Patents by Inventor Jeffrey D. Carpenter
Jeffrey D. Carpenter 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).
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Publication number: 20230051104Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a system comprising a tire-mounted inertial measurement unit (IMU). The IMU can be configured to measure linear acceleration data and angular velocity data associated with a tire, and the system can be configured to determine various indicators of tire health based on the linear acceleration data and angular velocity data. The system can be configured to determine a distance between the IMU and an outer rolling surface of the tire. The system can be configured to monitor changes in this distance over time, which can be indicative of tread wear over time. Accordingly, the system can be configured to monitor change in the tread depth over time such that the system is configured to monitor tread depth of the tire.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Jeffrey D. Carpenter, Mark E. Duttweiler, W. Daniel Hillis, James Wallace Sarrett, Bruce J. Walker, David C. Douglas
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Patent number: 11472235Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a system comprising a tire-mounted inertial measurement unit (IMU). The IMU can be configured to measure linear acceleration data and angular velocity data associated with a tire, and the system can be configured to determine various indicators of tire health based on the linear acceleration data and angular velocity data. The system can be configured to determine a distance between the IMU and an outer rolling surface of the tire. The system can be configured to monitor changes in this distance over time, which can be indicative of tread wear over time. Accordingly, the system can be configured to monitor change in the tread depth over time such that the system is configured to monitor tread depth of the tire.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: American Tire Distributors, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey D. Carpenter, Mark E. Duttweiler, W. Daniel Hillis, James Wallace Sarrett, Bruce J. Walker, David C. Douglas
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Publication number: 20200231010Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a system comprising a tire-mounted inertial measurement unit (IMU). The IMU can be configured to measure linear acceleration data and angular velocity data associated with a tire, and the system can be configured to determine various indicators of tire health based on the linear acceleration data and angular velocity data. The system can be configured to determine a distance between the IMU and an outer rolling surface of the tire. The system can be configured to monitor changes in this distance over time, which can be indicative of tread wear over time. Accordingly, the system can be configured to monitor change in the tread depth over time such that the system is configured to monitor tread depth of the tire.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Jeffrey D. Carpenter, Mark E. Duttweiler, W. Daniel Hillis, James Wallace Sarrett, Bruce J. Walker, David C. Douglas
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Publication number: 20170357625Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for indexing a document according to identified events. An event-based indexing system includes a source interface configured to receive the document from an associated data source and format the document for processing and an indexer configured to extract event mentions from the document, with a given event mention comprising a verb and at least one of a subject and an object of the verb.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2016Publication date: December 14, 2017Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: JEFFREY D. CARPENTER, Anthony Arroyo, Sean Charles Warnick
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Patent number: 8848928Abstract: Automatic measurements are made of audio presence and level in an audio signal by direct processing of an MPEG data stream representing the audio signal, without reconstructing the audio signal. Sub-band data is extracted from the data stream, and the extracted sub-band data is dequantized and denormalized. An audio level for the dequantized and denormalized sub-band data is measured without reconstructing the audio signal. Channel characteristics are used in measuring the audio level of the sub-band data, wherein the channel characteristics are used to weight the measured levels. The measured levels are compared against at least one threshold to determine whether an alarm should be triggered.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Thomas H. James, Jeffrey D. Carpenter
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Patent number: 8079043Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to activate functionality in a set-top box 500. A feature authorization message is received in a set-top box 500. The feature authorization message comprises one or more rules to be evaluated (wherein each of the rules comprises one or more tests for a status of one or more conditional access module 502 attributes), one or more event requirements for rule evaluation, and one or more features that are dependent by the rule evaluation result (wherein each of the one or more features represents a set of one or more abilities of hardware and/or software of the set-top box 500). When one or more of the event requirements have been met, the one or more rules are evaluated to obtain a result. The ability to use the one or more features are then set based on the result.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2009Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Raynold M. Kahn, Gregory J. Gagnon, Thomas H. James, Stephen P. Dulac, Jeffrey D. Carpenter, Robert G. Arsenault, Aspandyar M. Jijina
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Patent number: 8005700Abstract: A customer relationship management (CRM) system and method accessible via a network. The system comprises: a user interface that provides distributed access for customers and support providers to case information within the CRM system; a case management system for managing customer cases, wherein the case management system includes a system for assigning cases to different tiers within a support provider hierarchy; and a compliance tracking system that determines customer compliance and provides a compliance indicator on customer case management pages.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2003Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Prasanna Amitabh, Jeffrey D. Carpenter, Francis J. Cotter, Cynthia N. Gee
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Patent number: 7912226Abstract: Automatic measurements are made of audio presence and level in an audio signal by direct processing of an MPEG data stream representing the audio signal, without reconstructing the audio signal. Sub-band data is extracted from the data stream, and the extracted sub-band data is dequantized and denormalized. An audio level for the dequantized and denormalized sub-band data is measured without reconstructing the audio signal. Channel characteristics are used in measuring the audio level of the sub-band data, wherein the channel characteristics are used to weight the measured levels. The measured levels are compared against at least one threshold to determine whether an alarm should be triggered.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2003Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Thomas H. James, Jeffrey D. Carpenter
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Publication number: 20090172722Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to activate functionality in a set-top box 500. A feature authorization message is received in a set-top box 500. The feature authorization message comprises one or more rules to be evaluated (wherein each of the rules comprises one or more tests for a status of one or more conditional access module 502 attributes), one or more event requirements for rule evaluation, and one or more features that are dependent by the rule evaluation result (wherein each of the one or more features represents a set of one or more abilities of hardware and/or software of the set-top box 500). When one or more of the event requirements have been met, the one or more rules are evaluated to obtain a result. The ability to use the one or more features are then set based on the result.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2009Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Raynold M. Kahn, Gregory J. Gagnon, Thomas H. James, Stephen P. Dulac, Jeffrey D. Carpenter, Robert G. Arsenault, Aspandyar M. Jijina
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Patent number: 7543317Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to activate functionality in a set-top box. A feature authorization message is received in a set-top box. The feature authorization message comprises one or more rules to be evaluated (wherein each of the rules comprises one or more tests for a status of one or more conditional access module attributes), one or more event requirements for rule evaluation, and one or more features that are dependent by the rule evaluation result (wherein each of the one or more features represents a set of one or more abilities of hardware and/or software of the set-top box). When one or more of the event requirements have been met, the one or more rules are evaluated to obtain a result. The ability to use the one or more features are then set based on the result.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2004Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Raynold M. Kahn, Gregory J. Gagnon, Thomas H. James, Stephen P. Dulac, Jeffrey D. Carpenter, Robert G. Arsenault, Aspandyar M. Jijina