Patents by Inventor Carlos Pacheco

Carlos Pacheco 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: 10100551
    Abstract: A fence post cap is fabricated of thin-walled material with a cap portion above a plurality of depending walls. A first wall has an inwardly and upwardly extending thin-walled first protrusion with a first upper edge providing a mouth between the first wall adjacent the first upper edge and the first upper edge. Likewise, a second side wall, opposite the first side wall, has an inwardly and upwardly extending thin-walled second protrusion with a second upper edge providing a mouth between the second side wall adjacent the second upper edge and the second upper edge. The protrusions can be positioned so that they are opposite one another such that a shortest distance between the first wall adjacent the first protrusion and the second wall adjacent the second protrusion is greater than a shortest distance between the first wall inwardly extending portion and the second wall inwardly extending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventor: Carlos Pacheco
  • Publication number: 20170314292
    Abstract: A fence post cap is fabricated of thin-walled material with a cap portion above a plurality of depending walls. A first wall has an inwardly and upwardly extending thin-walled first protrusion with a first upper edge providing a mouth between the first wall adjacent the first upper edge and the first upper edge. Likewise, a second side wall, opposite the that side wall has an inwardly and upwardly extending thin-walled second protrusion with a second upper edge providing a mouth between the second side wall adjacent the second upper edge and the second upper edge. The protrusions can be positioned so that they are opposite one another such that a shortest distance between the first wall adjacent the first protrusion and the second wall adjacent the second protrusion is greater than a shortest distance between the first wall inwardly extending portion and the second wall inwardly extending portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventor: Carlos Pacheco
  • Patent number: 9424826
    Abstract: A method represents musical scales by means of tiles, including pentatonic scales (arbitrary scales with five notes per octave), heptatonic scales (arbitrary scales with seven notes per octave), Major blues and Minor blues scales (specific scales with six notes per octave). An electronic musical device has an interface that uses this representation. The device uses a multi-touch interface with or without strings, which allows the musician to concentrate on the melodic line only, making it easier to improvise and perform music composed in one of the scales. The representation differs from the traditional interfaces on string instruments (such as a guitar) in that only the notes of a given scale (with five, six or seven notes per octave) can be played.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: ASSOCIACAO INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MATEMATICA PURA E APLICADA
    Inventors: Luiz Carlos Pacheco Rodrigues Velho, Marcelo Cicconet, Paulo Cezar Pinto Carvalho
  • Publication number: 20150371621
    Abstract: A method represents musical scales by means of tiles, including pentatonic scales (arbitrary scales with five notes per octave), heptatonic scales (arbitrary scales with seven notes per octave), Major blues and Minor blues scales (specific scales with six notes per octave). An electronic musical device has an interface that uses this representation. The device uses a multi-touch interface with or without strings, which allows the musician to concentrate on the melodic line only, making it easier to improvise and perform music composed in one of the scales. The representation differs from the traditional interfaces on string instruments (such as a guitar) in that only the notes of a given scale (with five, six or seven notes per octave) can be played.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Luiz Carlos Pacheco Rodrigues Velho, Marcelo Cicconet, Paulo Cezar Pinto Carvalho
  • Patent number: 9099013
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for representing musical scales by means of tiles, including pentatonic scales (arbitrary scales with five notes per octave), heptatonic scales (arbitrary scales with seven notes per octave). Major blues and Minor blues scales (specific scales with six notes per octave), and to an electronic musical device with an interface that uses this representation. More specifically, the device uses a multi-touch interface with or without strings which allows the musician to concentrate on the melodic line only, making it easier to improvise and perform music composed in one of said scales. The representation differs from the traditional interfaces on string instruments (such as a guitar) in that only the notes of a given scale (with five, six or seven notes per octave) can be played.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: ASSOCIACAO INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MATEMATICA PURA E APLICADA
    Inventors: Luiz Carlos Pacheco Rodrigues Velho, Marcelo Cicconet, Paulo Cezar Pinto Carvalho
  • Publication number: 20130186260
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for representing musical scales by means of tiles, including pentatonic scales (arbitrary scales with five notes per octave), heptatonic scales (arbitrary scales with seven notes per octave). Major blues and Minor blues scales (specific scales with six notes per octave), and to an electronic musical device with an interface that uses this representation. More specifically, the device uses a multi-touch interface with or without strings which allows the musician to concentrate on the melodic line only, making it easier to improvise and perform music composed in one of said scales. The representation differs from the traditional interfaces on string instruments (such as a guitar) in that only the notes of a given scale (with five, six or seven notes per octave) can be played.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: ASSOCIACAO INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MATEMATICA PURA E APLICADA
    Inventors: Luiz Carlos Pacheco Rodrigues Velho, Marcelo Cicconet, Paulo Cezar Pinto Carvalho
  • Publication number: 20130097563
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multiple-dimension-data-organization method. More specifically, this method uses an n-dimensional cube (M-cube) in which each face displays the data on a 2-D planar surface and in which the x and y axes may be changed in accordance with the user's request. More specifically still, the data to be viewed may be easily changed by the user by means of a simple rotation command using a touch-sensitive interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: ASSOCIACAO INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MATEMATICA PURA E APLICADA
    Inventors: Luiz Carlos Pacheco Rodrigues Velho, Andre De Almeida Maximo, Maria Paula Saba Dos Reis
  • Publication number: 20110180773
    Abstract: A fence post cap is fabricated of thin-walled material with a cap portion above a plurality of depending walls. A first wall has an inwardly and upwardly extending thin-walled first protrusion with a first upper edge providing a mouth between the first wall adjacent the first upper edge and the first upper edge. Likewise, a second side wall, opposite the first side wall, has an inwardly and upwardly extending thin-walled second protrusion with a second upper edge providing a mouth between the second side wall adjacent the second upper edge and the second upper edge. The protrusions can be positioned so that they are opposite one another such that a shortest distance between the first wall adjacent the first protrusion and the second wall adjacent the second protrusion is greater than a shortest distance between the first wall inwardly extending portion and the second wall inwardly extending portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: 1461043 ONTARIO LIMITED
    Inventor: Carlos Pacheco
  • Publication number: 20070168981
    Abstract: An application is tested by using the public interface to determine the possible class types, choosing a class type at random, and then finding a constructor which creates an object of that class type. A method that takes the object is selected, and input values for the method are selected. The object is then created using the constructor and any other required methods. The selected method is called on the object using the selected inputs. If calling the method with the object changes the state of the object or an associated object, then the object and method are extended, sometimes by adding another method call to the existing method call(s), creating a new plan, and the new plan is then tested. If the state is not changed, then the object and the method are not further tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Carlos Pacheco, Shuvendu Lahiri, Thomas Ball