Paul D Stoner

US Patent:

6417502, Jul 9, 2002

Filed:

May 8, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/851672

Inventors:

Paul D. Stoner - North Canton OH
Clarence T. Tegreene - Seattle WA

Assignee:

Microvision, Inc. - Bothell WA

International Classification:

H01L 2700

US Classification:

2502081, 250334, 342179

Abstract:

An imaging system includes a scanning reflector that sweeps through a periodic scan pattern to redirect millimeter wave energy from a target object to a detector. The imaging system may include one or more millimeter wave lenses that gather and focus the millimeter wave energy from the target object onto the reflector or the detector. The detector is super-cooled to increases sensitivity, so that the imaging system does not require an illumination source. For each location on the target object, the detector monitors the intensity of the millimeter wave energy and an electronic controller builds a memory map from the detector data. Because different materials block millimeter wave energy differently, the detector data, and thus the memory map corresponds to the structure of the target object. In one embodiment, the scanning reflector is a resonant scanner. The scanner may be a microelectromechanical (MEMs) or mesomechanical scanner.

US Patent:

6572017, Jun 3, 2003

Filed:

Dec 30, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/475837

Inventors:

Paul D. Stoner - North Canton OH

Assignee:

Telxon Corporation - Holtsville NY

International Classification:

G06K 710

US Classification:

23546212, 235447, 235461

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a dataform reading module. At least one photosensor provides a plurality of different zones for image capture. A lens focuses a respective image representing a portion of a dataform taken along a target line onto a respective one of the plurality of different zones. At least two mirrors are configured to focus an image of adjacent and partially overlapping portions of the dataform taken along the target line onto the lens. An illuminating device illuminates the dataform.

US Patent:

6609660, Aug 26, 2003

Filed:

Aug 12, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/373467

Inventors:

Paul D. Stoner - North Canton OH

Assignee:

Telxon Corporation - Holtsville NY

International Classification:

G02B 2608

US Classification:

23546222, 23547201

Abstract:

A dataform reading module includes at least one photosensor providing a plurality of different zones for image capture. The reader module further includes a plurality of optics for focusing a respective image representing a portion of a dataform taken along a target line onto a respective one of the plurality of different zones. At least two of the plurality of optics are configured to focus an image of adjacent and partially overlapping portions of the dataform taken along the target line. An illuminating device included as part of the reading module is used for illuminating the dataform.

US Patent:

7246773, Jul 24, 2007

Filed:

May 6, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/840736

Inventors:

Paul Stoner - North Canton OH, US
Daniel P. Christy - Akron OH, US
David B. Sweet - Canal Fulton OH, US

Assignee:

Goodrich Coporation - Charlotte NC

International Classification:

B64D 15/14

US Classification:

244134D

Abstract:

An electro-thermal ice protection system for an airfoil comprises: a metal foil heater including an integral parting strip, the metal foil heater configurable to cover at least a portion of a leading edge of the airfoil with the integral parting strip disposed along an air-stagnation zone of the leading edge; and a controller coupled electrically to the metal foil heater for controlling electrical energy from a power source to the metal foil of the heater in accordance with a pulse duty-cycle and for controlling power to the parting strip of the heater to maintain the air-stagnation zone virtually free of ice formation. A method of making an exemplary metal foil heater for use in ice protection of an airfoil comprises the steps of: preparing a sheet of Titanium foil in a rectangular shape having a length substantially greater than a width thereof for covering at least a portion of the leading edge of the airfoil; applying a layer of Nickel material over an area along each width edge of the Titanium foil; applying a layer of Copper material over the Nickel layer along each width edge of the Titanium foil; and attaching conductor wires to the Copper layers at each width edge.

US Patent:

7482950, Jan 27, 2009

Filed:

Aug 14, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/464321

Inventors:

Paul Douglas Stoner - Powell OH, US
Ovidiu Gabriel Vlad - Naperville IL, US

Assignee:

Embedded Control Systems - Lisle IL

International Classification:

G08B 21/00
H04N 7/18
G09G 1/02

US Classification:

340945, 340963, 340971, 340973, 3406912, 3406916, 348123, 345 28

Abstract:

These teachings present triple data transport redundancy in the form of three data bus interfaces that are each designed and manufactured independently from one another and compatible with a common data handling protocol. This protocol can be one that includes no error correction. These interfaces can each couple to a corresponding first, second, and third data bus that may comprise optical data busses. Information gauges can be realized through use a memory that stores a plurality of images comprising views of an information gauge (or gauges) of interest showing a variety of different readings. Upon receiving information regarding a monitored parameter of interest (via, for example, the aforementioned data busses and data bus interfaces), this information can be used to address the stored information gauge view that corresponds to the present parameter value. That particular view can be recalled and displayed to thereby provide the corresponding information to a viewer.

US Patent:

7880325, Feb 1, 2011

Filed:

Apr 27, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/430437

Inventors:

Paul Douglas Stoner - Powell OH, US

Assignee:

Embedded Control Systems, Inc. - Bolingbrook IL

International Classification:

B60L 1/00

US Classification:

307 91

Abstract:

A vehicle () such as an aircraft is provided () with a source of light (). An optical conduit is then used to couple () this source of light to a light-to-electricity conversion apparatus (). So configured, the optical conduit delivers light from this source of light to the light-to-electricity conversion apparatus such that the light source then serves as a source of electricity in the vehicle.

US Patent:

7888812, Feb 15, 2011

Filed:

May 7, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/775955

Inventors:

Paul Douglas Stoner - Powell OH, US
Ovidiu Gabriel Vlad - Naperville IL, US

Assignee:

Embedded Control Systems, Inc. - Bolingbrook IL

International Classification:

B60L 1/00

US Classification:

307 91

Abstract:

These teachings present triple data transport redundancy in the form of three data bus interfaces that are each designed and manufactured independently from one another and compatible with a common data handling protocol. This protocol can be one that includes no error correction. These interfaces can each couple to a corresponding first, second, and third data bus that may comprise optical data busses. Information gauges can be realized through use a memory that stores a plurality of images comprising views of an information gauge (or gauges) of interest showing a variety of different readings. Upon receiving information regarding a monitored parameter of interest (via, for example, the aforementioned data busses and data bus interfaces), this information can be used to address the stored information gauge view that corresponds to the present parameter value. That particular view can be recalled and displayed to thereby provide the corresponding information to a viewer.

US Patent:

7888813, Feb 15, 2011

Filed:

May 7, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/775985

Inventors:

Paul Douglas Stoner - Powell OH, US

Assignee:

Embedded Control Systems, Inc. - Bolingbrook IL

International Classification:

B60L 1/00

US Classification:

307 91

Abstract:

These teachings present triple data transport redundancy in the form of three data bus interfaces that are each designed and manufactured independently from one another and compatible with a common data handling protocol. This protocol can be one that includes no error correction. These interfaces can each couple to a corresponding first, second, and third data bus that may comprise optical data busses. Information gauges can be realized through use a memory that stores a plurality of images comprising views of an information gauge (or gauges) of interest showing a variety of different readings. Upon receiving information regarding a monitored parameter of interest (via, for example, the aforementioned data busses and data bus interfaces), this information can be used to address the stored information gauge view that corresponds to the present parameter value. That particular view can be recalled and displayed to thereby provide the corresponding information to a viewer.