Patents by Inventor Kristin Anne Hughes

Kristin Anne Hughes 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: 6215119
    Abstract: A low-cost, high precision encoder system includes a codewheel and two encoder sensors mounted at opposite sides of the codewheel to form a dual sensor system having a corrected output that corrects for eccentricity in the mounting of the codewheel and the sensors. The encoder system has a correction circuit that provides a corrected output based on inputs received from the two encoder sensors, which can be single or multiple channel encoders. Methods for achieving the corrected output signal include measuring a time between a signal from the first encoder and a signal from the second encoder and halving this time. Methods for identifying a leading signal from the two sensors are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Guy Markham, Anthony Edward Audi, Kristin Anne Hughes