Patents by Inventor James Melvin Beach

James Melvin Beach 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: 20220148170
    Abstract: In general, an imaging system to synchronously record a spatial image and a spectral image of a portion of the spatial image is described. In some examples, a beam splitter of the imaging system splits an optical beam, obtained from a viewing device, into a first split beam directed by the imaging system to a spatial camera and a second split beam directed by the imaging system to the entrance slit of an imaging spectrograph that is coupled to a spectral camera. An electronic apparatus synchronously triggers the spatial camera and the spectral camera to synchronously record a spatial image and a spectral image, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Vince, Swati Sudhakar More, James Melvin Beach
  • Patent number: 11187580
    Abstract: In general, an imaging system to synchronously record a spatial image and a spectral image of a portion of the spatial image is described. In some examples, a beam splitter of the imaging system splits an optical beam, obtained from a viewing device, into a first split beam directed by the imaging system to a spatial camera and a second split beam directed by the imaging system to the entrance slit of an imaging spectrograph that is coupled to a spectral camera. An electronic apparatus synchronously triggers the spatial camera and the spectral camera to synchronously record a spatial image and a spectral image, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Robert Vince, Swati Sudhakar More, James Melvin Beach
  • Publication number: 20210072083
    Abstract: In general, an imaging system to synchronously record a spatial image and a spectral image of a portion of the spatial image is described. In some examples, a beam splitter of the imaging system splits an optical beam, obtained from a viewing device, into a first split beam directed by the imaging system to a spatial camera and a second split beam directed by the imaging system to the entrance slit of an imaging spectrograph that is coupled to a spectral camera. An electronic apparatus synchronously triggers the spatial camera and the spectral camera to synchronously record a spatial image and a spectral image, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Vince, Swati Sudhakar More, James Melvin Beach
  • Patent number: 10837830
    Abstract: In general, an imaging system to synchronously record a spatial image and a spectral image of a portion of the spatial image is described. In some examples, a beam splitter of the imaging system splits an optical beam, obtained from a viewing device, into a first split beam directed by the imaging system to a spatial camera and a second split beam directed by the imaging system to the entrance slit of an imaging spectrograph that is coupled to a spectral camera. An electronic apparatus synchronously triggers the spatial camera and the spectral camera to synchronously record a spatial image and a spectral image, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Robert Vince, Swati Sudhakar More, James Melvin Beach
  • Publication number: 20190107439
    Abstract: In general, an imaging system to synchronously record a spatial image and a spectral image of a portion of the spatial image is described. In some examples, a beam splitter of the imaging system splits an optical beam, obtained from a viewing device, into a first split beam directed by the imaging system to a spatial camera and a second split beam directed by the imaging system to the entrance slit of an imaging spectrograph that is coupled to a spectral camera. An electronic apparatus synchronously triggers the spatial camera and the spectral camera to synchronously record a spatial image and a spectral image, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicants: Regents of the University of Minnesota, Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Robert Vince, Swati Sudhakar More, James Melvin Beach