Kevin G Ryan

US Patent:

6347919, Feb 19, 2002

Filed:

Dec 17, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/466416

Inventors:

Kevin Thomas Ryan - Wilmington MA
Peter Lawrence Kellerman - Essex MA
Frank Sinclair - Quincy MA
Ernest Everett Allen - Rockport MA
Roger Bradford Fish - Bedford MA

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

B65G 4907

US Classification:

414217, 414805, 414939, 251326, 251329

Abstract:

A wafer processing apparatus includes a processing chamber having a top chamber portion and a bottom chamber portion, respectively. The apparatus further includes an annular ring valve associated with one of the top chamber portion and the bottom chamber portion which is operable to close the processing chamber for processing in a first position and open the processing chamber for access thereto in a second position. The ring valve, in the first position, provides a substantially uniform surface about an inner periphery of the closed processing chamber, and thereby facilitates uniform processing conditions. A method of accessing a wafer processing apparatus is also disclosed and includes moving an annular ring valve within a processing chamber between two positions. In the first position the annular ring valve sealingly blocks an access port of the processing chamber and thereby prohibits access thereto, and in the second position the annular ring valve does not block the access port, and permits access to the processing chamber. The annular ring valve has a substantially uniform inner peripheral surface, and thereby facilitates uniform processing conditions within the processing chamber when in the first position.

US Patent:

6429139, Aug 6, 2002

Filed:

Dec 17, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/466628

Inventors:

Kevin Thomas Ryan - Wilmington MA
Peter Lawrence Kellerman - Essex MA
Frank Sinclair - Quincy MA
Ernest Everett Allen - Rockport MA
Roger Bradford Fish - Bedford MA

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

H01L 21302

US Classification:

438716, 438464, 438908, 438913, 414935, 414937, 414939, 414941, 4147441, 4147443, 29 2501

Abstract:

A wafer handling system for a wafer processing apparatus includes a wafer load lock chamber, a wafer processing chamber and a transfer chamber operatively coupled to the wafer load lock chamber and the wafer processing chamber. The transfer chamber includes a wafer transfer mechanism comprising a transfer arm pivotably coupled to a portion of the transfer chamber which forms an axis. The transfer arm is operable to rotate about the axis to transfer a wafer between the wafer load lock chamber and the process chamber in a single axis wafer movement. The invention also includes a method of transferring a wafer to a wafer processing apparatus. The method includes loading a wafer into a wafer load lock chamber and rotating a transfer arm into the wafer load lock chamber to retrieve the wafer therein. The method further includes rotating the transfer arm out of the wafer load lock chamber and into a process chamber to deposit the wafer therein, wherein the rotating of the transfer arm occurs in a single axis wafer movement.

US Patent:

6498863, Dec 24, 2002

Filed:

Sep 20, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/665665

Inventors:

Yuri C. Gaidoukevitch - Leiderdorp, NL
Kevin W. Ryan - Silver Spring MD
Dean E. Sequera - Kensington MD

Assignee:

Media Cybernetics Inc. - Silver Spring MD

International Classification:

G06K 934

US Classification:

382173, 382133, 382280, 382288

Abstract:

A method, system, and product for analyzing a digitized image of an array to create an image of a grid overlay. The method comprising the steps of locating the center of each object on the array, determining a standard shape and size for the objects, and creating a final image of the grid overlay. Preliminary procedures can be used to normalize the image so that optimal results can be obtained. Sub-grids can be identified and objects repositioned within their corresponding sub-grids. Noise can be removed by filtering processes based on object size, intensity, and location.

US Patent:

6545676, Apr 8, 2003

Filed:

May 24, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/317540

Inventors:

Kevin M. Ryan - Lowell MA
Serge Elnitsky - Waltham MA

Assignee:

Parametric Technology Corporation - Needham MA

International Classification:

G06T 1720

US Classification:

345423, 345420

Abstract:

The present invention relates to providing a system and method for obtaining a tessellated approximation of an outer envelope of a geometrical representation of an object. The method of the invention can be implemented in any computer platform having a facility for creating a geometrical representation of an object. In particular, the computer-implemented method of the invention can be incorporated into a CAD/CAM system as one of the utilities provided by such a system.

US Patent:

6580428, Jun 17, 2003

Filed:

May 24, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/317541

Inventors:

Kevin M. Ryan - Lowell MA
Serge Elnitsky - Waltham MA

Assignee:

Parametric Technology Corporation - Needham MA

International Classification:

G06T 1720

US Classification:

345423, 345420

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a method and system for determining peripheral elements, e. g. , outer surfaces, of a geometrical representation of an object. The method of the invention can be implemented in any computer platform having a facility for creating a geometrical representation of an object. In particular, the computer-implemented method of the invention can be incorporated into a CAD/CAM system as one of the utilities provided by the system.

US Patent:

6785414, Aug 31, 2004

Filed:

Sep 28, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/671113

Inventors:

Kevin W. Ryan - Silver Spring MD

Assignee:

Media Cybernetics, Inc. - Silver Spring MD

International Classification:

G06K 900

US Classification:

382162, 358520, 348362

Abstract:

A system and method for establishing an aggregate degree of brightness for each primary color to create a composite color digital image. One of a plurality of primary colors is selected. A color digital image is captured with a color digital camera. The aggregate degree of brightness for the selected primary color is determined. The determined aggregate degree of brightness for the selected primary color is compared with the desired degree of brightness for the selected primary color. If the determined aggregate degree of brightness is not within a tolerance band surrounding the desired degree of brightness, then an adjustment is made to an exposure time controller of the color digital camera. This process is repeated until the determined aggregate degree of brightness is within the tolerance band surrounding the desired degree of brightness. If the determined aggregate degree of brightness is within the tolerance band surrounding the desired degree of brightness, then photosite values for the selected primary color are copied into corresponding pixels in a buffer.

US Patent:

6794664, Sep 21, 2004

Filed:

Dec 4, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/728669

Inventors:

Robert J. Mitchell - Winchester MA
Kevin T. Ryan - Wilmington MA

Assignee:

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. - Beverly MA

International Classification:

H01J 3708

US Classification:

25049221, 2504923, 2504922, 2504911

Abstract:

An ion beam implanter includes an ion beam source for generating an ion beam moving along a beam line and a vacuum implantation chamber wherein a workpiece is positioned to intersect the ion beam for ion implantation of a surface of the workpiece by the ion beam. The ion beam implanter further includes a workpiece support structure coupled to the implantation chamber and supporting the workpiece. The workpiece support structure includes a chuck including a rotatable pedestal for supporting the workpiece. The workpiece support structure further includes a first rotatable reel coupled to and rotatable with the pedestal and a flexible, hollow cord carrying facilities such as coolant lines and electrical power conductors coupled to the rotatable reel such that, as the pedestal is rotated in a first direction, a length of the flexible cord that is wrapped around the first reel increases and, as the pedestal is rotated in an opposite direction, a length of the flexible cord that is wrapped around the first reel decreases.

US Patent:

8046819, Oct 25, 2011

Filed:

May 20, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/850292

Inventors:

Peter Myo Khin - Silver Spring MD, US
Zoë Camilla Claire Strickland - Washington DC, US
James Leslie Golden - Potomac Falls VA, US
Raymond J. Iandolo - Raleigh NC, US
Kevin J. Ryan - Ben Lomond CA, US

Assignee:

United States Postal Service - Washington DC

International Classification:

G06F 17/00
G06F 7/04

US Classification:

726 1, 726 26

Abstract:

Systems and methods for determining security requirements for an information resource may comprise determining a sensitivity level and a criticality level associated with the information resource. In addition, the systems and methods may include determining the security requirements for the information resource based on at least one of the sensitivity level and the criticality level. Moreover, the systems and methods may include determining a recovery time objective for the information resource and insuring that information used in determining the security requirements adheres to privacy requirements. The sensitivity level may be derived from privacy requirements of information maintained by the information resource. For example, the sensitivity level and resulting security requirements may be based on a need to meet privacy requirements by protecting confidentiality or integrity of the information resource.