Patents by Inventor Carolyn E. Seifert

Carolyn E. Seifert 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: 7928399
    Abstract: A method for imaging a radiation source, and a device that utilizes these methods that in one embodiment include the steps of: calculating at least one Compton cone of a first parameter of a radiation emission from information received from a sensor occurrence; and tracing this Compton cone on to a unit sphere having preselected characteristics using an estimated angular uncertainty to limit at least a portion of said tracing. In another embodiment of the invention at least two Compton cones are calculated and then intersected upon a predefined surface such as a sphere. These intersection points can then be iterated over a preselected series of prior events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Mitchell J. Myjak, Carolyn E. Seifert, Scott J. Morris
  • Publication number: 20100078571
    Abstract: A method for imaging a radiation source, and a device that utilizes these methods that in one embodiment include the steps of: calculating at least one Compton cone of a first parameter of a radiation emission from information received from a sensor occurrence; and tracing this Compton cone on to a unit sphere having preselected characteristics using an estimated angular uncertainty to limit at least a portion of said tracing. In another embodiment of the invention at least two Compton cones are calculated and then intersected upon a predefined surface such as a sphere. These intersection points can then be iterated over a preselected series of prior events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Mitchell J. Myjak, Carolyn E. Seifert, Scott J. Morris