Patents by Inventor Vincent Toal
Vincent Toal 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).
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Publication number: 20190004477Abstract: The invention optical device comprising a self-processing photopolymer material configured to produce a variable two- or three- dimensional diffraction pattern when said material is illuminated by a light source. The invention provides a new material science and process technology which produces a serialisable anti-counterfeit optical device, based on a self-processing photopolymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2016Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Izabela NAYDENOVA, Monika ZAWADZKA, Suzanne MARTIN, Dervil CODY, Vincent TOAL, Tatsiana MIKULCHYK
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Patent number: 9927770Abstract: A pressure sensitive holographic recording composition is described wherein the composition comprises diacetone acrylamide, glycerol and citric acid. The composition is capable of recording high diffraction efficiency reflection holograms.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Dublin Institute of TechnologyInventors: Suzanne Martin, Vincent Toal, Emilia Mihaylova, Izabela Naydenova, Dervil Cody
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Publication number: 20170123374Abstract: A pressure sensitive holographic recording composition is described wherein the composition comprises diacetone acrylamide, glycerol and citric acid. The composition is capable of recording high diffraction efficiency reflection holograms.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Applicant: Dublin Institute of TechnologyInventors: Suzanne Martin, Vincent Toal, Emilia Mihaylova, Izabela Naydenova, Dervil Cody
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Patent number: 8535853Abstract: A sensor device comprising a holographic element comprises a grating or hologram recorded in a holographic recording medium wherein at least one physical and/or chemical and/or optical characteristic of the holographic element or the image produced by it varies as a result of variation in relative humidity or moisture content in the air surrounding the element. Also provided is an acrylamide-based photopolymer and an acrylamide-based reflection hologram.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2012Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Dublin Institute of TechnologyInventors: Izabela Naydenova, Hosam Sherif, Suzanne Martin, Raghavendra Jallapuram, Vincent Toal
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Patent number: 8440370Abstract: The present application provides a method of manufacturing a reflection hologram. The method comprises the steps of placing a first pattern of activating material upon a layer of inactive holographic recording material to selectively activate the layer and exposing the layer to holographic recording process for producing a reflection hologram.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2008Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Dublin Institute of TechnologyInventors: Suzanne Martin, Izabela Naydenova, Vincent Toal
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Patent number: 8383294Abstract: We propose a method of detecting the presence of certain chemical and biochemical substances by virtue of the fact that they are, or have attached to them, either a dye molecule which acts as a photosensitizer for a holographic recording process, or another essential molecular component of the holographic recording material such as a monomer or a free radical generator. A recording material used in the process utilizes a photopolymer system consisting of a monomer and a crosslinking monomer, a free radical generator, a photosensitizer and, additionally, a polymeric binder when dry formulations are required and specifically lacks the substance to be detected. Subsequent holographic exposure records an interference pattern only where the complementary substance is present. Applications are broad ranging. Examples in diagnostics, printing, security, and environmental monitoring are given.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2007Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Inventors: Suzanne Martin, Izabela Naydenova, Vincent Toal
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Publication number: 20120288785Abstract: A sensor device comprising a holographic element comprises a grating or hologram recorded in a holographic recording medium wherein at least one physical and/or chemical and/or optical characteristic of the holographic element or the image produced by it varies as a result of variation in relative humidity or moisture content in the air surrounding the element. Also provided is an acrylamide-based photopolymer and an acrylamide-based reflection hologram.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: Dublin Institute of TechnologyInventors: Izabela Naydenova, Hosam Sherif, Suzanne Martin, Raghavendra Jallapuram, Vincent Toal
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Patent number: 8263291Abstract: A sensor device comprising a holographic element comprises a grating or hologram recorded in a holographic recording medium wherein at least one physical and/or chemical and/or optical characteristic of the holographic element or the image produced by it varies as a result of variation in relative humidity or moisture content in the air surrounding the element. Also provided is an acrylamide-based photopolymer and an acrylamide-based reflection hologram.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2006Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Dublin Institute of TechnologyInventors: Izabela Naydenova, Hosam Sherif, Suzanne Martin, Raghavendra Jallapuram, Vincent Toal
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Publication number: 20110069596Abstract: A method of recording content comprising the steps of: providing a content storage medium comprising a pre-recorded grating or hologram; and illuminating a pre-recorded grating or hologram with a single recording beam to record content in the grating or hologram. The recording beam may increase the diffraction efficiency of the pre-recorded grating or hologram. Alternatively, the recording beam may form a new grating or hologram in close proximity to a pre-recorded grating or hologram.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2009Publication date: March 24, 2011Inventors: Suzanne Martin, Dennis Bade, Izabela Naydenova, Vincent Toal
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Publication number: 20100281986Abstract: A multipoint laser Doppler vibrometer system (1) comprises a laser diode (2), beam expanding lens (3), a holographic optical element (HOE, 4) and a CMOS camera (5) receiving reflected light via optics (6). The HOE (4) is a hologram of a flat diffusely reflecting surface. Some light (8) is diffracted by the recorded hologram in the HOE (4) to provide a reference beam of light that is directed back towards the camera (5). Apart from some absorption the remaining light (9) continues onwards to illuminate the object The light that is reflected and scattered from the object (10) passes efficiently through the HOE (4) and interferes with the reference light (8) that is holographically reconstructed by the HOE (4) and subsequently detected by the camera (5). The beam from the laser diode (2) is divergent, which means that the sensitivity vector varies across the field of view.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2008Publication date: November 11, 2010Inventors: Vincent Toal, Maurice Whelan, Michael Connelly, Suzanne Martin, Tulasi Sridhar Reddy Guntaka
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Publication number: 20100167179Abstract: The present application provides a method of manufacturing a reflection hologram. The method comprises the steps of placing a first pattern of activating material upon a layer of inactive holographic recording material to selectively activate the layer and exposing the layer to holographic recording process for producing a reflection hologram.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2008Publication date: July 1, 2010Inventors: Suzanne Martin, Izabela Naydenova, Vincent Toal
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Publication number: 20090266145Abstract: A sensor device comprising a holographic element comprises a grating or hologram recorded in a holographic recording medium wherein at least one physical and/or chemical and/or optical characteristic of the holographic element or the image produced by it varies as a result of variation in relative humidity or moisture content in the air surrounding the element. Also provided is an acrylamide-based photopolymer and an acrylamide-based reflection hologram.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2006Publication date: October 29, 2009Inventors: Izabela Naydenova, Hosam Sherif, Suzanne Martin, Raghavendra Jallapuram, Vincent Toal
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Publication number: 20090246642Abstract: We propose a method of detecting the presence of certain chemical and biochemical substances by virtue of the fact that they are, or have attached to them, either a dye molecule which acts as a photosensitizer for a holographic recording process, or another essential molecular component of the holographic recording material such as a monomer or a free radical generator. A recording material used in the process utilizes a photopolymer system consisting of a monomer and a crosslinking monomer, a free radical generator, a photosensitizer and, additionally, a polymeric binder when dry formulations are required and specifically lacks the substance to be detected. Subsequent holographic exposure records an interference pattern only where the complementary substance is present. Applications are broad ranging. Examples in diagnostics, printing, security, and environmental monitoring are given.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2007Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Suzanne Martin, Izabela Naydenova, Vincent Toal