Patents by Inventor Craig A. Towne

Craig A. Towne 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).

  • Handprint recognition test deck
    Patent number: 8498485
    Abstract: A system and method for creating one of a plurality of test decks to qualify and test forms processing systems, including preparing a handprint snippet data base containing labeled handprint image snippets representing a unique hand, preparing a form description file and a data content file, selecting handprint snippets from the handprint snippet data base to formulate a form using the data content file, creating a form image using the selected snippets according to the form description file and printing the form image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: ADI, LLC
    Inventors: K. Bradley Paxton, William L. DiBacco, Steven P. Spiwak, Craig A. Towne, Manuel Trevisan
  • Vane
    Patent number: 8282342
    Abstract: A vane for a duct, such as an exit guide vane for an exhaust duct of a gas turbine engine, includes a vane plate, an interior strut and an internal wall disposed between the vane plate and the strut. The vane further includes a fluid inlet in the form of a scoop arranged to direct bypass fluid from outside the duct into a gap between the vane plate and the internal wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce PLC
    Inventors: Robert C Tonks, Christopher Avenell, Craig A Town, Joseph B Cooper, Andrew J Rose
  • Handprint Recognition Test Deck
    Publication number: 20120218575
    Abstract: A system and method for creating one of a plurality of test decks to qualify and test forms processing systems, including preparing a handprint snippet data base containing labeled handprint image snippets representing a unique hand, preparing a form description file and a data content file, selecting handprint snippets from the handprint snippet data base to formulate a form using the data content file, creating a form image using the selected snippets according to the form description file and printing the form image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: ADI, LLC
    Inventors: K. Bradley Paxton, William L. DiBacco, Steven P. Spiwak, Craig A. Towne, Manuel Trevisan
  • VANE
    Publication number: 20100209239
    Abstract: A vane for a duct, such as an exit guide vane for an exhaust duct of a gas turbine engine, comprises a vane plate, an interior strut and an internal wall disposed between the vane plate and the strut. The vane further comprises a fluid inlet in the form of a scoop arranged to direct bypass fluid from outside the duct into a gap between the vane plate and the internal wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce plc
    Inventors: Robert C. TONKS, Christopher AVENELL, Craig A. TOWN, Joseph B. COOPER, Andrew J. ROSE