Patents by Inventor John Furey

John Furey 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: 10996354
    Abstract: The present invention is an electronically collimated gamma radiation detector apparatus including a radiation sensor coupled to a digitizer, which is coupled to a processor. The apparatus receives an analog signal waveform from the sensor and transmits it to the digitizer, for transformation to a digital pulse waveform. This waveform is transmitted to the processor, which calculates at least one pulse shape parameter of the waveform, instantiates a pulse data object, and populates the object with a pulse identifier, a vector parameter, and the pulse shape parameter. The above steps are repeated at a different vector to obtain multiple objects. The processor compares pulse shape parameters from different objects using a comparison method. The comparison method updates each object with a longitudinal, transverse, or angled directional parameter. The processor can output vector parameters associated longitudinal parameters, output objects with a desired vector parameter, or conduct further analysis on objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
    Inventors: John C. Morgan, John Furey, Austin V. Davis
  • Publication number: 20180088246
    Abstract: The present invention is an electronically collimated gamma radiation detector apparatus including a radiation sensor coupled to a digitizer, which is coupled to a processor. The apparatus receives an analog signal waveform from the sensor and transmits it to the digitizer, for transformation to a digital pulse waveform. This waveform is transmitted to the processor, which calculates at least one pulse shape parameter of the waveform, instantiates a pulse data object, and populates the object with a pulse identifier, a vector parameter, and the pulse shape parameter. The above steps are repeated at a different vector to obtain multiple objects. The processor compares pulse shape parameters from different objects using a comparison method. The comparison method updates each object with a longitudinal, transverse, or angled directional parameter. The processor can output vector parameters associated longitudinal parameters, output objects with a desired vector parameter, or conduct further analysis on objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: John C. Morgan, John Furey, Austin V. Davis