Patents by Inventor Edward Dechant

Edward Dechant 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: 20060176693
    Abstract: Lighting object for providing a light show to an observer. The lighting object includes at least two LEDs, each of which emits light of a different wavelength, and a microcontroller for independently controlling the intensity levels of the at least two LEDs to vary colors perceived by the observer during the light show. The light show includes at least one segment for which a memory stores, for each of the at least two LEDs, a target intensity level and timing information. The microcontroller calculates a plurality of intermediate intensity levels for the at least two LEDs for the duration of the segment based on a starting intensity level, the target intensity level, and the timing information for each of the at least two LEDs. The microcontroller also controls the at least two LEDs to operate at each of the calculated intermediate intensity levels during the segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Walter, Edward Dechant, Scott Demarest, Kara Peery (MacKey)
  • Patent number: 4068298
    Abstract: Data processing information storage and retrieval system having a memory. A number of modules are interconnected with the memory. Encode and decode modules operate in conjunction with the memory for compacting and expanding data. A revolve module in association with a delta module and a memory enable coded signals to be transferred into a number of unique but equivalent and related signals. A seed module enables the shortest of the equivalent signals to be located. A change module enables any one of the equivalent signals to be updated. An output module causes an equivalent signal to be converted back to the original signal representation. Pipe and brightness modules perform a discrimination function on stored information. The data processor includes programs which by unique means and methods structure and retrieve data from the data base. The retrieval may be based on an inexact match between events and entries of a request and the structured data base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1978
    Assignee: Systems Development Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Dechant, Edward Lewis Glaser, Paul Eldred Pitt, Frederick Way, III