Patents by Inventor Eric Shumard

Eric Shumard 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: 9693022
    Abstract: Surveillance cameras can be used in many buildings accessible to the public to deter criminal activity and promote public safety. Apparatus and corresponding methods, of the disclosed embodiments of the invention promote installation and use of such surveillance devices through an improved camera mounting module and power supply unit using a solar module having solar cells. An example embodiment of the surveillance devices includes an imaging device, power supply unit employing a solar module having solar cells, and a mounting module coupled to the imaging device, the solar cells being configured with the mounting module to collect light and provide available power to the power supply unit. The disclosed surveillance device, and corresponding process of performing surveillance, minimizes installation and maintenance costs and times associated with surveillance systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: PELCO, INC.
    Inventors: Steven D. Martin, Prateek Jain, Oscar R. Herrera, Eric Shumard, David Dorn, Susan Brooks-Evans
  • Publication number: 20140267711
    Abstract: Surveillance cameras can be used in many buildings accessible to the public to deter criminal activity and promote public safety. Apparatus and corresponding methods, of the disclosed embodiments of the invention promote installation and use of such surveillance devices through an improved camera mounting module and power supply unit using a solar module having solar cells. An example embodiment of the surveillance devices includes an imaging device, power supply unit employing a solar module having solar cells, and a mounting module coupled to the imaging device, the solar cells being configured with the mounting module to collect light and provide available power to the power supply unit. The disclosed surveillance device, and corresponding process of performing surveillance, minimizes installation and maintenance costs and times associated with surveillance systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Steven D. Martin, Prateek Jain, Oscar R. Herrera, Eric Shumard, David Dorn, Susan Brooks-Evans
  • Patent number: 5951625
    Abstract: An interpolated lookup table circuit includes an input port for receiving an input signal having a first plurality of bits (N bits) including a first portion (Q bits) and a second portion (N-Q bits), a lookup table (LUT) having a plurality of entries wherein each of the plurality of entries has a second plurality of bits including a third portion (V bits) and a fourth portion (D bits), selection means operatively coupled to the input port and responsive to at least the first portion of the input signal which selects one of the plurality of LUT entries based on the first portion of the lookup table input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Truevision, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor J. Duvanenko, Eric Shumard