Patents by Inventor Paolo Questa

Paolo Questa 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).

  • Constant resolution and space variant sensor arrays
    Publication number: 20060215049
    Abstract: A sensor array is described comprising a substantially constant resolution portion comprising a first series of first concentric closed rings, each first closed ring comprising a monodimensional array of equally spaced sensor element location sites, each location site including at aleast one sensor element; and a spatially variant portion comprising a second series of second concentric closed rings, the second series being concentric with the first series and each second closed ring comprising a monodimensional array of equally spaced sensor element location sites, each location site having at least one sensor element, the spatially variant portion surrounding or being surrounded by the substantially constant resolution portion, and the density of sensor element location sites continuously increasing or decreasing between the substantially constant resolution portion and the spatially variant portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Giulio Sandini, Paolo Questa, Danny Scheffer
  • Constant resolution and space variant sensor arrays
    Patent number: 7009645
    Abstract: A sensor array is described comprising a substantially constant resolution portion comprising a first series of first concentric closed rings, each first closed ring comprising a monodimensional array of equally spaced sensor element location sites, each location site including at aleast one sensor element; and a spatially variant portion comprising a second series of second concentric closed rings, the second series being concentric with the first series and each second closed ring comprising a monodimensional array of equally spaced sensor element location sites, each location site having at least one sensor element, the spatially variant portion surrounding or being surrounded by the substantially constant resolution portion, and the density of sensor element location sites continuously increasing or decreasing between the substantially constant resolution portion and the spatially variant portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignees: Imec Vzw, Aitek
    Inventors: Giulio Sandini, Paolo Questa, Danny Scheffer