Patents by Inventor Robert N. Hotchkiss

Robert N. Hotchkiss 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).

  • Linear scan system
    Patent number: 3984171
    Abstract: A system for providing a vertically and horizontally defined continuous linear scan of predetermined length of an incident light source output, such as from a coherent light source, such as a laser, in a predetermined focal plane, wherein the incident light source is initially focused to form a scanning spot before deflection with the inherently curved scan locus associated with this deflected scanning spot being straightened to provide the continuous linear scan by means of a non-planar reflecting compensator, such as a spherical reflecting surface chordal segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1976
    Assignee: Image Information Inc.
    Inventor: Robert N. Hotchkiss