Patents by Inventor Royce D. Pickering

Royce D. Pickering 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).

  • Acoustooptic scanner apparatus and method
    Patent number: 4000493
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for laser-beam modulation and deflection wherein stored information is recorded on a photosensitive or other recording medium with a laser or other light beam. A plurality of separate frequencies is induced by a transducer on an acoustooptic light-modulating cell which carries and develops every frequency separately. The light beam is passed through the acoustooptic cell which modulates the light by Bragg reflection in accordance with the frequencies impressed thereon. The modulated light beams transmitted from the cell are used to record by a plurality of simultaneous scans, characters, graphical data or other form of information which is representative of the stored information on the photosensitive medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1976
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Richard A. Spaulding, Royce D. Pickering
  • Acoustooptic scanner apparatus and method
    Patent number: RE31334
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for laser-beam modulation and deflection wherein stored information is recorded on a photosensitive or other recording medium with a laser or other light beam. A plurality of separate frequencies is induced by a transducer on an acoustooptic light-modulating cell which carries and develops every frequency separately. The light beam is passed through the acoustooptic cell which modulates the light by Bragg reflection in accordance with the frequencies impressed thereon. The modulated light beams transmitted from the cell are used to record by a plurality of simultaneous scans, characters, graphical data or other form of information which is representative of the stored information on the photosensitive medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1983
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Richard A. Spaulding, Royce D. Pickering