Patents by Inventor Brecken Blackburn

Brecken Blackburn 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 FOR OPTICALLY DETECTING TOOTH MINERALIZATION
    Publication number: 20210401292
    Abstract: Described herein is non-grain composition, comprising at least a thermally inhibited or HMT waxy tapioca starch having a post-retort viscosity of less than 1500 centipoise. Such composition can be used for retort food applications, shelf-stable, thermally processed food applications, canned food applications: and/or aseptic packing and ultra-heat treated process food applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Brecken BLACKBURN, Matthew MCPHEETERS
  • Phase-decorrelation optical coherence tomography-based parameter measurement
    Patent number: 11069055
    Abstract: One example includes a scanning system. The system includes a phase-decorrelation optical coherence tomography (PhD-OCT) scanner configured to implement a scanning sequence via an optical signal on a sample medium. The system also includes a scanning controller configured to provide control signals to the PhD-OCT scanner to implement the scanning sequence and to obtain phase and amplitude information associated with a reflected version of the optical signal. The phase and amplitude information can be indicative of microscale dynamics of the sample medium. The scanning controller can also implement an algorithm to calculate a quantitative parameter of the sample medium based on the phase and amplitude information associated with the sample medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Andrew M. Rollins, Brecken Blackburn, Michael Jenkins, Shi Gu, B J Dupps
  • PHASE-DECORRELATION OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY-BASED PARAMETER MEASUREMENT
    Publication number: 20180211383
    Abstract: One example includes a scanning system. The system includes a phase-decorrelation optical coherence tomography (PhD-OCT) scanner configured to implement a scanning sequence via an optical signal on a sample medium. The system also includes a scanning controller configured to provide control signals to the PhD-OCT scanner to implement the scanning sequence and to obtain phase and amplitude information associated with a reflected version of the optical signal. The phase and amplitude information can be indicative of microscale dynamics of the sample medium. The scanning controller can also implement an algorithm to calculate a quantitative parameter of the sample medium based on the phase and amplitude information associated with the sample medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew M. Rollins, Brecken Blackburn, Michael Jenkins, Shi Gu, BJ Dupps