Patents
US 12320764 B2: System and methods of charged particle detectors for blast furnace imaging
- Granted
- 2025-06-03
- Filed
- 2022-06-07 application 17834496
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
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Abstract
Imaging technology using high energy charged particles can be used to image an object of inspection such as a blast furnace. An example method of imaging a blast furnace includes performing a first moving operation by moving a first particle tracking detector and a second particle tracking detector up or down movement along a height of the blast furnace; performing a second moving operation by moving the first particle tracking detector and the second particle tracking detector clockwise or counterclockwise movement around the blast furnace; and receiving, by the first particle tracking detector, incoming charged particles; receiving, by the second particle tracking detector, outgoing charged particles transiting through the blast furnace; and producing an image of a volume of interest located in between the first particle tracking detector and the second particle tracking detector by processing electrical signals corresponding to the received incoming and outgoing charged particles.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250603.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decision Sciences International Corporation 43 patents | US company or organization | Poway, CA | DECISION SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state Decision Sciences International Corp Form D issuer FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Crego | Irvine, CA | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Sean Simon | Vista, CA | 17 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G01N | Investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties | G01N23/04 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| C21B | Manufacture of iron or steel | C21B7/24 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F27B | Furnaces, kilns, ovens or retorts in general; open sintering or like apparatus | F27B1/28 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F27D | Details or accessories of furnaces, kilns, ovens or retorts, in so far as they are of kinds occurring in more than one kind of furnace | F27D19/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | DECISION SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION signed 2026-04-17 | KROLL AGENCY SERVICES (US) LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT NEW YORK, NY | 75477/738 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2022-09-09 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | CREGO, ANTHONY signed 2022-06-09 | DECISION SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION POWAY, CA | 61048/987 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2022-09-09 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | SIMON, SEAN signed 2022-07-06 | DECISION SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION POWAY, CA | 61048/929 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
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