Patents by Inventor Christopher Kramer

Christopher Kramer 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).

  • Dynamically reconfigurable vision system
    Patent number: 7106374
    Abstract: A closed-loop vision system is disclosed that utilizes a concept known as Dynamically Reconfigurable Vision (DRV), which is adaptive image sensing driven by a computer or human operator's response to changing scenery. The system reduces the amount of irrelevant video information sensed and thus achieves more effective bandwidth and computational resource utilization, as compared to traditional vision systems. One or more reconfigurable photodetector arrays sensitive to either visible, infrared or ultraviolet radiation are present in the DRV system. These photodetector arrays feature on-chip means for spatial and temporal data reduction implemented through multiple independently controllable, time-correlated, frequently overlapping windows on the photodetector array that may be programmed according to their size, location, resolution, integration time, and frame rate. All photodetector array windows are dynamically reconfigurable in real time on a frame-by-frame basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Amherst Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Cesar Bandera, David J. Stack, Christopher Kramer, Terence H. McLoughlin
  • Semi-telechelic nitrogen-functional oligomer
    Patent number: 6451951
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oligomer with a semi-telechelic nitrogen-functionality and at least one ethylenic unsaturation pendant to the backbone of the oligomer. In addition, a process is provided to prepare the semi-telechelic nitrogen-functional oligomer. The semi-telechelic nitrogen-functional oligomer is useful as a dispersant for pigments in radiation curable formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Ronald Scott Beckley, Barry Clifford Lange, David William Whitman, Jo Ann Arceneaux, Michael Christopher Kramer, Peter Thomas Weissman
  • Semi-telechelic nitrogen-functional oligomer
    Publication number: 20020019506
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oligomer with a semi-telechelic nitrogen-functionality and at least one ethylenic unsaturation pendant to the backbone of the oligomer. In addition, a process is provided to prepare the semi-telechelic nitrogen-functional oligomer. The semi-telechelic nitrogen-functional oligomer is useful as a dispersant for pigments in radiation curable formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Ronald Scott Beckley, Barry Clifford Lange, David William Whitman, Jo Ann Arceneaux, Michael Christopher Kramer, Peter Thomas Weissman