Patents by Inventor Eric Edwards

Eric Edwards 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).

  • Vaccine Compositions
    Publication number: 20120128716
    Abstract: Vaccine compositions, useful for eliciting an immune response in subjects which is protective against influenza type A virus, comprise influenza type A virus antigen and a bacterial sialidase. An intranasal vaccine against highly pathogenic subtype H5N1 virus, for use in the treatment of poultry, preferably comprises inactivated H5N1 antigen, sialidase from Clostridium perfringens A strain 107 and chitosan. The use of bacterial sialidase to potentiate influenza virus antigen vaccine is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventor: Eric Edward Worrall
  • Automatic color adjustment of a template design
    Patent number: 8184124
    Abstract: The present invention generates a color template design to format a presentation. According to one aspect, a plurality of template designs are provided on a visual display. A selection of one of the plurality of template designs is received from a user. A plurality of source images that are separate from the plurality of template designs are provided on the visual display. A selection of a color from one of the plurality of source images is received from the user. Colors of the selected template design are automatically adjusted to contrast with the selected the color from the source image. The selected template design may include framing, mat, background, and foreground portions, at least one of which is adjusted. After automatically adjusting the colors, the selected template design may be displayed and/or stored for use as a template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony ELectronics Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Edwards, Clay Harvey Fisher
  • Hair Extension Kit
    Publication number: 20120118315
    Abstract: A hair extension kit may be packaged in such a way that patterns may be readily printed onto the hair using a standard printer. The hair extension may be removable from the kit to easily accessorize a girl's or doll's hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Goff, Joy Lyn Burns, Paul Tsu-Peng King, Craig Stock, Eric Edward Skifstrom, Carolyn Holden Buse, Natalie Repp Zigal, Thomas Earl Washington, Abimeal Cordova
  • AUTOMATIC COLOR ADJUSTMENT OF A TEMPLATE DESIGN
    Publication number: 20120013637
    Abstract: The present invention generates a color template design to format a presentation. According to one aspect, a plurality of template designs are provided on a visual display. A selection of one of the plurality of template designs is received from a user. A plurality of source images that are separate from the plurality of template designs are provided on the visual display. A selection of a color from one of the plurality of source images is received from the user. Colors of the selected template design are automatically adjusted to contrast with the selected the color from the source image. The selected template design may include framing, mat, background, and foreground portions, at least one of which is adjusted. After automatically adjusting the colors, the selected template design may be displayed and/or stored for use as a template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicants: SPNY ELECTRONICS, INC., SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric Edwards, Clay Harvey Fisher
  • Automatic color adjustment of a template design
    Patent number: 8049766
    Abstract: The present invention generates a color template design to format a presentation. According to one aspect, a plurality of template designs are provided on a visual display. A selection of one of the plurality of template designs is received from a user. A plurality of source images that are separate from the plurality of template designs are provided on the visual display. A selection of one of the plurality of source images is received from the user. A processor generates a histogram for the selected source image and analyzes the histogram. The processor automatically adjusts colors of the selected template design based on the analysis of the histogram. The selected template design may include framing, mat, background, and foreground portions, at least one of which is adjusted. After automatically adjusting the colors, the selected template design may be displayed and/or stored for use as a template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Clay Harvey Fisher, Eric Edwards
  • Regulation of endogenous gene expression in cells using zinc finger proteins
    Publication number: 20110247087
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for modulating expression of endogenous cellular genes using recombinant zinc finger proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: George Norbert Cox, III, Casey Christopher Case, Stephen P. Eisenberg, Eric Edward Jarvis, Sharon Kaye Spratt
  • SAFETY MECHANISMS FOR POWER TOOLS
    Publication number: 20110226105
    Abstract: Various safety systems for power tools, and in particular table saws, are disclosed herein. The disclosed safety systems include detection systems for detecting a dangerous condition relative to a blade of the power tool, reaction systems for taking mitigation action in response to detection of a dangerous condition. Generally, the embodiments described herein may detect, prevent, and/or mitigate a dangerous condition associated with the power tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: POWER TOOL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Andy Butler, Brian Lamb, Chris Tacklind, Clinton Lazzari, Edward Cooper, Eric Edward Schultz, Frank Buhrmann, John Gilbert, David Zler, William Scott, Peter Domeny
  • Masking Tool
    Publication number: 20110205401
    Abstract: A system for controlling effects performed on an image includes a digital camera having a display that displays the image. Masking tools position graphical representations on the display to define a portion of the image that is altered when the effects are subsequently applied to the image. The several masking tools may be combined to form a single masking tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Eric Edwards, Clay Harvey Fisher, Kurt Jonach, Neal Jacob Manowitz, John Tree
  • Perpendicular recording media having an exchange-spring structure
    Patent number: 7989096
    Abstract: A recording medium providing improved writeability in perpendicular recording applications includes a magnetic recording layer having an axis of magnetic anisotropy substantially perpendicular to the surface thereof, an exchange-spring layer ferromagnetically exchange coupled to the magnetic recording layer and having a coercivity less than the magnetic recording layer coercivity, and a coupling layer between the magnetic recording layer and the exchange-spring layer. The coupling layer regulates the ferromagnetic exchange coupling between the magnetic recording layer and the exchange-spring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Berger, Eric Edward Fullerton, Hoa Van Do, Natacha Supper
  • Regulation of endogenous gene expression in cells using zinc finger proteins
    Patent number: 7985887
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for modulating expression of endogenous cellular genes using recombinant zinc finger proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Sangamo BioSciences, Inc.
    Inventors: George Norbert Cox, III, Casey Christopher Case, Stephen P. Eisenberg, Eric Edward Jarvis, Sharon Kaye Spratt
  • Disk drive with laminated magnetic thin films with sublayers for magnetic recording
    Patent number: 7976964
    Abstract: The invention includes a disk drive with a magnetic recording disk with an upper and lower sublayer in at least one magnetic layer of a laminated magnetic layer structure that includes a spacer layer that substantially decouples the magnetic layers. The lower sublayer has a lower boron content than the upper sublayer and a preferred embodiment is CoPtCrBTa. The upper sublayer is deposited onto the lower sublayer and is preferably CoPtCrB with a higher boron content than the lower sublayer. The composition of the lower sublayer gives it a very low moment with low intrinsic coercivity which would not be useful as a recording layer on its own. The upper sublayer is a higher moment alloy with high intrinsic coercivity. An embodiment of the invention includes a laminated magnetic layer structure which is antiferromagnetically coupled to a lower ferromagnetic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Hoa Van Do, Eric Edward Fullerton, David Thomas Margulies, Natacha Frederique Supper
  • Masking tool
    Patent number: 7961978
    Abstract: A system for controlling effects performed on an image includes a digital camera having a display that displays the image. A masking tool positions a graphical representation on the display, the graphical representation defining a portion of the image that is altered when the effects are applied to the image. The masking tool is positioned over a masked portion of an image and an effect is applied. The effect is applied on the image inside the masked portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Edwards, Clay Harvey Fisher, Kurt Jonach, Neal Jacob Manowitz, John Tree
  • METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES TO CAPTURE CONTENT
    Publication number: 20110069183
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses identifying opportunities to capture content sense a user profile; determine a geographic location of a device; and transmit at least one suggestion to the device based on the geographic location of the device and the user profile wherein the suggestion indicates a photo opportunity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Edwards, Robert Sato
  • AUTOMATIC COLOR ADJUSTMENT OF A TEMPLATE DESIGN
    Publication number: 20110069083
    Abstract: The present invention generates a color template design to format a presentation. According to one aspect, a plurality of template designs are provided on a visual display. A selection of one of the plurality of template designs is received from a user. A plurality of source images that are separate from the plurality of template designs are provided on the visual display. A selection of one of the plurality of source images is received from the user. A processor generates a histogram for the selected source image and analyzes the histogram. The processor automatically adjusts colors of the selected template design based on the analysis of the histogram. The selected template design may include framing, mat, background, and foreground portions, at least one of which is adjusted. After automatically adjusting the colors, the selected template design may be displayed and/or stored for use as a template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SPNY ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Edwards, Clay Harvey Fisher
  • Methods and apparatuses for identifying opportunities to capture content
    Patent number: 7898572
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses identifying opportunities to capture content sense a user profile; determine a geographic location of a device; and transmit at least one suggestion to the device based on the geographic location of the device and the user profile wherein the suggestion indicates a photo opportunity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Edwards, Robert Sato
  • Behavior and Appearance of Touch-Optimized User Interface Elements for Controlling Computer Function
    Publication number: 20110029904
    Abstract: An approach is provided that renders graphical user interface (GUI) elements, such as tiles or icons, on display screen. Some of the tiles correspond to software functions. User configurable rendering properties are retrieved that correspond to one of the GUI elements. The configurable rendering properties include a shape property or size property. The selected tile is then rendered on the display screen using the rendering properties. A gesture, directed toward the rendered GUI element, is received at the touch-enabled display screen. If the GUI element corresponds to a software function, the software function is launched in response to one or more of the gestures, such as a “tap” gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Adam Miles Smith, Eric Edward Dudkowski, Matthew P. Lietzke, Howard Locker, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Aaron Michael Stewart, Russell Speight VanBlon
  • Finger Touch Gesture for Joining and Unjoining Discrete Touch Objects
    Publication number: 20110029934
    Abstract: An approach is provided to join graphical user interface objects into a group. A request is received at a touch-enabled display screen to join a first graphical user interface object with a second graphical user interface object. The request is from a user of the system. The first and second graphical user interface objects are then associated with each other. The first and second graphical user interface objects are displayed on the touch-enabled display screen adjacent to each other and a visual indicator is also displayed near the objects that indicates that the objects have been joined in a group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Eric Edward Dudkowski, Matthew P. Lietzke, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Adam Miles Smith, Aaron Michael Stewart, Russell Speight VanBlon
  • Emulating Fundamental Forces of Physics on a Virtual, Touchable Object
    Publication number: 20110029927
    Abstract: An approach is provided that receives a gesture from a user with the gesture being directed at a graphical user interface element. The gesture is received by the user at a touch-enabled display screen. Emulated physics properties are retrieved that correspond to the selected graphical user interface element. The system detects a speed and a direction from the received gesture and, based on this information, determines an initial trajectory of the selected graphical user interface element. The initial trajectory is adjusted based on the retrieved emulated physics properties with the movement of the element being rendered on the display screen based upon the adjusted trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Matthew P. Lietzke, Eric Edward Dudkowski, Timothy Humphrey, Howard Locker, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Adam Miles Smith, Aaron Michael Stewart, Russell Speight VanBlon
  • Touch-Optimized Approach for Controlling Computer Function Using Touch Sensitive Tiles
    Publication number: 20110029864
    Abstract: An approach is provided that receives a request from a user while a system is in a desktop environment, such as windowing computer interface. The desktop environment includes graphical user interface elements, such as standard icons, that are not optimized for touch-enabled input by the user from a touch-enabled display screen. When a request, such as a gesture is received at the touch-enabled display screen, a tiles environment is invoked. The tiles environment include touch-optimized graphical tiles displayed on the display screen that respond when touched by the user. In one embodiment, the tiles environment is an overlay of the desktop environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Stewart, Eric Edward Dudkowski, Mathew P. Lietzke, Howard Locker, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Adam Miles Smith, Russell Speight VanBlon
  • Horizontal trough for use with concrete brooms
    Patent number: 7870955
    Abstract: A horizontal trough for use with a concrete broom is disclosed. The trough can be customized to fit various shapes and widths of concrete brooms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Inventors: Alton Edward Schmitt, Eric Edward Schmitt