Patents by Inventor Benjamin Louis Cannon

Benjamin Louis Cannon 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: 9395317
    Abstract: A system and method for providing electromagnetic imaging through electroquasistatic sensing contains an electromagnetic sensor for imaging a sample. The electromagnetic sensor contains drive/sense electronics and a pixelated sensor array having an array of capacitive sensor electrodes that source electric fields that interact with the sample, and wherein the electrodes are individually drivable by the drive/sense electronics in a coordinated manner to establish a desired temporal and spatial pattern in which electrical properties of the electrodes are used to generate an image. Other components of the system include a precision motion controller, sensor head and associated electronics, and a computer for performing data acquisition and signal inversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Benjamin Louis Cannon, David L. Trumper, Jeffrey H. Lang, Markus Zahn
  • Publication number: 20140159748
    Abstract: A system and method for providing electromagnetic imaging through electroquasistatic sensing contains an electromagnetic sensor for imaging a sample. The electromagnetic sensor contains drive/sense electronics and a pixelated sensor array having an array of capacitive sensor electrodes that source electric fields that interact with the sample, and wherein the electrodes are individually drivable by the drive/sense electronics in a coordinated manner to establish a desired temporal and spatial pattern in which electrical properties of the electrodes are used to generate an image. Other components of the system include a precision motion controller, sensor head and associated electronics, and a computer for performing data acquisition and signal inversion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Massachusetts lnstitute of Technology
    Inventors: Benjamin Louis Cannon, David L. Trumper, Jeffrey H. Lang, Markus Zahn
  • Patent number: 8742770
    Abstract: A system for providing electromagnetic imaging through magnetoquasistatic sensing contains an electromagnetic sensor for imaging a sample. The electromagnetic sensor contains drive/sense electronics and a pixelated sensor array having an array of inductive loops that source magnetic fields that interact with the sample, wherein the inductive loops are individually drivable by the drive/sense electronics in a coordinated manner to establish a desired temporal and spatial pattern in which electrical properties of the inductive loops are used to generate an image. Other components of the system include a precision motion controller, sensor head and associated electronics, and a computer for performing data acquisition and signal inversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: David L. Trumper, Benjamin Louis Cannon, Jeffrey H. Lang, Markus Zahn
  • Publication number: 20130271123
    Abstract: A system for providing electromagnetic imaging through magnetoquasistatic sensing contains an electromagnetic sensor for imaging a sample. The electromagnetic sensor contains drive/sense electronics and a pixelated sensor array having an array of inductive loops that source magnetic fields that interact with the sample, wherein the inductive loops are individually drivable by the drive/sense electronics in a coordinated manner to establish a desired temporal and spatial pattern in which electrical properties of the inductive loops are used to generate an image. Other components of the system include a precision motion controller, sensor head and associated electronics, and a computer for performing data acquisition and signal inversion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: David L. Trumper, Benjamin Louis Cannon, Jeffrey H. Lang, Markus Zahn