Patents by Inventor Simon Vandenbrouck

Simon Vandenbrouck 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).

  • Portable radiometric imaging device and a corresponding imaging method
    Patent number: 8525113
    Abstract: The invention relates to a portable radiometric imaging device and to a corresponding method, finding a particular application in detecting articles carried by passengers or contained in baggage, for example in airports and train stations. The device includes a plurality of receiver antennas for picking up electromagnetic radiation from a plurality of parts of a body or an article and converting them into a plurality of signals representative of said radiation, a plurality of receiver modules associated with the antennas for receiving the signals representative of the radiation and converting them into a plurality of electrical signals, and a digital processor unit for responding to the electrical signals to create one or more digital signals representative of the electromagnetic radiation for display on a display as an image of the body or article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Microwave Characterization Center
    Inventors: Matthieu Werquin, Nicolas Thouvenin, Simon Vandenbrouck, Christophe Gaquiere, Frederic Bue-Erkmen, Nicolas Vellas
  • PORTABLE RADIOMETRIC IMAGING DEVICE AND A CORRESPONDING IMAGING METHOD
    Publication number: 20120038507
    Abstract: The invention relates to a portable radiometric imaging device and to a corresponding method, finding a particular application in detecting articles carried by passengers or contained in baggage, for example in airports and train stations. The device includes a plurality of receiver antennas for picking up electromagnetic radiation from a plurality of parts of a body or an article and converting them into a plurality of signals representative of said radiation, a plurality of receiver modules associated with the antennas for receiving the signals representative of the radiation and converting them into a plurality of electrical signals, and a digital processor unit for responding to the electrical signals to create one or more digital signals representative of the electromagnetic radiation for display on a display as an image of the body or article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: MICROWAVE CHARACTERIZATION CENTER
    Inventors: Matthieu Werquin, Nicolas Thouvenin, Simon Vandenbrouck, Christophe Gaquire, Frederic Bue-Erkmen, Nicolas Vellas