Patents by Inventor Benjamin P. Yung

Benjamin P. Yung 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).

  • Staggered bilinear sensor
    Publication number: 20010050331
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image sensor that includes a first sensor row and a second sensor row. The first sensor row is formed by two or more imaging elements separated from each other by a non-imaging material. Similarly, the second sensor row is formed by two or more imaging elements separated from each other by the non-imaging material. The imaging elements in the second sensor row are separated and offset from the imaging elements in the first sensor row by the non-imaging material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Yung, Jonathan D. Isom
  • Apparatus for scanning documents such as photographs using a contact image sensor
    Patent number: 6154294
    Abstract: An apparatus for scanning a document, including scanning a photograph, the apparatus including a contact image sensor (CIS), the apparatus designed to reduce the friction between the contact image sensor and the document being scanned. The reduction is achieved by reducing the friction by use of a non-stick material or by reducing the static electricity forces or both. The preferred embodiment is a CIS whose housing is made of a non-stick material which also is static electricity dissipative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Silitek Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel F. Craig, Benjamin P. Yung