Patents by Inventor A. C. Hill

A. C. Hill 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: 20180189249
    Abstract: An application based subtitle features are provided for a presentation. A productivity application initiates operations to provide subtitle features upon receiving a subtitle input from a content creator. The subtitle input is detected as allocated for a slide of the presentation. Next, a subtitle is generated from the subtitle input for the slide. A presentation timing is determined for the subtitle. Furthermore, the subtitle is integrated with the slide based on the presentation timing. The slide is also presented with the subtitle during the presentation timing in response to a detected action to present the slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kelly R Berman, Ryan C Hill
  • Publication number: 20180035084
    Abstract: A security device is disclosed herein, comprised of a body having a first end connectable into a standard light socket or plug, and a second end having a rotatable/extendable mount with a camera mounted thereon. The body may also include a controller, a wireless communication module, lights, one or more optional sensors (such as a motion sensor, ambient light sensor, etc.), a back-up battery, a 2-way speaker, and/or a microphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel Swiss, Bryson C. Hill
  • Publication number: 20180019724
    Abstract: Degenerately doped semiconductor materials are deployed within resonant structures to control the first and higher order temperature coefficients of frequency, thereby enabling temperature dependence to be engineered without need for cumulative material layers which tend to drive up cost and compromise resonator performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph C. Doll, Paul M. Hagelin, Ginel C. Hill, Nicholas Miller, Charles I. Grosjean
  • Publication number: 20170357009
    Abstract: Disclosed is an on-board backup and anti-spoofing GPS (“OBASG”) system for navigating a vehicle through an environment with a GPS receiver. The GPS receiver is configured to receive GPS signals within the environment where the GPS signals may suffer a GPS outage or are unreliable within the environment. In general, the OBASG includes a GPS block-chain recorder, a block-chain storage module, an anti-spoofing module, and a backup navigation module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER W. RAAB, JOHN W. GLATFELTER, KELLY C. HILL
  • Patent number: 9822552
    Abstract: An electric latch retraction device for vertical rod door latches includes an automatic adjustment feature including a limit switch and a linear sensor, such as a Hall effect sensor, which detects vertical position. A microcontroller monitors the vertical position of a pivoting retraction lever driven at the pivot by a linear driver. The housing for the electric latch retraction device is preferably external to the door and one end of the retraction lever extends into the door to drive a vertical rod door latch mechanism while an opposed end contacts the limit switch to signal that continued driving of the linear driver will begin to drive the vertical rod door latch. The microcontroller determines from the vertical position of the retraction lever when the limit switch is actuated whether the electric latch retraction device is mounted too high or too low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SARGENT MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Darren C. Eller, Christopher C. Hill, Andrew Geraci
  • Patent number: 9797092
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for improving the heating capacity of steam-heated hot plates, and in particular, to steam-heated hot plates used in the corrugating industry. One or more separators and thermocompressors are added to the output of the hot plates to separate blow through steam from condensate and pressurize and inject the steam back into the hot plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Kadant Johnson Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Wedel, Gerald L. Timm, Kenneth C. Hill
  • Patent number: 9796556
    Abstract: A cable dispensing system for unwinding a spool of cable not having a central core, the system comprising a tub having a base and a side wall with a side wall opening partially forming an inner space sized to fit the spool, the system further including an inner assembly having a base plate and a bearing assembly between the plate and the tub base, the bearing assembly supporting both the axial load and providing free rotation of the plate relative to the tub base about an inner space axis and unrestricted rotation of the associated spool about the system axis, the opening in the side wall allowing passage of the associated cable out of the inner space wherein pulling the cable out of the inner space rotates the associated spool about the inner space axis and unwinds the cable from the spool with low resistance and without kinking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Time Saver Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas C. Hill, Ronald James Hill
  • Publication number: 20170283707
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for producing hydrocarbon oil from the thermal decomposition of waste plastics in a continuous process which comprises melting of a waste plastic feedstock into an auger assisted melt reactor to remove chlorine and organics contained in the waste plastic, and transferring the melted waste plastic into an heated screw pyrolysis reactor which includes a transitional metal heat transfer medium. The hydrocarbon gas from the pyrolysis reactor is fed into a vessel containing metal trays for a second decomposition which is connected with an alkali treatment 2-step process gas reactor to remove acidic gases, and any inorganic solids. The hydrocarbon gases are separated by three separate condensers. The hydrocarbon fraction of the first condenser is recycled back into the pyrolysis reaction for further thermal treatment, and the hydrocarbon fractions are collected in the remaining condensers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Virens Energy, LLC.
    Inventors: Stephen B. Gephart, John C. Hill
  • Patent number: 9774313
    Abstract: A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) resonator includes a substrate having a substantially planar surface and a resonant member having sidewalls disposed in a nominally perpendicular orientation with respect to the planar surface. Impurity dopant is introduced via the sidewalls of the resonant member such that a non-uniform dopant concentration profile is established along axis extending between the sidewalls parallel to the substrate surface and exhibits a relative minimum concentration in a middle region of the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: SiTime Corporation
    Inventors: Charles I. Grosjean, Ginel C. Hill, Paul M. Hagelin, Renata Melamud Berger, Aaron Partridge, Markus Lutz
  • Patent number: 9747150
    Abstract: An approach for two stage log normalization is provided. The approach retrieves a message format and a plurality of parameters from one or more log files. The approach determines a classification for one or more first sequence files, wherein the one or more first sequence files includes the message format from the one or more log files. The approach determines a classification of error for the one or more first sequence files. The approach determines whether there is a high confidence in the classification of error for the one or more first sequence files. The approach determines whether there is an improvement in confidence in the classification of error from one or more second sequence files, wherein the one or more second sequence files includes the message format and the plurality of parameters from the one or more log files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip A. J. Cooper, Jevon J. C. Hill, Fiona L. Lam, Kalvinder P. Singh
  • Publication number: 20170230030
    Abstract: A moveable micromachined member of a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device includes an insulating layer disposed between first and second electrically conductive layers. First and second mechanical structures secure the moveable micromachined member to a substrate of the MEMS device and include respective first and second electrical interconnect layers coupled in series, with the first electrically conductive layer of the moveable micromachined member and each other, between first and second electrical terminals to enable conduction of a first joule-heating current from the first electrical terminal to the second electrical terminal through the first electrically conductive layer of the moveable micromachined member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph C. Doll, Nicholas Miller, Charles I. Grosjean, Paul M. Hagelin, Ginel C. Hill
  • Patent number: 9725655
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for producing hydrocarbon oil from the thermal decomposition of waste plastics in a continuous process which comprises melting of a waste plastic feedstock into an auger assisted melt reactor to remove chlorine and organics contained in the waste plastic, and transferring the melted waste plastic into an heated screw pyrolysis reactor which includes a transitional metal heat transfer medium. The hydrocarbon gas from the pyrolysis reactor is fed into a vessel containing metal trays for a second decomposition which is connected with an alkali treatment 2-step process gas reactor to remove acidic gases, and any inorganic solids. The hydrocarbon gases are separated by three separate condensers. The hydrocarbon fraction of the first condenser is recycled back into the pyrolysis reaction for further thermal treatment, and the hydrocarbon fractions are collected in the remaining condensers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Virens Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen B. Gephart, John C. Hill
  • Publication number: 20170202544
    Abstract: This invention relates to a biopsy method comprising automated moving of at least part of a biopsy sampler within a biopsy volume, to perform a biopsy in a zone of interest in a body, wherein said automated moving is preceded by variable positioning of said biopsy volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Laurence Vancamberg, Serge Muller, Guillaume Peter, Marcia C. Hill, Aurélie Boudier, Romain Moulin, Aurora Talaverano Fuentes
  • Patent number: 9712128
    Abstract: In a MEMS device having a substrate and a moveable micromachined member, a mechanical structure secures the moveable micromachined member to the substrate, thermally isolates the moveable micromachined member from the substrate and provides a conduction path to enable heating of the moveable micromachined member to a temperature of at least 300 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SiTime Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph C. Doll, Nicholas Miller, Charles I. Grosjean, Paul M. Hagelin, Ginel C. Hill
  • Patent number: 9705470
    Abstract: Degenerately doped semiconductor materials are deployed within resonant structures to control the first and higher order temperature coefficients of frequency, thereby enabling temperature dependence to be engineered without need for cumulative material layers which tend to drive up cost and compromise resonator performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: SiTime Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph C. Doll, Paul M. Hagelin, Ginel C. Hill, Nicholas Miller, Charles I. Grosjean
  • Patent number: 9695036
    Abstract: The present inventions, in one aspect, are directed to micromachined resonator comprising: a first resonant structure extending along a first axis, wherein the first axis is different from a crystal axis of silicon, a second resonant structure extending along a second axis, wherein the second axis is different from the first axis and the crystal axis of silicon and wherein the first resonant structure is coupled to the second resonant structure, and wherein the first and second resonant structures are comprised of silicon (for example, substantially monocrystalline) and include an impurity dopant (for example, phosphorus) having a concentrations which is greater than 1019 cm?3, and preferably between 1019 cm?3 and 1021 cm?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SiTime Corporation
    Inventors: Renata Melamud Berger, Ginel C. Hill, Paul M. Hagelin, Charles I. Grosjean, Aaron Partridge, Joseph C. Doll, Markus Lutz
  • Patent number: 9651646
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a test and measurement instrument including a test signal input and a sampler coupled to the test signal input to generate a sampled test signal. The instrument also includes a noise reduction system that includes an additional oscillator coupled to the sampler and structured to generate a sampled oscillating signal, as well as a phase detector coupled to the sampled oscillating signal for measuring noise introduced by the sampler. The noise reduction system further includes a phase corrector coupled to the phase detector for removing the measured amount of noise from the sampled test signal. Methods of noise detection are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigetsune Torin, Thomas C. Hill
  • Patent number: 9629467
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multi-layered support structure provides ergonomic, adaptable seating support. The method providing multiple cooperative layers to maximize global comfort and support while enhancing adaptation to localized variations in a load, such as in the load applied when a person sits in a chair. The cooperative layers each include elements such as pixels, springs, support rails, and other elements to provide this adaptable comfort and support. The method for manufacturing the multi-layered support structure uses aligned material to provide a flexible yet durable support structure. Accordingly, the method provides a multi-layered support structure, which provides maximum comfort for a wide range of body shapes and sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan S. Brill, Christopher C. Hill, James D. Slagh, Andrew B. Hartmann, Timothy P. Coffield, Kelly E. Washburn, John F. Aldrich, Michael D. Stanton, Sr.
  • Publication number: 20170103344
    Abstract: An approach for two stage log normalization is provided. The approach retrieves a message format and a plurality of parameters from one or more log files. The approach determines a classification for one or more first sequence files, wherein the one or more first sequence files includes the message format from the one or more log files. The approach determines a classification of error for the one or more first sequence files. The approach determines whether there is a high confidence in the classification of error for the one or more first sequence files. The approach determines whether there is an improvement in confidence in the classification of error from one or more second sequence files, wherein the one or more second sequence files includes the message format and the plurality of parameters from the one or more log files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Phillip A.J. Cooper, Jevon J.C. Hill, Fiona L. Lam, Kalvinder P. Singh
  • Publication number: 20170093361
    Abstract: In a MEMS device having a substrate and a moveable micromachined member, a mechanical structure secures the moveable micromachined member to the substrate, thermally isolates the moveable micromachined member from the substrate and provides a conduction path to enable heating of the moveable micromachined member to a temperature of at least 300 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Charles I. Grosjean, Nicholas Miller, Paul M. Hagelin, Ginel C. Hill, Joseph C. Doll, Trushal Chokshi, Yi Zhang, Aaron Partridge, Markus Lutz