Patents by Inventor Charles Fischer
Charles Fischer 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).
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Publication number: 20240152938Abstract: Disclosed herein are a system and method including a CrowdDATA™ plug-in running on the CrowdDATA™ network providing a solution for web and mobile app providers that directly compensates app users who voluntarily wish to provide verified, anonymized data and interact with advertiser or other commercial content—and stores that data by interacting with servers on the CrowdDATA™ Network where it can be accessed for a fee by commercial or other organizations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Daniel E. Fischer, Kristin Michelle Geer, Bradley Charles Geer
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Patent number: 11901931Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may filter leaked power from a signal to accurately perform antenna compensation operations (e.g., apply a transmit gain, perform cable loss measurements) using valid power. A switch at the UE may leak power to an antenna for a transmission, and the UE may use a dynamic filtering algorithm to determine whether a pulse power of a detected signal is leaked or valid. The dynamic filtering algorithm may be able to account for variations in leaked power values, as leaked power may increase or decrease proportionally to intended power (e.g., from which power was leaked). By determining whether pulse power is leaked or valid, the UE may be able to filter out the leaked power and accurately perform antenna compensation operations such as applying a transmit gain for a transmission, performing a cable loss measurement, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Lei Sun, Sean Vincent Maschue, Cheng Tan, Bruce Charles Fischer, Jr., Brian French
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Patent number: 11838072Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for determining a cable loss associated with a transmission cable of an apparatus. An example method includes sending, to a radio modem of the apparatus, a request for the radio modem to use a target power when sending one or more signals to the signal compensator device for determining a cable loss associated with a transmission cable communicatively coupling the radio modem with the signal compensator device, receiving, at a signal compensator device of the apparatus, the one or more signals from the radio modem sent using the target power, and determining the cable loss associated with the transmission cable based on the one or more signals.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Cheng Tan, Lei Sun, Sean Vincent Maschue, Bruce Charles Fischer, Jr., Brian French
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Publication number: 20230303244Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to a High Speed vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that includes fixed wing flight capabilities. The High Speed VTOL aircraft may include at least two thrust producing rotors located equidistant from a longitudinal axis of the aircraft on a main wing, and at least two thrust producing rotors located equidistant from a longitudinal axis of the aircraft on a vertical wing. The rotors may be driven by electric motors. However, other power sources may be used such as combustion or hybrid engines. By adjusting the speed and/or the pitch of the rotors, the aircraft can transition from a vertical flight configuration to a horizontal flight configuration and back.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2022Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Jerry Daniel Claridge, Charles Fischer Manning
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Publication number: 20230208362Abstract: An envelope detection circuit and methods for detecting an envelope of a signal using such an envelope detection circuit. One example envelope detection circuit generally includes a first diode, a capacitive element, and a clamping circuit. The first diode has an anode coupled to an input node of the envelope detection circuit and has a cathode coupled to an output node of the envelope detection circuit. The capacitive element is coupled in shunt between the output node and a reference potential node, and the clamping circuit is coupled in shunt between the input node and the reference potential node. The clamping circuit generally includes a resistive element coupled in series with a second diode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2021Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Cheng TAN, Bruce Charles FISCHER, JR., Brian FRENCH
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Publication number: 20230098404Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for determining a cable loss associated with a transmission cable of an apparatus. An example method includes sending, to a radio modem of the apparatus, a request for the radio modem to use a target power when sending one or more signals to the signal compensator device for determining a cable loss associated with a transmission cable communicatively coupling the radio modem with the signal compensator device, receiving, at a signal compensator device of the apparatus, the one or more signals from the radio modem sent using the target power, and determining the cable loss associated with the transmission cable based on the one or more signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Cheng TAN, Lei SUN, Sean Vincent MASCHUE, Bruce Charles FISCHER, JR., Brian FRENCH
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Publication number: 20230076071Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may filter leaked power from a signal to accurately perform antenna compensation operations (e.g., apply a transmit gain, perform cable loss measurements) using valid power. A switch at the UE may leak power to an antenna for a transmission, and the UE may use a dynamic filtering algorithm to determine whether a pulse power of a detected signal is leaked or valid. The dynamic filtering algorithm may be able to account for variations in leaked power values, as leaked power may increase or decrease proportionally to intended power (e.g., from which power was leaked). By determining whether pulse power is leaked or valid, the UE may be able to filter out the leaked power and accurately perform antenna compensation operations such as applying a transmit gain for a transmission, performing a cable loss measurement, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Lei Sun, Sean Vincent Maschue, Cheng Tan, Bruce Charles Fischer, JR., Brian French
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Patent number: 11420737Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to a High Speed vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that includes fixed wing flight capabilities. The High Speed VTOL aircraft may include at least two thrust producing rotors located equidistant from a longitudinal axis of the aircraft on a main wing, and at least two thrust producing rotors located equidistant from a longitudinal axis of the aircraft on a vertical wing. The rotors may be driven by electric motors. However, other power sources may be used such as combustion or hybrid engines. By adjusting the speed and/or the pitch of the rotors, the aircraft can transition from a vertical flight configuration to a horizontal flight configuration and back.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: xCraft Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Jerry Daniel Claridge, Charles Fischer Manning
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Publication number: 20220024561Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to a High Speed vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that includes fixed wing flight capabilities. The High Speed VTOL aircraft may include at least two thrust producing rotors located equidistant from a longitudinal axis of the aircraft on a main wing, and at least two thrust producing rotors located equidistant from a longitudinal axis of the aircraft on a vertical wing. The rotors may be driven by electric motors. However, other power sources may be used such as combustion or hybrid engines. By adjusting the speed and/or the pitch of the rotors, the aircraft can transition from a vertical flight configuration to a horizontal flight configuration and back.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Jerry Daniel Claridge, Charles Fischer Manning
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Patent number: 10479500Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to an Unmanned Aerial Device (UAV) that uses a removable computing device for command and control. The UAV may include an airframe with rotors and an adjustable cradle to attach a computing device. The computing device, such as a smart phone, tablet, MP3 player, or the like, may provide the necessary avionics and computing equipment to control the UAV autonomously. For example, the adjustable cradle may be extended to fit a tablet or other large computing device, or retracted to fit a smart phone or other small computing device. Thus, the adjustable cradle may provide for the attachment and use of a plurality of different computing devices in conjunction with a single airframe. Additionally the UAV may comprise adjustable arms to assist in balancing the load of the different computing devices and/or additional equipment attached to the airframe.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: xCraft Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Jerry Daniel Claridge, Charles Fischer Manning
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Publication number: 20190135428Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to a High Speed vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that includes fixed wing flight capabilities. The High Speed VTOL aircraft may include at least two thrust producing rotors located equidistant from a longitudinal axis of the aircraft on a main wing, and at least two thrust producing rotors located equidistant from a longitudinal axis of the aircraft on a vertical wing. The rotors may be driven by electric motors. However, other power sources may be used such as combustion or hybrid engines. By adjusting the speed and/or the pitch of the rotors, the aircraft can transition from a vertical flight configuration to a horizontal flight configuration and back.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Jerry Daniel Claridge, Charles Fischer Manning
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Publication number: 20180290744Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to a High Speed vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that includes fixed wing flight capabilities. The High Speed VTOL aircraft may include at least two thrust producing rotors located equidistant from a longitudinal axis of the aircraft on a main wing, and at least two thrust producing rotors located equidistant from a longitudinal axis of the aircraft on a vertical wing. The rotors may be driven by electric motors. However, other power sources may be used such as combustion or hybrid engines. By adjusting the speed and/or the pitch of the rotors, the aircraft can transition from a vertical flight configuration to a horizontal flight configuration and back.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Jerry Daniel Claridge, Charles Fischer Manning
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Publication number: 20180170539Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to an Unmanned Aerial Device (UAV) that uses a removable computing device for command and control. The UAV may include an airframe with rotors and an adjustable cradle to attach a computing device. The computing device, such as a smart phone, tablet, MP3 player, or the like, may provide the necessary avionics and computing equipment to control the UAV autonomously. For example, the adjustable cradle may be extended to fit a tablet or other large computing device, or retracted to fit a smart phone or other small computing device. Thus, the adjustable cradle may provide for the attachment and use of a plurality of different computing devices in conjunction with a single airframe. Additionally the UAV may comprise adjustable arms to assist in balancing the load of the different computing devices and/or additional equipment attached to the airframe.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Jerry Daniel Claridge, Charles Fischer Manning
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Patent number: 9994313Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to a High Speed vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that includes fixed wing flight capabilities. The High Speed VTOL aircraft may include at least two thrust producing rotors located equidistant from a longitudinal axis of the aircraft on a main wing, and at least two thrust producing rotors located equidistant from a longitudinal axis of the aircraft on a vertical wing. The rotors may be driven by electric motors. However, other power sources may be used such as combustion or hybrid engines. By adjusting the speed and/or the pitch of the rotors, the aircraft can transition from a vertical flight configuration to a horizontal flight configuration and back.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: XCraft Enterprises, LLCInventors: Jerry Daniel Claridge, Charles Fischer Manning
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Patent number: 9738380Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to an Unmanned Aerial Device (UAV) that uses a removable computing device for command and control. The UAV may include an airframe with rotors and an adjustable cradle to attach a computing device. The computing device, such as a smart phone, tablet, MP3 player, or the like, may provide the necessary avionics and computing equipment to control the UAV autonomously. For example, the adjustable cradle may be extended to fit a tablet or other large computing device, or retracted to fit a smart phone or other small computing device. Thus, the adjustable cradle may provide for the attachment and use of a plurality of different computing devices in conjunction with a single airframe. Additionally the UAV may comprise adjustable arms to assist in balancing the load of the different computing devices and/or additional equipment attached to the airframe.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2015Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: XCraft Enterprises, LLCInventors: Jerry Daniel Claridge, Charles Fischer Manning
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Publication number: 20160376004Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to an Unmanned Aerial Device (UAV) that uses a removable computing device for command and control. The UAV may include an airframe with rotors and an adjustable cradle to attach a computing device. The computing device, such as a smart phone, tablet, MP3 player, or the like, may provide the necessary avionics and computing equipment to control the UAV autonomously. For example, the adjustable cradle may be extended to fit a tablet or other large computing device, or retracted to fit a smart phone or other small computing device. Thus, the adjustable cradle may provide for the attachment and use of a plurality of different computing devices in conjunction with a single airframe. Additionally the UAV may comprise adjustable arms to assist in balancing the load of the different computing devices and/or additional equipment attached to the airframe.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Jerry Daniel Claridge, Charles Fischer Manning
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Publication number: 20160144957Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to a High Speed vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that includes fixed wing flight capabilities. The High Speed VTOL aircraft may include at least two thrust producing rotors located equidistant from a longitudinal axis of the aircraft on a main wing, and at least two thrust producing rotors located equidistant from a longitudinal axis of the aircraft on a vertical wing. The rotors may be driven by electric motors. However, other power sources may be used such as combustion or hybrid engines. By adjusting the speed and/or the pitch of the rotors, the aircraft can transition from a vertical flight configuration to a horizontal flight configuration and back.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2014Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: Jerry Daniel Claridge, Charles Fischer Manning
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Patent number: 8090930Abstract: In a pipelined computer architecture in which instructions may be removed from the instruction queue out of sequence, instruction queue status at a cycle K is determined by adding together the number of invalid instructions or free rows in the queue during cycle K?2, the number of instructions issued for cycle K?1 and the number of instructions speculatively issued in cycle K?1 that have produced a cache hit, and subtracting from the sum the number of instructions enqueued for cycle K?1. The result indicates the number of invalid instructions in the queue cycle K. The number of invalid entries instructions, the number of issued instructions, and the number of enqueued instructions are preferably represented as flat vectors, so that adding is performed by shifting in one direction, while subtracting is performed by shifting in the opposite direction. The result is compared with either the number of instructions to be enqueued in the present cycle, which number is encoded, or with a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2003Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Timothy Charles Fischer, Daniel Lawrence Leibholz, James Arthur Farrell
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Patent number: 7986859Abstract: In one embodiment, R and B values for each G pixel element are interpolated and the RGB values are converted to HSI values. The converted HSI values are interpolated to determine interpolated HSI values for the R and B pixel elements and then the interpolated HSI values are converted to RGB values.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2008Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Clarity Medical Systems, Inc.Inventor: Philip Leapold Charles Fischer
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Publication number: 20100330346Abstract: A method and article involve calibrating a digital image for transfer to a hard surface for display thereon. A calibration table is created for calibrating a printer. A digital image, using the calibration settings is printed in mirror form onto a transfer sheet. The image is then transferred to the surface and polished to result in the article.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventor: Philip Leapold Charles Fischer