Patents by Inventor Jacqueline DuBois

Jacqueline DuBois 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).

  • Method and apparatus for waking a person
    Patent number: 7170397
    Abstract: A system and method for waking a person includes the provision of tactile stimulation in a repeating interrupted pattern upon the detection of an alarm signal indicative of an event for which the person should be awakened. In one embodiment, a device for waking a person comprises a circuit for generating a driver signal in response to an alarm signal, the driver signal having a repeating interrupted pattern; an electrically controlled switching device having a control input, a power input and a power output, the power input being connectable to a power source, the control input being connected to receive the driver signal from the circuit; and a tactile stimulation device connected to the power output of the electrically controlled switching device, the tactile stimulation device being configured to produce a tactile stimulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Combustion Science & Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Roby, Michael S. Klassen, Jacqueline DuBois, Glenn Gaines, Erin Ashley
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WAKING A PERSON
    Publication number: 20070001825
    Abstract: A system and method for waking a person includes the provision of tactile stimulation in a repeating interrupted pattern upon the detection of an alarm signal indicative of an event for which the person should be awakened. In one embodiment, a device for waking a person comprises a circuit for generating a driver signal in response to an alarm signal, the driver signal having a repeating interrupted pattern; an electrically controlled switching device having a control input, a power input and a power output, the power input being connectable to a power source, the control input being connected to receive the driver signal from the circuit; and a tactile stimulation device connected to the power output of the electrically controlled switching device, the tactile stimulation device being configured to produce a tactile stimulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Richard Roby, Michael Klassen, Jacqueline Dubois, Glenn Gaines, Erin Ashley