Patents by Inventor Jon Tassell

Jon Tassell 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).

  • Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems with integrated despeckling mechanisms provided therein
    Publication number: 20070012777
    Abstract: Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar laser illumination beams having substantially-planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of image formation and detection modules employed in such systems. Each planar laser illumination beam is produced from a planar laser illumination beam array (PLIA) comprising an plurality of planar laser illumination modules (PLIMs). Each PLIM comprises a visible laser diode (VLD, a focusing lens, and a cylindrical optical element arranged therewith. The individual planar laser illumination beam components produced from each PLIM are optically combined to produce a composite substantially planar laser illumination beam having substantially uniform power density characteristics over the entire spatial extend thereof and thus the working range of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Constantine Tsikos, C. Knowles, Xiaoxun Zhu, Michael Schnee, Ka Au, Allan Wirth, Timothy Good, Andrew Jankevics, Sankar Ghosh, Charles Naylor, Thomas Amundsen, Robert Blake, William Svedas, Shawn Defoney, Edward Skypala, Pirooz Vatan, Russell Dobbs, George Kolis, Mark Schmidt, Jeffery Yorsz, Patrick Giordano, Stephen Colavito, David Wilz, Barry Schwartz, Steven Kim, Dale Fisher, Jon Tassell