Patents by Inventor Kevin A. Robertson

Kevin A. Robertson 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: 5678922
    Abstract: An electric lighting fixture for mounting relative to a ceiling is disclosed. An enhanced light deflecting louver system is also disclosed in which the louvers provide enhanced light deflection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: H. E. Williams, Inc.
    Inventor: Roger Kevin Robertson
  • Patent number: 5212485
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for digitizing a repetitive waveform using an analog oscilloscope uses a successive approximation technique. For each sample point on the repetitive waveform a digitizing level is compared with the repetitive waveform at that sample point, and the digitizing level is adjusted until it essentially equals the magnitude of the repetitive waveform at that point. The particular sample point is determined by comparing a delay level with a ramp signal that starts from an initial fixed trigger point on the repetitive waveform. Each point is digitized in this manner in one of three modes. The first mode samples the same point on successive iterations of the waveform until that point is digitized, and then the next point is digitized. The second mode samples each point once per iteration of the waveform by stepping the delay level n times during each iteration, and adjusting the digitizing level individually for each sample point until the digitization is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1993
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon W. Shank, Henry G. Fox, Kevin A. Robertson