Patents by Inventor Walter Vincent Dixon, legal representative

Walter Vincent Dixon, legal representative 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).

  • Predictive autofocusing
    Patent number: 8179432
    Abstract: A method of autofocusing includes capturing first, second and third images of a sample, at respective first, second and third sample distances and respective first, second and third lateral positions determined with respect to an objective; determining a quantitative characteristic for the first, second and third images; determining a primary sample distance based upon at least the quantitative characteristics for the first, second, and third images; and capturing a primary image of the sample at the primary sample distance and at a primary lateral position that is offset from the first, second and third lateral positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Siavash Yazdanfar, Robert John Filkins, Elizabeth Lockenberg Dixon, Walter Vincent Dixon, legal representative, Krenar Tasimi, Kevin Bernard Kenny