Patents by Inventor Teresa M. Marta

Teresa M. Marta 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: 11119037
    Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to electromagnetic radiation detector devices, systems, and methods using a planar Golay cell. A method for gas detection may comprise providing a gas sealed in a cavity of a gas detector; directing radiative power from a light source through one or more target gases and through a cell body of the gas detector toward the cavity and a wavelength selective absorber of the gas detector, wherein the one or more target gases are located between the light source and the cavity; setting wavelength sensitivity with the wavelength selective absorber, wherein the wavelength sensitivity is irrespective of an angle of incidence (?); absorbing the radiative power by the wavelength selective absorber and by the one or more target gases; detecting, by a pressure sensing element, a pressure change caused by the absorbing of the radiative power; and determining the one or more target gases based on the detected pressure change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Teresa M. Marta, Bernard Fritz, Martin Willett
  • Publication number: 20200333244
    Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to electromagnetic radiation detector devices, systems, and methods using a planar Golay cell. A method for gas detection may comprise providing a gas sealed in a cavity of a gas detector; directing radiative power from a light source through one or more target gases and through a cell body of the gas detector toward the cavity and a wavelength selective absorber of the gas detector, wherein the one or more target gases are located between the light source and the cavity; setting wavelength sensitivity with the wavelength selective absorber, wherein the wavelength sensitivity is irrespective of an angle of incidence (?); absorbing the radiative power by the wavelength selective absorber and by the one or more target gases; detecting, by a pressure sensing element, a pressure change caused by the absorbing of the radiative power; and determining the one or more target gases based on the detected pressure change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Wei YANG, Teresa M. MARTA, Bernard FRITZ, Martin WILLETT
  • Patent number: 10422740
    Abstract: Devices, methods, systems, and computer-readable media for a dual wavelength source gas sensor are described herein. One or more embodiments include a gas sensor, comprising: a dual wavelength source to transmit a first wavelength and a second wavelength via an optical path, wherein a gas is present through the optical path, a detector to receive the first wavelength and the second wavelength via the optical path, and a computing device coupled to the detector to determine an determine a signal intensity for the first wavelength and the second wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Teresa M. Marta, Martin Willett, Bernard Fritz
  • Patent number: 10393591
    Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to electromagnetic radiation detector devices, systems, and methods using a planar Golay cell. One device includes a cell body forming a cavity therein, wherein the cavity includes a wavelength selective absorber having a predetermined absorption spectral range and the cavity is filled with a gas and a pressure sensing element fluidly connected to the cavity to measure a change in pressure within the cavity. One device may include a plurality of planar Golay cells, wherein the cell bodies of the Golay cells are stacked against one another, wherein the pressure sensing elements of the Golay cells are located adjacent to the stacked sides of the cell bodies, and wherein radiation from a single light source is directed through the plurality of Golay cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Teresa M. Marta
  • Publication number: 20180374331
    Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for assessing cognitive function limitations. A system may comprise a sensor module, wherein the sensor module comprises a gas detector; and a device, wherein the device is configured to: obtain data from the sensor module, wherein the data comprises environmental data; calculate a cognitive availability value based on the environmental data; and display the cognitive availability value on a user interface of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Adam Dewey McBrady, Teresa M. Marta, Stephan Bork
  • Publication number: 20180299330
    Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to electromagnetic radiation detector devices, systems, and methods using a planar Golay cell. One device includes a cell body forming a cavity therein, wherein the cavity includes a wavelength selective absorber having a predetermined absorption spectral range and the cavity is filled with a gas and a pressure sensing element fluidly connected to the cavity to measure a change in pressure within the cavity. One device may include a plurality of planar Golay cells, wherein the cell bodies of the Golay cells are stacked against one another, wherein the pressure sensing elements of the Golay cells are located adjacent to the stacked sides of the cell bodies, and wherein radiation from a single light source is directed through the plurality of Golay cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Teresa M. Marta
  • Patent number: 9829428
    Abstract: Gas detector devices, systems, and methods using a Golay cell are described herein. One device includes a microphone having a front surface with a sound collecting aperture for receiving sound, a substrate, a gas cavity formed in the substrate such that the gas cavity is in gas communication with the sound collecting aperture and the front surface forms a side surface of the gas cavity, and a window abutting the substrate to form a side surface of the gas cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Teresa M. Marta, Martin Willett, Rodney R. Watts
  • Publication number: 20170307518
    Abstract: Devices, methods, systems, and computer-readable media for a dual wavelength source gas sensor are described herein. One or more embodiments include a gas sensor, comprising: a dual wavelength source to transmit a first wavelength and a second wavelength via an optical path, wherein a gas is present through the optical path, a detector to receive the first wavelength and the second wavelength via the optical path, and a computing device coupled to the detector to determine an determine a signal intensity for the first wavelength and the second wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Teresa M. Marta, Martin Willett, Bernard Fritz
  • Publication number: 20170115207
    Abstract: Gas detector devices, systems, and methods using a Golay cell are described herein. One device includes a microphone having a front surface with an sound collecting aperture for receiving sound, a substrate, a gas cavity formed in the substrate such that the gas cavity is in gas communication with the sound collecting aperture and the front surface forms a side surface of the gas cavity, and a window abutting the substrate to form a side surface of the gas cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Teresa M. Marta, Martin Willett, Rodney R. Watts
  • Publication number: 20170102318
    Abstract: Gas detector devices, systems, and methods using a Golay cell are described herein. One device includes a microphone having a front surface with an sound collecting aperture for receiving sound, a substrate, a gas cavity formed in the substrate such that the gas cavity is in gas communication with the sound collecting aperture and the front surface forms a side surface of the gas cavity, and a window abutting the substrate to form a side surface of the gas cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Teresa M. Marta, Martin Willett, Rodney R. Watts
  • Patent number: 9606049
    Abstract: Gas detector devices, systems, and methods using a Golay cell are described herein. One device includes a microphone having a front surface with an sound collecting aperture for receiving sound, a substrate, a gas cavity formed in the substrate such that the gas cavity is in gas communication with the sound collecting aperture and the front surface forms a side surface of the gas cavity, and a window abutting the substrate to form a side surface of the gas cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Teresa M. Marta, Martin Willett, Rodney R. Watts
  • Patent number: 9267844
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a laser source and a ring-down optical resonator that performs cavity ring-down spectroscopy, the optical resonator receives coherent optical energy from the laser, wherein an extinction rate of optical resonance within the optical resonator is at least 100 times longer than an extinction rate of optical energy emitted from the laser source first following deactivation of the laser source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: James Allen Cox, Teresa M. Marta
  • Patent number: 9228903
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems relating to infrared imager devices, methods for providing infrared imagers, methods of operating infrared imagers, and infrared imager systems are disclosed. An infrared imager system includes a number of lenses, a beam splitter, an imager array, and a thermo-optical array, wherein the beam splitter directs light to the imaging array and to the thermo-optical array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Barrett E. Cole, Robert Higashi, Yue Liu, Teresa M. Marta
  • Patent number: 9136084
    Abstract: Micro discharge devices, methods, and systems are described herein. One device includes a non-conductive material, a channel through at least a portion of the non-conductive material having a first open end and a second open end, a first electrode proximate to a first circumferential position of the channel between the first open end and the second open end, a second electrode proximate to a second circumferential position of the channel between the first open end and the second open end, a discharge region defined by a portion of the channel between the first electrode and the second electrode, an optical emission collector positioned to receive an optical emission from the discharge region, and a discharge shielding component between the discharge region and the optical emission collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Teresa M. Marta, Fouad Nusseibeh
  • Publication number: 20140312230
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems relating to infrared imager devices, methods for providing infrared imagers, methods of operating infrared imagers, and infrared imager systems are disclosed. An infrared imager system includes a number of lenses, a beam splitter, an imager array, and a thermo-optical array, wherein the beam splitter directs light to the imaging array and to the thermo-optical array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Barrett E. Cole, Robert Higashi, Yue Liu, Teresa M. Marta
  • Publication number: 20140196520
    Abstract: Micro discharge devices, methods, and systems are described herein. One device includes a non-conductive material, a channel through at least a portion of the non-conductive material having a first open end and a second open end, a first electrode proximate to a first circumferential position of the channel between the first open end and the second open end, a second electrode proximate to a second circumferential position of the channel between the first open end and the second open end, a discharge region defined by a portion of the channel between the first electrode and the second electrode, an optical emission collector positioned to receive an optical emission from the discharge region; and a discharge shielding component between the discharge region and the optical emission collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Teresa M. Marta, Fouad Nusseibeh
  • Publication number: 20130314715
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a laser source and a ring-down optical resonator that performs cavity ring-down spectroscopy, the optical resonator receives coherent optical energy from the laser, wherein an extinction rate of optical resonance within the optical resonator is at least 100 times longer than an extinction rate of optical energy emitted from the laser source first following deactivation of the laser source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: James Allen COX, Teresa M. MARTA
  • Patent number: 8427647
    Abstract: Cavity ring-down spectrometer systems are described herein. One or more embodiments include a cavity having at least two mirrors, wherein a first mirror of the at least two mirrors is configured to permit light to enter and exit the cavity, a first detector configured to detect light exiting the cavity through the first mirror, and a second detector configured to detect light from the first mirror, wherein the first detector is separate from the second detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Cox, Teresa M. Marta
  • Patent number: 8325343
    Abstract: A cavity ring-down spectroscope includes a ring-down cavity. A trigger detector is optically coupled within the ring-down cavity to generate a signal to indicate a desired radiation level in the ring-down cavity. A controller is coupled to the trigger detector to control light provided to the ring-down cavity. A ring-down time may then be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Barrett E. Cole, James A. Cox, Teresa M. Marta, Rodney H. Thorland
  • Publication number: 20120140220
    Abstract: Cavity ring-down spectrometer systems are described herein. One or more embodiments include a cavity having at least two mirrors, wherein a first mirror of the at least two mirrors is configured to permit light to enter and exit the cavity, a first detector configured to detect light exiting the cavity through the first mirror, and a second detector configured to detect light from the first mirror, wherein the first detector is separate from the second detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: James A. Cox, Teresa M. Marta