Patents by Inventor Bruce Allen

Bruce Allen 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).

  • Constraint generation for use in image segregation
    Patent number: 8139850
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image, organizing spatio-spectral information for the image in a matrix equation expressed by: [A][x]=[b], wherein [A] expresses values determined by a constraining relationship imposed upon the spatio-spectral information, [b] expresses recorded information for the image, and [x] expresses an unknown material/illumination component of the image, and utilizing the matrix equation in an image segregation operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Inventors: Bruce Allen Maxwell, Casey Arthur Smith, David Allen Tolliver, James Andrew Bagnell, Andrew Neil Stein, Iljung Samuel Kwak, Kristin Jean Dana, Steven Joseph Bushell, Timothy King Rodgers, Jr., Bartholomeus Christianus Leonardus Nabbe, Milan Diebel, Richard Mark Friedhoff
  • Image segregation system architecture
    Patent number: 8139867
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of generating spatio-spectral information for the image, defining a constraint as a function of the spatio-spectral information, and performing an optimization operation as a function of the constraint to generate an intrinsic image corresponding to the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Allen Maxwell, Casey Arthur Smith, David Allen Tolliver, James Andrew Bagnell, Andrew Neil Stein, Iljung Samuel Kwak, Kristin Jean Dana, Steven Joseph Bushell, Timothy King Rodgers, Jr., Bartholomeus Christianus Leonardus Nabbe, Milan Diebel, Richard Mark Friedhoff
  • AIR CLEANER ARRANGEMENT; ASSEMBLY; AND, METHODS
    Publication number: 20120060451
    Abstract: An air filter arrangement, an air cleaner assembly including the air filter arrangement and methods of assembly and use are described. An air filter arrangement comprising a serviceable filter cartridge is described. The typical cartridge includes a recessed first flow face and an opposite outwardly projecting second flow face, with a central apex. Features of the cartridge, and an air cleaner for installation into the cartridge, are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: DONALDSON COMPANY INC.
    Inventors: Benny Kevin Nelson, Gregory L. Reichter, Bruce Allen Boehrs, Paul Anthony Wendt
  • GPR 119 MODULATORS
    Publication number: 20120052130
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) that modulate the activity of the G-protein-coupled receptor GPFM 19 and their uses in the treatment of diseases linked to the modulation of the G-protein-coupled receptor GPR119 in animals are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Etzer Darout, Michael Paul DeNinno, Kentaro Futatsugi, Cristiano Ruch Werneck Guimaraes, Bruce Allen Lefker, Vincent Mascitti, Kim Francis McClure, Michael John Munchhof, Ralph Pelton Robinson, JR.
  • AIR FILTER ARRANGEMENT; ASSEMBLY; AND, METHODS
    Publication number: 20120023877
    Abstract: An air filter media construction or arrangement is disclosed. The air filter media construction or arrangement includes strips of media comprising corrugated sheets secured to facing sheets and forming inlet and outlet flutes secured to one another in a stack. Blocked stacked arrangements and slanted stacked arrangements are shown. Such stacked media is provided with molded end pieces to secure and seal opposite side edges of the media strips. Also described are serviceable filter cartridges and air cleaners including the filter cartridges. Methods of assembly and use are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Allen Boehrs, Paul Anthony Wendt, Gregory L. Reichter, Stephen W. Sabelko
  • TRANSCEIVER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20120015563
    Abstract: A receptacle connector is provided for mating with a pluggable module having a plug and a printed circuit. The receptacle connector includes a housing having a mating receptacle and a slot. The mating receptacle is configured to receive the plug of the pluggable module therein. The slot is configured to receive the printed circuit of the pluggable module therein. A receptacle contact is held by the housing. The receptacle contact includes a receptacle mating segment that extends within the mating receptacle and is configured to engage a mating contact of the plug of the pluggable module. A slot contact is held by the housing. The slot contact includes a slot mating segment that extends within the slot and is configured to engage the printed circuit of the pluggable module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Stanley Szczesny, Michael Eugene Shirk, Bruce Allen Champion, Michael Frank Cina, Michael Warren Fogg
  • TRANSCEIVER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20120015533
    Abstract: A receptacle connector includes a housing having a mating interface for mating with a mating connector. Ground contacts are held by the housing. The ground contacts include ground mating segments arranged along the mating interface of the housing for mating with ground terminals of the mating connector. The ground mating segments of the ground contacts include ground mating surfaces configured to engage the ground terminals. The ground mating surfaces of the ground mating segments extending within at least one ground plane. Signal contacts are held by the housing. The signal contacts include signal mating segments arranged along the mating interface of the housing for mating with signal terminals of the mating connector. The signal mating segments of the signal contacts include signal mating surfaces configured to engage the signal terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Warren Fogg, David Stanley Szczesny, Bruce Allen Champion, Michael Frank Cina
  • AIR FILTER HAVING FLUTED FILTER MEDIA
    Publication number: 20110296665
    Abstract: An air cleaner includes a housing and an access cover. The internal volume of the housing can be reached through an opening in a side wall of the housing. A filter element having fluted filter media is removable and replaceable from the air cleaner. The housing is constructed and arranged to cam the element into sealing engagement with the housing. The access cover includes structure to help support and ensure proper seating of the filter element within the housing. A method of installing the filter element in the air cleaner includes sliding a portion of the filter element against a slide surface in the housing. A method of servicing an air cleaner includes tilting the filter element against a tilt surface in the housing to release a seal between the filter element and the housing. The filter element can have a handle to assist in servicing of the air cleaner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry R. Nepsund, Bradley A. Kuempel, Donald F. Engel, Bruce Allen Boehrs, Sheldon Anderson, Richard L. Bucholtz, Thomas John Lundgren
  • Air filter arrangement; assembly; and, methods
    Patent number: 8062399
    Abstract: An air filter arrangement, an air cleaner assembly including the air filter arrangement and methods of assembly and use are described. An air filter arrangement comprising a serviceable filter cartridge is described. The typical cartridge includes a recessed first flow face and an opposite outwardly projecting second flow face, with a central apex. Features of the cartridge, and an air cleaner for installation into the cartridge, are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Benny Kevin Nelson, Gregory L. Reichter, Bruce Allen Boehrs, Paul Anthony Wendt
  • Method and system for learning object recognition in images
    Patent number: 8059898
    Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method for learning object recognition in an image is provided. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing a training set of standard images, calculating intrinsic images corresponding to the standard images and building a classifier as a function of the intrinsic images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Bruce Allen Maxwell
  • HALF-SLEEVED AND SLEEVELESS PLASTIC PISTON PUMPS
    Publication number: 20110274573
    Abstract: In one aspect, a brake pump assembly with a hydraulic block and a pumping element including a polymer piston that is received in a piston bore. A circumference of the polymer piston defines a high-pressure seal slideably engaging adjacent structure. The polymer piston may include a peripheral sealing lip projecting primarily longitudinally from the polymer piston for sealing engagement with the piston bore. In another aspect, a brake pump assembly with a hydraulic block, a straight bore polymer piston, a peripheral sealing lip projecting from a proximal portion of the polymer piston, and a elastomeric seal mounted to a distal portion of the polymer piston, where the peripheral sealing lip selectively acts to depressurize fluid accumulating between the peripheral sealing lip and elastomeric seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Brian F. Waller, Bruce Allen Bryson
  • INTERPOSER CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20110256743
    Abstract: An interposer connector assembly includes a substrate, conductive pads, and contacts. The substrate has opposite first and second sides with a conductive via extending through the substrate. The conductive pads are mounted to the first and second sides of the substrate and electrically coupled with each other by the via. The contacts are electrically joined with the conductive pads on the first and second sides of the substrate. The contacts protrude from the substrate to outer ends that are configured to engage conductive members of electronic packages that mate with the first and second sides of the substrate. A differential electrical impedance characteristic of a conductive pathway extending from the outer end of one of the contacts to the outer end of another one of the contacts is at least 65 Ohms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Allen Champion, Steven Jay Millard, Bin Lin
  • Air filter arrangement; assembly; and, methods
    Patent number: 8034145
    Abstract: An air filter media construction or arrangement is disclosed. The air filter media construction or arrangement includes strips of media comprising corrugated sheets secured to facing sheets and forming inlet and outlet flutes secured to one another in a stack. Blocked stacked arrangements and slanted stacked arrangements are shown. Such stacked media is provided with molded end pieces to secure and seal opposite side edges of the media strips. Also described are serviceable filter cartridges and air cleaners including the filter cartridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Allen Boehrs, Paul Anthony Wendt, Gregory L. Reichter, Stephen W. Sabelko
  • CONNECTOR SYSTEM HAVING CONTACT OVERLAPPING VIAS
    Publication number: 20110230067
    Abstract: An electronic connector system includes an electronic package and an interposer connector assembly. The electronic package has a body with a conductive member disposed on a mating surface of the body. The conductive member is coupled with a conductive via that extends into the body and is oriented along a center axis. The interposer connector assembly includes a substrate with an elongated conductive pad mounted to the substrate and a contact joined to the conductive pad. The contact engages the conductive member when the electronic package mates with the interposer connector assembly such that the center axis extends through the contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Allen Champion, Steven Jay Millard, Bin Lin
  • Half-sleeved and sleeveless plastic piston pumps
    Patent number: 8011289
    Abstract: In one aspect, a brake pump assembly with a hydraulic block and a pumping element including a polymer piston that is received in a piston bore. A circumference of the polymer piston defines a high-pressure seal slideably engaging adjacent structure. The polymer piston may include a peripheral sealing lip projecting primarily longitudinally from the polymer piston for sealing engagement with the piston bore. In another aspect, a brake pump assembly with a hydraulic block, a straight bore polymer piston, a peripheral sealing lip projecting from a proximal portion of the polymer piston, and a elastomeric seal mounted to a distal portion of the polymer piston, where the peripheral sealing lip selectively acts to depressurize fluid accumulating between the peripheral sealing lip and elastomeric seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: BWI Company Limited S.A.
    Inventors: Brian F. Waller, Bruce Allen Bryson
  • Protector for detonator, and method of use
    Patent number: 8006622
    Abstract: Detonators comprising a base charge of explosive material present a safety hazard for transportation and storage, especially when a plurality of detonators are packaged together. Disclosed herein are detonator protectors for the explosive ends of detonators that, at least in preferred forms, prevent ejection of shrapnel and/or explosive energy upon detonator actuation. Also disclosed are corresponding detonator assemblies, packages comprising protected detonators or detonator assemblies, and corresponding packaging methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Orica Explosives Technology Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Daniel Ricardo Munoz Saldarriaga, Bruce Allen Underwood
  • Connector system having contact overlapping vias
    Patent number: 8007287
    Abstract: An electronic connector system includes an electronic package and an interposer connector assembly. The electronic package has a body with a conductive member disposed on a mating surface of the body. The conductive member is coupled with a conductive via that extends into the body and is oriented along a center axis. The interposer connector assembly includes a substrate with an elongated conductive pad mounted to the substrate and a contact joined to the conductive pad. The contact engages the conductive member when the electronic package mates with the interposer connector assembly such that the center axis extends through the contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Allen Champion, Steven Jay Millard, Bin Lin
  • Air filter having fluted filter media
    Patent number: 8002869
    Abstract: An air cleaner includes a housing and an access cover. The internal volume of the housing can be reached through an opening in a side wall of the housing. A filter element having fluted filter media is removable and replaceable from the air cleaner. The housing is constructed and arranged to cam the element into sealing engagement with the housing. The access cover includes structure to help support and ensure proper seating of the filter element within the housing. A method of installing the filter element in the air cleaner includes sliding a portion of the filter element against a slide surface in the housing. A method of servicing an air cleaner includes tilting the filter element against a tilt surface in the housing to release a seal between the filter element and the housing. The filter element can have a handle to assist in servicing of the air cleaner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Nepsund, Bradley Kuempel, Donald P. Engel, Bruce Allen Boehrs, Sheldon Anderson, Richard L. Bucholtz, Thomas John Lundgren
  • System and method for identifying complex tokens in an image
    Patent number: 7995854
    Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the step of performing a filter response technique to identify patches of uniform reflectance within the image. In a further exemplary embodiment, the method comprises the additional step of utilizing the identified patches of uniform material reflectance to generate single material token regions for use in processing material and illumination aspects of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Mark Friedhoff, Casey Arthur Smith, Bruce Allen Maxwell
  • Method and system for identifying illumination fields in an image
    Patent number: 7995058
    Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for determining an illumination field in an image. The method comprises the steps of identifying uniform and linear tokens in the image and utilizing the uniform and linear tokens to identify an illumination field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Tandent Vision Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Casey Arthur Smith, Richard Mark Friedhoff, Bruce Allen Maxwell