Patents by Inventor Nicholas Danvers Penrose Gillett
Nicholas Danvers Penrose Gillett 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: 9348040Abstract: An imaging system exposes an object within a region to a beam of penetrating radiation. The beam of penetrating radiation is sensed on a side opposite the region from a source of the beam. An attenuation of the beam caused by passing the beam through the object is determined, the attenuation is compared to a threshold attenuation. If the attenuation exceeds the threshold attenuation, a parameter of the imaging system is adjusted based on the determined attenuation.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc.Inventors: Ronald Steven McNabb, Jr., Nicholas Danvers Penrose Gillett
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Publication number: 20150219775Abstract: An imaging system exposes an object within a region to a beam of penetrating radiation. The beam of penetrating radiation is sensed on a side opposite the region from a source of the beam. An attenuation of the beam caused by passing the beam through the object is determined, the attenuation is compared to a threshold attenuation. If the attenuation exceeds the threshold attenuation, a parameter of the imaging system is adjusted based on the determined attenuation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc.Inventors: Ronald Steven McNabb, Jr., Nicholas Danvers Penrose Gillett
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Patent number: 9031196Abstract: An imaging system exposes an object within a region to a beam of penetrating radiation. The beam of penetrating radiation is sensed on a side opposite the region from a source of the beam. An attenuation of the beam caused by passing the beam through the object is determined, the attenuation is compared to a threshold attenuation. If the attenuation exceeds the threshold attenuation, a parameter of the imaging system is adjusted based on the determined attenuation.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc.Inventors: Ronald Steven McNabb, Jr., Nicholas Danvers Penrose Gillett
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Publication number: 20130003929Abstract: An imaging system exposes an object within a region to a beam of penetrating radiation. The beam of penetrating radiation is sensed on a side opposite the region from a source of the beam. An attenuation of the beam caused by passing the beam through the object is determined, the attenuation is compared to a threshold attenuation. If the attenuation exceeds the threshold attenuation, a parameter of the imaging system is adjusted based on the determined attenuation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc.Inventors: Ronald Steven McNabb, JR., Nicholas Danvers Penrose Gillett
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Patent number: 8270566Abstract: An object within a region is exposed to a first beam of penetrating radiation. The first beam of penetrating radiation is sensed on a side opposite the region from a source of the first beam. An attenuation of the first beam caused by passing the first beam through the object is determined, the attenuation is compared to a threshold attenuation. If the attenuation exceeds the threshold attenuation, a parameter of a second of beam of penetrating radiation is adjusted based on the determined attenuation.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2011Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc.Inventors: Ronald Steven McNabb, Nicholas Danvers Penrose Gillett
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Patent number: 8218731Abstract: A source of pulsed radiation is coupled to a positionable filter. The positionable filter includes an element that produces an indication of a position of the filter. The source is configured to receive the indication of the position of the filter, and to regulate emission of a pulse of radiation based on the indication. A device includes an area including a material that alters a parameter of a beam of radiation that interacts with the material. The device is configured to move relative to a source of pulsed radiation. An element provides a signal to the source of pulsed radiation that indicates a position of the area relative to the source. The signal causes the source to trigger emission of a pulse at a time such that the emitted pulse is incident upon a portion of the area.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2010Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: L-3 Communication Security and Detection Systems, Inc.Inventor: Nicholas Danvers Penrose Gillett
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Publication number: 20110261929Abstract: An object within a region is exposed to a first beam of penetrating radiation. The first beam of penetrating radiation is sensed on a side opposite the region from a source of the first beam. An attenuation of the first beam caused by passing the first beam through the object is determined, the attenuation is compared to a threshold attenuation. If the attenuation exceeds the threshold attenuation, a parameter of a second of beam of penetrating radiation is adjusted based on the determined attenuation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc.Inventors: Ronald Steven McNabb, JR., Nicholas Danvers Penrose Gillett
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Patent number: 8023619Abstract: An object within a region is exposed to a first beam of penetrating radiation. The first beam of penetrating radiation is sensed on a side opposite the region from a source of the first beam. An attenuation of the first beam caused by passing the first beam through the object is determined, the attenuation is compared to a threshold attenuation. If the attenuation exceeds the threshold attenuation, a parameter of a second of beam of penetrating radiation is adjusted based on the determined attenuation.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2009Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc.Inventors: Ronald Steven McNabb, Jr., Nicholas Danvers Penrose Gillett
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Publication number: 20110186739Abstract: Apparatus for scanning large cargo to detect concealed contents include a mobile platform configured to carry and position at least one X-ray or gamma-ray source and at least one detector array at a plurality of positions with respect to a stationary cargo. The detector array may be mounted on a boom moveably affixed to the mobile platform. Multiple measurements of radiation passing through the cargo for various source-detector orientations can be used to compute volumetric images of concealed content within the cargo.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems Inc.Inventors: Andrew D. Foland, Richard Franklin Eilbert, Michael R. Gambini, Nicholas Danvers Penrose Gillett, Ronald S. McNabb, Boris Oreper, David Perticone, Vitaliy Ziskin
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Publication number: 20100296631Abstract: A source of pulsed radiation is coupled to a positionable filter. The positionable filter includes an element that produces an indication of a position of the filter. The source is configured to receive the indication of the position of the filter, and to regulate emission of a pulse of radiation based on the indication. A device includes an area including a material that alters a parameter of a beam of radiation that interacts with the material. The device is configured to move relative to a source of pulsed radiation. An element provides a signal to the source of pulsed radiation that indicates a position of the area relative to the source. The signal causes the source to trigger emission of a pulse at a time such that the emitted pulse is incident upon a portion of the area.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc.Inventor: Nicholas Danvers Penrose Gillett
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Publication number: 20090279664Abstract: An object within a region is exposed to a first beam of penetrating radiation. The first beam of penetrating radiation is sensed on a side opposite the region from a source of the first beam. An attenuation of the first beam caused by passing the first beam through the object is determined, the attenuation is compared to a threshold attenuation. If the attenuation exceeds the threshold attenuation, a parameter of a second of beam of penetrating radiation is adjusted based on the determined attenuation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2009Publication date: November 12, 2009Applicant: L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc.Inventors: Ronald Steven McNabb, JR., Nicholas Danvers Penrose Gillett