Patents by Inventor Leif Summerfield
Leif Summerfield 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).
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Patent number: 11850677Abstract: A laser ablation system, and method, facilitates the execution of user-defined scans (i.e., in which a laser beam is scanned across a sample along a beam trajectory to ablate or dissociate a portion of the sample) and enables the user define additional scans while a scan is being executed.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Elemental Scientific Lasers, LLCInventors: Ciaran O'Connor, Erik Larsen, Leif Summerfield
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Publication number: 20180021885Abstract: A laser ablation system, and method, facilitates the execution of user-defined scans (i.e., in which a laser beam is scanned across a sample along a beam trajectory to ablate or dissociate a portion of the sample) and enables the user define additional scans while a scan is being executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Inventors: Ciaran O'Connor, Erik Larsen, Leif Summerfield
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Patent number: 9524856Abstract: A sample chamber is configured to accommodate a target such that a portion of the target is removable as a sample. A carrier gas injection system is configured to introduce a carrier gas into the sample region from a first position and a second position within the sample chamber such that at least a portion of the sample is entrainable by the carrier gas within the sample region. A portion of the sample region is located between the first position and the second position. A sample transport conduit is configured to transport at least a portion of the sample entrained by the carrier gas to a location outside the sample chamber.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2014Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.Inventors: Shane Hilliard, Ciaran J O'Connor, Jay Wilkins, Erik Larsen, Leif Summerfield
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Patent number: 9492887Abstract: A touch screen user interface for an optical device wherein the touch screen user interface is connected to a controller which controls motion stages permitting the motion stages to re-position, re-size, re-orient or focus the field of view of the optical device in response to commands input from the touch screen user interface.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2010Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.Inventors: Leif Summerfield, Bill Clem, Jay Wilkins, Tom Wernikowski, Jay Bernasek
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Patent number: 9262915Abstract: A system, device, and methods for monitoring and responding to information needs of users in an urban grid or local map area. The system is a platform to virtualize an urban space, provide map overlayers with local data content, and allow users to access personalized content having relevance based on proximity, location, time, and keyword search criteria such as guest entries, local ties recent user internet activity, time of day, special events related to a user's profile, appointments in a user's calendar, traffic conditions, destinations along a user's footpath having possible significance, schedules and routes for transit, taxi or rental information for visitors, environmental conditions, and the like. In a second embodiment, the system may be expanded to assist guests with parking and traffic management issues.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2014Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: KERBspace, IncInventors: William E Clem, Leif Summerfield
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Publication number: 20140335897Abstract: A system, device, and methods for monitoring and responding to information needs of users in an urban grid or local map area. The system is a platform to virtualize an urban space, provide map overlayers with local data content, and allow users to access personalized content having relevance based on proximity, location, time, and keyword search criteria such as guest entries, local ties recent user internet activity, time of day, special events related to a user's profile, appointments in a user's calendar, traffic conditions, destinations along a user's footpath having possible significance, schedules and routes for transit, taxi or rental information for visitors, environmental conditions, and the like. In a second embodiment, the system may be expanded to assist guests with parking and traffic management issues.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: KERBspace, Inc.Inventors: William E Clem, Leif Summerfield
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Publication number: 20140223991Abstract: A sample chamber is configured to accommodate a target such that a portion of the target is removable as a sample. A carrier gas injection system is configured to introduce a carrier gas into the sample region from a first position and a second position within the sample chamber such that at least a portion of the sample is entrainable by the carrier gas within the sample region. A portion of the sample region is located between the first position and the second position. A sample transport conduit is configured to transport at least a portion of the sample entrained by the carrier gas to a location outside the sample chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: SHANE HILLIARD, CIARAN J. O'CONNOR, JAY WILKINS, ERIK LARSEN, LEIF SUMMERFIELD
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Patent number: 8710435Abstract: An improved sample chamber for laser assisted spectroscopy integrates valve mechanisms into the sample drawer, permitting the sample chamber to automatically bypass, purge and resume flow as the sample drawer is opened and closed to insert samples for processing. Integrating valve mechanisms into the sample drawer in this manner eliminates the need for external valves to be operated to bypass, purge and resume flow, thereby increasing system throughput and reducing system complexity.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.Inventors: Robert Hutchinson, Leif Summerfield, Shane Hilliard, Jay Wilkins
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Patent number: 8664589Abstract: Spectroscopy data are correlated to physical locations on a sample. A laser beam is scanned along a beam trajectory relative to the sample located in a sample chamber. The laser beam disassociates material from the sample along the beam trajectory to produce an aerosol of the disassociated material within the sample chamber. A fluid is passed through the sample chamber to transport the disassociated material to a spectrometer for determining spectroscopy data values of a selected element along the beam trajectory. The spectroscopy data values are correlated with respective locations of the sample along the beam trajectory, and an image is displayed of at least a portion of the sample including the respective locations along the beam trajectory where the material was disassociated by the laser beam. The image includes indicia of the spectroscopy data values at their correlated locations.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Electro Scientific Industries, IncInventors: William E. Clem, Jay N. Wilkins, Leif Summerfield
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Patent number: 8598488Abstract: An apparatus can include a first beam cropper configured to crop a portion of a radiation pulse having a first spot size to form an intermediate cropped radiation pulse having an intermediate cropped spot with an intermediate cropped spot size less than the first spot size; and a second beam cropper configured to crop the intermediate cropped spot to form a second cropped radiation pulse having a second cropped spot with a second cropped spot size less the intermediate cropped spot size.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.Inventors: Ciaran John Patrick O'Connor, Shane Hilliard, Leif Summerfield
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Publication number: 20130168545Abstract: Spectroscopy data are correlated to physical locations on a sample. A laser beam is scanned along a beam trajectory relative to the sample located in a sample chamber. The laser beam disassociates material from the sample along the beam trajectory to produce an aerosol of the disassociated material within the sample chamber. A fluid is passed through the sample chamber to transport the disassociated material to a spectrometer for determining spectroscopy data values of a selected element along the beam trajectory. The spectroscopy data values are correlated with respective locations of the sample along the beam trajectory, and an image is displayed of at least a portion of the sample including the respective locations along the beam trajectory where the material was disassociated by the laser beam. The image includes indicia of the spectroscopy data values at their correlated locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2011Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: William E. Clem, Jay N. Wilkins, Leif Summerfield
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Publication number: 20130161510Abstract: An apparatus can include a first beam cropper configured to crop a portion of a radiation pulse having a first spot size to form an intermediate cropped radiation pulse having an intermediate cropped spot with an intermediate cropped spot size less than the first spot size; and a second beam cropper configured to crop the intermediate cropped spot to form a second cropped radiation pulse having a second cropped spot with a second cropped spot size less the intermediate cropped spot size.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2011Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Ciaran John Patrick O'Connor, Shane Hilliard, Leif Summerfield
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Publication number: 20130042703Abstract: An improved sample chamber for laser assisted spectroscopy integrates valve mechanisms into the sample drawer, permitting the sample chamber to automatically bypass, purge and resume flow as the sample drawer is opened and closed to insert samples for processing. Integrating valve mechanisms into the sample drawer in this manner eliminates the need for external valves to be operated to bypass, purge and resume flow, thereby increasing system throughput and reducing system complexity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Robert HUTCHINSON, Leif SUMMERFIELD, Shane HILLIARD, Jay WILKINS
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Patent number: 8319176Abstract: An improved sample chamber for laser assisted spectroscopy integrates valve mechanisms into the sample drawer, permitting the sample chamber to automatically bypass, purge and resume flow as the sample drawer is opened and closed to insert samples for processing. Integrating valve mechanisms into the sample drawer in this manner eliminates the need for external valves to be operated to bypass, purge and resume flow, thereby increasing system throughput and reducing system complexity.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2010Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.Inventors: Robert Hutchinson, Leif Summerfield, Shane Hilliard, Jay Wilkins
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Publication number: 20110242307Abstract: A touch screen user interface for an optical device wherein the touch screen user interface is connected to a controller which controls motion stages permitting the motion stages to re-position, re-size, re-orient or focus the field of view of the optical device in response to commands input from the touch screen user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2010Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Leif Summerfield, Bill Clem, Jay Wilkins, Tom Wernikowski, Jay Bernasek
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Publication number: 20110240839Abstract: An improved sample chamber for laser assisted spectroscopy integrates valve mechanisms into the sample drawer, permitting the sample chamber to automatically bypass, purge and resume flow as the sample drawer is opened and closed to insert samples for processing. Integrating valve mechanisms into the sample drawer in this manner eliminates the need for external valves to be operated to bypass, purge and resume flow, thereby increasing system throughput and reducing system complexity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2010Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Robert Hutchinson, Leif Summerfield, Shane Hilliard, Jay Wilkins