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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7835280 | Methods and systems for managing variable delays in packet transmission An improved method and system for the determination of jitter buffers enables the generation of buffers having sizes and delays such that, as designed, the buffers capture a substantial majority of packets while not being resource intensive. The present methods and ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7826589 | Security system for screening people The present invention is directed towards an X-ray people screening system capable of rapidly screening people for detection of metals, low Z materials (plastics, ceramics and illicit drugs) and other contraband which might be concealed beneath the person's clothing... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7817776 | Cargo scanning system The inspection methods and systems of the present invention are mobile, rapidly deployable, and capable of scanning a wide variety of receptacles cost-effectively and accurately on uneven surfaces. The present invention is directed toward a portable inspection syste... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7796733 | Personnel security screening system with enhanced privacy The present invention is directed towards processing security images of people subjected to X-ray radiation. The present invention processes a generated image by dividing the generated image into at least two regions or mask images, separately processing the at leas... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7783005 | X-ray imaging system having improved weather resistance It is an object of the present invention to provide a radiation inspection system, such as an X-ray system, that can operate efficiently even in inclement weather conditions while being highly mobile. Thus the improved inspection system of the present invention is c... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7783004 | Cargo scanning system The present invention is directed to a portable inspection system for generating an image representation of target objects using a radiation source. A detector array having a first configuration and a second configuration is connected to a housing and at least one s... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7769133 | Relocatable X-ray imaging system and method for inspecting commercial vehicles and cargo containers A readily relocatable X-ray imaging system for inspecting the contents of vehicles and containers, and a method for using the same. In a preferred embodiment, the system is relatively small in size, and is used for inspecting commercial vehicles, cargo containers, a... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7758077 | Stretchable fabric book cover and method A flexible, preferably elastic empanelled book cover (12) that has pocket portions (25) to receive the covers of a book (10) that is inserted therein. The cover (12) consists of a unitary hexagonal sheet of pliable material such as “SPA... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7753411 | Elastomeric book cover A book cover, formed from an elastomeric polymer material, has pocket portions for receiving the covers of a book. The pocket portions form an elliptically shaped access slot that encases covers inserted into the pocket portion and have peripheral edges that fold ov... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7738961 | Method and apparatus for treatment of the gastrointestinal tract A method and device for electrically stimulating one or more structures in the gastrointestinal tract as described. The one or more structures are preferably selected from the upper esophageal sphincter, the esophagus and gastric fundus. The method may involve the s... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7728367 | Edge illuminated photodiodes This invention comprises plurality of edge illuminated photodiodes. More specifically, the photodiodes of the present invention comprise novel structures designed to minimize reductions in responsivity due to edge surface recombination and improve quantum efficiency... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7724868 | X-ray monitoring Apparatus for monitoring in real time the movement of a plurality of substances in a mixture, such as oil water and air flowing through a pipe comprises an X-ray scanner arranged to make a plurality of scans of the mixture over a monitoring period to produce a plura... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7720195 | Self-contained mobile inspection system and method The inspection methods and systems of the present invention are mobile, rapidly deployable, and capable of scanning a wide variety of receptacles cost-effectively and accurately on uneven surfaces. The present invention is directed toward a portable inspection syste... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7709921 | Photodiode and photodiode array with improved performance characteristics The present invention is a photodiode and/or photodiode array, having a p+ diffused area that is smaller than the area of a mounted scintillator crystal, designed and manufactured with improved device characteristics, and more particularly, has relatively low dark c... | 05/04/2010 |
| D615021 | Bag for a motorcycle windshield | 05/04/2010 |
| 7704212 | Reusable invasive fluid pressure monitoring apparatus and method The present invention is an apparatus and method for invasive bodily fluid pressure measurements using a pressure sensing assembly that is partially reusable. An embodiment includes a system for measuring a bodily pressure level having a support structure that inclu... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7702069 | X-ray security inspection machine X-ray security inspection machine (10) comprising an X-ray tunnel (40); a conveyor means (50) for conveying an article through the tunnel; an X-ray source for irradiating the article; and an X-ray detection means for detecting X-rays transmitted... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7684538 | X-ray scanning system An X-ray scanner comprises an array (12) of X-ray detectors (16) arranged in cylindrical configuration around an imaging volume (28), and a multi-focus X-ray source (20) which extends in a helical configuration around the outside of the d... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7664230 | X-ray tubes The present invention is directed to an X-ray tube that has an electron source in the form of a cathode and an anode within a housing. The anode is a thin film anode, so that most of the electrons which do not interact with it to produce X-rays pass directly through... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7660388 | Integrated carry-on baggage cart and passenger screening station The present invention is directed towards apparatuses and methods for securing a location. Particularly, the present invention is directed towards methods, apparatuses, and integrated systems for the screening of individual passengers and their corresponding carry-o... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7656001 | Front-side illuminated, back-side contact double-sided PN-junction photodiode arrays The present invention is a photodiode detector array for use in computerized tomography (CT) and non-CT applications. Specifically, the present invention is a high-density photodiode arrays, with low dark current, low capacitance, high signal to noise ratio, high sp... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7655999 | High density photodiodes The present invention is a front-side contact, back-side illuminated (FSC-BSL) photodiode arrays and front-side illuminated, back-side contact (FSL-BSC) photodiode arrays having improved characteristics, including high production throughput, low-cost manufacturing v... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7654576 | Stretchable fabric book cover and method A flexible, preferably elastic empanelled book cover (12) that has pocket portions (25) to receive the covers of a book (10) that is inserted therein. The cover (12) consists of a unitary hexagonal sheet of pliable material such as “SPA... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7648173 | Stretchable elastomeric coated fabric book cover and method An adjustable book cover (10) consisting of a unitary hexagonal sheet of stretchable fabric (16) that is preferably coated with an elastomeric polyurethane resin (15). Interstices (19) of the fabric (16) are filled with at least a ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7579845 | Methods and systems for the rapid detection of concealed objects The present invention provides for an improved scanning process having microwave arrays comprised of microwave transmitters in radiographic alignment with microwave receivers. The microwave array emits controllably directed microwave radiation toward an object under... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7579666 | Front illuminated back side contact thin wafer detectors The present invention is directed toward a detector structure, detector arrays, a method of detecting incident radiation, and a method of manufacturing the detectors. The present invention comprises several embodiments that provide for reduced radiation damage susce... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7576369 | Deep diffused thin photodiodes This invention comprises photodiodes, optionally organized in the form of an array, including p+ deep diffused regions or p+ and n+ deep diffused regions. More specifically, the invention permits one to fabricate thin 4 inch and 6 inch wafer using the physical suppo... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7564939 | Control means for heat load in X-ray scanning apparatus An X-ray scanning apparatus comprises a number of multi-focus X-ray tubes (25) spaced around an axis X and arranged to emit X-rays through an object on the axis which are detected by sensors (52). Each tube (25) can emit X-rays from a plurality ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7526064 | Multiple pass cargo inspection system The present invention is a cargo inspection system, employing a radiation source, capable of scanning vehicles and/or cargo in a wide range of sizes, including conventional imaging areas as well as taller and bulkier enclosures at sufficiently optimal efficacy and o... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7519148 | Single boom cargo scanning system The inspection methods and systems of the present invention are mobile, rapidly deployable, and capable of scanning a wide variety of receptacles cost-effectively and accurately on uneven surfaces. The present invention is directed toward a portable inspection syste... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7517149 | Cargo scanning system The inspection methods and systems of the present invention are mobile, rapidly deployable, and capable of scanning a wide variety of receptacles cost-effectively and accurately on uneven surfaces. The present invention is directed toward a portable inspection syste... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516320 | Distributed processing architecture with scalable processing layers The present invention is a system on chip having a scalable, distributed processing architecture and memory capabilities through a plurality of parallel processing layers. In one embodiment, the processor comprises a plurality of processing layers, a processing laye... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7512215 | X-ray tube electron sources An X-ray tube includes an emitter wire (18) enclosed in a suppressor(14, 16). An extraction grid comprises a number of parallel wires (20) extending perpendicular to the emitter wire, and a focusing grid comprises a number of wires (22) p... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7505563 | X-ray sources An anode for an X-ray source is formed in two parts, a main part and a collimating part. The main part has the target region formed on it. The two parts between them define an electron aperture through which electrons pass to reach the target region, and an X-ray ap... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7505557 | Method and system for certifying operators of x-ray inspection systems A method and system for using Threat Imaging Projection (TIP) technology, and the operator testing data that it generates, in order to certify x-ray inspection system operators and thereby assure an acceptable and uniform level of operator performance. In a preferre... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7486768 | Self-contained mobile inspection system and method The inspection methods and systems of the present invention are mobile, rapidly deployable, and capable of scanning a wide variety of receptacles cost-effectively and accurately on uneven surfaces. The present invention is directed toward a portable inspection syste... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7483510 | Relocatable X-ray imaging system and method for inspecting commercial vehicles and cargo containers A readily relocatable X-ray imaging system for inspecting the contents of vehicles and containers, and a method for using the same. In a preferred embodiment, the system is relatively small in size, and is used for inspecting commercial vehicles, cargo containers, a... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7478837 | Elastomeric book cover A book cover (20), which may be formed or molded from an elastomeric polymer material, has pocket portions for receiving the covers (20) of a book (10). The pocket portions may form an elliptically shaped access slot (25) that eases inser... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7471764 | X-ray imaging system having improved weather resistance It is an object of the present invention to provide a radiation inspection system, such as an X-ray system, that can operate efficiently even in inclement weather conditions while being highly mobile. Thus the improved inspection system of the present invention is c... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7470966 | Photodiode with controlled current leakage The present invention is directed towards radiation detectors and methods of detecting incident radiation. In particular the present invention is directed towards photodiodes with controlled current leakage detector structures and a method of manufacturing photodiod... | 12/30/2008 |
