Patents by Inventor David Lowell Bowne

David Lowell Bowne 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).

  • Sorting/scanning system camera upgrade apparatus with backwards compatibility
    Patent number: 10366299
    Abstract: A scanning camera upgrade adaptor system provides backwards compatibility when an existing scanning camera subsystem is replaced or upgraded in automated sorting equipment with a newer camera having a different data format. The adaptor system allows sorting equipment such as mail sorting equipment to be upgraded or repaired with a new camera while providing compatibility and optional fallback to a previous mode of operation of the existing equipment. The upgrade system enables legacy equipment and newly added sorting/processing equipment to be utilized in conjunction, while reducing cost of upgrade and necessity for completely new equipment as desirable features are added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: BULL HN INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: David Lowell Bowne, Shahrom Kiani, Carlos Macia, Russell W. Guenthner
  • SORTING / SCANNING SYSTEM CAMERA UPGRADE APPARATUS WITH BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY
    Publication number: 20190171901
    Abstract: A scanning camera upgrade adaptor system provides backwards compatibility when an existing scanning camera subsystem is replaced or upgraded in automated sorting equipment with a newer camera having a different data format. The adaptor system allows sorting equipment such as mail sorting equipment to be upgraded or repaired with a new camera while providing compatibility and optional fallback to a previous mode of operation of the existing equipment. The upgrade system enables legacy equipment and newly added sorting/processing equipment to be utilized in conjunction, while reducing cost of upgrade and necessity for completely new equipment as desirable features are added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: David Lowell Bowne, Shahrom Kiani, Carlos Macia, Russell W. Guenthner
  • SORTING / SCANNING SYSTEM CAMERA UPGRADE APPARATUS WITH BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY
    Publication number: 20140105452
    Abstract: A scanning camera upgrade adaptor system provides backwards compatibility when an existing scanning camera subsystem is replaced or upgraded in automated sorting equipment with a newer camera having a different data format. The adaptor system allows sorting equipment such as mail sorting equipment to be upgraded or repaired with a new camera while providing compatibility and optional fallback to a previous mode of operation of the existing equipment. The upgrade system enables legacy equipment and newly added sorting/processing equipment to be utilized in conjunction, while reducing cost of upgrade and necessity for completely new equipment as desirable features are added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventors: David Lowell Bowne, Shahrom Kiani, Carlos Macia, Russell W. Guenthner
  • POSTAL MAIL TO ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20130246158
    Abstract: A method, system and program product for managing and responding to receiving of mail items including the capture of a digital image by a mail item recipient taken of the outside of the mail item that includes the recipient and sender address blocks using, for example, a personal mobile intelligent communication device, and decoding a postal service barcode such as an Intelligent Mail Barcode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Patrick Jerald Cannon, Paul Herman Schultz, David Lawrence Coleman, Shahrom Kiani, Christian Dahling Kiani, Carlos Macia, Russell W. Guenthner, David Lowell Bowne