Patents by Inventor Dennis Woods
Dennis Woods 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: 11952727Abstract: Fibrous structures, for example toilet tissue, having a surface including a plurality of fibrous elements, such as a plurality of hydroxyl polymer filaments that exhibit an average fiber diameter of less than 2 ?m as measured according to the Surface Average Fiber Diameter Test Method such that the fibrous structure exhibits a Dual Surface Glide Value of less than 17.7 g as measured according to the Glide Test Method—3 Inch Sample and method for making same is provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Matthew Gary McKee, Brooke Marie Woods, Joerg Kleinwaechter, William Ryan Falta, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan
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Publication number: 20190137851Abstract: A camera slider assembly for supporting a camera thereon including a frame with a pair of rails and a carriage body that rolls longitudinally along the rails upon which a camera can be supported. A flywheel of conductive is supported on the frame and operatively connected to the carriage body for rotation about a flywheel axis responsive to displacement of the carriage body along the rails. A magnet movable on the frame relative to the flywheel acts as an eddy current brake to apply a controllable drag force to the flywheel rotation. The rails of the frame are indexed relative to one another using cross members having indexing surfaces, and clamping fasteners cooperating with ramped surfaces to urge the rails against the corresponding indexing surfaces as the clamping fasteners tighten the rails against the ramped surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Dennis Wood, Tyler J. F. Bragnalo
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Patent number: 10228608Abstract: A camera slider assembly for supporting a camera thereon including a frame with a pair of rails and a carriage body that rolls longitudinally along the rails upon which a camera can be supported. A flywheel is supported on the carriage body for rotation relative to the carriage body about a flywheel axis which is movable with the carriage body in the longitudinal direction relative to the frame. A pulley cable is connected between the flywheel and one of the wheels of the carriage body to rotate the flywheel responsive to rolling of the wheels of the carriage body along the rails. A brake member on the carriage body is pivotal on the carriage body between braking and released positions about the same axis as the flywheel. The flywheel can accordingly be rotatably supported upon the brake member to support the flywheel on the carriage body.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2016Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Inventor: Dennis Wood
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Patent number: 10216070Abstract: A support assembly for supporting a camera relative to a camera support includes an elongate support arm, a first bracket assembly for mounting the camera to the support arm and a second bracket assembly for mounting the support arm to the camera support. Each bracket assembly includes i) a clamp member for clamping onto the support arm, ii) a support member pivotal coupled by a pivot shaft on the clamping member, iii) a mounting member supporting the camera equipment relative to the support member; and iv) a locking member adapted to be coupled between the clamping member and the support member so as to simultaneously fix the mounting member relative to the clamping member at a selected angular position and fix the clamping member relative to the support arm at a selected longitudinal position.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Cinevate Ltd.Inventor: Dennis Wood
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Publication number: 20180017849Abstract: A camera slider assembly for supporting a camera thereon including a frame with a pair of rails and a carriage body that rolls longitudinally along the rails upon which a camera can be supported. A flywheel is supported on the carriage body for rotation relative to the carriage body about a flywheel axis which is movable with the carriage body in the longitudinal direction relative to the frame. A pulley cable is connected between the flywheel and one of the wheels of the carriage body to rotate the flywheel responsive to rolling of the wheels of the carriage body along the rails. A brake member on the carriage body is pivotal on the carriage body between braking and released positions about the same axis as the flywheel. The flywheel can accordingly be rotatably supported upon the brake member to support the flywheel on the carriage body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventor: Dennis Wood
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Publication number: 20170293206Abstract: A support assembly for supporting a camera relative to a camera support includes an elongate support arm, a first bracket assembly for mounting the camera to the support arm and a second bracket assembly for mounting the support arm to the camera support. Each bracket assembly includes i) a clamp member for clamping onto the support arm, ii) a support member pivotal coupled by a pivot shaft on the clamping member, iii) a mounting member supporting the camera equipment relative to the support member; and iv) a locking member adapted to be coupled between the clamping member and the support member so as to simultaneously fix the mounting member relative to the clamping member at a selected angular position and fix the clamping member relative to the support arm at a selected longitudinal position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventor: Dennis Wood
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Patent number: 9094590Abstract: A camera supporting assembly includes a frame supporting interchangeable camera mounts thereon to support smartphones, and other camera enabled devices interchangeably thereon. A grip member with a first pivot coupling selectively couples to a second pivot coupling on the frame and a pair of stabilizer legs are suspended below the frame so as to balance the camera on the grip member. Wheel assemblies are selectively mounted on the stabilizer legs for alternate use in a portable dolly mode. Each wheel assembly is mounted by a spindle which is movable between different mounted positions corresponding to different angular orientation of the wheel axis relative to the frame to controllably steer movement of a camera supported on the assembly in the dolly mode without a track necessarily being provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2013Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Inventor: Dennis Wood
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Publication number: 20150201113Abstract: A balancing apparatus is suited for use with a camera enabled device such as a smart phone to assist in stabilizing the video being captured. A camera mount including adjustable stabilizer weights balances the camera enabled device on grip member using a pivot coupling. The grip member compactly grips about a single finger of the user. The stabilizer weights are adjustably positioned about multiple axes for optimal counterbalancing and for providing an adjustable stand for being self-supported on a variety of supporting surface configurations. The stabilizer weights are carried by adjustable arms in which both the weights and arms can be pivoted into a storage position alongside a main body portion of the camera mount within a perimeter boundary of the camera mount and smart phone received therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2014Publication date: July 16, 2015Inventor: Dennis Wood
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Publication number: 20150156378Abstract: A camera supporting assembly includes a frame supporting interchangeable camera mounts thereon to support smartphones, and other camera enabled devices interchangeably thereon. A grip member with a first pivot coupling selectively couples to a second pivot coupling on the frame and a pair of stabilizer legs are suspended below the frame so as to balance the camera on the grip member. Wheel assemblies are selectively mounted on the stabilizer legs for alternate use in a portable dolly mode. Each wheel assembly is mounted by a spindle which is movable between different mounted positions corresponding to different angular orientation of the wheel axis relative to the frame to controllably steer movement of a camera supported on the assembly in the dolly mode without a track necessarily being provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2013Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventor: Dennis Wood
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Patent number: 9011027Abstract: A camera supporting device includes a jib arm supporting a camera mount for panning and tilting movement relative to a base structure. A parallel linkage couples the camera mount at one end of the jib arm to the base structure pivotally supporting the jib arm thereon at an intermediate location. The jib arm is readily separable into two portions for storage with the parallel linkage being wholly contained within a hollow tubular member forming one of the two portions while an adjustable trim weight and counterweight support are supported on the other portion. Interchangeable indexing rings permit indexing of the panning or tilting movements.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Inventors: Dennis Wood, Tyler J. F. Bragnalo
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Patent number: 8829457Abstract: An ultraviolet radiation dosimeter apparatus for measuring an individual's ultraviolet radiation exposure from incoming ultraviolet rays, including an ultraviolet radiation dosimeter body; an ultraviolet filter in the ultraviolet radiation dosimeter body; a detector semiconductor substrate in the ultraviolet radiation dosimeter body connected to the ultraviolet filter for detecting the incoming ultraviolet rays and producing a signal, the semiconductor substrate made of ZnSe(Te), and a chip in the ultraviolet radiation dosimeter body for receiving the signal and measuring the individual's ultraviolet radiation exposure from the incoming ultraviolet rays.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignees: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.Inventors: Craig F. Smith, Vladimir Ryzhikov, Sergei Naydenov, Dennis Wood, Volodymyr Perevertailo
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Publication number: 20130209085Abstract: A camera supporting device includes a jib arm supporting a camera mount for panning and tilting movement relative to a base structure. A parallel linkage couples the camera mount at one end of the jib arm to the base structure pivotally supporting the jib arm thereon at an intermediate location. The jib arm is readily separable into two portions for storage with the parallel linkage being wholly contained within a hollow tubular member forming one of the two portions while an adjustable trim weight and counterweight support are supported on the other portion. Interchangeable indexing rings permit indexing of the panning or tilting movements.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2013Publication date: August 15, 2013Inventors: Dennis Wood, Tyler J.F. Bragnalo
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Patent number: 8454246Abstract: A balancing support system is provided for a handheld electronic device enabled with a camera. The support system is balanced on a central apex of a handle member. Laterally spaced apart clamping members allow various camera devices to be clamped onto the support system. Counterbalancing stabilizer arms are also able to support a camera on the support system in a self-supported and upright orientation. A steering member transmits steering movement to the camera device relative to the handle member through a magnetic interaction to minimize the effects of undesirable user movements on the video being captured by the camera device.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2011Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Inventor: Dennis Wood
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Patent number: 8396819Abstract: A service architected logistics solution generates a user interface to a computing system unique for a given user among a multiplicity of users. The interface includes a plurality of services and access to data sources automatically determined from the user's identity. In various aspects, the technique includes not only the interface, but also a computer-implemented method, a program storage medium encoded with instruction that perform such a method when executed, and a computing apparatus programmed to perform such a method.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2009Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorpInventors: Steven G. Miller, Lance W. Wilborn, Dennis Wood
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Publication number: 20120241633Abstract: An ultraviolet radiation dosimeter apparatus for measuring an individual's ultraviolet radiation exposure from incoming ultraviolet rays, including an ultraviolet radiation dosimeter body; an ultraviolet filter in the ultraviolet radiation dosimeter body; a detector semiconductor substrate in the ultraviolet radiation dosimeter body connected to the ultraviolet filter for detecting the incoming ultraviolet rays and producing a signal, the semiconductor substrate made of ZnSe(Te), and a chip in the ultraviolet radiation dosimeter body for receiving the signal and measuring the individual's ultraviolet radiation exposure from the incoming ultraviolet rays.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Inventors: Craig F. Smith, Vladimir Ryzhikov, Sergei Naydenov, Dennis Wood, Volodymyr Perevertailo
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Patent number: 8205841Abstract: A camera dolly comprises a base and a plurality of legs extending radially outward from an inner end pivotally coupled on the base to an outer end supporting a wheel assembly thereon such that the wheel assemblies are arranged for rolling movement along a pair of rail members extending in a longitudinal direction. Each wheel assembly comprises a plurality of wheels spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction in two rows arranged to receive the respective rail member therebetween. Each wheel assembly is pivotal about an upright axis and a horizontal axis relative to the respective leg. A horizontal deck plate includes plural sets of mounting apertures therein corresponding to different relatively fixed relationships of the legs. A socket formed centrally in the base threadably receives an upright post therein which support the camera thereon spaced above the base.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2009Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Inventor: Dennis Wood
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Patent number: 8111984Abstract: A matte box assembly is arranged for use with a camera rig including a camera body supported on a pair of parallel and spaced apart mounting rails extending in a longitudinal direction. The matte box assembly includes a matte frame surrounding a lens opening for alignment with the camera lens and a filter mount to support a lens filter spanning the lens opening. A support frame is arranged to be mounted on the mounting rails of the camera rig onto which the matter frame is supported for pivotal movement about a vertical axis between an in-use position aligned with the camera lens and an out-of-use position offset to one side of the camera lens.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2010Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Inventor: Dennis Wood
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Publication number: 20110249964Abstract: A balancing support system is provided for a handheld electronic device enabled with a camera. The support system is balanced on a central apex of a handle member. Laterally spaced apart clamping members allow various camera devices to be clamped onto the support system. Counterbalancing stabilizer arms are also able to support a camera on the support system in a self-supported and upright orientation. A steering member transmits steering movement to the camera device relative to the handle member through a magnetic interaction to minimize the effects of undesirable user movements on the video being captured by the camera device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Inventor: Dennis Wood
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Patent number: 7891888Abstract: The camera slider system supports a camera for longitudinal sliding or rolling movement along a pair of elongate support members which are parallel and spaced apart from one another. The camera mount supporting the camera thereon is supported by a pair of link members pivotally coupled between opposing ends of the camera mount and a carriage assembly which is movable along the rails. The orientation of the camera relative to the elongate supports is readily adjustable by adjusting the pivotal link members while the camera remains supported in a very stable configuration. Rollers or bearings ensure a smooth movement of the camera along the elongate support members so that there are no undesired jerking movements in the resulting captured image.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2009Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Inventor: Dennis Wood
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Patent number: 7854556Abstract: A camera mounting system comprises a pair of rail members, a camera mount arranged to support a video camera on the pair of rail members and a base mount arranged to support the pair of rails on a tripod. The camera mount and the base mount are supported for adjustment relative to one another along the rail members. The camera mount supports the video camera thereon and is supported on the rail members by a pair of link members, each pivotally coupled at a lower end on the rail members and at an upper end on the camera mount. The linkage permits the camera mount and camera thereon to be adjusted in elevation relative to the rail members by pivoting the linkage while being arranged so as not to project below the rail members in both lowered and elevated positions such that the linkage does not interfere with relative movement between the base mount and the camera mount.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2008Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Inventor: Dennis Wood