Patents by Inventor Dorathea LoBean

Dorathea LoBean 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: 10077172
    Abstract: A jib tool is configured to be secured to a distal end of a jib. The jib tool includes a wire-handler segment and a sheave segment. The wire-handler segment is configured to receive a wire. The sheave segment including a housing and a sheave. The sheave is configured to receive a load line. The sheave segment is configured to be placed in an operating position and a removal position, wherein the sheave is in a first location relative to the housing while the sheave segment is in the operating position, and wherein the sheave is in a second location relative to the housing while the sheave segment is in the removal position. The removal position is configured to allow a utility worker to remove the load line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Altec Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Dorathea LoBean VanderLinden
  • Patent number: 8860549
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for managing an opening through gait recognition. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for managing an opening through gait recognition is provided. The method includes capturing imagery, for example through the use of a Web cam, of a moving object as the moving object approaches an automated door. The method additionally, includes determining from the captured imagery a presence or absence of a gait of the moving object. Finally, the method includes managing an automated opening of the door according to the determined presence or absence of a gait of the moving object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dorathea Lobean, Adrian X. Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20120321136
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for managing an opening through gait recognition. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for managing an opening through gait recognition is provided. The method includes capturing imagery, for example through the use of a Web cam, of a moving object as the moving object approaches an automated door. The method additionally, includes determining from the captured imagery a presence or absence of a gait of the moving object. Finally, the method includes managing an automated opening of the door according to the determined presence or absence of a gait of the moving object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dorathea Lobean, Adrian X. Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20120319814
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for managing an opening through gait recognition. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for managing an opening through gait recognition is provided. The method includes capturing imagery, for example through the use of a Web cam, of a moving object as the moving object approaches an automated door. The method additionally, includes determining from the captured imagery a presence or absence of a gait of the moving object. Finally, the method includes managing an automated opening of the door according to the determined presence or absence of a gait of the moving object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dorathea Lobean, Adrian X. Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20120272301
    Abstract: Systems and computer-implemented methods are disclosed for providing controller access to a normally single-user account. In an example system, a primary user is provided with a primary password to the user account. A secondary user may be temporarily authorized by generating a temporary password selected independently of the primary password. The user account may be accessed by entering either the primary password or the temporary password. The temporary password is automatically revoked in response to granting access with the primary password. The secondary user is thereby provided with temporary access to the user account that is revocable by the primary user at any time without having to share the primary password with the secondary user and without having to change the primary password.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dorathea LoBean, Adrian X. Rodriguez, Ian C. Tewksbury