Patents by Inventor Cathy FONTBONNE

Cathy FONTBONNE 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: 10031239
    Abstract: A method for measuring dosage by means of a radiation detector, especially an X-radiation or gamma-radiation detector, used in the spectroscopic mode, and a dosage measurement system using said method. A range of energies and a dose type H is chosen, a radiation detector of a given type is used, spectra measured by the detector are established for various radiations of the given type, the energies of which are within the chosen range and the respective doses of which are known, and from the spectra, a weighting function is established, that is a correspondence between a mean dose increment and a mean energy, deposited into the detector. This enables a person provided with a dosimeter identical to the detector to know at any time the mean absorbed dose rate, expressed in the amount H.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Orano Cycle
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Fontbonne, Jean Colin, Cathy Fontbonne, Jacky Jehanno
  • Patent number: 9797772
    Abstract: A method for controlling the gain and zero of a multiple pixel photon counter device, and light-measuring system implementing said method. Signals provided by the device are acquired for predefined periods, until a predefined total measurement time is reached, an amplitude histogram is formed from the acquired signals, the positions of two consecutive peaks, measurable on the histogram, are determined, an error signal is produced, which is equal to the deviation between both peaks and, by means of the same, the voltage supplying the device is regulated, so as to keep the deviation equal to a predefined set point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: AREVA NC
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Fontbonne, Jean Colin, Cathy Fontbonne, Jacky Allee Jehanno
  • Publication number: 20160003950
    Abstract: A method for measuring dosage by means of a radiation detector, especially an X-radiation or gamma-radiation detector, used in the spectroscopic mode, and a dosage measurement system using said method. A range of energies and a dose type H is chosen, a radiation detector of a given type is used, spectra measured by the detector are established for various radiations of the given type, the energies of which are within the chosen range and the respective doses of which are known, and from the spectra, a weighting function is established, that is a correspondence between a mean dose increment and a mean energy, deposited into the detector. This enables a person provided with a dosimeter identical to the detector to know at any time the mean absorbed dose rate, expressed in the amount H.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: AREVA NC
    Inventors: Jean-Marc FONTBONNE, Jean COLIN, Cathy FONTBONNE, Jacky JEHANNO
  • Publication number: 20160003671
    Abstract: A method for controlling the gain and zero of a multiple pixel photon counter device, and light-measuring system implementing said method. Signals provided by the device are acquired for predefined periods, until a predefined total measurement time is reached, an amplitude histogram is formed from the acquired signals, the positions of two consecutive peaks, measurable on the histogram, are determined, an error signal is produced, which is equal to the deviation between both peaks and, by means of the same, the voltage supplying the device is regulated, so as to keep the deviation equal to a predefined set point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: AREVA NC
    Inventors: Jean-Marc FONTBONNE, Jean COLIN, Cathy FONTBONNE, Jacky.Allee JEHANNO