Patently true!

[seawasp]

I am now the proud holder (jointly with a couple of other people) of my first patent!

U.S. Patent #7,208,733 Non-visible radiation imaging and inspection

Comments

[julesjones]

The rodent conga line has been dispatched...

[salkryn.livejournal.com]

This may be the most awesmome thing I've heard today.

[aardy.livejournal.com]

And here's the patent doc. (The plain English starts about half-ways down.)

(It sounds like something that ghost-hunters around the world will want to get their hands on at some point, as a next step up from an IR camera. -grin-)

[guy-jin.livejournal.com]

Hopefully Seawasp doesn't try to start a religion centered around the device...

It is..

[seawasp]

... sort of a simple, real-world analogue of the CryWolf! device.

And yes, it'd be very useful for Bigfoot hunters, etc., who actually want to see if they're finding something real.

Its original main use though is for inspection of houses (for energy audits, etc.) at a cost per unit thousands less than standard IR cameras. (the market version of the device costs less than a single standard 320x240 IR *SENSOR*, let alone the camera that uses the sensor.)

[shana.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

And does it work to detect werewolves?

I'd need...

[seawasp]

... some Wolves to test it with. No thanks.

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

Congratulations.

[franseca.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Congratulations! :-)

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Have a penguin dance!

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

How cool!

Congratulations!

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Dancing rodents! That's great!

[groblek.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[sub-musashi.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! What are you imaging with it?

Mostly...

[seawasp]

... buildings and internal structures, electrical devices, and mechanical assemblies.

[dkaine.livejournal.com]

Excellent work, congrats. If you don't mind my asking, how long were you and the other ppl working on the papers to get the patent on this technology?

I think ...

[seawasp]

... the provisional was filed in 2004, the actual application in 2005, then we had to respond to one Office Action about 3 months ago.

[qinshihuangdi.livejournal.com]

That looks like it might be useful for non-destructive testing. I wish I understood what it was talking about better.

It has...

[seawasp]

... resolution that's a bit low for NDT work in many settings. It's good for NDE on a general level, though.

[qinshihuangdi.livejournal.com]

That looks like it might be useful for non-destructive testing. I wish I understood what it was talking about better.

[msboku.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the patent. So dinner's on you, right?
OK so here is the link I was telling you about.
Mac vs Apple? or this?...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=av6fWfmugds
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LvFjo5TTY6c&mode=related&search=

And don't let this one slip by...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ytqV6GEHW24&mode=related&search=
or this...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7rp2f2OcCpQ&mode=related&search=

Re: now this is disappointing . . .

[shana.livejournal.com]

That was what it said on the ARC, but I thought they'd corrected it in the final version.

I can't check mine, because my brother has it right now.

Re: now this is disappointing . . .

[seawasp]

The ARC had something much worse: *inside* the book, the running head along each page at the top, said "Eric Filnt and Ryk E. Spoor".

Re: now this is disappointing . . .

[seawasp]

No, I didn't see that (checks book)

... ah. I know why, too.

It's on the spine. But not on the dust jacket. You'll only see it if you take the dust jacket off; the spine copy for the dust jacket is correct. I suspect that means it's going to be automagically corrected in paperback, since paperbacks usually have the dust jacket AS their cover.

And you can apply as a copy editor, but they tend to outsource, as I remember, and then they send it to the authors to check.

Having done copy editing on my stuff AND on others, I also don't believe there's any book out there that actually has NO misspellings, unless it's a kid's book. Any large novel is too large to allow a small number of people to reach certainty of perfection.

[noctyrnus.livejournal.com]

Congrats , Ryk !! :)