Patents by Inventor Cormic K. Merle
Cormic K. Merle 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).
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System and method for optics testing using a plano holographic null incorporating alignment features
Patent number: 10323935Abstract: An alignment reference module (ARM) for detecting an alignment of a hologram with respect to a spindle axis of a spindle that supports an optic device under test (DUT). The hologram is employed for testing an optical surface of the DUT. The ARM includes a flat portion having a reflective surface for reflecting light back toward the hologram member to detect tilting of the hologram relative to the spindle axis. The ARM also includes a spherical portion having a reflective surface adjacent the flat portion for transmitting light back toward the hologram member to detect a radial position of the hologram relative to the spindle axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: EAGLE TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventors: Cormic K Merle, Eugene G. Olczak, Malcolm Nash O'Sullivan -
Patent number: 8395638Abstract: One embodiment of a method for calibrating a test color measurement device in conjunction with an emissive display includes measuring initial spectral sensitivities of at least four channels of the test color measurement device, linearly regressing the spectral sensitivities to a least-square best fit to CIE color matching functions, measuring CIE tristimulus values of test colors on the display using a reference color measurement device, measuring the CIE tristimulus values on the display using the test color measurement device, transforming the CIE tristimulus values measured by the test color measurement device to CIE tristimulus values that would have been measured by the reference color measurement device, using a nonlinear function with variable fitting coefficients, and storing initial fitting coefficient values that provide a least-square best fit of the CIE tristimulus values measured by the test color measurement device and the CIE tristimulus values measured by the reference color measurement devicType: GrantFiled: November 25, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Datacolor Holding AGInventors: Colman Shannon, Cormic K. Merle, Michael H. Brill, Brian Levey
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Patent number: 8269982Abstract: A system for measuring deformation of at least one surface of an object including an interferometer for receiving illumination reflected from the surface of the object, and a surface treatment disposed on the surface of the object for providing a retro-reflective patina. The retro-reflective patina is configured to reflect the illumination from the surface of the object. The retro-reflective patina is attached to the surface of the object and may include a plurality of cube corners, or a plurality of dielectric spheres, or a combination of cube corners and dielectric spheres. Impinging light onto the object is provided by an optical source that may be separate from or integral to the interferometer. The impinging light may be directed toward the object through an objective lens, which is also used for receiving the illumination from the object. Alternatively, the impinging light may be directed toward the object by first bypassing the objective lens.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2010Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Exelis, Inc.Inventors: Gene Olczak, Stephen D O'Donohue, Thomas W Dey, Cormic K Merle
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Patent number: 7864333Abstract: A system for detecting piston diversity between mirror segments. The system includes a pupil plane mask, a transform optical element, and an image detector. The pupil plane mask includes two or more open mask areas and two or more polarizers. Each polarizer is disposed within a respective one of the open mask areas. A first one of the two or more polarizers has a first polarization orientation, and a second of the two or more polarizers has a second polarization orientation.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2008Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Gene Olczak, Cormic K. Merle
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Patent number: 7619720Abstract: A system for measuring distance to an optical surface includes a range finder for transmitting a beam toward the optical surface, and a ring mirror disposed between the range finder and the optical surface. The ring mirror has (a) a circumferential reflecting surface for reflecting a portion of the transmitted beam back to the range finder, and (b) a central aperture for passing another portion of the transmitted beam toward the optical surface. The circumferential reflecting surface is effective in providing a zero reference point for the range finder. The central aperture is effective in passing the transmitted beam to the optical surface for sequentially addressing the optical surface at different locations on the optical surface. The transmitted beam may be steerable for (a) providing the zero reference point circumferentially about the reflecting surface, and (b) providing sequential addresses to locations on the optical surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2008Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Joseph E. Hayden, Cormic K. Merle, Eric L. Wick
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Publication number: 20090141042Abstract: One embodiment of a method for calibrating a test color measurement device in conjunction with an emissive display includes measuring initial spectral sensitivities of at least four channels of the test color measurement device, linearly regressing the spectral sensitivities to a least-square best fit to CIE color matching functions, measuring CIE tristimulus values of test colors on the display using a reference color measurement device, measuring the CIE tristimulus values on the display using the test color measurement device, transforming the CIE tristimulus values measured by the test color measurement device to CIE tristimulus values that would have been measured by the reference color measurement device, using a nonlinear function with variable fitting coefficients, and storing initial fitting coefficient values that provide a least-square best fit of the CIE tristimulus values measured by the test color measurement device and the CIE tristimulus values measured by the reference color measurement devicType: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2008Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventors: Colman Shannon, Cormic K. Merle, Michael H. Brill, Brian Levey
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Patent number: 7391514Abstract: A calorimeter for measuring a color of light includes a color sensing device, a suspension means and a counterweight. The suspension means suspends the color sensing device in an operative relationship relative to a color producing device, while the counterweight is secured to the suspension means and balances the color sensing device in the operative relationship relative to the color producing device.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2006Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Assignee: Datacolor Holding AGInventors: Cormic K. Merle, Leonardo C. Gonzales, II
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Patent number: 7133133Abstract: A colorimeter for measuring a color of light includes a color sensing device, a hanging means, and a means for reducing color distortion. The hanging means hangs the color sensing device in an operative relationship relative to a color producing device. The means for reducing color distortion reduces color distortion on the color producing device While the color sensing device is in the operative relationship relative to the color producing device.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2004Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Assignee: Datacolor Holding AGInventors: Cormic K. Merle, Leonardo C. Gonzales, II
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Patent number: 7072033Abstract: A symmetric monitor calibrator for mounting on a cathode ray tube or monitor with a surface. The calibrator has a case that holds electronic and optic components. Suction cups hold the calibrator to the surface, in which the suction cups are attached to the end of supporting elements that surround the case. At least three supporting elements with a common connecting point to form one support structure are connected to the top of the case. The supporting elements extend out creating a greater diameter than the case. The supporting elements and therefore suction cups uniformly surround the center point of the case to prevent rotation caused by the effects of gravity.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2004Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: Datacolor Holding AGInventors: David Slocum, Cormic K. Merle
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Patent number: 7027140Abstract: A symmetric monitor calibrator for mounting on a cathode ray tube or monitor with a surface. The calibrator has a case that holds electronic and optic components. Suction cups hold the calibrator to the surface, in which the suction cups are attached to the end of supporting elements that surround the case. At least three supporting elements with a common connecting point to form one support structure are connected to the top of the case. The supporting elements extend out creating a greater diameter than the case. The supporting elements and therefore suction cups uniformly surround the center point of the case to prevent rotation caused by the effects of gravity.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2001Date of Patent: April 11, 2006Assignee: Colorvision Administrative AGInventors: David Slocum, Cormic K. Merle
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Publication number: 20040263847Abstract: A calorimeter for measuring a color of light includes a color sensing device, a hanging means, and a means for reducing color distortion. The hanging means hangs the color sensing device in an operative relationship relative to a color producing device. The means for reducing color distortion reduces color distortion on the color producing device While the color sensing device is in the operative relationship relative to the color producing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2004Publication date: December 30, 2004Inventors: Cormic K. Merle, Leonardo C. Gonzales
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Patent number: 6816262Abstract: A colorimeter capable of calibrating color monitors, whether having cathode ray tube or liquid crystal (LCD) displays, is provided by a photometric array of photodetector and optical filter pairs. The filters include long-pass, edge filters which cover overlapping regions at the upper end of the visible spectrum and a filter which covers the entire visible spectrum. The outputs of the photodetectors are digitally synthesized to provide a response which mimics the response established by the Commission Internationale de 1′Eclairage (CIE) xyz (bar) functions almost perfectly. The response which is mimicked may be represented by the CIE color matching functions. The pairs and the associated components are mounted on a printed circuit board captured in a clamshell housing and having an array of apertures which define angularly constrained fields of view of a surface from which the light, to be colormetrically analyzed, emanates.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2000Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignee: Colorvision Administrative AGInventors: David Slocum, Justin R. Louise, Cormic K. Merle, John A. Boles, Jay M. Eastman, William J. Fox, Roger J. Greenwald, Robert J. Hutchinson
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Patent number: 6784995Abstract: A colorimeter for measuring a color of light includes a color sensing device, a hanging means, and a means for reducing color distortion. The hanging means hangs the color sensing device in an operative relationship relative to a color producing device. The means for reducing color distortion reduces color distortion on the color producing device while the color sensing device is in the operative relationship relative to the color producing device.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Colorvision Administrative AGInventors: Cormic K. Merle, Leonardo C. Gonzales, II
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Publication number: 20030058448Abstract: A colorimeter for measuring a color of light includes a color sensing device, a hanging means, and a means for reducing color distortion. The hanging means hangs the color sensing device in an operative relationship relative to a color producing device. The means for reducing color distortion reduces color distortion on the color producing device while the color sensing device is in the operative relationship relative to the color producing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2002Publication date: March 27, 2003Inventors: Cormic K. Merle, Leonardo C. Gonzales
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Publication number: 20020085197Abstract: A symmetric monitor calibrator for mounting on a cathode ray tube or monitor with a surface. The calibrator has a case that holds electronic and optic components. Suction cups hold the calibrator to the surface, in which the suction cups are attached to the end of supporting elements that surround the case. At least three supporting elements with a common connecting point to form one support structure are connected to the top of the case. The supporting elements extend out creating a greater diameter than the case. The supporting elements and therefore suction cups uniformly surround the center point of the case to prevent rotation caused by the effects of gravity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2001Publication date: July 4, 2002Inventors: David Slocum, Cormic K. Merle
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Patent number: 5949541Abstract: In order to reduce the size of a spectrophotometer having a rotatable diffraction grating and to compensate for longitudinal chromatic aberration and to provide for triangular bandwidth (where the image of the entrance aperture through which the light to be analyzed enters the spectrophotometer is equal in width to the width of exit slit through which the spectral components of each band are passed to a photodetector) thereby enabling high, accurate resolution of spectral line locations and edges of colors to be obtained, the diffraction grating is pivoted about an axis laterally displaced from the grating in the tangential plane, which plane contains substantially all of the light paths in the spectrophotometer. The exit aperture rotates with the grating and has a displacement from the grating in a direction transverse to the direction of displacement of the pivot, which displacement may be in the sagittal plane of the spectrophotometer.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 1998Date of Patent: September 7, 1999Assignee: Lucid, IncInventor: Cormic K. Merle
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Patent number: 5844681Abstract: A spectral densitometer system reads dosimeter cards. The cards contain bar codes with information for calibration of the system and for identification of the cards (serial numbers for each card). The densitometer has compartments optically and physically separated by a mechanism which contains a slide for receiving the cards and moving them into alignment with openings which expose the bar code to a bar code scanner in one of the compartments. The compartment containing the scanner also contains a source of illumination which projects through another opening and through a radiation sensitive patch. A scanning spectrophotometer in the other compartment reads the spectrum of the transmitted illumination. The system includes a computer, which may be a separate host computer, connected to the spectrophotometer and the bar code reader via communication ports. The computer computes the dosage based upon the wavelength measurements and the calibration information contained in the bar code.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 1997Date of Patent: December 1, 1998Assignee: Lucid IncInventors: Christi M. Alessi, Curtis A. Corum, Cormic K. Merle, Anna M. Dean
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Patent number: D464278Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2001Date of Patent: October 15, 2002Assignee: Colorvision Administrative AGInventors: David Slocum, Brain J. Levey, Robert G. Cathcart, Cormic K. Merle