Patents by Inventor David A. Dorn

David A. Dorn 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: 7796174
    Abstract: The present invention relates to imaging systems that generally include at least a first substrate, on which a charge coupled device imaging sensor array is formed, and a second substrate on which readout circuitry is formed. Information related to the amount of light incident on pixels included in the imaging sensor array is passed to the readout circuitry as a voltage signal over an interconnection between the imaging sensor array and the readout circuitry. Accordingly, the readout circuitry may sample the output of the imaging sensor array multiple times. The system allows different processes to be used for forming the imaging sensor array and the readout circuitry, while also supporting multiple samples of information provided by the imaging sensor array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Alex Harwit, David A. Dorn, Christopher Lynn Mears, Morley M. Blouke, Robert H. Philbrick, Theresa J. Axenson
  • Patent number: D606572
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Pelco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Samson, Andrew S. Sawyer, Donald R. Nohavec, David A. Dorn