Patents by Inventor Emerson Vernon

Emerson Vernon 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).

  • Radiation detector device for rejecting and excluding incomplete charge collection events
    Patent number: 9335423
    Abstract: A radiation detector device is provided that is capable of distinguishing between full charge collection (FCC) events and incomplete charge collection (ICC) events based upon a correlation value comparison algorithm that compares correlation values calculated for individually sensed radiation detection events with a calibrated FCC event correlation function. The calibrated FCC event correlation function serves as a reference curve utilized by a correlation value comparison algorithm to determine whether a sensed radiation detection event fits the profile of the FCC event correlation function within the noise tolerances of the radiation detector device. If the radiation detection event is determined to be an ICC event, then the spectrum for the ICC event is rejected and excluded from inclusion in the radiation detector device spectral analyses. The radiation detector device also can calculate a performance factor to determine the efficacy of distinguishing between FCC and ICC events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Aleksey E. Bolotnikov, Gianluigi De Geronimo, Emerson Vernon, Ge Yang, Giuseppe Camarda, Yonggang Cui, Anwar Hossain, Ki Hyun Kim, Ralph B. James
  • Array of virtual Frisch-grid detectors with common cathode and reduced length of shielding electrodes
    Patent number: 9134439
    Abstract: A radiation detector system that effectively solves the electron trapping problem by optimizing shielding of individual virtual Frisch-grid detectors in an array configuration with a common cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Aleksey Bolotnikov, Ralph B. James, Gianluigi De Geronimo, Emerson Vernon
  • RADIATION DETECTOR DEVICE FOR REJECTING AND EXCLUDING INCOMPLETE CHARGE COLLECTION EVENTS
    Publication number: 20140231657
    Abstract: A radiation detector device is provided that is capable of distinguishing between full charge collection (FCC) events and incomplete charge collection (ICC) events based upon a correlation value comparison algorithm that compares correlation values calculated for individually sensed radiation detection events with a calibrated FCC event correlation function. The calibrated FCC event correlation function serves as a reference curve utilized by a correlation value comparison algorithm to determine whether a sensed radiation detection event fits the profile of the FCC event correlation function within the noise tolerances of the radiation detector device. If the radiation detection event is determined to be an ICC event, then the spectrum for the ICC event is rejected and excluded from inclusion in the radiation detector device spectral analyses. The radiation detector device also can calculate a performance factor to determine the efficacy of distinguishing between FCC and ICC events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: BROOKHAVEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC
    Inventors: Aleksey Bolotnikov, Gianluigi De Geronimo, Emerson Vernon, Ge Yang, Giuseppe Camarda, Yonggang Cui, Anwar Hossain, KiHyun Kim, Ralph B. James
  • Array of Virtual Frisch-Grid Detectors with Common Cathode and Reduced Length of Shielding Electrodes
    Publication number: 20140217297
    Abstract: A radiation detector system is disclosed that effectively solves the electron trapping problem by optimizing shielding of the individual virtual Frisch-grid detectors in an array configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Aleksey Bolotnikov, Ralph B. James, Gianluigi De Geronimo, Emerson Vernon