Patents by Inventor Michael F. Mayer

Michael F. Mayer 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: 7189958
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a spatially distributed multimode optical fiber; a photodetector configured to detect optical signals provided from said fiber; a wireless digital module coupled to said photodetector and adapted to wirelessly transmit a wireless signal encoding a plurality of detected variables of the optical signals; a wireless receiver adapted to receive the wireless signal; and a signal processing module coupled to said wireless receiver and adapted to decode and interpret the plurality of detected variables of the optical signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: William B. Spillman, Jr., Kenith Meissner, II, Jianmin Gong, Michael F. Mayer, Jennifer Diane Bennett