Patents by Inventor Don K. Dill

Don K. Dill 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).

  • Publication number: 20200005076
    Abstract: A method for controlling an object space having an associated object environment includes the steps of, defining a target set of coordinates in the object space, recognizing the presence of a predetermined object in the object space, and determining a coordinate location of the recognized predetermined object in the object space. The method further includes determining the spatial relationship between the recognized predetermined object and the target set of coordinates, comparing the spatial relationship with predetermined spatial relationship criteria, and if the determined spatial relationship criteria falls within the predetermined spatial relationship criteria, modifying the object space environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventor: DON K. DILL
  • Patent number: 10289929
    Abstract: A method for controlling an object space having an associated object environment includes the steps of, defining a target set of coordinates in the object space, recognizing the presence of a predetermined object in the object space, and determining a coordinate location of the recognized predetermined object in the object space. The method further includes determining the spatial relationship between the recognized predetermined object and the target set of coordinates, comparing the spatial relationship with predetermined spatial relationship criteria, and if the determined spatial relationship criteria falls within the predetermined spatial relationship criteria, modifying the object space environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: VISION-2-VISION, LLC
    Inventor: Don K. Dill
  • Publication number: 20150110355
    Abstract: A method for controlling an object space having an associated object environment includes the steps of, defining a target set of coordinates in the object space, recognizing the presence of a predetermined object in the object space, and determining a coordinate location of the recognized predetermined object in the object space. The method further includes determining the spatial relationship between the recognized predetermined object and the target set of coordinates, comparing the spatial relationship with predetermined spatial relationship criteria, and if the determined spatial relationship criteria falls within the predetermined spatial relationship criteria, modifying the object space environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: DON K. DILL
  • Patent number: 8917905
    Abstract: A method for controlling an object space having an associated object environment includes the steps of, defining a target set of coordinates in the object space, recognizing the presence of a predetermined object in the object space, and determining a coordinate location of the recognized predetermined object in the object space. The method further includes determining the spatial relationship between the recognized predetermined object and the target set of coordinates, comparing the spatial relationship with predetermined spatial relationship criteria, and if the determined spatial relationship criteria falls within the predetermined spatial relationship criteria, modifying the object space environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Inventor: Don K. Dill
  • Patent number: 6522732
    Abstract: A computerized method of preserving stable calls during a split mode operation of telecommunications equipment includes the steps of sending a call block update message from a first side of the telecommunications equipment to a second side of the telecommunications equipment. The call block update message includes dynamic call state data on the stable call handled by the first side and stored in a call block file in the first side of the telecommunications equipment. The method includes sending a call block update acknowledgement message from the second side of the telecommunications equipment to the first side of the telecommunications equipment in response to receiving the call block update message. The above steps are repeated until all dynamic call state data in the call block file is duplicated and sent to the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Alcatel USA Sourcing, L.P.
    Inventors: Mark W. Pullen, Darrin L. Meek, Lee E. Ballard, Jerry L. Buchheit, Shihlung Chiang, Lorenzo E. Colunga, Don K. Dill, Jr., Chuck C. Fu, Robert A. Landry, William L. Long, Viet N. Nguyen, Kien T. Pham