Patents by Inventor Jeremy D. Phelan

Jeremy D. Phelan 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 inventory control to optimize usage of colored fabric
    Patent number: 4745555
    Abstract: In a data base of inventoried fabric pieces (e.g. rolls) having associated predetermined color parameter value data, a target fabric piece is initially selected having color parameter values which substantially deviate from a nominal center point within the color parameter space. Thereafter, a subset of the inventoried fabric pieces is identified having associated color parameters sufficiently near to those of the identified target piece as to be commonly usable therewith (e.g. in the construction of a garment). The color parameters may include red/green difference (da*), yellow/blue difference (db*) and lightness difference (dL*) values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1988
    Assignee: Burlington Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland L. Connelly, Robert F. Willis, Jeremy D. Phelan, Kathleen A. Nealen
  • Method and apparatus for inventory control to optimize usage of colored fabric
    Patent number: 4688178
    Abstract: In a data base of inventoried fabric pieces (e.g. rolls) having associated predetermined color parameter value data, a target fabric piece is initially selected having color parameter values which substantially deviate from a nominal center point within the color parameter space. Thereafter, a subset of the inventoried fabric pieces is identified having associated color parameters sufficiently near to those of the identified target piece as to be commonly usable therewith (e.g. in the construction of a garment). The color parameters may include red/green difference (da*), yellow/blue difference (db*) and lightness difference (dL*) values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Assignee: Burlington Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland L. Connelly, Robert F. Willis, Jeremy D. Phelan, Kathleen A. Nealen