Patents by Inventor Michael W. Hansen

Michael W. Hansen 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: 9990104
    Abstract: A computer-based apparatus, including: a memory element storing computer-readable instructions and at least one first data file; and a processor configured to execute the instructions to: display a second data file included in the at least one first data file, data fields for the second data file, and icons identifying operations applicable to first data in the second data file; accept a first input selecting a data field from the data fields for the second data file; accept a second input selecting an icon from the icons; associate the icon with the data field; generate a flowchart including the icon; display the flowchart on the GUI; generate second data by performing the operation for the icon on the first data; and replace the first data with the second data, or store the second data in a third data file included in the at least one first data file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Conduent Business Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Shaun McNamara, Michael W. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20160124621
    Abstract: A computer-based apparatus, including: a memory element storing computer-readable instructions and at least one first data file; and a processor configured to execute the instructions to: display a second data file included in the at least one first data file, data fields for the second data file, and icons identifying operations applicable to first data in the second data file; accept a first input selecting a data field from the data fields for the second data file; accept a second input selecting an icon from the icons; associate the icon with the data field; generate a flowchart including the icon; display the flowchart on the GUI; generate second data by performing the operation for the icon on the first data; and replace the first data with the second data, or store the second data in a third data file included in the at least one first data file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey Shaun McNamara, Michael W. Hansen
  • Patent number: 9216544
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system comprising a platen assembly configured to restrain and release a film or substrate, a head gantry configured to retain a print head for printing a three-dimensional part on the restrained film or substrate. The additive manufacturing system may also include a removal assembly configured to draw the film having the printed three-dimensional part from the platen assembly and to cut the drawn film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Stratasys, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Swanson, Dominic F. Mannella, Joseph E. LaBossiere, Michael W. Hansen, Saurav Upadhyaya, Ronald G. Schloesser
  • Patent number: 8961167
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system comprising a platen assembly configured to restrain and release a film, a head gantry configured to retain a print head for printing a three-dimensional part on the restrained film, and a removal assembly configured to draw the film having the printed three-dimensional part from the platen assembly and to cut the drawn film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Stratasys, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Swanson, Dominic F. Mannella, Joseph E. LaBossiere, Michael W. Hansen, Saurav Upadhyaya, Ronald G. Schloesser
  • Publication number: 20140178588
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system comprising a platen assembly configured to restrain and release a film or substrate, a head gantry configured to retain a print head for printing a three-dimensional part on the restrained film or substrate. The additive manufacturing system may also include a removal assembly configured to draw the film having the printed three-dimensional part from the platen assembly and to cut the drawn film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: STRATASYS, INC.
    Inventors: William J. Swanson, Dominic F. Mannella, Joseph E. LaBossiere, Michael W. Hansen, Saurav Upadhyaya, Ronald G. Schloesser
  • Publication number: 20140178585
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system comprising a platen assembly configured to restrain and release a film, a head gantry configured to retain a print head for printing a three-dimensional part on the restrained film, and a removal assembly configured to draw the film having the printed three-dimensional part from the platen assembly and to cut the drawn film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Stratasys, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Swanson, Dominic F. Mannella, Joseph E. LaBossiere, Michael W. Hansen, Saurav Upadhyaya, Ronald G. Schloesser
  • Publication number: 20110279124
    Abstract: A battery monitor device is provided for determining float current in a battery system. The battery monitor device is comprised of: a voltage sense circuit electrically coupled to opposing sides of a connector coupling two battery cells and operable to measure a voltage drop across the connector; a test load circuit that operates to apply a load across the least one battery cell and connector and measure current flow through the connector; and a controller configured to receive voltage drop measures from the voltage sense circuit and current measures from the test load circuit. The controller operates to determine a resistance of the connector and computes a float current flowing through the connector from the resistance and voltage drop measures taken only when a load is not being applied across the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: LIEBERT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael W. Hansen, Marc J. Radzikowski
  • Publication number: 20030218674
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing georegistration using both a telemetry based rendering technique and an interative rendering technique. The method begins with a telemetry based rendering that produces reference imagery that substantially matches a view being imaged by the camera. The reference imagery is rendered using the telemetry of the present camera orientation. Upon obtaining a certain level of accuracy, the method proceeds to perform iterative rendering. During iterative rendering, the method uses image motion information from the video to enhance rendering of the reference imagery. A further embodiment uses sequential statistical framework to provide a unified approach to georegistration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Applicant: Sarnoff Corporation
    Inventors: Wenyi Zhao, Bogdan Matei, Ying Shan, Stephen Charles Hsu, Michael W. Hansen
  • Patent number: 6393163
    Abstract: A system for automatically generating a mosaic from a plurality of input images. The system sequentially executes an image alignment process, an editing process, and a combining process such that, from a sequence of images, the system automatically produces a seamless mosaic for various applications. Illustrative applications for the mosaic include: (1) a mosaic based display system including an image printing system, (2) a surveillance system and (3) a mosaic based compression system. The mosaic based display system permits a system user to display, manipulate and alter a mosaic. The mosaic based compression system exploits the temporal and spatial redundancy in image sequences and efficiently compresses the image information. The compression system can be used for compressing image information for storage in a storage device or can be used for compressing image information for transmission through a band-limited transmission channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Sarnoff Corporation
    Inventors: Peter J. Burt, Michal Irani, Stephen Charles Hsu, Padmanabhan Anandan, Michael W. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20020038456
    Abstract: A media content capture and distribution system includes at least one capture system which provides clips of media content satisfying a set of at least one trigger defined for the capture system. The clips are transmitted to a distribution system. A channel creator in the distribution system combines a plurality of the clips that satisfy at least a portion of the criteria defining the content requirements of a microchannel into a microchannel stream. The microchannel stream is transmitted to a client through a computer network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Michael W. Hansen, Glenn A. Reitmeier
  • Patent number: 6044166
    Abstract: Apparatus for image processing a sequence of images containing a parallel-pipelined image processor comprised of image memories, a pyramid processing circuit, an arithmetic logic unit, a crossbar switch for video routing through the various components of the processor, signal processors to provide hardware programming through a global bus and also perform image processing operations. Images can be passed directly from the crossbar switch to internal static RAM of the signal processors through a first-in, first-out interface at full video rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Sarnoff Corporation
    Inventors: Robert G Bassman, Bhavesh B. Bhatt, Bill J. Call, Michael W. Hansen, Stephen C. Hsu, Gooitzen S. van der Wal, Lambert E. Wixson
  • Patent number: 5999662
    Abstract: A system for automatically generating a mosaic from a plurality of input images. The system sequentially executes an image alignment process, an editing process, and a combining process such that, from a sequence of images, the system automatically produces a seamless mosaic for various applications. Illustrative applications for the mosaic include: (1) a mosaic based display system including an image printing system, (2) a surveillance system and (3) a mosaic based compression system. The mosaic based display system permits a system user to display, manipulate and alter a mosaic. The mosaic based compression system exploits the temporal and spatial redundancy in image sequences and efficiently compresses the image information. The compression system can be used for compressing image information for storage in a storage device or can be used for compressing image information for transmission through a band-limited transmission channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Sarnoff Corporation
    Inventors: Peter J. Burt, Michal Irani, Stephen Charles Hsu, Padmanabhan Anandan, Michael W. Hansen
  • Patent number: 5991444
    Abstract: A system for automatically generating a mosaic from a plurality of input images. The system sequentially executes an image alignment process, an editing process, and a combining process such that, from a sequence of images, the system automatically produces a seamless mosaic for various applications. Illustrative applications for the mosaic include: (1) a mosaic based display system including an image printing system, (2) a surveillance system and (3) a mosaic based compression system. The mosaic based display system permits a system user to display, manipulate and alter a mosaic. The mosaic based compression system exploits the temporal and spatial redundancy in image sequences and efficiently compresses the image information. The compression system can be used for compressing image information for storage in a storage device or can be used for compressing image information for transmission through a band-limited transmission channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Sarnoff Corporation
    Inventors: Peter J. Burt, Michal Irani, Stephen Charles Hsu, Padmanabhan Anandan, Michael W. Hansen
  • Patent number: 5649032
    Abstract: A system for automatically generating a mosaic from a plurality of input images. The system sequentially executes an image alignment process, an editing process, and a combining process such that, from a sequence of images, the system automatically produces a seamless mosaic for various applications. Illustrative applications for the mosaic include: (1) a mosaic based display system including an image printing system, (2) a surveillance system and (3) a mosaic based compression system. The mosaic based display system permits a system user to display, manipulate and alter a mosaic. The mosaic based compression system exploits the temporal and spatial redundancy in image sequences and efficiently compresses the image information. The compression system can be used for compressing image information for storage in a storage device or can be used for compressing image information for transmission through a band-limited transmission channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: David Sarnoff Research Center, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. Burt, Michal Irani, Stephen Charles Hsu, Padmanabhan Anandan, Michael W. Hansen