Patents by Inventor John J. Krieger

John J. Krieger 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: 5473159
    Abstract: A three-dimensional object including a planar main face bearing a color image therein made by the process including the steps of scanning an image onto a film base material with a characteristic gamma curve thereby converting the image into digital information, transferring the digital information to a computer wherein the information is selectively modified so as to reconfigure the characteristic gamma curve and produce secondary modified digital information to produce a second modified image, the second modified image being reproduced in image form on a thermal sublimation transfer sheet containing dye in a solid state such that upon superimposing the thermal sublimation transfer sheet onto the main face of the three-dimensional object, orienting it thereon, and applying heat so as to convert the dye into a gaseous state which will sublimate penetrating the three-dimensional object at its main face and reproducing the second modified image directly in the main face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Inventor: John J. Krieger
  • Patent number: 5175812
    Abstract: A system for displaying "help" information concerning the functioning of the controls of an electronic system. A "help" control is provided which, when operated, places the system in a "help" mode. When the system is in the "help" mode, system controls are disabled from performing their normal function and, in response to the operation of a control and were appropriate to an indication of the current state of the system, a selected "help" text is displayed. The system is adapted to operate for both analog and digital controls and to provide the "help" text in a window on the display so that normal operation of the system may continue while the "help" text is being displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1992
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventor: John J. Krieger