Patents by Inventor Frank Willard Childress

Frank Willard Childress 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 and apparatus for logging and dynamically configuring performance analysis of a medical diagnostic imaging system
    Patent number: 6418334
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for configurable logging and analysis of performance data for a medical diagnostic imaging system. A medical diagnostic imaging system may be divided into at least one subsystem. The subsystems include data acquisition modules for acquiring desired types of data related to the performance of an associated subsystem. The data acquisition modules acquire raw performance data during the operation of the medical diagnostic imaging system. The data acquisition modules may remotely acquire the raw performance data. The raw performance data may be acquired based upon a configuration file which identifies parameters associated with a desired type of performance analysis. New configuration files may be downloaded to dynamically select at least one parameter for a desired type of performance analysis. Parameters in the configuration file may comprise at least one of a performance variable and a sampling rate for the performance variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christopher David Unger, Frank Willard Childress