Patents by Inventor Joseph Curtis

Joseph Curtis 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: 9534430
    Abstract: A device for restricting movement of a door includes a door member, a floor member, and a connecting member. The door member is fixedly mounted to a door and includes a first opening having a first predetermined shape. The floor member is fixedly mounted to a floor and includes a second opening having a second predetermined shape. The connecting member includes a first leg and a second leg. The first leg extends in a first direction and has a first end removeably engaging the first opening. The second leg extends in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and has a second end removeably engaging the second opening simultaneously when the first end removeably engages the first opening thereby preventing rotation of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph Curtis Taylor, Jack Roy Taylor
  • Publication number: 20160010372
    Abstract: A device for restricting movement of a door includes a door member, a floor member, and a connecting member. The door member is fixedly mounted to a door and includes a first opening having a first predetermined shape. The floor member is fixedly mounted to a floor and includes a second opening having a second predetermined shape. The connecting member includes a first leg and a second leg. The first leg extends in a first direction and has a first end removeably engaging the first opening. The second leg extends in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and has a second end removeably engaging the second opening simultaneously when the first end removeably engages the first opening thereby preventing rotation of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Joseph Curtis TAYLOR, Jack Roy TAYLOR
  • Patent number: 9122958
    Abstract: Object recognition systems, methods, and devices are provided. Candidate objects may be detected. The candidate objects may be verified as depicting objects of a predetermined object type with verification tests that are based on comparisons with reference images known to include such objects and/or based on context of the candidate objects. The object recognition system may identify images in a social networking service that may include objects of a predetermined type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Social Sweepster, LLC
    Inventors: Tod Joseph Curtis, Thomas Ryan McGrath, Kenneth Edward Jagacinski Schweickert
  • Publication number: 20150235110
    Abstract: Object recognition systems, methods, and devices are provided. Candidate objects may be detected. The candidate objects may be verified as depicting objects of a predetermined object type with verification tests that are based on comparisons with reference images known to include such objects and/or based on context of the candidate objects. The object recognition system may identify images in a social networking service that may include objects of a predetermined type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Social Sweepster, LLC.
    Inventors: Tod Joseph Curtis, Thomas Ryan McGrath, Kenneth Edward Jagacinski Schweickert
  • Publication number: 20150076844
    Abstract: A device for restricting movement of a door includes a door member, a floor member, and a connecting member. The door member is fixedly mounted to a door and includes a first opening having a first predetermined shape. The floor member is fixedly mounted to a floor and includes a second opening having a second predetermined shape. The connecting member includes a first leg and a second leg. The first leg extends in a first direction and has a first end removeably engaging the first opening. The second leg extends in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and has a second end removeably engaging the second opening simultaneously when the first end removeably engages the first opening thereby preventing rotation of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Joseph Curtis TAYLOR, Jack Roy TAYLOR
  • Patent number: 8894110
    Abstract: A device for restricting movement of a door includes a door member, a floor member, and a connecting member. The door member is fixedly mounted to a door and includes a first opening having a first predetermined shape. The floor member is fixedly mounted to a floor and includes a second opening having a second predetermined shape. The connecting member includes a first leg and a second leg. The first leg extends in a first direction and has a first end removeably engaging the first opening. The second leg extends in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and has a second end removeably engaging the second opening simultaneously when the first end removeably engages the first opening thereby preventing rotation of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Inventors: Joseph Curtis Taylor, Jack Roy Taylor
  • Patent number: 8888146
    Abstract: A security device for a sliding door or sliding window assembly comprising a base plate and a removably interlocking stop member. The base plate is securely fastened to the floor or window sill, respectively, in close proximity and along the path of movement of a sliding door or sliding window, by means of a plurality of openings for receiving screws. The stop member, while engagingly disposed in the interlocked, in use position, prevents the sliding door or sliding window from opening at all or past a predetermined point. The base plate and stop member are each formed having an interlocking means element, adapted to receive, matingly, the others interlocking means element. The stop member features a blocking element, which projects into the path of the sliding door or sliding window, while in the in use position. Removing the stop member allows normal movement of the sliding door or sliding window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Inventors: Joseph Curtis Taylor, Jack Roy Taylor
  • Publication number: 20140217754
    Abstract: A device for restricting movement of a door includes a door member, a floor member, and a connecting member. The door member is fixedly mounted to a door and includes a first opening having a first predetermined shape. The floor member is fixedly mounted to a floor and includes a second opening having a second predetermined shape. The connecting member includes a first leg and a second leg. The first leg extends in a first direction and has a first end removeably engaging the first opening. The second leg extends in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and has a second end removeably engaging the second opening simultaneously when the first end removeably engages the first opening thereby preventing rotation of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Joseph Curtis TAYLOR, Jack Roy TAYLOR
  • Patent number: 8645091
    Abstract: A method and associated system for evaluating a high-frequency signal (SNE) at a point of interest on a signal path. The high-frequency signal (SNE) at the point of interest on the signal path is calculated by applying an inverse transfer function (iG) for the signal path to an argument of a remote signal (SFE) measured at a remote pickup point on the signal path, wherein the point of interest and the remote pickup point are two distant points on the signal path, wherein the high-frequency signal (SNE) and the remote signal (SFE) are represented as a respective time domain variable, and wherein said calculating is performed by a time domain evaluation process that operates in test equipment for electrical devices. The calculated high-frequency signal (SNE) is transferred to an output device of the test equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Curtis Diepenbrock, Roland Frech
  • Publication number: 20130193695
    Abstract: A security device for a sliding door or sliding window assembly comprising a base plate and a removably interlocking stop member. The base plate is securely fastened to the floor or window sill, respectively, in close proximity and along the path of movement of a sliding door or sliding window, by means of a plurality of openings for receiving screws. The stop member, while engagingly disposed in the interlocked, in use position, prevents the sliding door or sliding window from opening at all or past a predetermined point. The base plate and stop member are each formed having an interlocking means element, adapted to receive, matingly, the others interlocking means element. The stop member features a blocking element, which projects into the path of the sliding door or sliding window, while in the in use position. Removing the stop member allows normal movement of the sliding door or sliding window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Joseph Curtis Taylor, Jack Roy Taylor
  • Publication number: 20130073239
    Abstract: A mobile electric field monitor with a floatable housing, an electric field probe, and a computer processor to measure the electric field generated by an electrofisher while the electrofisher is being used in a body of water, this mobile electric field monitor is coupled to computing system to generate a three dimensional map of electric field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventor: Joseph Curtis Edmondson
  • Publication number: 20120296590
    Abstract: A method and associated system for evaluating a high-frequency signal (SNE) at a point of interest on a signal path. The high-frequency signal (SNE) at the point of interest on the signal path is calculated by applying an inverse transfer function (iG) for the signal path to an argument of a remote signal (SFE) measured at a remote pickup point on the signal path, wherein the point of interest and the remote pickup point are two distant points on the signal path, wherein the high-frequency signal (SNE) and the remote signal (SFE) are represented as a respective time domain variable, and wherein said calculating is performed by a time domain evaluation process that operates in test equipment for electrical devices. The calculated high-frequency signal (SNE) is transferred to an output device of the test equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Curtis Diepenbrock, Roland Frech
  • Patent number: 8271220
    Abstract: A system and associated method for evaluating a high-frequency signal at a point of interest on a signal path from a remote signal at a remote pickup point on the signal path. The point of interest is located on a device under test that is coupled to test equipment via the signal path. The high-frequency signal at the point of interest is calculated from the remote signal at the remote pickup point with an inverse transfer function that eliminates degradation effects on the high-frequency signal that is transferred through the signal path. The inverse transfer function may be calculated from measurements acquired in a test signal transfer through a reference path that simulates electrical properties of the signal path, or configured to a predetermined function if electrical properties of the signal path are known.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Curtis Diepenbrock, Roland Frech
  • Publication number: 20110283592
    Abstract: The inventive subject matter describes systems and methods for an improved mobile electrofishing apparatus. The improved electrofishing apparatus incorporates a control system to adjust the voltage, current, and frequency settings of the electrofisher in response to conductivity and temperature measurements in the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Jeffery Smith, Joseph Curtis Edmondson
  • Publication number: 20110238349
    Abstract: A system and associated method for evaluating a high-frequency signal at a point of interest on a signal path from a remote signal at a remote pickup point on the signal path. The point of interest is located on a device under test that is coupled to test equipment via the signal path. The high-frequency signal at the point of interest is calculated from the remote signal at the remote pickup point with an inverse transfer function that eliminates degradation effects on the high-frequency signal that is transferred through the signal path. The inverse transfer function may be calculated from measurements acquired in a test signal transfer through a reference path that simulates electrical properties of the signal path, or configured to a predetermined function if electrical properties of the signal path are known.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Curtis Diepenbrock, Roland Frech
  • Patent number: 8000916
    Abstract: A system and associated method for evaluating a high-frequency signal at a point of interest on a signal path from a remote signal at a remote pickup point on the signal path. The point of interest is located on a device under test that is coupled to test equipment via the signal path. The high-frequency signal at the point of interest is calculated from the remote signal at the remote pickup point with an inverse transfer function that eliminates degradation effects on the high-frequency signal that is transferred through the signal path. The inverse transfer function may be calculated from measurements acquired in a test signal transfer through a reference path that simulates electrical properties of the signal path, or configured to a predetermined function if electrical properties of the signal path are known.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Curtis Diepenbrock, Roland Frech
  • Publication number: 20110174231
    Abstract: The inventive subject matter describes systems and methods for the remote placement of electrified fish barriers are illustrated and described herein. The inventive subject matter describes a floating electrical barrier that is responsive to the presence of detected fish. The inventive subject matter also describes a multiplicity of electrical barriers that are arranged to create an electrical field that entrains certain species of fish. The inventive subject matter also describes a movable barrier that is used to guide fish from location to location using electrical fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Joseph Curtis Edmondson, Lee Roy Carstensen, Michael Holliman
  • Patent number: 7719253
    Abstract: The present invention relates to system diagnostic circuitry for antenna systems with active antenna components. More specifically, the present invention discloses an apparatus comprising a connection between an antenna and a power supply conducting a first DC voltage, a source of a pulse width modulated signal, a lowpass filter for converting the pulse width modulated signal to a second DC voltage, and a comparator for comparing the first DC voltage and the second DC voltage and generating an output signal responsive to the difference between the first DC voltage and the second DC voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: John James Fitzpatrick, Robert Warren Schmidt, Robert Alan Pitsch, John Joseph Curtis, III
  • Publication number: 20100036632
    Abstract: A system and associated method for evaluating a high-frequency signal at a point of interest on a signal path from a remote signal at a remote pickup point on the signal path. The point of interest is located on a device under test that is coupled to test equipment via the signal path. The high-frequency signal at the point of interest is calculated from the remote signal at the remote pickup point with an inverse transfer function that eliminates degradation effects on the high-frequency signal that is transferred through the signal path. The inverse transfer function may be calculated from measurements acquired in a test signal transfer through a reference path that simulates electrical properties of the signal path, or configured to a predetermined function if electrical properties of the signal path are known.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Curtis Diepenbrock, Roland Frech
  • Publication number: 20090310624
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for receiving multiple channels in a communications receiver. The system includes a first module further including an analog to digital converter for converting an input signal to a first and second digital signal and a first processor for processing the first digital signal, and a second module further including a second processor to process the second digital signal. The method involves receiving an analog signal, converting the analog signal to a first and second digital signal, passing the first digital signal through a first interface, processing the first digital signal to a produce a first plurality of output signals, passing the second digital signal through a second interface, and processing the second digital signal to produce a second plurality of output signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Andrew Kent Flickner, John Joseph Curtis, III, David Emery Virag, John Sidney Stewart