Patents by Inventor Craig Walton Turner

Craig Walton Turner 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).

  • Patent number: 11074632
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system are disclosed for compiling a virtual transaction for a person within an environment having a plurality of items. The method includes acquiring, using at least one visual sensor, first image information including a person. The method further includes identifying the at least one person from the first image information by classifying the person into a class. The method also includes acquiring second image information including the person and an item. The method further includes identifying a behavior of the person relative to the item, and updating, based on the identified behavior, the virtual transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: John David Landers, Jr., Dean Frederick Herring, Brad Matthew Johnson, Ankit Singh, Bobby Lewis Williams, Jr., David John Steiner, Phuc Ky Do, Neil Andrew Girard, Michael Schaefer, Erin Kendall Dorshorst, Craig Walton Turner
  • Publication number: 20170308942
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system are disclosed for compiling a virtual transaction for a person within an environment having a plurality of items. The method includes acquiring, using at least one visual sensor, first image information including a person. The method further includes identifying the at least one person from the first image information by classifying the person into a class. The method also includes acquiring second image information including the person and an item. The method further includes identifying a behavior of the person relative to the item, and updating, based on the identified behavior, the virtual transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: John David LANDERS, JR., Dean Frederick HERRING, Brad Matthew JOHNSON, Ankit SINGH, Bobby Lewis WILLIAMS, JR., David John STEINER, Phuc Ky DO, Neil Andrew GIRARD, Michael SCHAEFER, Erin Kendall DORSHORST, Craig Walton TURNER
  • Patent number: 6302721
    Abstract: An adapter is configured to be installed on an existing cable, extending along a connector of the cable to present a latching surface on a flexible arm of the adapter for engagement with a latching surface within a latching member adjacent a port connector of a device. When these latching surfaces are engaged with one another, the cable connector is held in engagement with the port connector. The flexible arm may then be manually depressed to release the engagement of these latching surfaces. The adapter is installed on the existing cable by placing the cord of the cable between a pair of hooks extending in opposite directions from the adapter, and by then turning the adapter on the cord so that the hooks are brought into position to extend partly around the cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Walton Turner, Fred David Parnell
  • Patent number: 5746103
    Abstract: A cash drawer having a coin roll opening device for opening a roll of coins quickly, conveniently and safely. The device includes a cash drawer having guides for receiving a coin roll. The cash drawer further includes a receptacle for receiving a blade assembly. The blade assembly having a blade and a blade holder. The blade assembly easily inserted and removed from the receptacle by use of the flexible arms of the blade holder. The blade holder is formed by two identical halves each having a male post, a post slot, a snap post and a snap arm for securing the blade. The blade having notches for receiving the male posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Danny Hugh Addison, George Hufford, III, Charles Martin McCray, Kevin L. Schultz, Craig Walton Turner