Patents by Inventor Mark V. Bermal

Mark V. Bermal 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).

  • Modulating spectroscopic imaging system using substantially coherent illumination
    Patent number: 10437033
    Abstract: A spectral imaging device (12) for generating an image (13A) of a sample (10) includes (i) an image sensor (30); (ii) a tunable light source (14) that generates an illumination beam (16) that is directed at the sample (10); (iii) an optical assembly (22) that collects light from the sample (10) and forms an image of the sample (10) on the image sensor (30); and (iv) a control system (32) that controls the tunable light source (14) and the image sensor (30). During a time segment, the control system (32) (i) controls the tunable light source (14) so that the illumination beam (16) has a center wavenumber that is modulated through a first target wavenumber with a first modulation rate; and (ii) controls the image sensor (30) to capture at least one first image at a first frame rate. Further, the first modulation rate is equal to or greater than the first frame rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: DAYLIGHT SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy Rowlette, Edeline Fotheringham, Justin Kane, Mark V. Bermal, David Nichols, William Chapman
  • MODULATING SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING SYSTEM USING SUBSTANTIALLY COHERENT ILLUMINATION
    Publication number: 20180100999
    Abstract: A spectral imaging device (12) for generating an image (13A) of a sample (10) includes (i) an image sensor (30); (ii) a tunable light source (14) that generates an illumination beam (16) that is directed at the sample (10); (iii) an optical assembly (22) that collects light from the sample (10) and forms an image of the sample (10) on the image sensor (30); and (iv) a control system (32) that controls the tunable light source (14) and the image sensor (30). During a time segment, the control system (32) (i) controls the tunable light source (14) so that the illumination beam (16) has a center wavenumber that is modulated through a first target wavenumber with a first modulation rate; and (ii) controls the image sensor (30) to capture at least one first image at a first frame rate. Further, the first modulation rate is equal to or greater than the first frame rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Jeremy Rowlette, Edeline Fotheringham, Justin Kane, Mark V. Bermal, David Nichols, William Chapman