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Donald Scott Copland, Brookville, IN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120042869METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A HELIOSTAT MIRROR AND SOLAR TRACKER ASSEMBLY - One or more cables are attached to the ring-shaped heliostat tracker assembly to control a position of the heliostat mirror on the ring shaped heliostat tracker assembly by winding the one or more cables with a cable winder spool and a cable unwinder spool. The ring-shaped rail track couples to two or more wheels joined to a structure housing a heliostat mirror. One or more position encoders track the heliostat mirror to indicate a position of the heliostat mirror on the ring-shaped rail track.02-23-2012

James Copland, Albuquerque, NM US

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20090161090Systems and Methods for Measuring the Shape and Location of an object - A system for determining the shape of an object and/or a distance of the object from the system includes a first plurality of light source, a second plurality of light sources, and a detector or detector array. The first plurality of light sources are disposed about a central axis and are separated from the central axis by radial distances defining an aperture in the first plurality of light sources. The system also includes an optical system adapted to provide light from the second plurality of light sources through the aperture to the object. The system may further include a computer configured to determine the shape of the object and/or the distance of the object from the system using light from the first and second plurality of light sources that is reflected from the object and received by the detector.06-25-2009
20090175525Systems and Methods for Measuring Surface Shape - A system for determining a surface shape of a test object includes a pattern having a plurality of first elements dispose about a central axis and defining an aperture containing the central axis. The first elements includes a plurality of common elements having a common form and a reference element having a reference form that is different than the common form. The system further comprises a detector array and an optical system. The optical system is adapted to provide an image of the first elements when light reflects off a surface of a test object, passes through the aperture, and is received by the detector array. The reference form may be configured to facilitate an association between the common elements and the spot images of the common elements.07-09-2009

John A. Copland, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL US

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20110294694Methods for detecting, diagnosing and treating human renal cell carcinoma - Gene expression profiling and hierarchical clustering analysis readily identify differential gene expressions in normal renal epithelial cells and renal cell carcinomas. Genes identified by this analysis would be useful for diagnosis, prognosis and development of targeted therapy for the prevention and treatment of conventional renal cell carcinoma.12-01-2011

Mhairi Copland, Glasgow GB

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20110039850Leukemia Treatment - A combination of a BCR-ABL inhibitor and a hedgehog pathway inhibitor for the treatment of leukemia.02-17-2011

Richard J. Copland, Albuquerque, NM US

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20090207377Method and System for Improving Accuracy in Autorefraction Measurements by including Measurement Distance Between the Photoreceptors and the Scattering Location in an Eye - A method and associated system improve accuracy in objective refraction measurements by including the measured distance between the photoreceptors of a subjects eye and the scattering location of light during the objective refraction measurements. Chromatic aberrations in the objective measurements are also compensated. The distance between the photoreceptors and the scattering location may be determined by adjusting a distance between a rotating speckled light pattern and an eye until the speckled light pattern appears to be stationary, or by employing a Scheiner disk.08-20-2009

Richard James Copland, Albuquerque, NM US

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20080291396METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING THE DISTANCE FROM AN OPTICAL MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT TO AN OBJECT UNDER TEST - Systems and methods for measuring a distance from a reference plane of an optical measurement instrument to a reference plane of an optical device under test are disclose. In one embodiment a system for measuring this distance includes an illumination system, an optical system, and optical sensor and a processor. The illumination system is configured or adapted to illuminate the object under test. The optical system is configured or adapted to receive light from the object under test and to produce an aberrated image. The optical sensor is configured or adapted to receive and sense the aberrated image. The processor determines the distance from the reference plane of the optical measurement instrument to the reference plane of the optical device based on an aspect of the aberrated image sensed by the optical sensor.11-27-2008
20090284753SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MEASURING AND MAPPING THREE DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES - A system for mapping a three-dimensional structure includes a projecting optical system adapted to project light onto an object, a correction system adapted to compensate the light for at least one aberration in the object, an imaging system adapted to collect light scattered by the object and a wavefront sensor adapted to receive the light collected by the imaging system and to sense a wavefront of the received light. For highly aberrated structures, a number of wavefront measurements are made which are valid over different portions of the structure, and the valid wavefront data is stitched together to yield a characterization of the total structure.11-19-2009
20100045934DYNAMIC RANGE EXTENSION TECHNIQUES FOR A WAVEFRONT SENSOR INCLUDING USE IN OPHTHALMIC MEASUREMENT - An ophthalmic error measurement system includes a projecting optical system delivering light onto a retina of an eye, a pre-correction system which compensates a light beam to be injected into the eye for aberrations in the eye, the pre-correction system being positioned in between the projecting optical system and the eye, an imaging system which collects light scattered by the retina, and a detector receiving light returned by the retina from the imaging system. Use of the pre-correction system allows the end-to-end aberrations of the ocular system to be analyzed. The use of a pre-correction system also allows use of a minimized spot size on the retina, and all of its attendant advantages.02-25-2010

Patent applications by Richard James Copland, Albuquerque, NM US

Timothy Peter Eduard Copland, Coventry GB

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20100238456Interferometer - An interferometer comprises a source of a light beam, and a beam splitter for splitting the light beam from the source into at least first and second beams. A first (reference) reflector is positioned in the path of the first light beam. A second reflector, comprising a convergent lens and a mirror, is positioned in the path of the second light beam following reflection from a target. At least one detector is provided for detecting fringes formed by interference of the first and second light beams following reflection from the first and second reflectors respectively. The mirror of the second reflector has a radius of curvature within 10% of the value determined using the formula (I): and the focal length f of the convergent lens is within 10% of the value determined using the formula (II): where i are the segments of optical path, each of length l09-23-2010

Trevor Ashton Danger Benjamin Copland, San Francisco, CA US

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20110004837SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REORDERING A USER INTERFACE - Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable storage media for customizing a user interface. The method displays an interface to a user. In the interface, a slice has interface elements, a stack has a group of slices, a window has a group of stacks, and each interface element is associated with a segment of a highly structured document. The interface includes a panel having one or more containers, each container representing one stack, and one or more tokens, each token representing one slice. The method relocates at least one token to a different location in the container based on user input, displays in the panel a preview based on the relocated token, generates a user interface workflow based on the one or more containers and the relocated token, and displays the generated user interface workflow.01-06-2011