Patents by Inventor JAMES LEE EGGER

JAMES LEE EGGER 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: 12595133
    Abstract: A device for calibrating a conveyor belt comprising a housing with a remote controlled sensor assembly. The remote controller is secured to the housing for storage and shipping, the controller operating as a guard for the stored sensor assembly. When the remote controller is detached, the sensor assembly used to calibrate the conveyor belt is exposed. The housing is set adjacent a conveyor belt; the sensor assembly is set onto the conveyor belt that is to be measured. Jogging the conveyor belt at set intervals, the sensor assembly self-aligns while measuring the distance traversed and calculates the appropriate length correcting or speed that can be inputted to a conveyor belt control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Inventors: James Lee Egger, Robert Paul Egger
  • Publication number: 20250074715
    Abstract: A device for calibrating a conveyor belt and measuring full belt length for predictive failure/maintenance of the belt. The device comprises a housing with a remote controller assembly. The remote controller is secured to the housing for storage and shipping. When the remote controller is detached, a sensor encoder assembly using wheels is deployed for use in the calibrate procedure. The housing is set adjacent a conveyor belt using a support having a polyaxial coupling wherein wheel encoder sensors are set onto the conveyor belt that is to be measured. Jogging the conveyor belt at set intervals, the encoder sensor assembly self-aligns while measuring the distance traversed and calculates the appropriate length correcting or speed that can be inputted to a conveyor belt control system. An attached reflective marking can be used in combination with an IR sensor to measure sizes to enhance the ability to predict failure/maintenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: James Lee Egger, Robert Paul Egger
  • Publication number: 20240343498
    Abstract: A device for calibrating a conveyor belt comprising a housing with a remote controlled sensor assembly. The remote controller is secured to the housing for storage and shipping, the controller operating as a guard for the stored sensor assembly. When the remote controller is detached, the sensor assembly used to calibrate the conveyor belt is exposed. The housing is set adjacent a conveyor belt; the sensor assembly is set onto the conveyor belt that is to be measured. Jogging the conveyor belt at set intervals, the sensor assembly self-aligns while measuring the distance traversed and calculates the appropriate length correcting or speed that can be inputted to a conveyor belt control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: James Lee Egger, Robert Paul Egger
  • Patent number: 11012967
    Abstract: A system for use in locating a sought device such as a smartphone or smart communication device. The system includes a sought device communicatively linked to a communications network. The sought device uses locating technologies to determine an approximate location of the sought device and operates to trigger a locating session and to transmit a message over the communications network including the approximate location. The system includes a seeker device communicatively linked to the communications network operable to receive a message over the communications network including the approximate location of the sought device. The sought device scans for broadcasts from the seeker device, and the seeker device broadcasts a wireless message. The sought device receives the wireless message, determines a signal strength, and transmits the signal strength to the seeker device. The seeker device processes the signal strength to generate an indicator of a location of the sought device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Dave MacLean, John R. Parron, James Lee Egger, Mangesh Patil, Megha Vyas
  • Patent number: 10915738
    Abstract: A system for implementing visitor customizations at a facility using selective image recognition. The system includes a processor and memory storing an optical marker definition and, for potential visitors to the facility, a reference file for image-based recognition of a person. The system includes a camera in a space of the facility capturing an image of the space. The system includes an opt-in verification module run by the processor that processes the captured image of the space to identify, based on the optical marker definition, presence of an optical marker. The system includes an image recognition module run by the processor that compares recognizable features in the captured image with the reference files for the potential visitors to recognize the visitor. The memory stores opt-in records for the potential visitors, and permission to use recognition technology is obtained prior to processing by the image recognition module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: James Lee Egger, Mihail A. Ambrozie, Luis M. Bracamontes Hernandez, Mangesh Patil, Ravel A. Antunes, Hariraghav Ramasamy, John David Worrall, Ernest L. Martin
  • Publication number: 20200151437
    Abstract: A system for implementing visitor customizations at a facility using selective image recognition. The system includes a processor and memory storing an optical marker definition and, for potential visitors to the facility, a reference file for image-based recognition of a person. The system includes a camera in a space of the facility capturing an image of the space. The system includes an opt-in verification module run by the processor that processes the captured image of the space to identify, based on the optical marker definition, presence of an optical marker. The system includes an image recognition module run by the processor that compares recognizable features in the captured image with the reference files for the potential visitors to recognize the visitor. The memory stores opt-in records for the potential visitors, and permission to use recognition technology is obtained prior to processing by the image recognition module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: JAMES LEE EGGER, MIHAIL A. AMBROZIE, LUIS M. BRACAMONTES HERNANDEZ, MANGESH PATIL, RAVEL A. ANTUNES, HARIRAGHAV RAMASAMY, JOHN DAVID WORRALL, ERNEST L. MARTIN