Patents by Inventor Dorothy M. Branco

Dorothy M. Branco 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).

  • Publication number: 20230293005
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control system for an optical coherence tomography imaging system to be used with a microscopy system for viewing and/or imaging a subject (190, 192), the microscopy system comprising an objective (164) and a viewing lens system (170) including a relay lens (172), wherein the viewing lens system (170) is arranged at a subject’s side of the objective (164), the control system being configured to perform the following steps: controlling the optical coherence tomography imaging system to perform at least one radial scan of a surface (176) of the relay lens (172), determining, from data of the at least one radial scan at least one curve corresponding to a shape of the surface (176) of the relay lens (172), determining (520), from the at least one curve a lateral offset (178) between a center of the relay lens (172) and an origin of the optical coherence tomography imaging system, and adjusting the origin of the optical coherence tomography imaging system taking into account to the later
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Robert H. HART, Dorothy M. BRANCO, Eric LYNCH
  • Publication number: 20220125301
    Abstract: Systems for determining an apex of curvature In an image, obtained from, a sample are provided. The systems include—an imaging system configured to obtain a plurality of scans of a sample using a radial pattern; and a processor associated with the imaging system. The processor is configured to segment and curve fit each of the plurality of scans to a surface of the sample; determine an apex. for each curve associated with each of the plurality of scans; determine a true apex, among all determined apexes using a derivative of least value; calculate an XY offset based on the determined true apex; map the true apex to an origin where X and Y are equal to zero; and adjust the coordinates associated with remaining apexes not determined to be the true apex based on the calculated offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Robert H. Hart, Dorothy M. Branco, Eric L. Buckland, Micaela R. Mendlow