Patents by Inventor Bradley A. Riensche

Bradley A. Riensche 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: 8433525
    Abstract: A system and method to obtain correct gas density and flux measurements using (i) gas analyzer (open-path, or closed-path gas analyzers with short intake tube, or any combination of the two); (ii) fast temperature or sensible heat flux measurement device (such as, fine-wire thermocouple, sonic anemometer, or any other device providing fast accurate gas temperature measurements); (iii) fast air water content or latent heat flux measurement device (such as, hygrometer, NDIR analyzer, any other device providing fast accurate gas water content measurements); (iv) vertical wind or sampling device (such as sonic anemometer, scintillometer, or fast solenoid valve, etc.) and (v) algorithms in accordance with the present invention to compute the corrected gas flux, compensated for T-P effects. In case when water factor in T-P effects is negligible, the fast air water content or latent heat flux measurement device (item iii in last paragraph) can be excluded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: LI-COR, Inc.
    Inventors: George Burba, Dayle McDermitt, Anatoly Komissarov, Tyler G. Anderson, Liukang Xu, Bradley A. Riensche
  • Publication number: 20110270534
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments of the present invention provide means to obtain correct gas density and flux measurements using (i) gas analyzer (open-path, or closed-path gas analyzers with short intake tube, for example 1 m long, or any combination of the two); (ii) fast temperature or sensible heat flux measurement device (such as, fine-wire thermocouple, sonic anemometer, or any other device providing fast accurate gas temperature measurements); (iii) fast air water content or latent heat flux measurement device (such as, hygrometer, NDIR analyzer, any other device providing fast accurate gas water content measurements); (iv) vertical wind or sampling device (such as sonic anemometer, scintillometer, or fast solenoid valve, etc.) and (v) algorithms in accordance with the present invention to compute the corrected gas flux, compensated for T-P effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: LI-COR, Inc.
    Inventors: George Burba, Dayle McDermitt, Anatoly Komissarov, Tyler G. Anderson, Liukang Xu, Bradley A. Riensche
  • Patent number: 7953558
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments of the present invention provide means to obtain correct gas density and flux measurements using (i) gas analyzer (open-path, or closed-path gas analyzers with short intake tube, for example 1 m long, or any combination of the two); (ii) fast temperature or sensible heat flux measurement device (such as, fine-wire thermocouple, sonic anemometer, or any other device providing fast accurate gas temperature measurements); (iii) fast air water content or latent heat flux measurement device (such as, hygrometer, NDIR analyzer, any other device providing fast accurate gas water content measurements); (iv) vertical wind or sampling device (such as sonic anemometer, scintillometer, or fast solenoid valve, etc.) and (v) algorithms in accordance with the present invention to compute the corrected gas flux, compensated for T-P effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Li-Cor, Inc.
    Inventors: George Burba, Dayle McDermitt, Anatoly Komissarov, Tyler G. Anderson, Liukang Xu, Bradley A. Riensche
  • Publication number: 20110054803
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments of the present invention provide means to obtain correct gas density and flux measurements using (i) gas analyzer (open-path, or closed-path gas analyzers with short intake tube, for example 1 m long, or any combination of the two); (ii) fast temperature or sensible heat flux measurement device (such as, fine-wire thermocouple, sonic anemometer, or any other device providing fast accurate gas temperature measurements); (iii) fast air water content or latent heat flux measurement device (such as, hygrometer, NDIR analyzer, any other device providing fast accurate gas water content measurements); (iv) vertical wind or sampling device (such as sonic anemometer, scintillometer, or fast solenoid valve, etc.) and (v) algorithms in accordance with the present invention to compute the corrected gas flux, compensated for T-P effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: LI-COR, Inc.
    Inventors: George Burba, Dayle McDermitt, Anatoly Komissarov, Tyler G. Anderson, Liukang Xu, Bradley A. Riensche
  • Patent number: 5787180
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for voice privacy for cellular phones includes generic connection points to make it universal for most cellular phones. The connection points include the speaker and microphone and the microphone input and speaker output of the cellular phone. A scrambling or encryption circuit or process is used to secure the audio before it is transmitted over the network, and the unsecured audio once received. Side-tone added by the cellular phone and network echo of the scrambled audio to be transmitted is removed by, for example, adaptive echo cancellation, and unscrambled side-tone is presented to the speaker. The apparatus can be implemented in a digital signal processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Transcrypt International, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Hall, James R. Holthaus, Bradley A. Riensche