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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 23, 2022
Applicant:

Verity Instruments, Inc., Carrollton, TX (US);

Inventors:

Larry Arlos Bullock, Carrollton, TX (US);

John D. Corless, Carrollton, TX (US);

Richard J. Daignault, Jr., Carrollton, TX (US);

Mark Anthony Meloni, Carrollton, TX (US);

Mike Whelan, Carrollton, TX (US);

Assignee:

Verity Instruments, Inc., Carrollton, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/46 (2023.01); G01B 11/06 (2006.01); G01N 21/31 (2006.01); G01N 21/71 (2006.01); H01J 49/02 (2006.01); H04N 25/57 (2023.01); H04N 25/60 (2023.01); H04N 25/71 (2023.01); H04N 25/713 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H10F 39/15 (2025.01); G01J 3/443 (2006.01); G01N 21/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/022 (2013.01); G01B 11/06 (2013.01); G01N 21/31 (2013.01); G01N 21/71 (2013.01); H01J 49/025 (2013.01); H04N 25/46 (2023.01); H04N 25/57 (2023.01); H04N 25/60 (2023.01); H04N 25/71 (2023.01); H04N 25/713 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H10F 39/15 (2025.01); G01J 3/443 (2013.01); G01N 2021/1738 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure provides multimode configurable spectrometers, a method of operating a multimode configurable spectrometer, and an optical monitoring system. In one embodiment the multimode configurable spectrometer includes: (1) an optical sensor configured to receive an optical input and convert the optical input to electrical signals, wherein the optical sensor includes multiple active pixel regions for converting the optical input to the electrical signals, (2) conversion circuitry, having multiple selectable converting circuits, that is configured to receive and convert the electrical signals to a digital output according to a selected one of the selectable converting circuits, and (3) a sensor controller configured to set a synchronized operating mode to direct operation of the optical sensor and select, based on the synchronized operating mode, at least one of the selectable converting circuits to provide the digital output.


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