Patents by Inventor Eric C. Bretschneider

Eric C. Bretschneider 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: 20250125138
    Abstract: A cathode-ray tube ultraviolet light source includes a metal housing provided with a light-transmissive window, a heatsink disposed within the metal housing, a phosphor having a first surface and an opposing second surface, wherein the second surface of the phosphor is in thermal contact with the heatsink, and an electron gun capable of developing an electron beam to impinge upon the first surface of the phosphor, whereby light emitted from the second surface of the phosphor is directed through the light-transmissive window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventor: Eric C. Bretschneider
  • Publication number: 20240363326
    Abstract: A cathode-ray ultraviolet light source comprising: an elongated glass envelope having a first end and second end, the glass envelope defining an evacuated volume; an electron gun positioned within the evacuated volume proximate to the first end and being capable of developing an electron beam; a target disposed within the evacuated volume between the first and second end of the glass envelope, the target comprising a phosphor material covered with a reflective metal film; and an electron beam focusing and deflecting mechanism disposed within the evacuated volume between the electron gun and the target to direct the electron beam towards the reflective metal film of the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventor: Eric C. Bretschneider
  • Patent number: 10679476
    Abstract: A motion detector camera is configured to differentiate between an object or objects passing through the field of view of the camera and an object or objects approaching the sensor. In one example, motion is detected with a camera configured to identify and selectively filter specific directions of motion. The motion detector compares pixel changes, corresponding to the basic area or size of the object, from frame to frame, and detects the amount of increase in change or decrease in change. An increasing change in the area or size of an object indicates that an object is approaching, and a decreasing change in the area or size of an object indicates that an object that is receding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric C. Bretschneider, James J. Fitzgibbon
  • Publication number: 20190385428
    Abstract: A motion detector camera is configured to differentiate between an object or objects passing through the field of view of the camera and an object or objects approaching the sensor. In one example, motion is detected with a camera configured to identify and selectively filter specific directions of motion. The motion detector compares pixel changes, corresponding to the basic area or size of the object, from frame to frame, and detects the amount of increase in change or decrease in change. An increasing change in the area or size of an object indicates that an object is approaching, and a decreasing change in the area or size of an object indicates that an object that is receding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Eric C. Bretschneider, James J. Fitzgibbon
  • Patent number: 10417882
    Abstract: A motion detector camera is configured to differentiate between an object or objects passing through the field of view of the camera and an object or objects approaching the sensor. In one example, motion is detected with a camera configured to identify and selectively filter specific directions of motion. The motion detector compares pixel changes, corresponding to the basic area or size of the object, from frame to frame, and detects the amount of increase in change or decrease in change. An increasing change in the area or size of an object indicates that an object is approaching, and a decreasing change in the area or size of an object indicates that an object that is receding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric C. Bretschneider, James J. Fitzgibbon
  • Publication number: 20190122513
    Abstract: A motion detector camera is configured to differentiate between an object or objects passing through the field of view of the camera and an object or objects approaching the sensor. In one example, motion is detected with a camera configured to identify and selectively filter specific directions of motion. The motion detector compares pixel changes, corresponding to the basic area or size of the object, from frame to frame, and detects the amount of increase in change or decrease in change. An increasing change in the area or size of an object indicates that an object is approaching, and a decreasing change in the area or size of an object indicates that an object that is receding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Eric C. Bretschneider, James J. Fitzgibbon