Patents by Inventor Jerald J. Muszak
Jerald J. Muszak 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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Patent number: 8477114Abstract: Display devices and methods for operating the same are provided. In one embodiment, the display device has an electronic display having an active area for presenting visual content; a housing holding the electronic display and having an opening allowing a person to view a first portion of the active area; and a bezel about the opening, the bezel covering a second portion of the active area and providing a window through which at least a part of the second portion can be viewed. A sensor system senses when a person is close to touching the bezel or when a person is in touch with the bezel and generates a sensor signal; and a controller is operable to adjust the appearance of the active area in the part of the second portion when the controller determines that a person has touched the bezel or is close to touching the bezel.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Michael E. Miller, Jerald J. Muszak, Michael J. Telek
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Publication number: 20130002593Abstract: Display devices and methods for operating the same are provided. In one embodiment, the display device has an electronic display having an active area for presenting visual content; a housing holding the electronic display and having an opening allowing a person to view a first portion of the active area; and a bezel about the opening, the bezel covering a second portion of the active area and providing a window through which at least a part of the second portion can be viewed. A sensor system senses when a person is close to touching the bezel or when a person is in touch with the bezel and generates a sensor signal; and a controller is operable to adjust the appearance of the active area in the part of the second portion when the controller determines that a person has touched the bezel or is close to touching the bezel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Inventors: Michael E. Miller, Jerald J. Muszak, Michael J. Telek
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Patent number: 8330739Abstract: Display devices and methods for operating the same are provided. In one embodiment, the display device has an electronic display having an active area for presenting visual content; a housing holding the electronic display and having an opening allowing a person to view a first portion of the active area; and a bezel about the opening, the bezel covering a second portion of the active area and providing a window through which at least a part of the second portion can be viewed. A sensor system senses when a person is close to touching the bezel or when a person is in touch with the bezel and generates a sensor signal; and a controller is operable to adjust the appearance of the active area in the part of the second portion when the controller determines that a person has touched the bezel or is close to touching the bezel.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Michael E. Miller, Jerald J. Muszak, Michael J. Telek
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Patent number: 8310462Abstract: Display devices and methods for operating the same are provided. In one embodiment, the display device has an electronic display having an active area for presenting visual content; a housing holding the electronic display and having an opening allowing a person to view a first portion of the active area; and a bezel about the opening, the bezel covering a second portion of the active area and providing a window through which at least a part of the second portion can be viewed. A sensor system senses when a person is close to touching the bezel or when a person is in touch with the bezel and generates a sensor signal; and a controller is operable to adjust the appearance of the active area in the part of the second portion when the controller determines that a person has touched the bezel or is close to touching the bezel.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2012Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Michael E. Miller, Jerald J. Muszak, Michael J. Telek
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Publication number: 20120162120Abstract: Display devices and methods for operating the same are provided. In one embodiment, the display device has an electronic display having an active area for presenting visual content; a housing holding the electronic display and having an opening allowing a person to view a first portion of the active area; and a bezel about the opening, the bezel covering a second portion of the active area and providing a window through which at least a part of the second portion can be viewed. A sensor system senses when a person is close to touching the bezel or when a person is in touch with the bezel and generates a sensor signal; and a controller is operable to adjust the appearance of the active area in the part of the second portion when the controller determines that a person has touched the bezel or is close to touching the bezel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Michael E. Miller, Jerald J. Muszak, Michael J. Telek
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Publication number: 20120154321Abstract: Display devices and methods for operating the same are provided. In one embodiment, the display device has an electronic display having an active area for presenting visual content; a housing holding the electronic display and having an opening allowing a person to view a first portion of the active area; and a bezel about the opening, the bezel covering a second portion of the active area and providing a window through which at least a part of the second portion can be viewed. A sensor system senses when a person is close to touching the bezel or when a person is in touch with the bezel and generates a sensor signal; and a controller is operable to adjust the appearance of the active area in the part of the second portion when the controller determines that a person has touched the bezel or is close to touching the bezel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2012Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventors: Michael E. Miller, Jerald J. Muszak, Michael J. Telek
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Publication number: 20120102431Abstract: A digital image display device for displaying a collection of digital media assets, comprising: a display screen; a processor; a real-time clock providing a date and time; an interface for accessing a collection of digital media assets stored on a processor-accessible asset memory, wherein at least some of the digital media assets are associated with one or more specified ranges of dates; and a processor-accessible program memory. The processor-accessible program memory stores executable instructions for causing the processor to execute the steps of determining a date from the real-time clock; identifying one or more digital media assets associated with a range of dates including the determined date; and preferentially displaying the identified one or more digital media assets on the display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Inventors: Marc Krolczyk, Jerald J. Muszak, John T. Compton, Kenneth A. Parulski
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Patent number: 8154523Abstract: Display devices and methods for operating the same are provided. In one embodiment, the display device has an electronic display having an active area for presenting visual content; a housing holding the electronic display and having an opening allowing a person to view a first portion of the active area; and a bezel about the opening, the bezel covering a second portion of the active area and providing a window through which at least a part of the second portion can be viewed. A sensor system senses when a person is close to touching the bezel or when a person is in touch with the bezel and generates a sensor signal; and a controller is operable to adjust the appearance of the active area in the part of the second portion when the controller determines that a person has touched the bezel or is close to touching the bezel.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2007Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Michael E. Miller, Jerald J. Muszak, Michael J. Telek
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Publication number: 20100141592Abstract: A digital camera includes a touch-screen for receiving individually or in any combination one ore more characters all of which are short-hand notation for corresponding camera modes or functions from a user; memory for storing one or more characters all of which individually or in any combination are short-hand notation for corresponding camera modes or functions; and a processor that receives the user input from the touch-screen and correlates the received input to one of the stored characters and directing the selected camera mode or function to initiate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventors: Andrei Andrievsky, Jason W. Blythe, Frank Marino, Jerald J. Muszak, Michael J. Telek, Richard M. Vogel, Timothy J. White
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Publication number: 20090153438Abstract: Display devices and methods for operating the same are provided. In one embodiment, the display device has an electronic display having an active area for presenting visual content; a housing holding the electronic display and having an opening allowing a person to view a first portion of the active area; and a bezel about the opening, the bezel covering a second portion of the active area and providing a window through which at least a part of the second portion can be viewed. A sensor system senses when a person is close to touching the bezel or when a person is in touch with the bezel and generates a sensor signal; and a controller is operable to adjust the appearance of the active area in the part of the second portion when the controller determines that a person has touched the bezel or is close to touching the bezel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2007Publication date: June 18, 2009Inventors: Michael E. Miller, Jerald J. Muszak, Michael J. Telek
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Publication number: 20080231740Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a digital camera including a first image display formed on the surface of the camera body. The digital camera also includes a second image display mounted to the camera body and deployable to at least one viewing position in which the first and second image displays provide a combined display area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2007Publication date: September 25, 2008Inventors: Dale F. McIntyre, Kenneth A. Parulski, Jerald J. Muszak
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Publication number: 20080231741Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a digital camera including a first image display formed on the surface of the camera body. The digital camera also includes a second image display mounted to the camera body and deployable to at least one viewing position in which the first and second image displays provide a combined display area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2007Publication date: September 25, 2008Inventors: Dale F. McIntyre, Kenneth A. Parulski, Jerald J. Muszak
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Publication number: 20080069304Abstract: A radiography apparatus having an x-ray source, an x-ray imaging detector, and a support structure coupling the source and the x-ray detector and rotatable about a predetermined axis for positioning about a subject. The apparatus includes a first operator control console with a first command entry device for entry of operator setup instructions and a first display. A second operator control console is spaced apart from the first operator control console and has a second command entry device for entry of operator setup instructions and a second display. A control logic processor is responsive to the operator setup instructions for controlling operation of the radiography apparatus. At least some of the operator setup instructions entered at the first command entry device and operator setup instructions entered at the second command entry device are the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2006Publication date: March 20, 2008Inventors: Jerald J. Muszak, Chad P. Paris, Bruce A. Leonard, John M. Staton
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Patent number: 7329046Abstract: A digital radiography system for imaging a subject. A support structure, coupled to an X-ray source and an X-ray imaging detector, is rotatable about a first axis and is linearly moveable. The X-ray source and the X-ray imaging detector are also rotatable about second and third axes, respectively, to provide an operator with a number of degrees of freedom to move the X-ray source and the X-ray imaging detector to different positions relative to a subject. Further, the system has means for coupling an operator control interface and a display to the X-ray source for permitting an operator to rotate them about a fourth axis so that the operator control interface and display are accessible to the operator such that the position of the operator does not have to change when the positions of the X-ray source and the X-ray detector are changed.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2006Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.Inventors: Jerald J. Muszak, Michael Venturino, Nancy E. Laurie, John M. Staton
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Patent number: 6977753Abstract: A touch-screen interface of an operator control panel is provided on an imaging assembly, such as a printing assembly, and communicates the state of the printing assembly and its primary components to an operator, even when the operator is standing beyond a normal reading distance from the printing assembly. The touch-screen interface provides for a graphical representation in the form of icons or displays that show those components that are of interest to the operator during printing. This would include but is not limited to paper supply and paper take-up magazines, the center portion or printing area of the printer, and the current paper or media path. The icons or displays are laid out spatially on the operator control panel in an overhead view to match the layout of the printing assembly. Further, each of the displays or icons are sized large enough to be easily viewed and understood from well beyond a normal reading distance.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2001Date of Patent: December 20, 2005Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Mark Pappalardo, Jerald J. Muszak
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Publication number: 20020105663Abstract: A touch-screen interface of an operator control panel is provided on an imaging assembly, such as a printing assembly, and communicates the state of the printing assembly and its primary components to an operator, even when the operator is standing beyond a normal reading distance from the printing assembly. The touch-screen interface provides for a graphical representation in the form of icons or displays that show those components that are of interest to the operator during printing. This would include but is not limited to paper supply and paper take-up magazines, the center portion or printing area of the printer, and the current paper or media path. The icons or displays are laid out spatially on the operator control panel in an overhead view to match the layout of the printing assembly. Further, each of the displays or icons are sized large enough to be easily viewed and understood from well beyond a normal reading distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2001Publication date: August 8, 2002Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Mark Pappalardo, Jerald J. Muszak