Patents Represented by Attorney Walter J. Tencza, Jr.

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  • Target identification from a pool of targets using a new adaptive transmitter-receiver design
    Patent number: 7132977
    Abstract: A design methodology for jointly optimizing the transmit waveform and receiver filter for multiple target identification is presented in presence of transmit signal dependent clutter like interference and noise. The methodology is applied and illustrated for various multiple ‘target ID’ problems in presence of transmit signal dependent clutter like interference and noise. The resulting correct target classification is significantly better than that achieved by a conventional chirp or any other transmit waveform. Unlike the classical radar case, the choice of transmit pulse shape can be critically important for the detection of extended targets in presence of additive channel noise and signal-dependent clutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Inventor: S. Unnikrishna Pillai
  • Coin roll type coin operated redemption game where rolling coin turns into image on video screen
    Patent number: 7128644
    Abstract: A coin rolled from a first end of a surface to a second end of a surface is detected by a sensing device. The sensing device causes a video screen to display a coin generated video object in response to the detection of the coin near the second end of the surface. The video screen may also display at least one target video object. The coin generated object may be displayed by the video screen in a manner so that it appears that the coin generated object moves on the video screen in a direction related to the direction of the physically rolling coin. The target video object may change from a first state to a second state on the video screen when the coin generated object is within a specified range of the target video object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Inventor: Stephen Linzey
  • Folding knife with device to aid in opening
    Patent number: 7107685
    Abstract: An apparatus for opening a folding knife is provided. The apparatus may include a plate having an arcuate slot and a substantially linear slot. A cam slide may be provided comprised of an extension which extends into the substantially linear slot, and an opening into which a post connected to a blade device can be inserted. The extension of the cam slide typically can be moved in a substantially linear manner in the substantially linear slot. The substantially linear movement of the extension in the substantially linear slot causes a sharp edge of the blade device to come out of or go into a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Master Cutlery Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Anderson
  • Display device for beverage pitcher or coffee machine
    Patent number: 7096776
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed comprising a display device or indicator device and a timer circuit. The display device can be placed in a first or a second state. In the first state the display device provides a first visual indication of a first type of beverage which is within a beverage receptacle. In the second state the display device provides a second visual indication of a second type of beverage which is within the beverage pitcher. The timer circuit, automatically, after a certain period of time, may change the indicator device from the first or second state to a third state in which the indicator device does not provide a visual indication of the type of beverage within a beverage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Koncelik, Jr.
  • Method of designing a size-adjustable multi-mode display unit for portable electronic devices
    Patent number: 7092247
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed comprising a first housing, a first display device connected to the first housing, a second housing, and a second display device connected to the second housing. The first housing may be connected to the second housing so that the apparatus can be placed into a first state and into a second state. In the first state the first display device lies on top of the second display device, so that only the first display device can be seen. In the second state the first display device and the second display device lie adjacent to one another and the first and the second display device can be seen simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Inventor: Semmie Kim
  • Four wheel drive alert
    Patent number: 7091842
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed comprising an audio alert device, a timer, a processor; and a four-wheel drive device for a subject vehicle. The processor may activate the timer when the four-wheel drive device indicates that the subject vehicle has been placed in a four-wheel drive state. The processor may activate the audio alert device so that the audio alert device produces a sound when the timer has reached a limit. The apparatus may include a distance counter. The processor may activate the distance counter when the four-wheel drive device indicates that the subject vehicle has been placed in a four-wheel drive state. The processor may activate the audio alert device so that the audio alert device produces a sound when the distance counter has reached a limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Koncelik, Jr.
  • Image projection lighting device
    Patent number: 7073910
    Abstract: An improved image projection lighting device is disclosed. Commands received by a communications port of the base housing may be acted upon to change zoom and focus values of a zoom and focus lens. A cooling system may be provided which compares an input air temperature of the image projection lighting device to an exiting air temperature to determine if a filter needs service. A video projector may project a first image comprised of first, second, and third separate images and the first separate image can be faded up to project light that is void of an image by a first command received at the communications port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Inventor: Richard S. Belliveau
  • Plural container base attaching apparatus
    Patent number: 7066330
    Abstract: A base and a plurality of containers is described. The base may have a plurality of receptacles, each of the plurality of receptacles having a first dimension. Each of the plurality of containers may correspond to one of the plurality of receptacles. Each container may have a first dimension which is about the same as the first dimension of its corresponding receptacle. The base may have a top surface and each of the plurality of receptacles may be comprised of a plurality of walls, each of which extends upward from the top surface of the base. Each of the plurality of containers may have a lid which can be sealed and unsealed. The plurality of receptacles can be arranged in a plurality of rows and columns. Each of the plurality of containers may have protrusion at its top and a recess at its bottom so that a first container can be stacked on a second container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Inventor: Natalie Lashley
  • Magnetic levitation car
    Patent number: 7059252
    Abstract: A magnetic levitated car comprising a car body that is made to float on a magnetic road laid on with a plurality of spaced apart magnets, at least one magnetic suspension stabilizer disposed spacedly at the bottom of said car body, and at least one electro-magnetic wheel provided at the bottom of said car body. The bottom portion of said magnetic suspension stabilizer has a polarity similar to that of the magnets laid on the road to provided repulsion therefore that will levitate said car body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Maglevvison Corporation
    Inventor: Jose L. Guardo, Jr.
  • Content optimizing system for an image projection lighting device
    Patent number: 7055964
    Abstract: An image projection lighting device is disclosed having a processor and communications port. The communications port may receive a contrast command. The processor may modify contrast of image data in response to the contrast command to form contrast modified image data. The communications port may receive a black level command. The processor may modify image data in response to the black level command to form modified image data having a modified black level. Modified black level image data may be created by adding or subtracting an offset to the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Inventor: Richard S. Belliveau
  • Content optimizing system for an image projection lighting device
    Patent number: 7055963
    Abstract: An image projection lighting device is disclosed having a processor and communications port. The communications port may receive a contrast command. The processor may modify contrast of image data in response to the contrast command to form contrast modified image data. The communications port may receive a black level command. The processor may modify image data in response to the black level command to form modified image data having a modified black level. Modified black level image data may be created by adding or subtracting an offset to the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Inventor: Richard S. Belliveau
  • Mechanized sticks holder
    Patent number: 7052061
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed including a first device which includes a first stick having a first tip, a second device which includes a second stick having a second tip, and a third device which includes a first hollow tube in which a spring is located. The first and second devices may be connected to the third device so that the first and second sticks can pivot with respect to the third device. In a rest state, the spring causes the first stick to be separated from the second stick so that the first tip and the second tip do not contact each other. The first stick and the second stick can be pressed together into a compressed state, so that the first and second sticks pivot with respect to the third device, the spring is compressed by the first and second devices, and the first and second tips come into contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Inventor: Juanito B. Calagui
  • Method of lazily replicating files and monitoring log in backup file system
    Patent number: 7051053
    Abstract: A method of performing a real time optimized backup from a first computer storage device to a second or backup computer storage device, is disclosed. The method comprises two different approaches of backing up a first computer file stored on the first computer storage device to be backed up to a second computer file stored on the second computer storage device. The two approaches are instant replication and lazy replication. The method may include analyzing one or more first computer file activities and determining a set of end results achieved by the one or more first computer file activities; and executing a second computer file backup process that achieves substantially the same set of end results as the first computer file backup process, but with fewer steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Inventor: Dinesh Sinha
  • Theatrical fog particle protection system for image projection lighting devices
    Patent number: 7048383
    Abstract: An image projection lighting device is disclosed comprising a base housing, a yoke, and a lamp housing. The base housing may include or have located therein, a processing system and a communications port. The lamp housing may include or have located therein, a video projector, an antireflective aperture, a cooling system, and an air filter system. The image projection lighting device may further include a multicolor video display device, which may display a signal indicating a service alert, such as a filter service alert. Service information, concerning the image projection lighting device, may be transmitted by the image projection lighting device from the communications port to a central controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Inventor: Richard S. Belliveau
  • Target identification from a pool of targets using a new adaptive transmitter-receiver design
    Patent number: 7038616
    Abstract: A design methodology for jointly optimizing the transmit waveform and receiver filter for multiple target identification is presented in presence of transmit signal dependent clutter like interference and noise. The methodology is applied and illustrated for various multiple ‘target ID’ problems in presence of transmit signal dependent clutter like interference and noise. The resulting correct target classification is significantly better than that achieved by a conventional chirp or any other transmit waveform. Unlike the classical radar case, the choice of transmit pulse shape can be critically important for the detection of extended targets in presence of additive channel noise and signal-dependent clutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Inventor: S. Unnikrishna Pillai
  • Remotely controlling a servant aircraft
    Patent number: 7035721
    Abstract: A remote control signal, such as a signal from a GPS satellite or from an escort aircraft, is received at a servant aircraft. If the remote control signal is valid and is a landing remote control signal, the processor causes the landing of the servant aircraft. The processor may cause a crash landing or a landing at an airport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Koncelik, Jr.
  • Double capacity hook and card system
    Patent number: 7032755
    Abstract: A hook having an extension attached to a base is disclosed. A first package having an enclosure attached to a backing, and a substantially similar second package can be placed on the extension so that the enclosure of the first package is adjacent to the enclosure of the second package and the length taken up by the first and second packages along the extension is about the depth of the first package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Inventor: Rickey Martins
  • System and method for determining area of irregular or complex shapes
    Patent number: 7021939
    Abstract: A system and method for determining area of irregular or complex shapes for easily determining area of complex shapes. The system and method for determining area of irregular or complex shapes includes comprises a quantity of tracing paper for capturing a two dimensional representation of the irregular shape, a quantity of a substrate having a known weight per unit of area, the substrate being for receiving a two dimensional representation of the irregular shape transferred from the tracing paper, and a scale for determining a weight of a two dimensional representation cut from said substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Inventor: Arnulfo Hernandez
  • Baton
    Patent number: D520593
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Master Cutlery, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas A. Anderson
  • Knife with three parallel blades
    Patent number: D528893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Inventor: Donald Budd