Patents by Inventor Arthur Gmitro

Arthur Gmitro 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).

  • Dithered fiber-bundle imager and high-resolution imaging method
    Patent number: 10754144
    Abstract: A method for high-resolution imaging includes: (i) forming, via a first lens, a first image at a first bundle-end of a fiber imaging bundle that has a second bundle-end opposite the first bundle-end and (ii) forming, via a second lens, an image of the second bundle-end onto an image sensor. The method also includes (iii) vibrating the first bundle-end relative to the first lens to dither the first image, and (iv) synchronously vibrating, relative to the vibrating first bundle-end, the second bundle-end relative to the second lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
    Inventors: Arthur Gmitro, Andrew Rouse, Neil Momsen
  • DITHERED FIBER-BUNDLE IMAGER AND HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING METHOD
    Publication number: 20190227299
    Abstract: A method for high-resolution imaging includes: (i) forming, via a first lens, a first image at a first bundle-end of a fiber imaging bundle that has a second bundle-end opposite the first bundle-end and (ii) forming, via a second lens, an image of the second bundle-end onto an image sensor. The method also includes (iii) vibrating the first bundle-end relative to the first lens to dither the first image, and (iv) synchronously vibrating, relative to the vibrating first bundle-end, the second bundle-end relative to the second lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Arthur Gmitro, Andrew Rouse, Neil Momsen