Patents by Inventor Peter M. Mayer

Peter M. Mayer 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).

  • High performance CCD-based thermoreflectance imaging using stochastic resonance
    Patent number: 7429735
    Abstract: The invention is directed to systems and methods of digital signal processing and in particular to systems and methods for measurements of thermoreflectance signals, even when they are smaller than the code width of a digital detector used for detection. For example, in some embodiments, the number of measurements done is selected to be sufficiently large so as to obtain an uncertainty less than the code width of the detector. This allows for obtaining images having an enhanced temperature resolution. The invention is also directed to methods for predicting the uncertainty in measurement of the signal based on one or more noise variables associated with the detection process and the number of measurement iterations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignees: Mass Institute of Technology (MIT), Mount Holyoke College
    Inventors: Dietrich Lueerssen, Rajeev J. Ram, Janice A. Hudgings, Peter M. Mayer