Patents by Inventor Gregory E. Lowitz

Gregory E. Lowitz 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: 11971251
    Abstract: An inspection and measurement device includes a body defining a first planar face within a first bounded area, a first reference feature disposed on the first planar face within the first bounded area and corresponding with a first measurable parameter for structural inspection, and a second reference feature disposed on the first planar face within the first bounded area and corresponding with a second measurable parameter for structural inspection. The first and second reference features are positioned within the first bounded area for placement adjacent an element bearing the respective one of the first and second measurable parameters, and the first and second reference features overlap within the first bounded area in at least one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Gregory E. Lowitz
  • Publication number: 20220307809
    Abstract: An inspection and measurement device includes a body defining a first planar face within a first bounded area, a first reference feature disposed on the first planar face within the first bounded area and corresponding with a first measurable parameter for structural inspection, and a second reference feature disposed on the first planar face within the first bounded area and corresponding with a second measurable parameter for structural inspection. The first and second reference features are positioned within the first bounded area for placement adjacent an element bearing the respective one of the first and second measurable parameters, and the first and second reference features overlap within the first bounded area in at least one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Gregory E. Lowitz
  • Patent number: 11378374
    Abstract: An inspection and measurement device includes a body defining a first planar face within a first bounded area, a first reference feature disposed on the first planar face within the first bounded area and corresponding with a first measurable parameter, and at least a second reference feature disposed on the first planar face within the first bounded area and corresponding with a second measurable parameter. The first and second reference features are positioned within the first bounded area for placement adjacent an element bearing the respective one of the first and second measurable parameters. The first and second reference features overlap within the first bounded area in at least one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventor: Gregory E. Lowitz
  • Patent number: 11105705
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are inexpensive, easy-to-install (do-it-yourself/DIY), non-invasive, independently powered automated devices, apparatuses, systems and methods for leak detection, prevention and mitigation, particularly fluid leak detection, prevention and mitigation, as well as water leak detection and water-supply shutoff of domestic and commercial pressurized water-supply networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: LeakSentinel Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory E Lowitz, William Loesch, Vidyabhusan Gupta, Adam L Freund
  • Patent number: 11022525
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a crack in a structural member includes a first fixable component having a first plate defining a top surface and a bottom surface. The first plate is at least partially transparent in at least a first area thereof, and the first fixable component further includes a mounting surface disposed away from the bottom surface of the plate. The system also includes a second fixable component having a second plate defining a top surface and a bottom surface defining a mounting area thereon. A distance between the mounting surface and the bottom surface of the first plate is greater than a thickness of the second plate defined between the top and bottom surfaces thereof. A measurement array and a pair of orthogonal crosshairs are disposed on respective ones of the first plate within the at least partially transparent area and the second plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Gregory E. Lowitz
  • Publication number: 20200182598
    Abstract: An inspection and measurement device includes a body defining a first planar face within a first bounded area, a first reference feature disposed on the first planar face within the first bounded area and corresponding with a first measurable parameter, and at least a second reference feature disposed on the first planar face within the first bounded area and corresponding with a second measurable parameter. The first and second reference features are positioned within the first bounded area for placement adjacent an element bearing the respective one of the first and second measurable parameters. The first and second reference features overlap within the first bounded area in at least one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventor: Gregory E. Lowitz
  • Publication number: 20190107465
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a crack in a structural member includes a first fixable component having a first plate defining a top surface and a bottom surface. The first plate is at least partially transparent in at least a first area thereof, and the first fixable component further includes a mounting surface disposed away from the bottom surface of the plate. The system also includes a second fixable component having a second plate defining a top surface and a bottom surface defining a mounting area thereon. A distance between the mounting surface and the bottom surface of the first plate is greater than a thickness of the second plate defined between the top and bottom surfaces thereof. A measurement array and a pair of orthogonal crosshairs are disposed on respective ones of the first plate within the at least partially transparent area and the second plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventor: Gregory E. Lowitz
  • Patent number: 10184861
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a crack in a structural member includes a first fixable component having a first plate defining a top surface and a bottom surface. The first plate is at least partially transparent in at least a first area thereof, and the first fixable component further includes a mounting surface disposed away from the bottom surface of the plate. The system also includes a second fixable component having a second plate defining a top surface and a bottom surface defining a mounting area thereon. A distance between the mounting surface and the bottom surface of the first plate is greater than a thickness of the second plate defined between the top and bottom surfaces thereof. A measurement array and a pair of orthogonal crosshairs are disposed on respective ones of the first plate within the at least partially transparent area and the second plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Inventor: Gregory E. Lowitz
  • Publication number: 20160161383
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a crack in a structural member includes a first fixable component having a first plate defining a top surface and a bottom surface. The first plate is at least partially transparent in at least a first area thereof, and the first fixable component further includes a mounting surface disposed away from the bottom surface of the plate. The system also includes a second fixable component having a second plate defining a top surface and a bottom surface defining a mounting area thereon. A distance between the mounting surface and the bottom surface of the first plate is greater than a thickness of the second plate defined between the top and bottom surfaces thereof. A measurement array and a pair of orthogonal crosshairs are disposed on respective ones of the first plate within the at least partially transparent area and the second plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventor: Gregory E. Lowitz
  • Patent number: 5485554
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to reversing the trend in conventional video printing by providing a cost-effective, flexible device which is independent of the printing device such that it can be used with any conventional computer printing device to provide plain paper prints of video images. By focusing on optimizing cost-effectiveness and system flexibility rather than providing high resolution photographic quality prints, the present invention can provide video printing features never before realized. Generally speaking, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for processing an input video data stream by selecting at least a portion of a frame of the input video data stream as printable image data, and by processing the selected a frame to correlate the frame to said input video data stream using at least one identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Gregory E. Lowitz, Albert W. Kovalick
  • Patent number: 5485553
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to reversing the trend in conventional video printing by providing a cost-effective, flexible device which is independent of the printing device and which can respond to any of numerous highly accurate trigger signals for capturing a video image. Exemplary embodiments can be used with any conventional computer printing device to provide plain paper prints of video images. By focusing on optimizing cost-effectiveness and system flexibility rather than providing high resolution photographic quality prints, the present invention can provide video printing features never before realized. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and apparatus for processing an input video data stream by receiving the input video data stream, and by automatically controlling processing of at least a portion of a video frame in response to a predetermined condition of the input video data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Albert W. Kovalick, Gregory E. Lowitz
  • Patent number: D771480
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Inventor: Gregory E. Lowitz
  • Patent number: D799938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Inventor: Gregory E. Lowitz
  • Patent number: D799939
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Inventor: Gregory E. Lowitz
  • Patent number: D800538
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Inventor: Gregory E. Lowitz
  • Patent number: D893324
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: Gregory E. Lowitz