Patents by Inventor Robert Joseph Vanderbei

Robert Joseph Vanderbei 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: 5659175
    Abstract: A type of tomography is described, wherein occupancy of lattice sites in a microscopic sample of crystalline material is predicted. An electron beam is projected through the sample, at a specific angle, causing discernible spots in a detector, such as photographic film. Each spot corresponds to a row of atoms. The intensity of each spot indicates the number of atoms in the row, and the number is called a "line count." Projecting the electron beam at specific additional angles produces additional line counts. From all the line counts, a set of equations is derived. Each variable in the equations corresponds to a lattice site in the material. A solution to the equations is found by linear programming techniques, thus assigning a value to each variable. Each value indicates the probability of occupancy of a respective lattice site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Allan Shepp, Peter C. Fishburn, Peter Schwander, Robert Joseph Vanderbei