Patents by Inventor Christopher John Felts

Christopher John Felts 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).

  • Bottle coating detection system and method
    Patent number: 8947653
    Abstract: A method for detecting a coating on a bottle includes directing light at a first point of incidence on the bottle and detecting a first intensity of reflected light from the first point of incidence on the bottle. Further, light is directed at a second point of incidence on the bottle and a second intensity of reflected light from the second point of incidence on the bottle is detected. The first intensity is compared to the second intensity to determine whether the coating on the bottle has been uniformly deposited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Nano Scale Surface Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John Thomas Felts, Christopher John Felts
  • Methods and apparatus to control information presented to process plant operators
    Patent number: 8392845
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to upgrade and control information presented to process plant operators are disclosed. A disclosed example method to control information presented to a process plant operator comprises presenting a first version of a process plant display, presenting a dynamic attention user interface when a selectable element of the first version of the process plant operator display is activated, wherein the dynamic attention user interface is to be used to adjust an importance of information presented in the first version of the process plant display, and presenting a second version of the process plant display based on a variable adjusted via the dynamic attention user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: James Stephen Cahill, Christopher John Felts, Cindy Alsup Scott
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL INFORMATION PRESENTED TO PROCESS PLANT OPERATORS
    Publication number: 20090064019
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to upgrade and control information presented to process plant operators are disclosed. A disclosed example method to control information presented to a process plant operator comprises presenting a first version of a process plant display, presenting a dynamic attention user interface when a selectable element of the first version of the process plant operator display is activated, wherein the dynamic attention user interface is to be used to adjust an importance of information presented in the first version of the process plant display, and presenting a second version of the process plant display based on a variable adjusted via the dynamic attention user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: James Stephen Cahill, Christopher John Felts, Cindy Alsup Scott