing the skin to which the sunscreen has been applied the known intensity of emitted light of the spectrum of light from which the sunscreen is intended to protect the skin, measuring the amount of light remitted from the skin, and calculating a UltraViolet-A Protection Factor (UVA-PF) of the sunscreen by comparing the amount of light remitted from the skin with the sunscreen to the amount of light remitted from the skin without the sunscreen.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: SOLAR LIGHT COMPANY, LLCInventors: Michael H. Bonitatibus, Curtis Cole
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Patent number: 11869743Abstract: Multiple electron beamlets are split from a single electron beam. The electron beam passes through an acceleration tube, a beam-limiting aperture, an anode disposed between an electron beam source and the acceleration tube, a focusing lens downstream from the beam-limiting aperture, and a micro aperture array downstream from the acceleration tube. The micro aperture array generates beamlets from the electron beam. The electron beam can be focused from a divergent illumination beam into a telecentric illumination beam.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: KLA CORPORATIONInventor: Xinrong Jiang
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Patent number: 11867615Abstract: A system includes a tunable Fabry-Perot etalon, a detector, and a processor. The tunable Fabry-Perot etalon has a settable gap. The detector measures light intensity transmitted through the tunable Fabry-Perot etalon. The processor is configured to determine the calibrated spectral measurement, wherein the calibrated spectral measurement is based at least in part on a measurement set of detected light intensities for a selected set of settable gaps and a reconstruction matrix. The reconstruction matrix is based at least in part on calibration measurements using one or more field material targets, prior stored full calibrations for each of the one or more field material targets, and the selected set of settable gaps.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: TruTag Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Guocai Shu, Alexandre Fong
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Patent number: 11860093Abstract: An example system for inspecting a surface includes a laser, an optical system, a gated camera, and a control system. The laser is configured to emit pulses of light, with respective wavelengths of the pulses of light varying over time. The optical system includes at least one optical element, and is configured to direct light emitted by the laser to points along a scan line one point at a time. The gated camera is configured to record a fluorescent response of the surface from light having each wavelength of a plurality of wavelengths at each point along the scan line. The control system is configured to control the gated camera such that an aperture of the gated camera is open during fluorescence of the surface but closed during exposure of the surface to light emitted by the laser.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Keith D. Humfeld, Morteza Safai
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Patent number: 11846737Abstract: A data processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes acquisition circuitry and specification circuitry. The acquisition circuitry is configured to acquire a detector signal containing a first component that is based on Cherenkov light and a second component that is based on scintillation light. The specification circuitry is configured to specify timing information about generation of the detector signal by curve fitting to the first component.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Go Kawata