Patents by Inventor Brian Benwell

Brian Benwell 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).

  • Continuous clocking mode for TDI binning operation of CCD image sensor
    Patent number: 8692916
    Abstract: A device and method for continuous vertical clocking a charge-coupled device image sensor operating in a time delay and integration and binning mode of operation is disclosed. The method includes providing a charge-coupled device image sensor with a continuous charge transfer signal to a vertical charge-coupled device register for shifting charge continuously to more closely approximate the speed of movement of the target object of capture by the image sensor in order to eliminate artifacts in the TDI imaging direction. The control module of the CCD image sensor provides the continuous charge transfer signal to the vertical charge-coupled device register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Teledyne Dalsa, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonid Lazovsky, Andrey Lomako, Brian Benwell
  • Method and system for assembly of glass substrate-based radiological imaging sensor
    Patent number: 8614421
    Abstract: A method and system of constructing and assembling a radiological imaging sensor having a transparent crystalline substrate plate, such as a glass or sapphire plate, for use in assembling the radiological imaging sensor using either a clear fiber optic plate of a dark fiber optic plate with ultraviolet curable adhesives. The transparent glass substrate plate may further include at least one crystalline sapphire strip disposed in an aperture therewithin. Flexible cable connections are provided by wire bonding to the imaging die substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Teledyne DALSA Inc.
    Inventors: Anton van Arendonk, Andrey Lomako, Weidong Tang, Brian Benwell
  • CONTINUOUS CLOCKING MODE FOR TDI BINNING OPERATION OF CCD IMAGE SENSOR
    Publication number: 20130057739
    Abstract: A device and method for continuous vertical clocking a charge-coupled device image sensor operating in a time delay and integration and binning mode of operation is disclosed. The method includes providing a charge-coupled device image sensor with a continuous charge transfer signal to a vertical charge-coupled device register for shifting charge continuously to more closely approximate the speed of movement of the target object of capture by the image sensor in order to eliminate artifacts in the TDI imaging direction. The control module of the CCD image sensor provides the continuous charge transfer signal to the vertical charge-coupled device register.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Teledyne DALSA, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonid Lazovsky, Andrey Lomako, Brian Benwell
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSEMBLY OF GLASS SUBSTRATE-BASED RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING SENSOR
    Publication number: 20120228512
    Abstract: A method and system of constructing and assembling a radiological imaging sensor having a transparent crystalline substrate plate, such as a glass or sapphire plate, for use in assembling the radiological imaging sensor using either a clear fiber optic plate of a dark fiber optic plate with ultraviolet curable adhesives. The transparent glass substrate plate may further include at least one crystalline sapphire strip disposed in an aperture therewithin. Flexible cable connections are provided by wire bonding to the imaging die substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Anton van Arendonk, Andriy Lomako, Weidong Tang, Brian Benwell