Patents by Inventor Lawrence Wiencke

Lawrence Wiencke 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).

  • System and method for precise absolute time event generation and capture
    Publication number: 20080016384
    Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for precise absolute time event generation and capture. One embodiment of the present invention is a programmable hardware module for TTL pulse generation and capture in absolute time. The nominal accuracy of the programmable hardware module is 25 ns. The time reference is an on-board GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver. The hardware embodiment of the present invention can generate eight independently programmable outputs and capture the times on eight independently programmable inputs. An exemplary application for the present invention is triggering external light sources, and flash-lamp pumped lasers in particular, at specific times for calibration of cosmic-ray observatories. A software embodiment of the present invention is implemented in a Linux software device driver interface featuring an extensive set of user commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Jeremy Smith, Jason Thomas, Stan Thomas, Lawrence Wiencke