Inventor

Brian P. Tremaine

Inventor
San Jose, CA, US

Overview

21→
Patents
1978–2015
Patent span
Physics
Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 21 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G11Bprimary
G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer38%
G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus31%
B82YSpecific uses or applications of nanostructures14%
G05BControl or regulating systems in general3%
G05DSystems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables3%
H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television3%
H04QSelecting3%
H10FInorganic semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation3%
PatentTitleYear
9,052,521'Optical component calibration system for laser-based display device'20157,574,079'Exogenous tone dither rejection in optical switching'20097,567,756'Method of automatic adjustment of dither amplitude of MEMS mirror arrays'20097,362,930'Reduction of MEMS mirror edge diffraction in a wavelength selective switch using servo-based rotation about multiple non-orthogonal axes'20087,346,234'Reduction of MEMS mirror edge diffraction in a wavelength selective switch using servo-based multi-axes rotation'20087,263,253'Optimized reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer architecture with MEMS-based attenuation or power management'20076,975,787'Non-linear method for micro-mirror control'20056,961,506'Variable attenuation of free-space light beams'20056,909,819'System and method for canceling disturbance MEMS devices'20056,724,694'Disk mastering based on near-field optical systems'20046,449,221'Storage media for optical storage systems'20026,420,692'Zig-zag-patterned position sensor system'20026,396,783'Mechanism for controlling spacing between optical head and storage medium in optical storage systems'20026,243,350'Optical storage systems with flying optical heads for near-field recording and reading'20016,067,204'Disc drive servo pattern insensitive to read head'20005,668,680'Time optimal control of a disc drive actuator with vibro-acoustic constraints'19975,182,685'Stepper motor torque variance compensation using varied applied voltage'19935,079,653'Information storage disc transducer position control system using last step damping'19924,739,239'Bipolar motor control'19884,096,426'Non-linear error signal attenuator for servo system'19784,075,667'Method and apparatus for aligning read/write heads in a disc recorder'1978

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1978Patents assigned to SPERRY RAND CORP (2)· patent assignee history
1978–2015Based in San Jose, CA, US· patent location history
1988–2000Patents assigned to SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY (5)· patent assignee history
1988–1993Based in Santa Clara, CA, US· patent location history
2001–2004Patents assigned to TERASTOR CORP (5)· patent assignee history
2005–2007Patents assigned to CAPELLA PHOTONICS INC (2)· patent assignee history
2008–2009Patents assigned to CAPELLA PHOTONICS (3)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY51988–2000
TERASTOR CORP52001–2004
CAPELLA PHOTONICS32008–2009
CAPELLA PHOTONICS INC22005–2007
SPERRY RAND CORP21978
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
San Jose, California, US181978–2015
Santa Clara, California, US31988–1993