Patents by Inventor Scott C. Cannon

Scott C. Cannon 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).

  • Pyrometer process temperature measurement for high power light sources
    Patent number: 9261406
    Abstract: A process measurement system for measuring a parameter of a work surface includes a light source configured to provide a material processing beam, an optical delivery system optically coupled to the light source and configured to homogenize and direct the material processing beam to the work surface, the optical delivery system including a process optic for optically coupling the material processing beam to the work surface in a predetermined way, the optical delivery system including a delivery waveguide having an output face optically coupled to the process optic, and an optical pyrometer in optical communication with the optical delivery system and configured to receive a pyrometer signal emitted from the work surface and coupled into said output face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: nLIGHT Photonics Corporation
    Inventors: R. Kirk Price, Scott C. Cannon