Patents by Inventor Jan Vugts

Jan Vugts 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).

  • Conveyor system
    Patent number: 7800068
    Abstract: A conveyor system comprises means for conveying a sample at a controlled velocity between functions of a production line and through an interrogation zone, means for generating at least one beam of electromagnetic radiation of a terahertz frequency and directing the beam through the interrogation zone, means for detecting the electromagnetic radiation reflected from or transmitted through the sample as it moves through the interrogation zone, and means for analyzing the detected electromagnetic and for outputting a signal to at least one of the functions in dependence on the result of the analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: IMA Life S.R. L.
    Inventors: Jan Vugts, Jozef Antonius Willem Maria Corver
  • Conveyor System
    Publication number: 20090153838
    Abstract: A conveyor system comprises means for conveying a sample at a controlled velocity between functions of a production line and through an interrogation zone, means for generating at least one beam of electromagnetic radiation of a terahertz frequency and directing the beam through the interrogation zone, means for detecting the electromagnetic radiation reflected from or transmitted through the sample as it moves through the interrogation zone, and means for analyzing the detected electromagnetic and for outputting a signal to at least one of the functions in dependence on the result of the analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Jan Vugts, Jozef Antonius Willem Maria Corver