Patents by Inventor Richard W. Poland

Richard W. Poland 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).

  • Patent number: 9961108
    Abstract: A system and method for the secure storage and transmission of data is provided. A data aggregate device can be configured to receive secure data from a data source, such as a sensor, and encrypt the secure data using a suitable encryption technique, such as a shared private key technique, a public key encryption technique, a Diffie-Hellman key exchange technique, or other suitable encryption technique. The encrypted secure data can be provided from the data aggregate device to different remote devices over a plurality of segregated or isolated data paths. Each of the isolated data paths can include an optoisolator that is configured to provide one-way transmission of the encrypted secure data from the data aggregate device over the isolated data path. External data can be received through a secure data filter which, by validating the external data, allows for key exchange and other various adjustments from an external source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Jody Rustyn Coleman, Richard W. Poland
  • Publication number: 20160366179
    Abstract: A system and method for the secure storage and transmission of data is provided. A data aggregate device can be configured to receive secure data from a data source, such as a sensor, and encrypt the secure data using a suitable encryption technique, such as a shared private key technique, a public key encryption technique, a Diffie-Hellman key exchange technique, or other suitable encryption technique. The encrypted secure data can be provided from the data aggregate device to different remote devices over a plurality of segregated or isolated data paths. Each of the isolated data paths can include an optoisolator that is configured to provide one-way transmission of the encrypted secure data from the data aggregate device over the isolated data path. External data can be received through a secure data filter which, by validating the external data, allows for key exchange and other various adjustments from an external source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Jody Rustyn Coleman, Richard W. Poland
  • Patent number: 9473300
    Abstract: A system and method for the secure storage and transmission of data is provided. A data aggregate device can be configured to receive secure data from a data source, such as a sensor, and encrypt the secure data using a suitable encryption technique, such as a shared private key technique, a public key encryption technique, a Diffie-Hellman key exchange technique, or other suitable encryption technique. The encrypted secure data can be provided from the data aggregate device to different remote devices over a plurality of segregated or isolated data paths. Each of the isolated data paths can include an optoisolator that is configured to provide one-way transmission of the encrypted secure data from the data aggregate device over the isolated data path. External data can be received through a secure data filter which, by validating the external data, allows for key exchange and other various adjustments from an external source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Jody Rustyn Coleman, Richard W. Poland
  • Patent number: 8858076
    Abstract: An X-ray contrast sensitivity gauge is described herein. The contrast sensitivity gauge comprises a plurality of steps of varying thicknesses. Each step in the gauge includes a plurality of recesses of differing depths, wherein the depths are a function of the thickness of their respective step. An X-ray image of the gauge is analyzed to determine a contrast-to-noise ratio of a detector employed to generate the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Enrico C. Quintana, Kyle R. Thompson, David G. Moore, Jack D. Heister, Richard W. Poland, John P. Ellegood, George K. Hodges, James E. Prindville
  • Publication number: 20130022176
    Abstract: An X-ray contrast sensitivity gauge is described herein. The contrast sensitivity gauge comprises a plurality of steps of varying thicknesses. Each step in the gauge includes a plurality of recesses of differing depths, wherein the depths are a function of the thickness of their respective step. An X-ray image of the gauge is analyzed to determine a contrast-to-noise ratio of a detector employed to generate the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Enrico C. Quintana, Kyle R. Thompson, David G. Moore, Jack D. Heister, Richard W. Poland, John P. Ellegood, George K. Hodges, James E. Prindville