Patents & Inventions
ISMV Intellectual Property
Our intellectual property is representative of the applied nature of our research. The following is a list of our issued U.S. patents, patents still pending with the U.S. Patent Office, and titles of ORNL invention disclosures that are currently in process.
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Issued Patents
Tobin, K.W., Karnowski, T.P., Ferrell, R.K., Method for Indexing and Retrieving Manufacturing-Specific Digital Imagery Based on Image Content, ERID No. 0668 / Q&B 6321-131, September 1999. U.S. Patent No. (TBD), 2004.
Sari-Sarraf; H, Goddard; J S., Four-dimensional characterization of a sheet-forming web, U.S. Patent No. 6,553,133, April 22, 2003.
Tobin, K.W., Karnowski, T.P., Ferrell, R.K., Method for Localizing and Isolating an Errant Process Step, U.S. Patent No. 6,535,776, March 18, 2003.
Gleason, S.S., Hunt, M.A., and Sari-Sarraf, H., Contextual-based System for Automatic Defect Classification Using Multiple Morphological Masks, U.S. Patent No. 6,456,899, September 2002.
Paulus, M.J., Sari-Sarraf, H., Tobin, K.W., Gleason, S.S., Thomas, C.E., Ultra-High Resolution Computed Tomography Imaging, U.S. Patent No. 6421409, July 16, 2002.
Price, J.R., Method for Removing Artifacts in an Electronic Image Decoded from a Block-transform Coded Representation of an Image, U.S. Patent 6,427,031, July 2002.
Gleason, S.S., Paulus, M.J., and Mullens, J.A., Automatic Detection of Bone Fragments in Poultry using Multi-Energy X-rays, U.S. PAtent No. 6,370,223, April 2002.
Tobin, K.W., Thomas, C.E., X-ray Confocal Coded Aperture Imaging System, U.S. Patent No. 6,195,412, February 27, 2001.
Tobin, K.W., Jr., Gleason, S.S., Karnowski, T.P., and Sari-Sarraf H., Automated Defect Signature Analysis for Semiconductor Manufacturing Process Improvement, U.S. Patent No. 5,982,920, January 7, 1997.
Dooley, J.B., Muhs, J.D., Tobin, K.W., Fiber Optic Vibration Sensor, U.S. Patent No. 5,381,492, January 10, 1995.
Pending Patents
Tobin, K.W., Karnowski, T.P., Chaum, E., A Method for the Diagnosis of Blinding Eye Disease using Image Content and an Archive of Diagnosed Human Patient Data, UT-Battelle, LLC, Invention Disclosure No. 1596, DOE No. S-105,198, July 2005.
Tobin, K.W., Karnowski, T.P., Lakhani, F., A Method for the Reduction of Image Content Redundancy in Large Image Libraries, UT-Battelle, LLC, Invention Disclosure No. 1485, US DOE S-105,086, December 2005.
Thomas, C.E., Price, J.R., Hanson, G., Voelkl, E.,Off-axis Illumination Direct-to-Digital Holography, U.S. Patent Pending, filed September 2002, all claims accepted January 2004.
Hanson, G.R., Bingham, P.R., Simpson, R.T., Voelkle, E., and Karnowski, T.P.,Technique for Optaining Two-Wavelength Differential-Phase Direct-to-Digital Heterodyned Holograms, ORNL ID No. 0933, April, 2003.
Hanson, G.R., and Bingham, P.R., Recording Multiple Spatially-Heterodyned Direct to Digital Holograms in One Digital Image, ORNL ID No. 0933.1, June 2003.
Hanson, G.R. and Bingham, P.R., Faster Processing of Multiple Spatially-Heterodyned Direct to Digital Holograms, ORNL ID No. 0933.2, June 2003.
Hanson, G.R., Bingham, P.R., Simpson, R.T., Voelkle, E., and Karnowski, T.P.,Technique for Optaining Two-Wavelength Differential-Phase Direct-to-Digital Heterodyned Holograms, ORNL ID No. 0933, April, 2003.
Hanson, G.R., and Bingham, P.R., Recording Multiple Spatially-Heterodyned Direct to Digital Holograms in One Digital Image, ORNL ID No. 0933.1, June 2003.
Hanson, G.R. and Bingham, P.R., Faster Processing of Multiple Spatially-Heterodyned Direct to Digital Holograms, ORNL ID No. 0933.2, June 2003.
Price, J.R, and Bingham, P.R., Rapid Acquisition Fused Off-Axis Illumination Direct-to-Digital Holography, ORNL ID No. 0967, August 2002.
Price., J.R., Content-based Fused Off-axis Illumination Direct-to-Digital Holography, U.S. Patent Pending, filed September 2002.
Hanson, G.R., Bingham, P.R., Tobin, K.W., High-Speed Transmission and Reflection Measurements using Spatial-Heterodyne Interferometry for Complete Inspection/Metrology of Translucent Objects, UT-Battelle, LLC, Invention Disclosure No. 1225, S-101,813, November 2002.
Bingham, P.R., Hanson, G.R., Tobin, K.W., A System for High-Speed Transmissive Spatial-Heterodyne Interferometric Measurements, UT-Battelle, LLC, Invention Disclosure No. 1224, S-101,812, November 2002.
ORNL Invention Disclosures
Karnowski, T.P., Price J.R., Robust Telomere Segmentation by Integrated Statistical Training, ORNL Invention Disclosure 1384, submitted March 2004.
Tobin, K.W., Neal, J.S., A Confocal Code Aperture Detector and Camera, UT-Battelle, LLC, Invention Disclosure No. 1386, March 2004.
Karnowski, T.P., Bingham, P.R., Tobin, K.W., and Simpson, J.T., Through-the-Pellicle Heterodyne Mask Inspection, UT-Battelle, LLC, Invention Disclosure No. 1311, August 13, 2003.
Karnowski, T.P., Tobin, K.W., Content-based Pattern Retrieval, UT-Battelle, LLC, Invention Disclosure No. 1227C, S-101,813, January 2003.
Price, J.R., Gee, T.F., Coordinated Multi-site Face Recognition for Early Threat Detection, ORNL Invention Disclosure 1212, December 2002.
Tucker, R.W., Jr., An Improved Method for Detecting Humans Hiding in a Vehicle, UT-Battelle, LLC, Invention Disclosure No. 1192, October 2002.
Tobin, K.W., Karnowski, T.P., A Method for Directed Indexing of Image Databases for Content-based Retrieval Applications, UT-Battelle, LLC, Invention Disclosure No. 1151, September 2002.
Gleason, S.S., Tobin, K.W., A Method for Geo-spatial Image Segmentation using Fractal Encoding and Exemplars, UT-Battelle, LLC, Invention Disclosure No. 1150, September 2002.