Patents by Inventor Drew E. Tinney

Drew E. Tinney 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: 12578852
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of electronic devices, electronic voting systems and methods of voting that enable paper documents to be displayed “under glass” for user review. In the embodiments disclosed herein, a paper viewing area is provided within an electronic device or electronic voting system for temporarily displaying a paper document to a user behind a transparent surface, which prevents the user from touching the paper document. In some embodiments, the transparent surface may be a touch screen and/or a display device of the electronic device or electronic voting system, and the paper document may be disposed behind and viewable through the touch screen and/or the display device when the paper document is displayed within the paper viewing area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: Hart InterCivic, Inc.
    Inventors: Drew E. Tinney, James M. Canter, Jennifer S. Moreci
  • Publication number: 20240370161
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of electronic devices, electronic voting systems and methods of voting that enable paper documents to be displayed “under glass” for user review. In the embodiments disclosed herein, a paper viewing area is provided within an electronic device or electronic voting system for temporarily displaying a paper document to a user behind a transparent surface, which prevents the user from touching the paper document. In some embodiments, the transparent surface may be a touch screen and/or a display device of the electronic device or electronic voting system, and the paper document may be disposed behind and viewable through the touch screen and/or the display device when the paper document is displayed within the paper viewing area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Drew E. Tinney, James M. Canter, Jennifer S. Moreci
  • Patent number: 12125319
    Abstract: An electronic voting system is described that utilizes printed vote records (PVRs) in which a voter's vote selections are recorded in voter readable characters. Optical character recognition (OCR) techniques may then be utilized to scan the PVR to record the voter's selections. The OCR data is then utilized to generate the cast vote record. Thus, the electronic voting system directly interprets the voter selections from the PVR just as the voter sees the data. In this manner “what you see is what you get” printed vote record data is provided for a voter's viewing and that same data is used to generate the cast vote record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Hart InterCivic, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Canter, Drew E. Tinney, Ievgen Konovalenko
  • Patent number: 12061788
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of electronic devices, electronic voting systems and methods of voting that enable paper documents to be displayed “under glass” for user review. In the embodiments disclosed herein, a paper viewing area is provided within an electronic device or electronic voting system for temporarily displaying a paper document to a user behind a transparent surface, which prevents the user from touching the paper document. In some embodiments, the transparent surface may be a touch screen and/or a display device of the electronic device or electronic voting system, and the paper document may be disposed behind and viewable through the touch screen and/or the display device when the paper document is displayed within the paper viewing area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Hart InterCivic, Inc.
    Inventors: Drew E. Tinney, James M. Canter, Jennifer S. Moreci
  • Patent number: 12033437
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of an electronic voting device that provides multiple, fixed viewing angles for viewing a display screen of the electronic voting device, and associated methods for configuring the electronic voting device for standing and sitting voters. The electronic voting device described in the present disclosure is positionable on a support surface in two fixed positions or orientations. When the electronic voting device is positioned on the support surface in a first device orientation (e.g., a standing orientation), the electronic voting device provides a first, fixed viewing angle that enables standing voters to optimally view the display screen. When the electronic voting device is positioned on the support surface in a second device orientation (e.g., a sitting orientation), the electronic voting device provides a second, fixed viewing angle that enables sitting voters to optimally view the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Hart InterCivic, Inc.
    Inventor: Drew E. Tinney
  • Publication number: 20240169782
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of an electronic voting device that provides multiple, fixed viewing angles for viewing a display screen of the electronic voting device, and associated methods for configuring the electronic voting device for standing and sitting voters. The electronic voting device described in the present disclosure is positionable on a support surface in two fixed positions or orientations. When the electronic voting device is positioned on the support surface in a first device orientation (e.g., a standing orientation), the electronic voting device provides a first, fixed viewing angle that enables standing voters to optimally view the display screen. When the electronic voting device is positioned on the support surface in a second device orientation (e.g., a sitting orientation), the electronic voting device provides a second, fixed viewing angle that enables sitting voters to optimally view the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventor: Drew E. Tinney
  • Publication number: 20240046731
    Abstract: An electronic voting system is described that utilizes printed vote records (PVRs) in which a voter's vote selections are recorded in voter readable characters. Optical character recognition (OCR) techniques may then be utilized to scan the PVR to record the voter's selections. The OCR data is then utilized to generate the cast vote record. Thus, the electronic voting system directly interprets the voter selections from the PVR just as the voter sees the data. In this manner “what you see is what you get” printed vote record data is provided for a voter's viewing and that same data is used to generate the cast vote record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: James M. Canter, Drew E. Tinney, Ievgen Konovalenko
  • Patent number: 11830294
    Abstract: An electronic voting system is described that utilizes printed vote records (PVRs) in which a voter's vote selections are recorded in voter readable characters. Optical character recognition (OCR) techniques may then be utilized to scan the PVR to record the voter's selections. The OCR data is then utilized to generate the cast vote record. Thus, the electronic voting system directly interprets the voter selections from the PVR just as the voter sees the data. In this manner “what you see is what you get” printed vote record data is provided for a voter's viewing and that same data is used to generate the cast vote record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Hart InterCivic, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Canter, Drew E. Tinney, Ievgen Konovalenko
  • Patent number: 11804092
    Abstract: An electronic voting system is described that utilizes printed vote records (PVRs) in which a voter's vote selections are recorded in voter readable characters. Optical character recognition (OCR) techniques may then be utilized to scan the PVR to record the voter's selections. The OCR data is then utilized to generate the cast vote record. Thus, the electronic voting system directly interprets the voter selections from the PVR just as the voter sees the data. In this manner “what you see is what you get” printed vote record data is provided for a voter's viewing and that same data is used to generate the cast vote record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Hart InterCivic, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Canter, Drew E. Tinney, Ievgen Konovalenko
  • Patent number: 11803723
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of systems and methods of tracking information pertaining to assets, such as but not limited to, voting systems and other voting equipment used in an election (i.e., election equipment). In the present disclosure, a low-power electronic display tag (such as an electronic paper tag, or “e-paper” tag) is affixed to an asset to track information pertaining to that asset. Unlike conventional applications that utilize low-power electronic display tags (such as, e.g., asset tracking and ESL applications), the information displayed on the electronic display tag described herein is collected and dynamically updated by the asset being tracked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Hart InterCivic, Inc.
    Inventor: Drew E. Tinney
  • Publication number: 20230289550
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of systems and methods of tracking information pertaining to assets, such as but not limited to, voting systems and other voting equipment used in an election (i.e., election equipment). In the present disclosure, a low-power electronic display tag (such as an electronic paper tag, or “e-paper” tag) is affixed to an asset to track information pertaining to that asset. Unlike conventional applications that utilize low-power electronic display tags (such as, e.g., asset tracking and ESL applications), the information displayed on the electronic display tag described herein is collected and dynamically updated by the asset being tracked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventor: Drew E. Tinney
  • Publication number: 20230289050
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of electronic devices, electronic voting systems and methods of voting that enable paper documents to be displayed “under glass” for user review. In the embodiments disclosed herein, a paper viewing area is provided within an electronic device or electronic voting system for temporarily displaying a paper document to a user behind a transparent surface, which prevents the user from touching the paper document. In some embodiments, the transparent surface may be a touch screen and/or a display device of the electronic device or electronic voting system, and the paper document may be disposed behind and viewable through the touch screen and/or the display device when the paper document is displayed within the paper viewing area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Drew E. Tinney, James M. Canter, Jennifer S. Moreci
  • Patent number: 11651643
    Abstract: An electronic voting system that includes transportable voting equipment is described. Such transportable voting equipment includes a carrier that may be transportable and easily moved to enable curbside/mobile voting. The carrier may be ergonomically shaped for usage by passing through a vehicle window and resting in a voter's lap. In one embodiment, the carrier may include a printer to produce a printed vote record. The electronic voting system may include the use of a base station (for example located inside a polling building), the curbside/mobile carrier, and a smart panel that is dockable and removable to/from both the base station and the curbside/mobile carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Hart InterCivic, Inc.
    Inventors: Drew E. Tinney, James M. Canter, Denton L. Simpson
  • Publication number: 20220237978
    Abstract: An electronic voting system that includes transportable voting equipment is described. Such transportable voting equipment includes a carrier that may be transportable and easily moved to enable curbside/mobile voting. The carrier may be ergonomically shaped for usage by passing through a vehicle window and resting in a voter's lap. In one embodiment, the carrier may include a printer to produce a printed vote record. The electronic voting system may include the use of a base station (for example located inside a polling building), the curbside/mobile carrier, and a smart panel that is dockable and removable to/from both the base station and the curbside/mobile carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Drew E. Tinney, James M. Canter, Denton L. Simpson
  • Patent number: 11335152
    Abstract: An electronic voting system that includes transportable voting equipment is described. Such transportable voting equipment includes a carrier that may be transportable and easily moved to enable curbside/mobile voting. The carrier may be ergonomically shaped for usage by passing through a vehicle window and resting in a voter's lap. In one embodiment, the carrier may include a printer to produce a printed vote record. The electronic voting system may include the use of a base station (for example located inside a polling building), the curbside/mobile carrier, and a smart panel that is dockable and removable to/from both the base station and the curbside/mobile carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Hart InterCivic, Inc.
    Inventors: Drew E. Tinney, James M. Canter, Denton L. Simpson
  • Publication number: 20220012970
    Abstract: An electronic voting system is described that utilizes printed vote records (PVRs) in which a voter's vote selections are recorded in voter readable characters. Optical character recognition (OCR) techniques may then be utilized to scan the PVR to record the voter's selections. The OCR data is then utilized to generate the cast vote record. Thus, the electronic voting system directly interprets the voter selections from the PVR just as the voter sees the data. In this manner “what you see is what you get” printed vote record data is provided for a voter's viewing and that same data is used to generate the cast vote record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: James M. Canter, Drew E. Tinney, Ievgen Konovalenko
  • Publication number: 20220012971
    Abstract: An electronic voting system is described that utilizes printed vote records (PVRs) in which a voter's vote selections are recorded in voter readable characters. Optical character recognition (OCR) techniques may then be utilized to scan the PVR to record the voter's selections. The OCR data is then utilized to generate the cast vote record. Thus, the electronic voting system directly interprets the voter selections from the PVR just as the voter sees the data. In this manner “what you see is what you get” printed vote record data is provided for a voter's viewing and that same data is used to generate the cast vote record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: James M. Canter, Drew E. Tinney, Ievgen Konovalenko
  • Publication number: 20210225109
    Abstract: An electronic voting system is described that utilizes printed vote records (PVRs) in which a voter's vote selections are recorded in voter readable characters. Optical character recognition (OCR) techniques may then be utilized to scan the PVR to record the voter's selections. The OCR data is then utilized to generate the cast vote record. Thus, the electronic voting system directly interprets the voter selections from the PVR just as the voter sees the data. In this manner “what you see is what you get” printed vote record data is provided for a voter's viewing and that same data is used to generate the cast vote record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: James M. Canter, Drew E. Tinney, Ievgen Konovalenko
  • Publication number: 20210142606
    Abstract: An electronic voting system that includes transportable voting equipment is described. Such transportable voting equipment includes a carrier that may be transportable and easily moved to enable curbside/mobile voting. The carrier may be ergonomically shaped for usage by passing through a vehicle window and resting in a voter's lap. In one embodiment, the carrier may include a printer to produce a printed vote record. The electronic voting system may include the use of a base station (for example located inside a polling building), the curbside/mobile carrier, and a smart panel that is dockable and removable to/from both the base station and the curbside/mobile carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Drew E. Tinney, James M. Canter, Denton L. Simpson
  • Patent number: 11004292
    Abstract: An electronic voting system is described that utilizes printed vote records (PVRs) in which a voter's vote selections are recorded in voter readable characters. Optical character recognition (OCR) techniques may then be utilized to scan the PVR to record the voter's selections. The OCR data is then utilized to generate the cast vote record. Thus, the electronic voting system directly interprets the voter selections from the PVR just as the voter sees the data. In this manner “what you see is what you get” printed vote record data is provided for a voter's viewing and that same data is used to generate the cast vote record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Hart InterCivic, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Canter, Drew E. Tinney, Ievgen Konovalenko