Patents by Inventor Harry B. Flotemersch

Harry B. Flotemersch 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).

  • Conflict detection with function models
    Patent number: 8813008
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting design conflicts of a product or process are disclosed. A method for detecting design conflicts includes processing a function model of a product or process to identify a plurality of descriptions of functions to be performed by the product or process. The method includes detecting in the plurality of descriptions a first description and a second description in which the first description includes a first design component name that matches a second design component name of the second description, a first descriptive noun that matches a second descriptive noun of the second description, and a first active verb that does not match a second active verb of the second description. The method further includes flagging a relationship between the first description and the second description as a first conflict type and displaying, on a display device, information regarding the first conflict type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Red X Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Craig G. Hysong, Harry B. Flotemersch, Carlos A. Hernandez, John P. Abrahamian
  • CONFLICT DETECTION WITH FUNCTION MODELS
    Publication number: 20140040840
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting design conflicts of a product or process are disclosed. A method for detecting design conflicts includes processing a function model of a product or process to identify a plurality of descriptions of functions to be performed by the product or process. The method includes detecting in the plurality of descriptions a first description and a second description in which the first description includes a first design component name that matches a second design component name of the second description, a first descriptive noun that matches a second descriptive noun of the second description, and a first active verb that does not match a second active verb of the second description. The method further includes flagging a relationship between the first description and the second description as a first conflict type and displaying, on a display device, information regarding the first conflict type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: RED X HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Craig G. Hysong, Harry B. Flotemersch, Carlos A. Hernandez, John P. Abrahamian