Patents Examined by Keith B. White
  • Patent number: 5930761
    Abstract: A computer process which permits easy management of one or more season ticket packages for a ticket administrator. A schedule of games is color-coded to readily indicate ticket availability. The color-codes indicate to the user whether tickets for the game in question are all available, partially available, or not available. The user may place requests for tickets and, should more than one ticket package be available, indicate the ticket package for which tickets are requested. A ticket administrator can review the ticket requests, and convert the ticket requests into a reservation, whereupon the schedule codes are updated to conform with the modified ticket availability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Inventor: Martin J. O'Toole
  • Patent number: 5790756
    Abstract: The analog fuzzy logic controller includes a fuzzification circuit by which the position and the shape of the membership functions associated with the linguistic input variables may be adjusted in an analog manner from outside. The output signals corresponding to the fuzzy values of the fuzzification circuit are supplied to an inference circuit. The output of the inference circuit is provided with a plurality of analog multiplex circuits with which the association of a degree of membership of a fuzzy rule to one or a plurality of linguistic output variables may be influenced. The defuzzification circuit of the fuzzy controller, which receives the output signals from the inference circuit, then calculates the output signals of the fuzzy controller according to the center of gravity method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: GMD-Forschungszentrum Informationstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Liliane Peters, Klaus Beck, Shuwei Guo