Patents by Inventor Xiandong Ma

Xiandong Ma 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).

  • Detector systems
    Patent number: 10107783
    Abstract: A detection system comprising a plurality of magnetic field generators and a plurality of magnetic field detectors located adjacent to a detection area, and a control system arranged to generate magnetic field using the generators, and, for each of the generators, to make measurements of the magnetic field generated using each of the detectors, and processing means arranged to process the measurements to generate a data set characterising the detection area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William Robert Breckon Lionheart, Anthony Peyton, Xiandong Ma
  • Detector Systems
    Publication number: 20170350863
    Abstract: A detection system comprising a plurality of magnetic field generators and a plurality of magnetic field detectors located adjacent to a detection area, and a control system arranged to generate magnetic field using the generators, and, for each of the generators, to make measurements of the magnetic field generated using each of the detectors, and processing means arranged to process the measurements to generate a data set characterising the detection area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: William Robert Breckon Lionheart, Anthony Peyton, Xiandong Ma
  • Detector systems
    Patent number: 9714920
    Abstract: A detection system comprising a plurality of magnetic field generators and a plurality of magnetic field detectors located adjacent to a detection area, and a control system arranged to generate magnetic field using the generators, and, for each of the generators, to make measurements of the magnetic field generated using each of the detectors, and processing means arranged to process the measurements to generate a data set characterizing the detection area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: RAPISCAN SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: William Robert Breckon Lionheart, Anthony Peyton, Xiandong Ma
  • Detector Systems
    Publication number: 20140167744
    Abstract: A detection system comprising a plurality of magnetic field generators and a plurality of magnetic field detectors located adjacent to a detection area, and a control system arranged to generate magnetic field using the generators, and, for each of the generators, to make measurements of the magnetic field generated using each of the detectors, and processing means arranged to process the measurements to generate a data set characterising the detection area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: RAPISCAN SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: William Robert Breckon Lionheart, Anthony Peyton, Xiandong Ma
  • Detector systems
    Patent number: 8552722
    Abstract: A detection system comprising a plurality of magnetic field generators and a plurality of magnetic field detectors located adjacent to a detection area, and a control system arranged to generate magnetic field using the generators, and, for each of the generators, to make measurements of the magnetic field generated using each of the detectors, and processing means arranged to process the measurements to generate a data set characterising the detection area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William Robert Breckon Lionheart, Anthony Peyton, Xiandong Ma
  • Detector Systems
    Publication number: 20100207624
    Abstract: A detection system comprising a plurality of magnetic field generators and a plurality of magnetic field detectors located adjacent to a detection area, and a control system arranged to generate magnetic field using the generators, and, for each of the generators, to make measurements of the magnetic field generated using each of the detectors, and processing means arranged to process the measurements to generate a data set characterising the detection area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: William Robert Breckon Lionheart, Anthony Peyton, Xiandong Ma