Patents by Inventor Gerald Apperson

Gerald Apperson 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: 20070215789
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to attributing light emissions to spots a light was scanned over. In aspects, the scanned light includes light capable of increasing light emissions from at least one type of matter. A detector detects emitted light that comes from spots the light was previously scanned over. Circuitry attributes emitted light with spots within the area. Data representing light that reflects from each spot may be combined with data representing light that emits (if any) from each spot to create an image. The emitted light may be assigned a false color in the image to distinguish it from reflected light in the image. Emitted light may occur as a result of fluorescent activity. Other aspects are described in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Christopher Wiklof, Gerald Apperson, Gregory Gibson
  • Publication number: 20070086495
    Abstract: A laser drive controller compensates for temperature-dependent effects of a temperature-sensitive laser. Temperature variations in the laser may be measured and/or predicted based on variable pulsed output. The controller may drive the laser to maintain temperature and/or to compensate for variations in temperature. The techniques may be applied to a laser scanner, scanned beam display, laser printer, laser camera, scanned beam imager, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Randall Sprague, Bin Xue, Gerald Apperson, Clarence Tegreene, Christopher Wiklof