Patents by Inventor Ronald M. Okupski

Ronald M. Okupski 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).

  • Device and method for determining processing capacity
    Patent number: 9733190
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a remaining processing capacity of a scrubber having a flow path and a processing material disposed along the flow path. A device may comprise a plurality of optical sensors disposed within the processing material and arranged along the flow path, a light source, and a processor for determining the capacity according to signals received from the optical sensor. The device may be used to illuminate processing material adjacent to each optical sensor using the light source, measure a light value reflected by the processing material at each optical sensor, and determine the remaining processing capacity of the scrubber, using the processor, based on the measured light value. Devices may comprise a memory, such as a non-volatile memory to allow multiple uses of a scrubber without reloading with fresh processing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    Inventors: Clas Erik Gunnar Lundgren, Ronald M. Okupski
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PROCESSING CAPACITY
    Publication number: 20140242708
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a remaining processing capacity of a scrubber having a flow path and a processing material disposed along the flow path. A device may comprise a plurality of optical sensors disposed within the processing material and arranged along the flow path, a light source, and a processor for determining the capacity according to signals received from the optical sensor. The device may be used to illuminate processing material adjacent to each optical sensor using the light source, measure a light value reflected by the processing material at each optical sensor, and determine the remaining processing capacity of the scrubber, using the processor, based on the measured light value. Devices may comprise a memory, such as a non-volatile memory to allow multiple uses of a scrubber without reloading with fresh processing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Clas Erik Gunnar Lundgren, Ronald M. Okupski