Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Rinehart

Stephen A. Rinehart 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).

  • Patent number: 8144331
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable storage media for wide field imaging interferometry. The method includes for each point in a two dimensional detector array over a field of view of an image: gathering a first interferogram from a first detector and a second interferogram from a second detector, modulating a path-length for a signal from an image associated with the first interferogram in the first detector, overlaying first data from the modulated first detector and second data from the second detector, and tracking the modulating at every point in a two dimensional detector array comprising the first detector and the second detector over a field of view for the image. The method then generates a widefield data cube based on the overlaid first data and second data for each point. The method can generate an image from the widefield data cube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Richard G. Lyon, David T. Leisawitz, Stephen A. Rinehart, Nargess Memarsadeghi
  • Patent number: 4566782
    Abstract: A document handling apparatus/copy sheet processor/finishing apparatus arranged as an integrated system to produce bound copy sheets at high speed but with minimum mechanical activity by double exposing each document sheet, producing successive copy sheets in accordance with the exposure, distributing the successive copy sheets alternately into receiving trays and utilizing a set transport for each of the trays to bring copy sets alternately to a single point binding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: James E. Britt, Kenneth W. Laskowski, Jeffrey L. Sisson, Stephen A. Rinehart
  • Patent number: 4444491
    Abstract: A very high speed, fully automated reproduction system is disclosed having a document handling apparatus, copy sheet processor, and a finishing station. For very high reproduction rates, post-collation of copy sheets into copy sets is utilized. In this arrangement the document apparatus is arranged to expose each document sheet of a document a predetermined number of times before a succeeding document sheet is brought into exposure position so that for each complete circulation of all the document sheets, the document would have been copied a number of times equal to said predetermined number. A sorter bin array having a number of bins equal to said predetermined number is arranged to collate the resultant copy sheets into corresponding copy sets. The copy sets are removed from the bin array for stapling and stacking or non-stapling and stacking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1984
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen A. Rinehart, James E. Britt, Kenneth W. Laskowski, Jeffrey L. Sisson, Gerald A. Buddendeck
  • Patent number: 4043549
    Abstract: An air floatation bottom feeder employing a whip or paddle/impact feeder to positively separate single sheets from the bottom of the sheet stack and prevent multifeeds or mis-feeds, the air floatation feature being utilized to provide air bearings above and below the sheet being fed while at the same time, a portion of the air floatation jets which are canted move the bottom sheet toward side and rear registration edges for accurate positioning of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1977
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen A. Rinehart