Patents by Inventor Allan Roberts

Allan Roberts 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: 6841021
    Abstract: A process for forming a molded polymer resin fiber tube clamp, as well as the tube clamp formed by that process. Continuous top and bottom plies provide increased resistance to delamination/cracking as they sandwich a filler material. The tube clamp is free from exposed fiber ends so than no wear is produced on a tube being clamped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Carl Mesing, Allan Robert Sieckman, Stephen Mark Whiteker
  • Publication number: 20040218100
    Abstract: An interactive video compositing device includes a chroma-key mixer, video switcher and control circuitry. The chroma-key mixer generates a composite image by combining a real-time image, such as one captured by a video recorder, with a prerecorded video image, such as a movie. The composite image includes the modified real-time image superimposed, or overlaid, onto the prerecorded image. The video switcher automatically selects either the composite image or the prerecorded image to be output to a display. The control circuitry controls the video switcher and other outputted signals based on data file information that corresponds to content of the prerecorded image or media. For example, the data files may contain information relating to the presence (or absence) of a particular character in a movie scene, thus allowing for the output and display, at appropriate times, of the real-time composite image instead of the prerecorded image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Allan Robert Staker, Heather Clayton Staker
  • Patent number: 6754977
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for drying long fiber hay. A first step involves providing round bales of long fiber hay. A second step involves separating the bales to form a loose mass of long fiber hay. A third step involves feeding the loose mass of long fiber hay into a rotary dehydration drum. A fourth step involves separating the loose mass of long fiber hay from air containing entrained moisture by passing the long fiber hay through a cyclone separator with a first stream of air passing to an exhaust and a second stream of the loose mass of long fiber hay passing into an air lock. A fifth step involves cooling the loose mass of long fiber hay. A sixth step involves passing the loose mass of long fiber hay through a hay baler, whereby the loose mass of long fiber hay is formed back into bales.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Peace River Timothy Inc.
    Inventor: Robert John Allan Roberts
  • Patent number: 6697155
    Abstract: A remote platform obtaining a spectrum of one or more locations by moving the platform to sequentially illuminating the locations with different wavelengths of radiation. The different wavelengths of radiation reflected from the locations may be sequentially detected and converted into data. Spectra of the locations may be assembled from the data that was sequentially collected as the platform moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Dobbs, D. Allan Roberts
  • Publication number: 20040016800
    Abstract: In an access system and method for buses, a master card and respective slave cards for respective students are provided. The cards are read by a card reader to control access to the bus. A microprocessor and memory are provided together with an annunciator which determine whether a slave card annunciator code corresponds to an annunciator code on the master card, thus determining whether a respective student is boarding a bus which corresponds with his respective route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Allan Roberts, Thomas Mavec
  • Patent number: 6664553
    Abstract: An apparatus for simulating a blackbody utilizes several plates to absorb and reflect electromagnetic radiation. Electromagnetic radiation entering the apparatus from a certain view is reflected from one plate to another, until the direction of travel of the electromagnetic radiation is reversed. Each time the electromagnetic radiation is reflected, the majority of the electromagnetic radiation is absorbed resulting in a negligible amount of incoming electromagnetic radiation escaping the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: ITT Defense & Electronics
    Inventors: D. Allan Roberts, Doug Cohen, David S. Smith
  • Publication number: 20030227626
    Abstract: A remote platform obtaining a spectrum of one or more locations by moving the platform to sequentially illuminating the locations with different wavelengths of radiation. The different wavelengths of radiation reflected from the locations may be sequentially detected and converted into data. Spectra of the locations may be assembled from the data that was sequentially collected as the platform moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Inventors: Michael E. Dobbs, D. Allan Roberts
  • Publication number: 20030220771
    Abstract: A method of discovering one or more patterns in two sequences of symbols S1 and S2 includes the formation, for each sequence, of a master offset table that groups for each symbol the position in the sequence occupied by each occurrence of that symbol. The difference in position between each occurrence of a symbol in one of the sequences and each occurrence of that same symbol in the other sequence is determined and a Pattern Map is formed. For each given value of a difference in position the Pattern Map lists the position in the first sequence of each symbol therein that appears in the second sequence at that difference in position. The collection of the symbols tabulated for each value of difference in position thereby defines a parent pattern in the first sequence that is repeated in the second sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Akhileswar Ganesh Vaidyanathan, David Reuben Argentar, Karen Marie Bloch, Herbert Alan Holyst, Allan Robert Moser, Wade Thomas Rogers, Dennis John Underwood
  • Patent number: 6631841
    Abstract: In an access system and method for buses, a master card and respective slave cards for respective students are provided. The cards are read by a card reader to control access to the bus. A microprocessor and memory are provided together with an annunciator which determine whether a slave card annunciator code corresponds to an annunciator code on the master card, thus determining whether a respective student is boarding a bus which corresponds with his respective route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Robotics Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Roberts, Thomas Mavec
  • Patent number: 6589015
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes an impeller and a diffuser. The impeller has an inner integral hub with vanes thereon, is adapted to rotate within an outer shroud about a central longitudinal axis, and has a defined hub-to-shroud distribution of fluid exit angles. The diffuser, downstream from the impeller, comprises a plurality of circumferentially spaced discrete passages at least partially defining fluid paths through the diffuser, and angled such that adjacent discrete passages intersect each other to form an annular semi-vaneless diffuser inlet space. The discrete passages downstream of the semi-vaneless space each have an inlet therefrom and an outlet with a greater cross-sectional area than the inlet. The intersection of the annular semi-vaneless space and each discrete passage defines a leading edge thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Douglas Allan Roberts, André Denis LeBlanc, Suresh Chandra Kacker, Peter Ralph Townsend, Ioan Sasu
  • Publication number: 20030061729
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for drying long fibre hay. A first step involves providing round bales of long fibre hay. A second step involves separating the bales to form a loose mass of long fibre hay. A third step involves feeding the loose mass of long fibre hay into a rotary dehydration drum. A fourth step involves separating the loose mass of long fibre hay from air containing entrained moisture by passing the long fibre hay through a cyclone separator with a first stream of air passing to an exhaust and a second stream of the loose mass of long fibre hay passing into an air lock. A fifth step involves cooling the loose mass of long fibre hay. A sixth step involves passing the loose mass of long fibre hay through a hay baler, whereby the loose mass of long fibre hay is formed back into bales.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: Peace River Timothy Inc.
    Inventor: Robert John Allan Roberts
  • Publication number: 20030042422
    Abstract: An apparatus for simulating a blackbody utilizes several plates to absorb and reflect electromagnetic radiation. Electromagnetic radiation entering the apparatus from a certain view is reflected from one plate to another, until the direction of travel of the electromagnetic radiation is reversed. Each time the electromagnetic radiation is reflected, the majority of the electromagnetic radiation is absorbed resulting in a negligible amount of incoming electromagnetic radiation escaping the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: D. Allan Roberts, Doug Cohen, David S. Smith
  • Publication number: 20020179705
    Abstract: In an access system and method for buses, a master card and respective slave cards for respective students are provided. The cards are read by a card reader to control access to the bus. A microprocessor and memory are provided together with an annunciator which determine whether a slave card annunciator code corresponds to an annunciator code on the master card, thus determining whether a respective student is boarding a bus which corresponds with his respective route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Applicant: Robotics Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Roberts, Thomas Mavec
  • Patent number: 6392395
    Abstract: In a method and system for detecting a particular AC circuit from among a plurality of AC circuits at a circuit box, a transmitter is plugged into the particular AC circuit to be detected, the transmitter creating a high amplitude high-frequency current pulse. With a receiver, sensing the particular circuit at the circuit box by use of a sensing coil and employing a variable gain stage in conjunction with a threshold comparator and latch to pick off a signal caused by the high amplitude high frequency current pulse. The signal is latched so that a microprocessor can read the signal to activate an indication to a user when the particular AC circuit has been located at the circuit box. The microprocessor can be programmed after it is mounted into the receiver by use of a computer which transfers a program to the microprocessor. In an alternate embodiment of the invention, instead of the latch, the threshold comparator connects to an interrupt input of the microprocessor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Robotics Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Roberts, Thomas Mavec
  • Patent number: 6375122
    Abstract: A reinforced elastomer panel (100) has a first rigid member (104) with an edge (116) attached to a first end of an elastomer panel (114). The first rigid member (104) has a removable plate (106) that provides access to a cavity (108). Attached to the first rigid member (104) is a reinforcing member (102) that extends through the elastomer panel (114). A second ridge member (118) has an edge attached to a second end of the elastomer panel (114).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Dean Emory Cameron, Paul Francis Geders, Michael Watson Geiger, Dennis Allan Roberts, Robert Henry Wille
  • Patent number: 6366996
    Abstract: A primary objective of prior art memory management schemes is to provide rapid access to a table of used/free memory page addresses to facilitate location and allocation of the next available free page as quickly as possible (e.g. within a few hardware clock cycles). But it is not always essential to allocate new pages within the smallest possible number of hardware clock cycles. Furthermore, some tasks need not “see” (or access) more than a few pages (possibly as few as 1 or 2 pages) at a time. By exploiting these factors, the present invention facilitates management of a collection of pages using an address table containing the smallest possible number of bits (i.e. N bits for a memory divided into N pages). The invention also provides a method of accessing a small number of pages via simple multiplexed address selection. The invention is well suited to use in embedded chip applications which pass data through a set of data storage buffers, as is common in a packet switched network environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: PMC-Sierra, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Frederick Hobson, Allan Robert Dyck
  • Patent number: 6337004
    Abstract: The adhesion of chromium-copper layer to polyimide has been greatly improved by a method which provides controlled reduction, rather than total elimination, of water content in the polyimide. The electronic packaging device which incorporates the flexible circuit prepared by the method exhibits greatly improved reliability. It is believed that the invention can be used to improve the adhesion between other organic materials having moisture affinity and materials comprising in-organics or between two organic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kim Joseph Blackwell, Pei Cheh Chen, Frank Daniel Egitto, Allan Robert Knoll, George Joseph Matarese, Luis Jesus Matienzo
  • Publication number: 20010038289
    Abstract: In a method and system for detecting a particular AC circuit from among a plurality of AC circuits at a circuit box, a transmitter is plugged into the particular AC circuit to be detected, the transmitter creating a high amplitude high-frequency current pulse. With a receiver, sensing the particular circuit at the circuit box by uses of a sensing coil and employing a variable gain stage in conjunction with a threshold comparator and latch to pick off a signal caused by the high amplitude high frequency current pulse. The signal is latched so that a microprocessor can read the signal to activate an indication to a user when the particular AC circuit has been located at the circuit box. The microprocessor can be programmed after it is mounted into the receiver by use of a computer which transfers a program to the microprocessor. In an alternate embodiment of the invention, instead of the latch, the threshold comparator connects to an interrupt input of the microprocessor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Allan Roberts, Thomas Mavec
  • Patent number: 6235411
    Abstract: A metallic layer is coated onto a polyimide substrate by sputtering a layer of chromium followed by a layer of copper whereby the rate of deposition of the chromium is about 4 angstroms/second or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kim Joseph Blackwell, Pei Cheh Chen, Allan Robert Knoll, Luis Jesus Matienzo, Richard Dean Weale
  • Patent number: 6027074
    Abstract: A reinforced elastomer panel (100) has a first rigid member (104) with an edge (116) attached to a first end of an elastomer panel (114). The first rigid member (104) has a removable plate (106) that provides access to a cavity (108). Attached to the first rigid member (104) is a reinforcing member (102) that extends through the elastomer panel (114). A second rigid member (118) has an edge attached to a second end of the elastomer panel (114).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas
    Inventors: Dean Emory Cameron, Paul Francis Geders, Michael Watson Geiger, Dennis Allan Roberts, Robert Henry Wille