Patents by Inventor David A. Dick
David A. Dick 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).
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Patent number: 8881064Abstract: A method of providing a user interface for controlling a system (1;27) includes observing a presence of a body or body part of a user in a certain environment of a device (6,14-17;30). At least a perceptible part (28,34) of the user interface is made available to the user in association with a particular functionality for interacting with the system (1;27) controlled by the user interface in dependence on a rate of displacement of the body or body part of the user observed in the certain environment.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts, Gavin Mark Proctor, Stuart Ronald Pill, Angus David Dick, Daniel Karl Pezzutti, Floris Maria Hermansz Crompvoets
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Publication number: 20140310621Abstract: A method of providing a user interface for controlling a system includes observing a presence of a body or body part of a user in a certain environment of a device. At least a perceptible part of the user interface is made available to the user in association with a particular functionality for interacting with the system controlled by the user interface in dependence on a rate of displacement of the body or body part of the user observed in the certain environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts, Gavin Mark Proctor, Stuart Ronald Pill, Angus David Dick, Daniel Karl Pezzutti, Floris Maria Hermansz Crompvoets
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Patent number: 8827880Abstract: The method and system of this invention provides for core muscle strengthening. The method comprises the step of: providing an apparatus (10) that provides resistance and assistance during core muscle training using dynamic therapeutic movement for chest, back, abdominal and leg musculature to strengthen and condition muscles of the axial skeleton and lower extremities of a performing user. In one embodiment, the method also is for non-invasive physical therapy.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2013Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignees: The University of Toledo, The Turning Point LLCInventors: Vijay K. Goel, Kenneth Germano, F. Alan Schultheis, David Dick
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Patent number: 8790226Abstract: This trunk rotation device uses dynamic movement of one's body such as, shoulder, hip, knee, back, thigh, and abdominal musculature. The device provides a method for exercising the spinal column and the muscles of the torso, including those in the abdominal lumbar and thoracic regions involving rotational torque. In a preferred embodiment, the device is a golf exercise and flexibility apparatus. The golf exercise apparatus provides resistance to a golfer during a golf swing to strengthen and condition the muscles of the axial skeleton of the golfer in a functional posture.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: The University of ToledoInventors: Vijay K. Goel, Danny M. Pincivero, David Dick, John Jaegly, F. Alan Schuitheis, Kathleen Herndon
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Patent number: 8544770Abstract: A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine comprising a nozzle body having at least one spray hole. The at least one spray hole has a hole entry on the inside of the nozzle body and a hole exit on the outside of the nozzle body. The spray hole is provided with a hole entry section which, starting from the hole entry, has a flow area which decreases from a relatively larger flow area at the hole entry to a relatively small flow area at the intersection between the end of the hole entry section and the start of a hole exit section. The hole exit section, starting from the intersection with the hole entry section, has a flow area which increases from a relatively small flow area at the intersection with the hole entry section to a relatively larger flow area at the hole exit.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2008Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignees: Delphi Technologies, Holding S.arlInventors: Andrew J. Limmer, Ricardo Pimenta, Malcolm David Dick Lambert, Celia C. Soteriou
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Patent number: 8495127Abstract: Improving scalability and throughput in publish/subscribe messaging systems by allowing the spoke systems to vary the member of the hub collective that it attaches to. The scalability is improved because the spoke systems do not have to have a long lasting attachment to a specific hub system. Instead, the spoke systems can be redistributed more evenly when new spoke systems are added or removed. The throughput is increased by distributing workload and fan-out responsibilities within hub collectives. Availability is improved because single points of failure are removed. Ease of administration is also improved over a hierarchy by allowing child nodes to automatically change parent nodes if a parent node is modified or removed.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2008Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Andrew David James Banks, Gavin David Beardall, Paul Stephen Dennis, Adrian David Dick, Ian Charles Vanstone
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Patent number: 8360942Abstract: The method and system of this invention provides for core muscle strengthening. The method comprises the step of: providing an apparatus (10) that provides resistance and assistance during core muscle training using dynamic therapeutic movement for chest, back, abdominal and leg musculature to strengthen and condition muscles of the axial skeleton and lower extremities of a performing user. In one embodiment, the method also is for non-invasive physical therapy.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2010Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignees: The University of Toledo, The Turning Point LLCInventors: Vijay K. Goel, Kenneth Germano, F. Alan Schultheis, David Dick
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Publication number: 20120204244Abstract: A system connected to an existing computer includes a unit for monitoring the screen and provides input, and a storage unit that stores data that pair screen buffer regions with authentication details. The system learns new pairs via user training and presents stored authentication details when the screen buffer matches a related stored region which is paired with a region of the screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Adrian David Dick, James Stuart Taylor
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Patent number: 8234502Abstract: A method of automated password authentication by pattern matching regions of screen pixels against a repository of previously captured regions, and submitting a username and a password stored with the regions of the screen pixels for authentication includes triggering an autorunnable application to startup by inserting a memory stick by a user, challenging the user for a master password to access an encrypted database held on the memory stick, running the autorunnable application as a background task following a successful authorization of the user, and checking whether the user has triggered the autorunnable application by a pre-defined key sequence. If the user has triggered the autorunnable application, then the method proceeds with prompting the user to highlight at least one rectangle around a text or an image which uniquely identifies a login panel, capturing a username and a password when entered by the user, and returning the autorunnable application to a background task.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2008Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Adrian David Dick, James Stuart Taylor
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Patent number: 8135594Abstract: In a method of controlling a network of interconnected publish/subscribe message brokers for routing publications from a plurality of publishers to interested subscribers, each message broker is arranged to receive publications from publishers both directly and via other brokers and to receive subscriptions and unsubscriptions from subscribers and other brokers for publications meeting predefined criteria identified in the subscriptions or unsubscriptions. Each broker creates and manages a list correlating subscribers with the predefined criteria. It then matches received publications with the subscription list and forwards publications which match listed subscriptions which are in an active state to interested subscribers and interested other brokers in the list. Also, in response to received subscriptions and unsubscriptions, each broker generates and forwards proxy subscriptions and proxy unsubscriptions to other brokers. Each broker establishes a retention period for subscriptions.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2009Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Gavin David Beardall, Andrew David Banks, Adrian David Dick, Martyn Honeyford
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Publication number: 20120058860Abstract: This trunk rotation device uses dynamic movement of one's body such as, shoulder, hip, knee, back, thigh, and abdominal musculature. The device provides a method for exercising the spinal column and the muscles of the torso, including those in the abdominal lumbar and thoracic regions involving rotational torque. In a preferred embodiment, the device is a golf exercise and flexibility apparatus. The golf exercise apparatus provides resistance to a golfer during a golf swing to strengthen and condition the muscles of the axial skeleton of the golfer in a functional posture.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Inventors: Vijay K. Goel, Danny M. Pincivero, David Dick, John Jaegly, F. Alan Schuitheis, Kathleen Herndon
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Publication number: 20120015777Abstract: The method and system of this invention provides for core muscle strengthening. The method comprises the step of: providing an apparatus (10) that provides resistance and assistance during core muscle training using dynamic therapeutic movement for chest, back, abdominal and leg musculature to strengthen and condition muscles of the axial skeleton and lower extremities of a performing user. In one embodiment, the method also is for non-invasive physical therapy.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2010Publication date: January 19, 2012Inventors: Vijay K. Goel, David Dick, Kenneth Germano, F. Alan Schultheis
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Patent number: 8007421Abstract: This trunk rotation device uses dynamic movement of one's body such as, shoulder, hip, knee, back, thigh, and abdominal musculature. The device provides a method for exercising the spinal column and the muscles of the torso, including those in the abdominal lumbar and thoracic regions involving rotational torque. In a preferred embodiment, the device is a golf exercise and flexibility apparatus. The golf exercise apparatus provides resistance to a golfer during a golf swing to strengthen and condition the muscles of the axial skeleton of the golfer in a functional posture.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2010Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignees: University of Toledo, The Turning Point LLCInventors: Vijay K. Goel, Danny M. Pincivero, David Dick, John Jaegly, F. Alan Schultheis, Kathleen Herndon
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Patent number: 7971802Abstract: A fuel injector comprising a nozzle having a nozzle needle which is moveable with respect to a first needle seat to control fuel delivery through a nozzle outlet. The injector includes a nozzle control valve for controlling fuel flow into a control chamber through a first passage to pressurise the control chamber, and for controlling fuel flow out of said control chamber through said first passage to depressurise the control chamber. Movement of the nozzle needle is controlled by fuel pressure within the control chamber, such that pressurising the control chamber causes the nozzle needle to be urged against the first needle seat to close the nozzle outlet, and depressurising the control chamber causes the nozzle needle to lift from the first needle seat to open the nozzle outlet. The nozzle needle defines, at least in part, a restricted passage through which fuel can flow into the control chamber as the control chamber depressurises.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2008Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Delphi Technologies Holding S.arlInventors: Andy Male, Jonathan N Wray, Anthony Thomas Harcombe, Ricardo Pimenta, Malcolm David Dick Lambert, Andrew J Limmer
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Publication number: 20100287381Abstract: A method of automated password authentication by pattern matching regions of screen pixels against a repository of previously captured regions, and submitting a username and a password stored with the regions of the screen pixels for authentication includes triggering an autorunnable application to startup by inserting a memory stick by a user, challenging the user for a master password to access an encrypted database held on the memory stick, running the autorunnable application as a background task following a successful authorization of the user, and checking whether the user has triggered the autorunnable application by a pre-defined key sequence. If the user has triggered the autorunnable application, then the method proceeds with prompting the user to highlight at least one rectangle around a text or an image which uniquely identifies a login panel, capturing a username and a password when entered by the user, and returning the autorunnable application to a background task.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2008Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Adrian David Dick, James Stuart Taylor
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Publication number: 20100258656Abstract: A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine, the fuel injector being of a type with an open-ended nozzle body adjoining an injector body. The interface between the nozzle body and the injector body is flat, to simplify manufacture, and they are aligned relative to each other using a compression element which is typically a sleeve that extends around them. The compression element also acts to apply a pre-compression to at least one of the bodies to enable the fuel injector to operate at higher fuel pressures than would otherwise be possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2008Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Stephen O. Crossley, Malcolm David Dick Lambert
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Publication number: 20100257491Abstract: A method of providing a user interface for controlling a system (1;27) includes observing a presence of a body or body part of a user in a certain environment of a device (6,14-17;30). At least a perceptible part (28,34) of the user interface is made available to the user in association with a particular functionality for interacting with the system (1;27) controlled by the user interface in dependence on a rate of displacement of the body or body part of the user observed in the certain environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2008Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts, Gavin Mark Proctor, Stuart Ronald Pill, Angus David Dick, Daniel Karl Pezzutti, Floris Maria Hermansz Crompvoets
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Publication number: 20100216602Abstract: This trunk rotation device uses dynamic movement of one's body such as, shoulder, hip, knee, back, thigh, and abdominal musculature. The device provides a method for exercising the spinal column and the muscles of the torso, including those in the abdominal lumbar and thoracic regions involving rotational torque. In a preferred embodiment, the device is a golf exercise and flexibility apparatus. The golf exercise apparatus provides resistance to a golfer during a golf swing to strengthen and condition the muscles of the axial skeleton of the golfer in a functional posture.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2010Publication date: August 26, 2010Inventors: Vijay K. Goel, Danny M. Pincivero, David Dick, John Jaegly, F. Alan Schultheis, Kathleen Herndon
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Patent number: 7695415Abstract: This trunk rotation device uses dynamic movement of one's body such as, shoulder, hip, knee, back, thigh, and abdominal musculature. The device provides a method for exercising the spinal column and the muscles of the torso, including those in the abdominal lumbar and thoracic regions involving rotational torque. In a preferred embodiment, the device is a golf exercise and flexibility apparatus. The golf exercise apparatus provides resistance to a golfer during a golf swing to strengthen and condition the muscles of the axial skeleton of the golfer in a functional posture.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2005Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignees: University of Toledo, The Turning Point LLCInventors: Vijay K. Goel, Danny M. Pincivero, David Dick, John Jaegly, F. Alan Schultheis, Kathleen Herndon
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Publication number: 20100082748Abstract: Improving scalability and throughput in publish/subscribe messaging systems by allowing the spoke systems to vary the member of the hub collective that is attaches to. The scalability is improved because the spoke systems do not have to have a long lasting attachment to a specific hub system. Instead, the spoke systems can be redistributed more evenly when new spoke systems are added or removed. The throughput is increased by distributing workload and fan-out responsibilities within hub collectives. Availability is improved because single points of failure are removed. Ease of administration is also improved over a hierarchy by allowing child nodes to automatically change parent nodes if a parent node is modified or removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2008Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Andrew David James Banks, Gavin David Beardall, Paul Stephen Dennis, Adrian David Dick, Ian Charles Vanstone