Patents by Inventor Michael P. Stevens

Michael P. Stevens 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: 4642687
    Abstract: A signal is generated for producing a video display carrying superimposed images, at least one of which is derived from a system for detection of non-visual signals, such as an ultrasonic inspection device or a backscatter detector of penetrating radiation. Accurate registration of the superimposed images is achieved by providing for the system for detection a moveable probe indicating the location of inspection by the detector system, a point source of light or other radiation to which a video camera responds on the probe which point source is `on` when the detector response is positive, and a comparator and memory system in which is built up a store of all those image locations where the camera observed the point source `on`. Output from the memory system is mixed with the camera video signal so that a bright point is produced at each of those locations thereby to produce the superimposed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Assignee: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
    Inventors: Francis A. Wedgwood, Peter F. Peck, Michael P. Stevens