Patents by Inventor Claus Schollhorn

Claus Schollhorn 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).

  • Differential reflection spectroscopy system and method for detecting explosives and other target materials
    Patent number: 7368292
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying explosive or other target materials includes the steps of irradiating a first location and a second location spaced apart from the first location from a sample suspected of including explosives with ultraviolet, visible or infrared light, measuring reflected light emanated from the first sample location (R1) and reflected light emanated from the second sample location (R2), and calculating a normalized difference in reflectivity (?R/ R), wherein R=(R1+R2)/2 is an average reflectivity. A differential reflection spectrum (DRS) is then generated for the sample where ?R=R2?R1 is the difference of the reflectivities of the first and the second sample location. One or more explosives if present are identified in the sample based on comparing the DRS for said sample to at least one reference DRS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Rolf E. Hummel, Ann Marie Fuller, Claus Schollhorn, Paul H. Holloway
  • Differential reflection spectroscopy system and method for detecting explosives and other target materials
    Publication number: 20070212791
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying explosive or other target materials includes the steps of irradiating a first location and a second location spaced apart from the first location from a sample suspected of including explosives with ultraviolet, visible or infrared light, measuring reflected light emanated from the first sample location (R1) and reflected light emanated from the second sample location (R2), and calculating a normalized difference in reflectivity (?R/ R), wherein R=(R1+R2)/2 is an average reflectivity. A differential reflection spectrum (DRS) is then generated for the sample where ?R=R2?R1 is the difference of the reflectivities of the first and the second sample location. One or more explosives if present are identified in the sample based on comparing the DRS for said sample to at least one reference DRS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Rolf Hummel, Ann Fuller, Claus Schollhorn, Paul Holloway