Patents by Inventor Rudi M. Bendig

Rudi M. Bendig 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).

  • Laser spiderweb sensor used with portable handheld devices
    Patent number: 9772227
    Abstract: A portable spectrometer, including a smart phone case storing a portable spectrometer, wherein the portable spectrometer includes a cavity; a source for emitting electromagnetic radiation that is directed on a sample in the cavity, wherein the electromagnetic radiation is reflected within the cavity to form multiple passes of the electromagnetic radiation through the sample; a detector for detecting the electromagnetic radiation after the electromagnetic radiation has made the multiple passes through the sample in the cavity, the detector outputting a signal in response to the detecting; and a device for communicating the signal to a smart phone, wherein the smart phone executes an application that performs a spectral analysis of the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: David C. Scott, Alexander Ksendzov, Warren P. George, James A. Smith, Abdullah S. Aljabri, Joel M. Steinkraus, Rudi M. Bendig, Douglas C. Hofmann
  • LASER SPIDERWEB SENSOR USED WITH PORTABLE HANDHELD DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160084707
    Abstract: A portable spectrometer, including a smart phone case storing a portable spectrometer, wherein the portable spectrometer includes a cavity; a source for emitting electromagnetic radiation that is directed on a sample in the cavity, wherein the electromagnetic radiation is reflected within the cavity to form multiple passes of the electromagnetic radiation through the sample; a detector for detecting the electromagnetic radiation after the electromagnetic radiation has made the multiple passes through the sample in the cavity, the detector outputting a signal in response to the detecting; and a device for communicating the signal to a smart phone, wherein the smart phone executes an application that performs a spectral analysis of the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: David C. Scott, Alexander Ksendzov, Warren P. George, Richard L. Baron, James A. Smith, Abdullah S. Aljabri, Joel M. Steinkraus, Rudi M. Bendig, Douglas C. Hofmann