Patents by Inventor Bennett Fornal

Bennett Fornal 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).

  • Method and apparatus for scanning an image
    Patent number: 9444964
    Abstract: A method for reducing electromagnetic emissions by an image scanner comprises cyclically dithering a frequency of a clock signal of the image scanner by repeated dither cycles, determining a phase of the dither cycle when a scan pass of a page of a document commences; and commencing all subsequent scan passes of the page of the document at a particular phase shift from the determined phase of the dither cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignees: Marvell International Ltd., Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Bennett Fornal, Douglas Gene Keithley, Zachary Nathan Fister, Keith Bryan Hardin, Karl Mark Thompson, Mark Lane Mayberry, Joseph K. Yackzan, Christopher Wilson Case