Patents by Inventor Patrick Lambrechts

Patrick Lambrechts 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).

  • Method for the determination and use of a standard operational value for the delay time of a radiographic system
    Patent number: 9474499
    Abstract: A method for the determination of the delay time of a radiographic generator and to the setting of a standard value for such delay time. According to the method it is determined by a series of decreasing chosen values for the delay time whether a signal for the confirmation of the start of the radiographic exposure is rendered by the radiographic generator. The last value of the chosen delay time whereby still such a confirmation signal is rendered, is retained as standard operational value for the delay time of the radiographic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: AGFA HEALTHCARE NV
    Inventors: Walter Exelmans, Patrick Pandelaers, Patrick Lambrechts
  • METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION AND USE OF A STANDARD OPERATIONAL VALUE FOR THE DELAY TIME OF A RADIOGRAPHIC SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150085987
    Abstract: A method for the determination of the delay time of a radiographic generator and to the setting of a standard value for such delay time. According to the method it is determined by a series of decreasing chosen values for the delay time whether a signal for the confirmation of the start of the radiographic exposure is rendered by the radiographic generator. The last value of the chosen delay time whereby still such a confirmation signal is rendered, is retained as standard operational value for the delay time of the radiographic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Walter Exelmans, Patrick Pandelaers, Patrick Lambrechts
  • Method of associating meta-data relating to a radiation image of an object with the radiation image
    Patent number: 7323706
    Abstract: A first time stamp T1 indicative of the time of irradiation of an object and a second time stamp T2 indicative of the time of exposure of an image detector by the radiation image of the object, are generated. Meta-data relating to the object are associated with the radiation image of the object if T1 equals T2 or if T1 approximates T2 within a predefined limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: AGFA Healthcare, N.V.
    Inventors: Walter Exelmans, Eric De Broeck, Peter Durt, Patrick Lambrechts, Bart Tytgat
  • Method of associating meta-data relating to a radiation image of an object with the radiation image
    Publication number: 20060180776
    Abstract: A first time stamp T1 indicative of the time of irradiation of an object and a second time stamp T2 indicative of the time of exposure of an image detector by the radiation image of the object, are generated. Meta-data relating to the object are associated with the radiation image of the object if T1 equals T2 or if T1 approximates T2 within a predefined limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Walter Exelmans, Eric De Broeck, Peter Durt, Patrick Lambrechts, Bart Tytgat