Patents by Inventor Charles A. Martin

Charles A. Martin 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).

  • SUBSCRIPTION AND NOTIFICATION IN INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20090089359
    Abstract: Systems and methods that record information associated with proprietary processes in sufficient detail, to facilitate process optimization. A subscription and notification component enables tracking of various events, wherein each event can subscribe to a corresponding log (e.g., a diagnostic log, alarm log, and the like), and vice versa—to display desired items based on predetermined classifications. Moreover, access to both an internal data stream(s) and an external data stream(s) can be supplied via the subscription and notification component of the subject innovation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Siorek, Jonathan D. Bradford, Kenwood H. Hall, Robert J. Kretschmann, Kendal R. Harris, Charles Martin Rischar, Martin George Gach, Mark Joseph Balewski
  • TARGETED RESOURCE ALLOCATION
    Publication number: 20090089325
    Abstract: Systems and methods that manage resources and distribution thereof within an industrial system. Such an automated and dynamic allocation service can allocate resources from pools of resources available to the industrial system, and hence supply an efficient operation (e.g., adding/subtracting resources dynamically based on usage). A plurality of allocation rules and/or algorithms for resource types can be predetermined, and/or dynamically trained by the allocation service. The data employed for the industrial system includes sets of data from the “internal” data stream(s) (e.g., history data collected from an industrial unit) and sets of data from an “external” (e.g., traffic data on network services) data stream(s), based in part on the criticality/importance criteria assigned to each collection stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Bradford, Timothy Siorek, Robert J. Kretschmann, Kendal R. Harris, Kenwood H. Hall, Charles Martin Rischar, Martin George Gach, Mark Joseph Balewski
  • CORRELATION OF NON-TIMES SERIES EVENTS IN INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20090089233
    Abstract: Systems and methods that correlate among disparate pieces of synchronized data, collected from an “internal” data stream (e.g., history data collected from an industrial unit) and an “external” data stream (e.g., traffic data on network services). A process trend component that determines/predicts an outcome of an industrial process and facilitates diagnostics/prognostics of an industrial system. Accordingly, relations among various parameters can be discovered (e.g., dynamically) and proper corrective adjustments supplied to the industrial process. Such enables a tight control and short reaction time to process parameters, and for a modification thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Martin George Gach, Timothy Siorek, Jonathan D. Bradford, Robert J. Kretschmann, Kendal R. Harris, Kenwood H. Hall, Charles Martin Rischar, Mark Joseph Balewski
  • VISUALIZATION OF NON-TIME SERIES EVENTS
    Publication number: 20090089226
    Abstract: Systems and methods that displays available relationships between internal and external data streams. A coordination component can collect and analyze both the “internal” data stream(s) and the “external” data stream(s) simultaneously, and a visualization component can present a form of a visual cue, on a collection of history data and network data. Accordingly, instead of merely storing data values as function of time, other non-time series correlation states can be employed dynamically to represent data to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Bradford, Timothy Siorek, Martin George Gach, Robert J. Kretschmann, Kendal R. Harris, Kenwood H. Hall, Charles Martin Rischar, Mark Joseph Balewski
  • ADJUSTMENT OF DATA COLLECTION RATE BASED ON ANOMALY DETECTION
    Publication number: 20090089558
    Abstract: Systems and methods that vary multiple data sampling rates, to collect sets of data with different levels of granularity for an industrial system. The data for such industrial system includes sets of data from the “internal” data stream(s) (e.g., history data collected from an industrial unit) and sets of data from an “external” (e.g., traffic data on network services) data stream(s), based in part on the criticality/importance criteria assigned to each collection stage. Each set of data can be assigned its own unique data collection rate. For example, a higher sample rate can be employed when collecting data from the network during an operation stage that is deemed more critical (e.g., dynamic attribution of predetermined importance factors) than the rest of the operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Bradford, Timothy Siorek, Martin George Gach, Mark Joseph Balewski, Robert J. Kretschmann, Kendal R. Harris, Kenwood H. Hall, Charles Martin Rischar
  • Stoichiometric or cyclical re-hydrogenation of silicon, nanodiamond, or nanocarbon surfaces using hydrocarbons as sources of hydrogen
    Publication number: 20090069611
    Abstract: Methods are described for stoichiometric or cyclical re-hydrogenation of silicon, nanodiamond, or nanocarbon surfaces using hydrocarbons as sources of hydrogen. A method includes forming reactive sites on an adsorbate-substrate by non-thermal, non-electronic resonant photodesorption of a gas from the adsorbate-substrate; reacting the reactive sites with a functional radical; and cyclically repeating the steps of forming and reacting. The gas includes hydrogen and reacting includes re-hydrogenation of the reactive sites, the functional radical includes a hydrocarbon, the adsorbate-substrate is selected from silicon, nanodiamond or nanocarbon and resonant photodesorption includes a vibrational stretch mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventor: Charles Martin Lukehart
  • Sensor assembly for tank cars
    Patent number: 7498530
    Abstract: A sensor assembly, system and method for using a sensor assembly is disclosed making use of a sealed switch and an actuator that converts linear motion in a plane to linear motion in a perpendicular plane. The motion of the actuator in the perpendicular plane actuates the switch which signals that hatch is in an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Charles Martin, Roger Pittman Hawkins
  • Voice over internet protocol (VoIP) call admission and call regulation in a wireless network
    Patent number: 7474627
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing wireless data packet call regulation and call access for wireless Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications in a wireless network. A first and second time stamp is generated upon the reception and successful transmission of a data packet. A packet delay is determined based upon the first and second time stamps. At least one average delay metric is used to determine whether to provide new call access based on the at least one average delay metric. Another aspect of the present invention is to block a class of users based, in part, on the average sector delay for each user subscriber class. If the average sector delay is greater than that allowed for a class of users, users of that class are denied access. A delay quality of service (QoS) block metric is used to determine if an individual user should be force dropped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Ashvin H. Chheda, Charles Martin
  • Hydratable Polymer Materials
    Publication number: 20080282611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of hydratable polymer materials and hydrogels. In particular, the present invention describes polyurethane polymer networks for releasably retaining water, and methods for preparing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Neil Bonnett Graham, John Angus Fraser, Abdul Rashid, Charles Martin
  • Systems and methods for automatic call forwarding in a wireless mobile station
    Patent number: 7450935
    Abstract: Apparatus, method and system for notifying a communications-switching center that subsequent communications directed to a wireless number associated with the wireless unit are to be routed to a destination number associated with the wireless unit. In response to a triggering event by the wireless unit through the base unit, the base unit can cause the wireless unit to transmit an SMS message to the communications-switching center. The SMS message can include a notification that subsequent communications directed to the wireless number associated with the wireless unit are to be routed to the destination number associated with the wireless unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Charles Martin Link, II, Donald Michael Cardina, Thomas Wayne Bonner
  • Graphitic-carbon-nanofiber/polymer brushes as gas sensors
    Publication number: 20080257015
    Abstract: A composition of matter including at least one graphitic-carbon-nanofiber/polymer brush. A method of making the graphitic-carbon-nanofiber/polymer brush includes covalently bonding a polymer to a surface of a graphitic-carbon-nanofiber by atom-transfer-radical-polymerization. An apparatus includes an analyte sensor including at least one graphitic-carbon-nanofiber/polymer brush. A method includes detecting an analyte including exposing at least one graphitic-carbon-nanofiber/polymer brush to the analyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Charles Martin Lukehart, Lang Li
  • MULTIPLIER FOR LOTTERY GAME
    Publication number: 20080234028
    Abstract: An improved multiplier for a lottery game is provided. In connection with a base lottery game, each player receives or selects a multiplier indicia (or other bonus indicia) from a pool of multiplier indicia. In addition to drawings for the base game, a drawing of multiplier indicia and a determination of associated multiplier values is also conducted. For those players winning the base game who also received a multiplier indicia matching the drawn multiplier indicia, the base game prize is multiplied by the associated multiplier value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: MARK G. MEYER, CHARLES HOLTON, CHARLES MARTIN BOYKIN, STEVEN WAYNE BEASON
  • CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CHECKING THE IMPEDANCE OF ELECTRODES AND FOR CONTROLLING THE INTENSITY OF AN ELECTRIC STIMULUS
    Publication number: 20080216766
    Abstract: A remote receiving circuit for providing and controlling an electric stimulus applied to an animal including an electronic switch powered by a battery in series on a primary of a high-voltage transformer and whose on/off state can be modified by control pulses to create a source of alternating current to supply the primary of the transformer. The circuit further includes a first electrode and a second electrode configured to be in contact with the animal and connected to the respective ends of a secondary of the transformer, and a device for measuring the peak intensity of a stimulus current applied by the electrodes to the animal's body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Charles Martin, Fabrice Frebel
  • System and Method for Selecting Records from a List with Privacy Protections
    Publication number: 20080086452
    Abstract: A system and method for selecting records from a list with privacy protections is provided. A user wishes to view a record, such as one that includes a person's medical history, located in a record storage area. In order to prevent the user from viewing records other than the specific record in which the user is interested, a record selection manager iteratively requests attribute information from the user to disambiguate which record to provide until the record selection manager identifies a reduction completion result, which the record selection manager then provides to the user. Using the invention described herein, the record selection manager conceals records included in the records storage area until it identifies a reduction completion result and, at that point, the record selection manager provides only the reduction completion result to the user to view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Jeffrey James Jonas, David Charles Martin
  • CUSTOMIZED INDUSTRIAL ALARMS
    Publication number: 20080079558
    Abstract: An alarm generation system within an industrial automation environment comprises a packaging component that packages contextual data together with an alarm. A provision component relays the packaged contextual data and the alarm to an appropriate device. Thus, customized alarms can be provided for certain recipients given particular situations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Eric G. Dorgelo, Kenwood H. Hall, David K. Johnson, Jan Bezdicek, Charles Martin Rischar, Dale Robert Sapach, John J. Baier, Kevin Michael Tambascio, Daniel Cernohorsky
  • WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS WITH VISUALLY- IDENTIFIED TARGETS
    Publication number: 20080051033
    Abstract: A mechanism for initiating contact with someone, via a telecommunications system, who is in the admirer's proximity, but whose identity or telecommunications address (e.g., telephone number, e-mail address, etc.) is unknown. The illustrative embodiments enable the user to use what information he does know about the admired person—the admiring person's distinguishing characteristics—to get a telecommunications address through which the initial contact can be made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Charles Martin Hymes
  • Safety controller with simplified interface
    Patent number: 7328370
    Abstract: A safety controller with redundant controllers, each executing safety tasks and comparing their results, provides an improved interface in which a user interacts with a single processor and the second processor is invisible. The interacting processor provides for the transmission of programs and variables to both processors when they are safety tasks and coordinates synchronization of the two programs and comparison of their operation all without additional user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Gerard Gibart, Paul G. Kucharski, Joseph Paul Izzo, Raymond Louis Buvel, Michael Dean Kalan, Charles Martin Rischar
  • Chemical, Particle, and Biosensing with Nanotechnology
    Publication number: 20080025875
    Abstract: The subject invention provides novel and efficacious systems and methods for particle, chemical, and/or biocompound sensing. In one embodiment, the system of the invention comprises a sensing device that includes a membrane containing at least one nanochannel that spans all or substantially all of the thickness of the membrane. The nanochannel(s) of the invention can be functionalized to enhance target analyte detection and quantification. In one embodiment, the nanochannel is conically shaped and includes a molecular recognition agent for a target analyte. In certain operations, the sensing systems of the invention quantitatively and qualitatively detect biochemical/biomedical species and biomacromolecules, such as proteins, DNA, cells, spores and viruses, with a high degree of sensitivity and specificity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Charles Martin, Zuzanna Siwy, Punit Kohli, Lacramioara Trofin, C. Harrell
  • Apparatus and method for processing a coated sheet
    Publication number: 20070269600
    Abstract: Apparatus and method are described that are useful in preparing a tabbed electrode sheet for use in assembling an electrochemical storage device. To provide clean surfaces for attaching conductive tabs, portions of a coated electrode sheet are selectively removed by contacting the sheet with heat and solvent, and mechanically removing electrode material in solvent-exposed areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Antoni Gozdz, Charles Martin, Gilbert Riley
  • Continuous melt spheronization apparatus and process for the production of pharmaceutical pellets
    Publication number: 20070264328
    Abstract: Spherically-shaped pharmaceutical pellets are produced using a novel spheronization apparatus in a continuous melt spheronization process in which an active pharmaceutical agent is blended with various excipients, fed to an extruder, cut and subsequently fed to the novel spheronizer for continuously producing uniform, spherically-shaped pellets. The pellets may be further coated so as to provide immediate or various modified release characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Isaac Ghebre-Sellassie, Charles Martin, Bert Elliot