Patents by Inventor Bruce G. Williams

Bruce G. Williams has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System for and method of interactive screen savers
    Publication number: 20030052928
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system for and a method of enabling screen saver programs to establish a communications link to a remote server upon utilization. In addition, the present invention comprises, within the screen saver images, selectable portions, that when selected, connect the computer user to a corresponding internet site through a web server. This selection is typically performed through movement of a mouse or similar tracking device and selection of the selectable area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventor: Bruce G. Williams
  • Occupancy sensor and method of operating same
    Patent number: 6415205
    Abstract: A multiple sensing technology-based occupancy sensor. Ultrasonic and infrared sensors are used to produce first and second occupancy estimator signals that are combined using a fusion based detection algorithm to produce a combined estimator signal. The combined estimator is then used to switch electrical loads when the combined estimator signal is above a predetermined threshold. The result is an occupancy sensor that has a very high probability of occupancy detection and a low probability of false tripping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Mytech Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas D. Myron, Vadim A. Konradi, Bruce G. Williams, John J. Fowler, Timothy W. Woytek, Jonathan D. Williams, Gerard L. Cullen
  • System and method for providing wireless control signals to cartridge access device in a cartridge storage system
    Patent number: 6175539
    Abstract: A cartridge access device in a cartridge storage system is designed to retrieve a cartridge from a storage device and to transfer the cartridge to another location within the system. Once the cartridge is no longer needed in the new location, the cartridge access device retrieves the cartridge and returns the cartridge to the storage device. A computer system preferably communicates wireless control signals with a control system on the cartridge access device. The control system utilizes these control signals to determine which cartridges should be manipulated by the cartridge access device. Control signals transmitted to the cartridge access device are reflected off of a conical device and received by a communications device associated with the cartridge access device. Likewise, signals transmitted from the cartridge access device are reflected off of the conical device and into the other communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Co.
    Inventors: Thomas W. Holmquist, Gregg S. Schmidtke, Kelly J. Reasoner, David W. Boyd, Bruce G. Williams
  • Occupancy sensor and method of operating same
    Patent number: 5986357
    Abstract: A multiple sensing technology-based occupancy sensor. Ultrasonic and infrared sensors are used to produce first and second occupancy estimator signals that are combined using a fusion based detection algorithm to produce a combined estimator signal. The combined estimator is then used to switch electrical loads when the combined estimator signal is above a predetermined threshold. The result is an occupancy sensor that has a very high probability of occupancy detection and a low probability of false tripping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Mytech Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas D. Myron, Vadim A. Konradi, Bruce G. Williams, John J. Fowler, Timothy W. Woytek, Jonathan D. Williams, Gerard L. Cullen