Patents by Inventor Heinz Siegwart

Heinz Siegwart 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).

  • Patent number: 10834306
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for a remote control of a radiation detection apparatus. The method comprises providing a remote system comprising a remote computer system and a hardware controller. The remote computer system is configured to operate in a client-server configuration with a local computer system, wherein the local computer system is a server locally connected to the detection apparatus. Output data of an imaging system of the detection apparatus may be received from the local computer system over a first network connection established between the local computer system and the remote computer system. A second network connection may be established between the hardware controller and the imaging system. And, the imaging system may be controlled by sending via the second network connection control signals to the imaging system. The second network connection is logically independent from the first network connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marilyne Sousa, Heinz Siegwart, Henry Wrieth
  • Publication number: 20200228699
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for a remote control of a radiation detection apparatus. The method comprises providing a remote system comprising a remote computer system and a hardware controller. The remote computer system is configured to operate in a client-server configuration with a local computer system, wherein the local computer system is a server locally connected to the detection apparatus. Output data of an imaging system of the detection apparatus may be received from the local computer system over a first network connection established between the local computer system and the remote computer system. A second network connection may be established between the hardware controller and the imaging system. And, the imaging system may be controlled by sending via the second network connection control signals to the imaging system. The second network connection is logically independent from the first network connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Marilyne Sousa, Heinz Siegwart, Henry Wrieth
  • Patent number: 8894769
    Abstract: The invention concerns a material evaporation chamber including a vacuum chamber (10), a first pumping unit (13) to pump said chamber and sources of material. According to the invention, a wall (23) liable to provide total or partial vacuum tightness, delineates within this chamber a first volume (25) and a second volume (22). Certain sources of material (17) having a main axis (18) are placed in the second volume (22). This second volume (22) is pumped by a second pumping unit (24). The wall (23) includes recesses (26) which are each centered on the main axis (18) of one of the sources of material (17). The evaporation chamber also comprises means (27) for plugging or clearing each of said recesses (26), said means (27) being controlled individually to protect the sources of material (17) having a main axis (18) unused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Riber
    Inventors: Catherine Chaix, Alain Jarry, Pierre-André Nutte, Jean-Pierre Locquet, Jean Fompeyrine, Heinz Siegwart
  • Publication number: 20060216161
    Abstract: The invention concerns a material evaporation chamber including a vacuum chamber (10), a first pumping unit (13) to pump said chamber and sources of material. According to the invention, a wall (23) liable to provide total or partial vacuum tightness, delineates within this chamber a first volume (25) and a second volume (22). Certain sources of material (17) having a main axis (18) are placed in the second volume (22). This second volume (22) is pumped by a second pumping unit (24). The wall (23) includes recesses (26) which are each centred on the main axis (18) of one of the sources of material (17). The evaporation chamber also comprises means (27) for plugging or clearing each of said recesses (26), said means (27) being controlled individually to protect the sources of material (17) having a main axis (18) unused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Catherine Chaix, Alain Jarry, Pierre-Andre Nutte, Jean-Pierre Locquet, Jean Fompeyrine, Heinz Siegwart