Patents by Inventor Curtis A. Franz

Curtis A. Franz 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: 9241124
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein include systems, methods, and software for interactive video projection system content generation. Such content is content consumed by a system that projects a scene view on a surface, such as a wall, screen, or floor, and is interactive with user motion. User motion is captured as input via a camera or other imaging device and processed on a computing device to determine where in a projected scene a user is moving. The scene is then modified based on the detected motion. A user generates content for consumption in such embodiments by providing image and variable input to populate a graphical rendering template when rendered for presentation to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Lumo Play, Inc.
    Inventors: Meghan Jennifer Athavale, Keith Martin Otto, Curtis Franz Wachs
  • Publication number: 20140327610
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein include systems, methods, and software for interactive video projection system content generation. Such content is content consumed by a system that projects a scene view on a surface, such as a wall, screen, or floor, and is interactive with user motion. User motion is captured as input via a camera or other imaging device and processed on a computing device to determine where in a projected scene a user is moving. The scene is then modified based on the detected motion. A user generates content for consumption in such embodiments by providing image and variable input to populate a graphical rendering template when rendered for presentation to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Meghan Jennifer Athavale, Keith Martin Otto, Curtis Franz Wachs
  • Publication number: 20130162518
    Abstract: An interactive video system includes an image capturing device, for example a video camera, for capturing user motion, and a graphical display which is arranged to be altered in response to detection of user motion as captured by the image capturing device. A user interface is arranged to display a visual representation of the motion detected by the system to assist in calibrating the system in relation to a surrounding environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Meghan Jennifer Athavale, Curtis Franz Wachs, Matthew Tristan Gillies
  • Patent number: 4556703
    Abstract: A prepolymer curable with a hydroxyl or amine functional curative to form a polyurethane elastomer composition having low heat buildup characteristics is disclosed. Specifically, the polyurethane prepolymer has terminally reactive isocyanate groups and is prepared by reaction of polymeric diol with a stoichiometric excess of a mixture of the 2,6- and 2,4-isomers of tolylene diisocyanate, said mixture containing from about 50 to about 90 wt % of the 2,6-isomer.The invention also relates to a polyurethane elastomer composition comprising the aforementioned prepolymer and a curingly effective amount of a curative selected from the group consisting of aromatic diamines, hydroxy functional compounds, and mixtures thereof, and optionally, from about 0.01 to 1 part of catalyst per hundred parts of prepolymer.Also disclosed are articles of manufacture produced from the above composition, as well as compositions wherein the mixture contains 40 to 100 wt % of the 2,6-isomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1985
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Ignazio S. Megna, Curtis A. Franz
  • Patent number: 4160741
    Abstract: Oxirane compounds having a molecular weight greater than 60 have been found to be effective stabilizers for benzothiazole rubber accelerators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1979
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventor: Curtis A. Franz
  • Patent number: 4129452
    Abstract: N,N'-[(thiocarbonyl)thio]dimorpholine is stabilized, as an accelerator for rubber, by incorporating therein an oxirane compound having a molecular weight of greater than 60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1978
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventor: Curtis A. Franz