Patents by Inventor Bernard Roche

Bernard Roche 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).

  • Automated inspection of packaging materials for package integrity
    Patent number: 7142707
    Abstract: An apparatus in one example comprises a computer component that receives one or more images of one or more packaging materials from one or more imaging components. The computer component employs an analysis of the one or more images to make a determination of a package integrity of the one or more packaging materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Mohsen Abdollahi, Kevin H. Giles, Charles L. Guffey, Jun Liu, Bernard Roche, Peter W. Sites, Robert P. Whalen
  • Automated inspection of packaging materials for package integrity
    Publication number: 20050050451
    Abstract: An apparatus in one example comprises a computer component that receives one or more images of one or more packaging materials from one or more imaging components. The computer component employs an analysis of the one or more images to make a determination of a package integrity of the one or more packaging materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Mohsen Abdollahi, Kevin Giles, Charles Guffey, Jun Liu, Bernard Roche, Peter Sites, Robert Whalen
  • Telephony apparatus having filter capacitor switched to undergo discrete phase jumps
    Patent number: 4521883
    Abstract: A telephony audio signal is transmitted as a digital signal by a transmitter that derives: (1) a master clock of frequency F.sub.MC, (2) a time slot signal of frequency F.sub.TS =F.sub.MC .div.2.sup.N', and (3) a transmit control signal of frequency F.sub.WT =F.sub.MC .div.2.sup.N. The frequencies F.sub.TS and F.sub.WT control the digital signal transmission frequency. A receiver responsive to the digital signal derives the master clock frequency and includes a switched capacitor filter. The receiver derives a reception synchronization signal having a frequency F.sub.RS that is much lower than and asynchronous with the master clock frequency but which has approximately the same frequency as the time slot signal. In response to the information signal and the master clock frequency at the receiver and to the reception synchronization signal, a pulse amplitude modulated signal indicative of the information signal to which the receiver is responsive is supplied to the switched capacitor filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1985
    Inventor: Bernard Roche