Patents by Inventor Gerald Banks
Gerald Banks 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).
-
Publication number: 20060221687Abstract: An electrically alterable, non-volatile memory cell has more than two memory states that can be programmed selectively. Programming of the cell can be performed without actually reading the memory state of the cell during the programming operation. A plurality of the memory cells are preferably arranged in a matrix of rows and columns disposed substantially in a rectangle, with a plurality of word lines coupled with memory gate electrodes intersecting a first side of the rectangle substantially perpendicularly, a plurality of bit lines coupled with memory drain-source current paths intersecting a second side of the rectangle substantially perpendicularly (the second side also substantially perpendicularly intersecting the first side), a row select circuit being disposed at the first side for coupling with the word lines, and peripheral circuitry including a column select circuit and a sense circuit being disposed at the second side.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2006Publication date: October 5, 2006Inventor: Gerald Banks
-
Publication number: 20060193180Abstract: Memory states of a multi-bit memory cell are demarcated by generating read reference signals having levels that constitute boundaries of the memory states. The read reference signals may be dependent upon the levels of programming reference signals used for controlling the programming of the memory cell. The memory cell can thus be programmed without reading out its memory state during the programming process, with programming margins being assured by the dependence of the read reference signals on the programming reference signals. Both sets of reference signals may be generated by reference cells which track variations in the operating characteristics of the memory cell with changes in conditions, such as temperature and system voltages, to enhance the reliability of memory programming and readout.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2006Publication date: August 31, 2006Inventor: Gerald Banks
-
Publication number: 20050030816Abstract: Memory states of a multi-bit memory cell are demarcated by generating read reference signals having levels that constitute boundaries of the memory states. The read reference signals may be dependent upon the levels of programming reference signals used for controlling the programming of the memory cell. The memory cell can thus be programmed without reading out its memory state during the programming process, with programming margins being assured by the dependence of the read reference signals on the programming reference signals. Both sets of reference signals may be generated by reference cells which track variations in the operating characteristics of the memory cell with changes in conditions, such as temperature and system voltages, to enhance the reliability of memory programming and readout.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2004Publication date: February 10, 2005Inventor: Gerald Banks
-
Patent number: 6275602Abstract: Arrangement for lifting image of checks, with Xenon lamp, Fluorescent lamp or like source of stable-wavelength-output and CCPD Camera means selected to exhibit “close-to-human” spectral response plus a photopic filter, disposed upstream of the Camera and adapted to shift its received image-light spectrum in the direction of that which is optimal for the human-eye.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1994Date of Patent: August 14, 2001Assignee: Unisys CorporationInventors: David Concannon, John Vala, Gerald Banks
-
Patent number: 5717779Abstract: Arrangement for lifting image of checks, with Xenon lamp, Fluorescent lamp or like source of stable-wavelength-output and CCPD Camera means selected to exhibit "close-to-human" spectral response plus a photopic filter, disposed upstream of the Camera and adapted to shift its received image-light spectrum in the direction of that which is optimal for the human-eye.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 1996Date of Patent: February 10, 1998Assignee: Unisys CorpInventors: David Concannon, John Vala, Gerald Banks
-
Patent number: 5701361Abstract: Arrangement for lifting image of checks, with Xenon lamp, Fluorescent lamp or like source of stable-wavelength-output and CCPD Camera means selected to exhibit "close-to-human" spectral response plus a photopic filter, disposed upstream of the Camera and adapted to shift its received image-light spectrum in the direction of that which is optimal for the human-eye.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 1996Date of Patent: December 23, 1997Assignee: Unisys CorpInventors: Ted Concannon, John Vala, Gerald Banks
-
Patent number: 5580304Abstract: Venting of a poultry carcass is carried out using a rotary cutter with a point sharpened tip end and point sharpened teeth cutting edges adjacent the cutting tip end while operating the cutter such that the tip end has a line speed in a range of about 36-52 meters/minute in consequence of which less useable meat is lost in the vent severing operation reflecting a significant saving and product recovery to the slaughterer. During the severing operation, a shroud can be positioned around the rotary cutter to confine contaminants such as fecal matter contained in and on the carcass from being spread on the carcass in the area around the vent. To assure proper registry of the anus of the carcass with the rotary cutter during venting, holder arms are use to lift and position the carcass in optimized held position thereof carcass relative to the cutter axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 1995Date of Patent: December 3, 1996Assignee: Baader North America CorporationInventors: David Bleth, Gerald Banks, Todd Coppedge, William DeWitt, Oliver Hahn, Maurice Hunking, Wayne Mullineaux, Manfred Peters, Richard Smith, Todd Walter
-
Patent number: 5513274Abstract: Arrangement for lifting image of checks, with Xenon lamp, Fluorescent lamp or like source of stable-wavelength-output and CCPD Camera means selected to exhibit "close-to-human" spectral response plus a photopic filter, disposed upstream of the Camera and adapted to shift its received image-light spectrum in the direction of that which is optimal for the human-eye.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 1993Date of Patent: April 30, 1996Assignee: Unisys CorporationInventors: David J. Concannon, John D. Vala, Gerald Banks
-
Patent number: 5482503Abstract: Poultry carcasses are washed in apparatus which includes a frame in which a rotary carousel operates, the carcasses being transported through the apparatus on a shackle train which operates in tandem with the carousel. Associated with each shackle and carried on the carousel is a water lance that moves up and down inside the carcass as it transits the apparatus and sprays water on the carcass interior. Power means to move the lances up and down during washing transit of a carcass are provided as is means to control such power means operation. Scrubbing brushes are provided to scrub a carcass exterior as it exits the apparatus, and a final water rinse is applied to the carcass after its exit from the apparatus. The scrubbing brushes are specially fabricated and shaped from flat nylon strips.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 1995Date of Patent: January 9, 1996Assignee: Baader North America CorporationInventors: Richard Scott, David Bleth, Gerald Banks, Todd Coppedge, William DeWitt, Oliver Hahn, Maurice Hunking, Wayne Mullineaux, Manfred Peters, Richard Smith, Todd Walter
-
Patent number: 5422474Abstract: A check Sorter-Imager-Processor with two (or more) imaging sites, each lit by a beam through a fibre-optic array, with a lens focusing the beam on each array such that a shift in lens-focus reduces output light from the array,--the two sites being thus "matched" in light-intensity by merely focus-adjusting these lenses.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 1994Date of Patent: June 6, 1995Assignee: Unisys CorporationInventors: John Vala, Gerald Banks
-
Patent number: 5408085Abstract: A check Sorter-Imager-Processor with two (or more) imaging sites, each lit by a beam through a fiber-optic array, with a lens focusing the beam on each array such that a shift in lens-focus reduces output light from the array--the two sites being thus "matched" in light-intensity by merely focus-adjusting these lenses.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 1993Date of Patent: April 18, 1995Assignee: Unisys CorporationInventors: John Vala, Gerald Banks
-
Patent number: 5313070Abstract: A check Sorter-Imager-Processor with two (or more) imaging sites, each lit by a beam through a fibre-optic array, with a lens focusing the beam on each array such that a shift in lens-focus reduces output light from the array--the two sites being thus "matched" in light-intensity by merely focus-adjusting these lenses.Type: GrantFiled: January 1, 1992Date of Patent: May 17, 1994Assignee: Unisys CorporationInventors: John Vala, Gerald Banks
-
Patent number: 5259043Abstract: Arrangement for lifting image of checks, with Xenon lamp, Fluorescent lamp or like source of stable-wavelength-output and CCPD Camera means selected to exhibit "close-to-human" spectral response plus a photopic filter, disposed upstream of the Camera and adapted to shift its received image-light spectrum in the direction of that which is optimal for the human-eye.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 1992Date of Patent: November 2, 1993Assignee: Unisys CorporationInventors: David Concannon, John Vala, Gerald Banks
-
Patent number: 5155776Abstract: Arrangement for lifting image of checks, with Xenon lamp, Fluorescent lamp or like source of stable-wavelength-output and CCPD Camera means selected to exhibit "close-to-human" spectral response plus a photopic filter, disposed upstream of the Camera and adapted to shift its received image-light spectrum in the direction of that which is optimal for the human-eye.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 1989Date of Patent: October 13, 1992Assignee: Unisys Corp.Inventors: David Concannon, John Vala, Gerald Banks
-
Patent number: 5089713Abstract: A check Sorter-Imager-Processor with two (or more) imaging sites, each lit by a beam through a fibre-optic array, with a lens focusing the beam on each array such that a shift in lens-focus reduces output light from the array, the two sites being thus "matched" in light-intensity by merely focus-adjusting these lenses.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 1991Date of Patent: February 18, 1992Assignee: Unisys CorporationInventors: John Vala, Gerald Banks
-
Patent number: 5063599Abstract: Check processing apparatus including an offset pair of image-lift sites and an associated "Heat-Dump", with this apparatus preferably built as an add-on, plug-in module to be used in a check-sorting system.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 1989Date of Patent: November 5, 1991Assignee: Unisys CorporationInventors: David Concannon, Gary Copenhaver, Johan Bakker, John Vala, Gerald Banks, Clive Catchpole
-
Patent number: 5003189Abstract: A check Sorter-Imager-Processor with two (or more) imaging sites, each lit by a beam through a fibre-optic array--with a lens focusing the beam on each array such that a shift in lens-focus reduces output light from the array,--the two sites being thus "matched" in light-intensity by merely focus-adjusting these lenses.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 1989Date of Patent: March 26, 1991Assignee: Unisys Corp.Inventors: John Vala, Gerald Banks