Patents by Inventor Alward J. Pinard

Alward J. Pinard 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).

  • Apparatus and method for scanning by means of a rotatable detector array
    Patent number: 5280370
    Abstract: An apparatus for capture of image data from an object has a detector array containing at least one detector row, and arrangements for rotating the detector array relative to the object, as well as for moving the object and the detector array relative to one another in a desired direction of scan. A control arrangement causes the detector array to be rotated to a desired orientation with respect to the object based on information in the object and causes the object to be scanned by the detector array in such a way that the detector row is at right angles to the direction of scan. A similar method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: Intergraph Corporation
    Inventors: Hans W. Faust, Karl Felle, Dierk Hobbie, Heinz Krastel, Richard J. Kaiser, Robert L. Kuelthau, Alward J. Pinard, Gary D. Wylie