Patents by Inventor Robert Andosca

Robert Andosca 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).

  • Programmable micro-electromechanical microshutter array
    Patent number: 8194178
    Abstract: A microshutter array has a frame having a light transmissive portion. Linear microshutter elements extend across the light transmissive portion and in parallel to each other. Each microshutter element has a flat blade extended in a length direction and first and second torsion arms extending outwards from each side of the blade in the length direction, the blade extending across the light transmissive portion. A control circuit provides a separately-controlled and independent voltage that is applied to each of the linear microshutter elements. A controller sets the respective voltages applied to each of the linear microshutter elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick T. Brady, Robert M. Guidash, J. Kelly Lee, Marek W. Kowarz, Robert Andosca
  • PROGRAMMABLE MICRO-ELECTROMECHANICAL MICROSHUTTER ARRAY
    Publication number: 20100182496
    Abstract: A microshutter array has a frame having a light transmissive portion. Linear microshutter elements extend across the light transmissive portion and in parallel to each other. Each microshutter element has a flat blade extended in a length direction and first and second torsion arms extending outwards from each side of the blade in the length direction, the blade extending across the light transmissive portion. A control circuit provides a separately-controlled and independent voltage that is applied to each of the linear microshutter elements. A controller sets the respective voltages applied to each of the linear microshutter elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Frederick T. Brady, Robert M. Guidash, J. Kelly Lee, Marek W. Kowarz, Robert Andosca