Patents by Inventor Christopher Read
Christopher Read has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11474050Abstract: A radiation detector module includes a frame, a module circuit board connected to the frame, detector units that each include radiation sensors disposed above the frame and electrically connected to the module circuit board, and an optically and infrared radiation opaque, X-ray transparent, electrically insulating detector shield covering a top surface and at least one side surface of the radiation sensors.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: REDLEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Christopher Read, Keira Flanagan, Michael Ayukawa, Jeffrey Allan Walton
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Publication number: 20210285897Abstract: A radiation detector module includes a frame, a module circuit board connected to the frame, detector units that each include radiation sensors disposed above the frame and electrically connected to the module circuit board, and an optically and infrared radiation opaque, X-ray transparent, electrically insulating detector shield covering a top surface and at least one side surface of the radiation sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Christopher READ, Keira FLANAGAN, Michael AYUKAWA, Jeffrey Allan WALTON
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Patent number: 11067707Abstract: A radiation detector unit includes an interposer, at least one radiation sensor bonded to a front side of an interposer, an application-specific integrated chip (ASIC) bonded to a backside of the interposer, a carrier board bonded to the backside of the interposer and located on a backside of the ASIC, and at least one flex cable assembly attached to a respective side of the carrier board.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: REDLEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Robert Crestani, Christopher Read, Michael Ayukawa, Glenn Bindley, Krzysztof Iniewski
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Publication number: 20190339402Abstract: A radiation detector unit includes an interposer, at least one radiation sensor bonded to a front side of an interposer, an application-specific integrated chip (ASIC) bonded to a backside of the interposer, a carrier board bonded to the backside of the interposer and located on a backside of the ASIC, and at least one flex cable assembly attached to a respective side of the carrier board.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2018Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventors: Robert CRESTANI, Christopher READ, Michael AYUKAWA, Glenn BINDLEY, Kris INIEWSKI
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Patent number: 10203420Abstract: A cathode conductive strip can be attached to a semiconductor radiation sensor by using a double sided dual adhesive electrically conductive tape in a sensor assembly or a detector module to provide reliable electrical connection between the semiconductor radiation sensor and the cathode conductive strip. The double sided dual adhesive electrically conductive tape includes an electrically conductive backing with two different adhesion strength adhesives on both sides. The high adhesion strength side is bonded to the cathode electrode of the semiconductor radiation sensor. The lower adhesion strength side is bonded to the conductive face of the cathode conductive strip.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: REDLEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Pinghe Lu, Michael Ayukawa, Christopher Read, Robert Crestani, Jeffrey Walton
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Publication number: 20180329079Abstract: A cathode conductive strip can be attached to a semiconductor radiation sensor by using a double sided dual adhesive electrically conductive tape in a sensor assembly or a detector module to provide reliable electrical connection between the semiconductor radiation sensor and the cathode conductive strip. The double sided dual adhesive electrically conductive tape includes an electrically conductive backing with two different adhesion strength adhesives on both sides. The high adhesion strength side is bonded to the cathode electrode of the semiconductor radiation sensor. The lower adhesion strength side is bonded to the conductive face of the cathode conductive strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2017Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Pinghe LU, Michael AYUKAWA, Christopher READ, Robert CRESTANI, Jeffrey WALTON
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Publication number: 20150108230Abstract: A multiple heating/cooling zone control system is disclosed. A heating/cooling system control device continuously monitors heating/cooling zone demand and matches the heating/cooling device output capacity to the total space or heat input required. Within the calculated heating/cooling device output capacity the heating/cooling device is modulated based on zone temperature setpoint to further adjust heating/cooling device output. As heat/cooling loss is increased heating/cooling device capacity and modulation are increased. Should heat/cooling loss decrease heating/cooling device capacity and modulation are decreased. Since heat/cooling output is adjusted based on the heat loss(gain) the heating/cooling device can be immediately adjusted to the proper or matching heating/cooling rate even before water/air temperature based adjustments can be made.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicants: BURNHAM HOLDINGS, INC., U.S. BOILER COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Peter Michael CLOONAN, Christopher Read DREW
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Patent number: 8610834Abstract: A system and method for effectively implementing a charging base for a remote control includes a television device that is controlled by the remote control over a wireless RC-TV communications link. The charging base recharges a battery of the remote control when the remote control is docked to the charging base. In addition, the remote control may be docked to the charging base for bi-directionally communicating with the television and other external entities over a wireless base-TV communications link. Furthermore, various compatible peripheral devices may also recharge their batteries and bi-directionally communicate with the television and the external entities over the base-TV communications link while the peripheral devices are docked to the charging base.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2007Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Robert Hardacker, Christopher Read, Brant Candelore
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Patent number: 8300818Abstract: A system and method for effectively protecting electronic content information includes a channel setup module that coordinates a channel setup procedure to create a secure communications channel between a content drive and a display module. A source DRM module transmits a special content key from the content drive to the display module over the secure communications channel. A content playback module then initiates a content playback procedure for utilizing the electronic content. The source DRM module responsively encrypts the electronic content with the content key. The channel setup module and the content playback module are unable to access or utilize the content key. A destination DRM module then receives the electronic content over the secure communications channel and utilizes the content key to decrypt the electronic content.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2007Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.Inventor: Christopher Read
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Publication number: 20080205656Abstract: A system and method for effectively protecting electronic content information includes a channel setup module that coordinates a channel setup procedure to create a secure communications channel between a content drive and a display module. A source DRM module transmits a special content key from the content drive to the display module over the secure communications channel. A content playback module then initiates a content playback procedure for utilizing the electronic content. The source DRM module responsively encrypts the electronic content with the content key. The channel setup module and the content playback module are unable to access or utilize the content key. A destination DRM module then receives the electronic content over the secure communications channel and utilizes the content key to decrypt the electronic content.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2007Publication date: August 28, 2008Inventor: Christopher Read
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Publication number: 20080186410Abstract: A system and method for effectively implementing a charging base for a remote control includes a television device that is controlled by the remote control over a wireless RC-TV communications link. The charging base recharges a battery of the remote control when the remote control is docked to the charging base. In addition, the remote control may be docked to the charging base for bi-directionally communicating with the television and other external entities over a wireless base-TV communications link. Furthermore, various compatible peripheral devices may also recharge their batteries and bi-directionally communicate with the television and the external entities over the base-TV communications link while the peripheral devices are docked to the charging base.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2007Publication date: August 7, 2008Inventors: Robert Hardacker, Christopher Read, Brant Candelore
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Publication number: 20080077771Abstract: This invention is a data processing apparatus which operates on instruction controlling plural processor actions. Each instruction includes a data unit section and a data transfer section. These instruction sections are independent and may include differing options. In the preferred embodiment, each instruction is 64 bits. The data unit section includes a data operation field that indicates the type of arithmetic logic unit operation and six operand fields. The six operand fields include four source data register fields and two destination register fields. The data unit (110) includes a multiplication unit (220) and an arithmetic logic unit (230). The data unit (110) may include a barrel rotator (235) for one input of the arithmetic logic unit (230). The rotated data may be stored in the first destination register instead of the multiply result. The address unit (120) operations according to the data transfer operation field. This could be a load, a store or a register to register move.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: March 27, 2008Inventors: Karl Guttag, Christopher Read, Keith Balmer
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Publication number: 20070195685Abstract: A DRM disk such as a Blu-ray stores content in a high resolution version for playing by a disk player. The disk also stores the same content in a lower resolution version for playing by a secondary device such as a Playstation Portable (PSP). The disk can be engaged with the disk player and the lower resolution format transferred to the secondary player through a mechanism such as a removable medium (e.g., a Sony Memory Stick®) or a USB connection or other means in accordance with DRM restrictions on the disk.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2006Publication date: August 23, 2007Inventor: Christopher Read
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Publication number: 20070136525Abstract: A method for storing data across a plurality of N storage devices S1 . . . SN, wherein at least one of the storage devices has a storage capacity that not equal to a storage capacity of others of the storage devices involves identifying a storage device SMAX having a largest capacity of the plurality of storage devices S1 . . . SN; encoding the data with a erasure encoder to produce F erasure codewords, where F= ? K = 1 N ? F K with K being a counting integer; and distributing the erasure codewords among the N storage devices S1 . . . SN in approximate proportion to the storage capacity CK of each of the N storage devices S1 . . . SN subject to the constraint that enough erasure codewords are stored in each of the N storage devices to assure that if any one of the storage devices become unavailable, all of the data stored in the systems can be restored using the fountain codewords stored in the remaining storage devices S1 . . . SN.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventor: Christopher Read
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Publication number: 20070112687Abstract: When a person uses a first portable music player to wirelessly transmit a tune to a person with a second player in a social networking transaction for playing by the second player for a limited time, if the second person subsequently purchases an unrestricted version of the tune, the first person is compensated.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2007Publication date: May 17, 2007Inventor: Christopher Read
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Publication number: 20070028260Abstract: An external module for use with a host television device consistent with certain embodiments wherein the host television device receives at least one content service has a connector for attaching to the module. Java™ code is received from the content service being received by the host television device over the connector. An application execution engine residing on the external module carries out execution of the Java™ code. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2006Publication date: February 1, 2007Inventors: George Williams, Xudong Yu, Toshiro Ozawa, Rolf Toft, Leo Pedlow, Brant Candelore, David Boyden, Robert Blanchard, Christopher Read
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Publication number: 20060268912Abstract: The decode rate of an MPEG decoder of streaming video is set to a relatively slow value at the start of a stream to permit playing, albeit at relatively low speeds, of the video until such time as an appropriate number of packets are in a receive buffer, at which time the decode rate is speeded up to normal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2005Publication date: November 30, 2006Inventor: Christopher Read
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Publication number: 20060050732Abstract: A system and method for effectively performing a transmit power adjustment procedure in a wireless network includes a forward receiver that monitors a wireless forward link for forward data that is transmitted over the wireless forward link by a forward transmitter. The forward transmitter initially transmits the forward data at a minimum power level, and gradually increases the minimum power level to a power level threshold at which the forward receiver first detects the forward data on the forward link. Once the forward receiver and the forward transmitter are successfully coupled over the wireless forward link, the forward transmitter may then transmit forward data at a normal operating power level. The foregoing transmit power adjustment procedure ensures that the forward receiver receives forward data only from the forward transmitter, and prevents other proximate wireless devices from inadvertently intercepting forward data transmitted by the forward receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2004Publication date: March 9, 2006Inventor: Christopher Read
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Publication number: 20060044394Abstract: In one embodiment a method and apparatus is provided for a digital camera controlled by a remote computer. The remote computer commands the digital camera as to when to take pictures, how long to pause before taking subsequent pictures, and when to stop taking pictures. The digital camera senses current photographic conditions, which are later requested by the remote computer. Based upon the digital camera's current photographic conditions, the remote computer calculates the appropriate exposure parameters for the digital camera and commands the digital camera to set its exposure parameters accordingly. After a picture is taken, the picture is stored as image data in volatile memory in the digital camera. The image data is then transferred to the remote computer for compression and storage in the remote computer's non-volatile memory. The remote computer subsequently encodes the stored image data into a time-lapse video file.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2004Publication date: March 2, 2006Applicants: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.Inventor: Christopher Read
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Patent number: RE44190Abstract: A data processing apparatus including a multiplier unit forming a product from L bits of each two data buses of N bits each N is greater than L. The multiplier forms a N bit output having a first portion which is the L most significant bits of the of product and a second portion which is M other bits not including the L least significant bits of the product, where N is the sum of M and L. In the preferred embodiment the M other bits are derived from other bits of the two input data busses, such as the M other bits of the first input data bus. An arithmetic logic unit performs parallel operations (addition, subtraction, Boolean functions) controlled by the same instructions. This arithmetic logic unit is divisible into a selected number of sections for performing identical operations on independent sections of its inputs. The multiplier unit may form dual products from separate parts of the input data.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2009Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Karl M. Guttag, Christopher Read, Keith Balmer