Patents by Inventor Thomas David MEANY

Thomas David MEANY 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).

  • Optical measuring device having photonic chip with interferometer and phase adjuster set for minimizing signal from interference region
    Patent number: 10345233
    Abstract: An optical measuring device for measuring a measurement region, the optical device comprising a photonic chip with an interferometer defined on said chip, said interferometer comprising first and second waveguides on said photonic chip and an interference region, wherein the first and second waveguides carry signals from the interference region to the sample region and back to the interference region, the device further comprising a phase adjusting unit configured to vary a phase difference between the signals in the first and second waveguides reflected by the measurement region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Anthony John Bennett, David Julian Peter Ellis, Andrew James Shields, Thomas David Meany
  • OPTICAL MEASURING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160356708
    Abstract: An optical measuring device for measuring a measurement region, the optical device comprising a photonic chip with an interferometer defined on said chip, said interferometer comprising first and second waveguides on said photonic chip and an interference region, wherein the first and second waveguides carry signals from the interference region to the sample region and back to the interference region, the device further comprising a phase adjusting unit configured to vary a phase difference between the signals in the first and second waveguides reflected by the measurement region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Anthony John BENNETT, David Julian Peter ELLIS, Andrew James SHIELDS, Thomas David MEANY