Patents by Inventor William Dallas

William Dallas 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: 20240190335
    Abstract: A work machine can include a machine frame; and a component box holding a plurality of electrical components mounted to a roof of the machine frame; wherein the component box includes a plurality of indicator light sets exposed on an outer surface of the component box, wherein the plurality of indicator light sets are configured to indicate to external personnel a mode of operation of the work machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Adam L. Berry, Ashley Dallas Menges, William Clayton Martin, Ryan P. Pecinovsky, Scott M. Toombs
  • Patent number: 11958403
    Abstract: A work machine can include a machine frame; and a component box holding a plurality of electrical components mounted to a roof of the machine frame; wherein the component box includes a plurality of indicator light sets exposed on an outer surface of the component box, wherein the plurality of indicator light sets are configured to indicate to external personnel a mode of operation of the work machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Adam L. Berry, Ashley Dallas Menges, William Clayton Martin, Ryan P. Pecinovsky, Scott M. Toombs
  • Patent number: 9176054
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for tomographic imaging of an object. The apparatus includes a light unit configured to generate illumination, which comprises coherent light and has random phase distribution in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis, for illuminating an object, a coupler which combines a reference beam and an object beam for an interference, a shifter configured to shift relative phase difference between the object light and the reference coherent light, a detector configured to detect an interference caused by the reference coherent light and object light for the each phase, and a processor configured to calculate an optical propagation based on the detected interference for the each phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS
    Inventors: Isao Matsubara, Chung-Chieh Yu, William Dallas
  • Patent number: 9116303
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hologram which forms a light intensity distribution on a predetermined plane by using incident light. The hologram includes a plurality of cells configured to control both a phase of a first polarized light component in a first polarization direction of the incident light and a phase of a second polarized light component in a second polarization direction perpendicular to the first polarization direction, to form a phase difference distribution between phase distributions for the first and second polarized light components. The plurality of cells are designed so that a number of phase difference levels of the phase difference distribution is less than a number of phase levels of the phase distribution of the first polarized light component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignees: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
    Inventors: Isao Matsubara, Yasuyuki Unno, William Dallas, Tom D Milster
  • Patent number: 8896840
    Abstract: An interferometric method for detecting information about a sample includes emitting a laser beam; splitting the laser beam into a reference beam and an object beam; transmitting the object beam through the sample in an incident angle; combining the reference beam with the object beam passed through the sample to form an interference pattern; detecting the interference pattern, and non-linearly scanning the object beam in order to detect a plurality of interference patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao Matsubara, Chung-Chieh Yu, Yasuyuki Unno, William Dallas
  • Publication number: 20130329226
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for tomographic imaging of an object. The apparatus includes a light unit configured to generate illumination, which comprises coherent light and has random phase distribution in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis, for illuminating an object, a coupler which combines a reference beam and an object beam for an interference, a shifter configured to shift relative phase difference between the object light and the reference coherent light, a detector configured to detect an interference caused by the reference coherent light and object light for the each phase, and a processor configured to calculate an optical propagation based on the detected interference for the each phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicants: The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona, CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao Matsubara, Chung-Chieh Yu, William Dallas
  • Patent number: 8588455
    Abstract: An earphone wire cover with three separate arms resembling drinking straws joined together in a Y-configuration into which the ear phone speakers and plug are inserted and passed through. These covers enclose most of the wire from the electronic device to the earphones. The three sections are joined together with a flexible tape or string so that, when the earphones are to be stored, the three arms can be brought together as three parallel tubes holding the bulk of the wire by simply flipping the bottom section into alignment with the upper two sections. The invention can be easily re-deployed by simply folding the bottom section out again and separating the top ends to make a Y. An alternate embodiment of the invention can have a microphone hole in one of the arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Inventor: William Dallas
  • Publication number: 20130286403
    Abstract: An interferometric method for detecting information about a sample includes emitting a laser beam; splitting the laser beam into a reference beam and an object beam; transmitting the object beam through the sample in an incident angle; combining the reference beam with the object beam passed through the sample to form an interference pattern; detecting the interference pattern, and non-linearly scanning the object beam in order to detect a plurality of interference patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicants: The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona, CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao Matsubara, Chung-Chieh Yu, Yasuyuki Unno, William Dallas
  • Patent number: 8531747
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hologram which forms a light intensity distribution on a predetermined plane by using an incident light. The hologram includes a plurality of cells configured to control both a phase of a first polarized light component of the incident light and a phase of a second polarized light component. The plurality of cells are designed to form a portion in an overlap region in which a first light intensity distribution region formed on the predetermined plane by the first polarized light component and a second light intensity distribution region formed on the predetermined plane by the second polarized light component are superposed on each other. The phase of the first polarized light component is diffused in the portion formed in the overlap region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao Matsubara, Yasuyuki Unno, William Dallas
  • Publication number: 20120230533
    Abstract: An earphone wire cover with three separate arms resembling drinking straws joined together in a Y-configuration into which the ear phone speakers and plug are inserted and passed through. These covers enclose most of the wire from the electronic device to the earphones. The three sections are joined together with a flexible tape or string so that, when the earphones are to be stored, the three arms can be brought together as three parallel tubes holding the bulk of the wire by simply flipping the bottom section into alignment with the upper two sections. The invention can be easily re-deployed by simply folding the bottom section out again and separating the top ends to make a Y. An alternate embodiment of the invention can have a microphone hole in one of the arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventor: William Dallas
  • Publication number: 20110216296
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hologram which forms a light intensity distribution on a predetermined plane by using incident light. The hologram includes a plurality of cells configured to control both a phase of a first polarized light component in a first polarization direction of the incident light and a phase of a second polarized light component in a second polarization direction perpendicular to the first polarization direction, to form a phase difference distribution between phase distributions for the first and second polarized light components. The plurality of cells are designed so that a number of phase difference levels of the phase difference distribution is less than a number of phase levels of the phase distribution of the first polarized light component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao Matsubara, Yasuyuki Unno, William Dallas, Tom D. Milster
  • Publication number: 20100328742
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hologram which forms a light intensity distribution on a predetermined plane by using an incident light. The hologram includes a plurality of cells configured to control both a phase of a first polarized light component of the incident light and a phase of a second polarized light component. The plurality of cells are designed to form a portion in an overlap region in which a first light intensity distribution region formed on the predetermined plane by the first polarized light component and a second light intensity distribution region formed on the predetermined plane by the second polarized light component are superposed on each other. The phase of the first polarized light component is diffused in the portion formed in the overlap region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicants: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS / UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
    Inventors: Isao Matsubara, Yasuyuki Unno, William Dallas