Patents by Inventor Anthony Zilic

Anthony Zilic 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).

  • Systems and methods for using diffraction patterns to determine radiation intensity values for areas between and along adjacent sensors of compound sensor arrays
    Patent number: 6021241
    Abstract: An array of optical fiber bundles includes one or more diffractive elements positioned above gaps between adjacent bundles. Incident radiation produces mathematically determinative diffraction patterns on the respective input faces of the adjacent bundles. Radiation intensity values for areas between and along the abutting edges of adjacent optical fiber bundles can be determined using the diffraction patterns. These intensity values can be assigned to other pixels so that precise, seamless images can be reconstructed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Griff Luhrs Bilbro, Wesley Edwin Snyder, Anthony Zilic
  • Compound image sensor array having staggered array of tapered optical fiber bundles
    Patent number: 5974215
    Abstract: An array of tapered optical fiber bundles having input faces for receiving incident radiation thereon are staggered with respect to one another such that an input face edge portion of a tapered optical fiber bundle overlies a portion of an input face of an adjacent optical fiber bundle so as to occlude the overlaid portion from incident radiation. Optical fiber bundles may be staggered in various configurations, including repeating patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Griff Luhrs Bilbro, Wesley Edwin Snyder, Anthony Zilic