Patents by Inventor Thomas Foster Powers

Thomas Foster Powers 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).

  • Apparatus and method for exposing data characters onto a strip region of moving photosensitive media
    Patent number: 5646713
    Abstract: An electro-optic system and method for exposing data characters line segments on an edge region of rapidly moving strip film. The system includes a source of pulse illumination directed onto a light valve device that is addressed to form a plurality of discrete, multiple data character line segments. The illumination is synchronized with the film movement and the line segments are sequentially scanned to a strip image region to form a stitched, end to end, image of the line segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Thomas Foster Powers, Kenneth Charles Gottschalk, Charles Robert Gordon