Patents by Inventor Gary W. Shelton

Gary W. Shelton 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: 8009437
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to wireless communication modules that can be used for enabling wireless communication in various applications. A wireless communication module in accordance with one embodiment may be interfaced with other devices, such as nodes of a wireless sensor network (WSN). The module has rows of male integrated circuit (IC) pins that may be interfaced with female pin receptacles of another device. The module receives wireless signals and provides the data of such wireless signals to the other device. The module also receives data from the other devices and packetizes such data for wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Synapse Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary W. Shelton, Terry G. Phillips, Thomas J. Watson
  • Publication number: 20080274630
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to wireless communication modules that can be used for enabling wireless communication in various applications. A wireless communication module in accordance with one embodiment may be interfaced with other devices, such as nodes of a wireless sensor network (WSN). The module has rows of male integrated circuit (IC) pins that may be interfaced with female pin receptacles of another device. The module receives wireless signals and provides the data of such wireless signals to the other device. The module also receives data from the other devices and packetizes such data for wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Gary W. Shelton, Terry G. Phillips, Thomas J. Watson
  • Publication number: 20070253492
    Abstract: A video compression system compresses video frames comprising pixels defined by n-bit color values. Encoder of video compression system determines the difference between a current pixel value and a plurality reference pixel values. Encoder sends difference value to decoder. Decoder determines current pixel value by adjusting a reference pixel color value by delta value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: AVOCENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gary W. Shelton, William Lazenby, Michael Potter