Patents by Inventor Erik Henricus M. Heijne

Erik Henricus M. Heijne 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).

  • Method, apparatus and computer program for measuring the dose, dose rate or composition of radiation
    Patent number: 8168953
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for measuring the dose, the dose rate and/or the composition of radiation is disclosed. In the method, a detector means is exposed to a radiation environment, the detector means comprising an array of radiation sensing detector elements. The detector means is switched in a sensitive state for the duration of a sensitive time period, and during said sensitive time period, an interaction pattern generated by individual radiation quanta interacting with one or more of the detector elements is recorded. The duration of the sensitive time period can be precisely adapted to the intensity of the radiation that has to be recorded. The interaction pattern is analyzed to distinguish individual radiation quanta received during the sensitive time period, and a radiation category is assigned to each of the distinguished radiation quanta based on its corresponding interaction pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignees: CERN-European Organization for Nuclear Research, Czech Technical University of Prague
    Inventors: Erik Henricus M. Heijne, Stanislav Pospisil
  • Method, Apparatus and Computer Program for Measuring the Dose, Dose Rate of Composition of Radiation
    Publication number: 20120006991
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for measuring the dose, the dose rate and/or the composition of radiation is disclosed. In the method, a detector means is exposed to a radiation environment, the detector means comprising an array of radiation sensing detector elements. The detector means is switched in a sensitive state for the duration of a sensitive time period, and during said sensitive time period, an interaction pattern generated by individual radiation quanta interacting with one or more of the detector elements is recorded. The duration of the sensitive time period can be precisely adapted to the intensity of the radiation that has to be recorded. The interaction pattern is analyzed to distinguish individual radiation quanta received during the sensitive time period, and a radiation category is assigned to each of the distinguished radiation quanta based on its corresponding interaction pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: CERN-European Organization for Nuclear Research
    Inventors: Erik Henricus M. Heijne, Stanislav Pospisil
  • METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MEASURING THE DOSE, DOSE RATE OR COMPOSITION OF RADIATION
    Publication number: 20110297836
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for measuring the dose, the dose rate and/or the composition of radiation is disclosed. In the method, a detector means is exposed to a radiation environment, the detector means comprising an array of radiation sensing detector elements. The detector means is switched in a sensitive state for the duration of a sensitive time period, and during said sensitive time period, an interaction pattern generated by individual radiation quanta interacting with one or more of the detector elements is recorded. The duration of the sensitive time period can be precisely adapted to the intensity of the radiation that has to be recorded. The interaction pattern is analyzed to distinguish individual radiation quanta received during the sensitive time period, and a radiation category is assigned to each of the distinguished radiation quanta based on its corresponding interaction pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicants: Czech Technical University of Prague, CERN-European Organization for Nuclear Research
    Inventors: Erik Henricus M. HEIJNE, Stanislav Pospisil
  • METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MEASURING THE DOSE, DOSE RATE OR COMPOSITION OF RADIATION
    Publication number: 20090057562
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for measuring the dose, the dose rate and/or the composition of radiation is disclosed. In the method, a detector means is exposed to a radiation environment, the detector means comprising an array of radiation sensing detector elements. The detector means is switched in a sensitive state for the duration of a sensitive time period, and during said sensitive time period, an interaction pattern generated by individual radiation quanta interacting with one or more of the detector elements is recorded. The duration of the sensitive time period can be precisely adapted to the intensity of the radiation that has to be recorded. The interaction pattern is analyzed to distinguish individual radiation quanta received during the sensitive time period, and a radiation category is assigned to each of the distinguished radiation quanta based on its corresponding interaction pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicants: CERN-European Organization for Nuclear Research, Czech Technical University of Prague
    Inventors: Erik Henricus M. HEIJNE, Stanislav Pospisil