Patents by Inventor Rudolf G. Hix

Rudolf G. Hix 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: 4399464
    Abstract: A signal processor for an array of charge injection device (CID) radiation detector elements is disclosed. An integration time control system effectively increases the dynamic range of the detector array by varying the integration times of the detector elements in accordance with measurements of the magnitudes of data signals respectively produced by the detector elements in relation to the saturation thresholds and of the detector elements so as to maintain the amount of radiation stored in a predetermined percentage of the detector elements within a predetermined operating range below their saturation thresholds and above their noise level. A responsivity compensation system adjusts the data signals prior to such measurements to compensate for variations in the responsivity of the detector elements. In response to the identification of a defective detector element, the last previously provided adjusted data signal in the data stream corresponding to a non-defective detector element is reproduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1983
    Assignee: General Dynamics, Pomona Division
    Inventors: Rudolf G. Hix, Allen A. Bojorquez