Patents by Inventor Michelle A. Mahowald

Michelle A. Mahowald 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: 4786818
    Abstract: An integrated sensor and analog processor for visual images is produced from an array of photoreceptor signals that are the space-time derivative of the photoreceptor outputs. Each photoreceptor output V.sub.R is first processed by an integrator having a predetermined time constant using a differential transconductance amplifier driving an integrating capacitor, and feeding the output signals V.sub.H back to the negative input, thereby generating a time integrated signal for each pixel of the array. The output terminal of the integrating amplifier is connected to a node that is coupled to the outputs of similar integrators of neighboring pixels by resistive connections thereby forming a spatially smoothed version of the image. At each node a differential amplifier takes the difference between the node potential and local receptor potential, whereby an output representing a first temporal derivative and second spatial derivative is computed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1988
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Carver A. Mead, Michelle A. Mahowald, Massimo A. Sivilotti