Patents by Inventor William Standing

William Standing 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).

  • Circuit for driving a plant such as a mechanical beam scanner and related system and method
    Patent number: 7567879
    Abstract: A device for driving a plant such as a beam scanner includes a memory, drive-signal generator, and a calibrator. The memory stores data corresponding to the drive signal, and the generator generates the drive signal from the data and couples the drive signal to the plant. The calibrator measures a response of the plant to the drive signal, calculates a difference between the measured response and a corresponding target response, and reduces the difference by altering the drive signal. Such a device can force the output response of the driven plant to equal a target output response, or to be sufficiently close to the target response for a particular application, while the device is operating in an open-loop configuration. Furthermore, while operating in an open-loop configuration, such a device often has a greater stability margin and greater noise immunity than a comparable device that operates in a closed-loop configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Microvision, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Lewis, William Standing, Gary Mansouri, Tze Siu, Jari Honkanen
  • Circuit for driving a plant such as a mechanical beam scanner and related system and method
    Publication number: 20060265163
    Abstract: A device for driving a plant such as a beam scanner includes a memory, drive-signal generator, and a calibrator. The memory stores data corresponding to the drive signal, and the generator generates the drive signal from the data and couples the drive signal to the plant. The calibrator measures a response of the plant to the drive signal, calculates a difference between the measured response and a corresponding target response, and reduces the difference by altering the drive signal. Such a device can force the output response of the driven plant to equal a target output response, or to be sufficiently close to the target response for a particular application, while the device is operating in an open-loop configuration. Furthermore, while operating in an open-loop configuration, such a device often has a greater stability margin and greater noise immunity than a comparable device that operates in a closed-loop configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: John Lewis, William Standing, Gary Mansouri, Tze Siu, Jari Honkanen