Patents by Inventor Patrick Laplace

Patrick Laplace 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).

  • Sensor systems and methods of measuring infrastructure displacement
    Patent number: 12209936
    Abstract: Interstory drift measurement systems and methods of using the same can include a laser beam source configured to emit a beam having at least a first width in a first direction and a sensor system comprising a plurality of diodes spaced apart from one another in the first direction. The plurality of diodes can include a first diode and a diode spacing width in the first direction as measured between a centerline of the first diode and a centerline of an adjacent diode of the plurality of diodes in the first direction. The beam width in the first direction is at least two times the diode spacing width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: Nevada Research & Innovation Corporation, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: David B. McCallen, Patrick Laplace, Floriana Petrone
  • SENSOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MEASURING INFRASTRUCTURE DISPLACEMENT
    Publication number: 20230052357
    Abstract: Interstory drift measurement systems and methods of using the same can include a laser beam source configured to emit a beam having at least a first width in a first direction and a sensor system comprising a plurality of diodes spaced apart from one another in the first direction. The plurality of diodes can include a first diode and a diode spacing width in the first direction as measured between a centerline of the first diode and a centerline of an adjacent diode of the plurality of diodes in the first direction. The beam width in the first direction is at least two times the diode spacing width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: Nevada Research & Innovation Corporation, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: David B. McCallen, Patrick Laplace, Floriana Petrone