Patents by Inventor Thomas Gipp

Thomas Gipp 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 reducing image artifacts
    Patent number: 7170973
    Abstract: The invention relates to an X-ray apparatus for forming X-ray images, which apparatus includes an X-ray detector (4) for the conversion of X-rays into electrical signals, a detector exposure unit (5) for the emission of electromagnetic radiation in dependence on how first and second exposure parameters, the value of the first exposure parameters being defined by the acquisition mode whereas the second exposure parameters are not defined by the acquisition mode, and also a control unit (13) for changing and controlling at least one second exposure parameter of the detector exposure unit upon a change of the acquisition mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Gipp, Hans-Aloys Wischmann, Falko Busse
  • Apparatus and method for reducing image artefacts
    Publication number: 20050238139
    Abstract: The invention relates to an X-ray apparatus for forming X-ray images, which apparatus includes an X-ray detector (4) for the conversion of X-rays into electrical signals, a detector exposure unit (5) for the emission of electromagnetic radiation in dependence on how first and second exposure parameters, the value of the first exposure parameters being defined by the acquisition mode whereas the second exposure parameters are not defined by the acquisition mode, and also a control unit (13) for changing and controlling at least one second exposure parameter of the detector exposure unit upon a change of the acquisition mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Gipp, Hans-Aloys Wischmann, Falko Busse