Patents by Inventor Keith Thompson Carron

Keith Thompson Carron 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).

  • Self-Homing Optical Device
    Publication number: 20240410750
    Abstract: Optical systems have uses, such as in spectrometers, for directing a beam. A spectrometer, for example, utilizes an optical system for directing an incident beam toward a sample and receiving a spectroscopy signal from the sample. In various implementations, for example, an optical system may be further configured to move a beam with respect to a target, such as a sample, and still provide a home position where the beam is directed in a stationary configuration. A self-homing (e.g., self-centering) optical system may provide a “home” position in which the beam is directed in a first stationary mode while still allowing a focused beam to be moved with respect to a target in a second dynamic mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Danial Clark BARKHURST, Sean Patrick Woodward, Keith Thompson Carron, Shane Alan Buller
  • Self-homing optical device
    Patent number: 11867558
    Abstract: Optical systems have uses, such as in spectrometers, for directing a beam. A spectrometer, for example, utilizes an optical system for directing an incident beam toward a sample and receiving a spectroscopy signal from the sample. In various implementations, for example, an optical system may be further configured to move a beam with respect to a target, such as a sample, and still provide a home position where the beam is directed in a stationary configuration. A self-homing (e.g., self-centering) optical system may provide a “home” position in which the beam is directed in a first stationary mode while still allowing a focused beam to be moved with respect to a target in a second dynamic mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventors: Danial Clark Barkhurst, Sean Patrick Woodward, Keith Thompson Carron, Shane Alan Buller
  • SELF-HOMING OPTICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200056938
    Abstract: Optical systems have uses, such as in spectrometers, for directing a beam. A spectrometer, for example, utilizes an optical system for directing an incident beam toward a sample and receiving a spectroscopy signal from the sample. In various implementations, for example, an optical system may be further configured to move a beam with respect to a target, such as a sample, and still provide a home position where the beam is directed in a stationary configuration. A self-homing (e.g., self-centering) optical system may provide a “home” position in which the beam is directed in a first stationary mode while still allowing a focused beam to be moved with respect to a target in a second dynamic mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Danial Clark BARKHURST, Sean Patrick Woodward, Keith Thompson Carron, Shane Alan Buller