Patents by Inventor Alain Paul Lemaire

Alain Paul Lemaire 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).

  • Method for servoing a source of X-rays of a digital radiography device
    Patent number: 7860218
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radiographic device and method of servoing an X-ray source (800) in a radiography device comprising a MOS-type image sensor (810) with pixels provided with separate read and refreshment commands, respectively, in which, during a radiography operation, read commands of a plurality of image sensor pixels are called repeatedly, while maintaining a source of X-rays power-supplied, so as to establish, in response to each reading, at least one image acquisition characteristic, and in which the emission of X-rays is interrupted when the image acquisition characteristic corresponds to a preset image acquisition characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Trophy
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Inglese, Sylvie Marie Gisèle Bothorel, Alain Paul Lemaire, Alain Boucly
  • METHOD FOR SERVOING A SOURCE OF X-RAYS OF A DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090220044
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radiographic device and method of servoing an X-ray source (800) in a radiography device comprising a MOS-type image sensor (810) with pixels provided with separate read and refreshment commands, respectively, in which, during a radiography operation, read commands of a plurality of image sensor pixels are called repeatedly, while maintaining a source of X-rays power-supplied, so as to establish, in response to each reading, at least one image acquisition characteristic, and in which the emission of X-rays is interrupted when the image acquisition characteristic corresponds to a preset image acquisition characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: KODAK TROPHY
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Inglese, Sylvie Marie Gisèle Bothorel, Alain Paul Lemaire, Alain Boucly