Patents by Inventor Kenneth A. Rhrer

Kenneth A. Rhrer 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: 5280344
    Abstract: Many sensor information processing applications currently use monochrome B-scan presentations to exhibit processing results from radar, sonar, spectral estimation, seismic profiling, radio astronomy, bio-engineering, and infrared imaging. The use of color for such raster display presentations have been limited to the coding of amplitude values for a fixed set of hue/luminance colors to convey recognition by the human operator. Hue and luminance are used here independently to convey two orthogonal pieces of low signal-to-noise sensor information simultaneously to the operator for quick and accurate recognition. The net result is an added degree of freedom available on a single display surface, which not only improves operator recognition and reaction time for critical events, but precludes the necessity of a second display presentation for the alternate information and subsequent correlation of two data sets by visual comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael N. Witlin, Duane A. Bresson, Michael J. Buehler, Richard J. Buratti, Orion E. Kline, III, Kenneth A. Rhrer, Jose Rio