Patents by Inventor Christopher E. Trautman

Christopher E. Trautman 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 adjusting a spatial light modulator
    Patent number: 8243115
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a spatial light modulator comprising an array of channels, the method includes selecting a plurality of channel sets, wherein all the channels in each set are contiguously arranged; determining a first intensity value for first output radiation in the channel sets; performing a first adjustment based on the first intensity value, including adjusting a control level of a first channel in the first channel set without adjusting a control level of a second channel in the first one of the channel sets; determining a second intensity value for second output radiation, which includes output radiation by some of the channels in the first channel set, and excludes output radiation provided by at least one channel in the first channel set; and performing a second adjustment based at least on the second intensity value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Christopher E. Trautman, Valentine A. Karassiouk
  • METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR
    Publication number: 20110101212
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a spatial light modulator comprising an array of channels, the method includes selecting a plurality of channel sets, wherein all the channels in each set are contiguously arranged; determining a first intensity value for first output radiation in the channel sets; performing a first adjustment based on the first intensity value, including adjusting a control level of a first channel in the first channel set without adjusting a control level of a second channel in the first one of the channel sets; determining a second intensity value for second output radiation, which includes output radiation by some of the channels in the first channel set, and excludes output radiation provided by at least one channel in the first channel set; and performing a second adjustment based at least on the second intensity value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Christopher E. Trautman, Valentine A. Karassiouk