Patents by Inventor Joseph Dean
Joseph Dean 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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Patent number: 8868250Abstract: In one implementation, an environmental controller operates a cooling system in an electronic device. The environmental controller includes a closed loop control system for operating a cooling fan at a target speed. The environmental controller may select the target speed based on one or more temperature sensors. The environmental controller may select the target speed based on the speeds of additional fans or the fans may be controlled in unison. The closed loop control system includes a proportional weight. When a measured cooling fan speed deviates from the target speed by more than a threshold error value, the proportional weight is constant. As the measured cooling fan speed approaches the target speed, and the threshold error value is crossed, the proportional weight is variable. The variance may be a function of time such as a periodic stair step function.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2010Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Niels-Peder Mosegaard Jensen, Joseph Dean Jaoudi
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Publication number: 20140190185Abstract: A thermoelectric assembly and a method of operating a thermoelectric assembly are provided. The thermoelectric assembly includes at least one thermoelectric subassembly configured to be in thermal communication with a heat source and configured to be in thermal communication with a heat sink. The at least one thermoelectric subassembly includes at least one thermoelectric element including a hot side at a first temperature and a cold side at a second temperature lower than the first temperature. The thermoelectric assembly further includes a controller in operative communication with the at least one thermoelectric subassembly. The controller is configured to adjust the first temperature by adjusting an electrical current of the at least one thermoelectric subassembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: Gentherm IncorporatedInventors: Lon E. Bell, Douglas T. Crane, Vladimir Jovovic, Eric Poliquin, Joseph Dean, Zhiwu Fang, Dmitri Kossakovski
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Patent number: 8666157Abstract: An apparatus for processing a raster image comprising a plurality of pixels is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a non-transitory computer readable medium for storing steps of a computer program, and a computer processor connected to the non-transitory computer readable medium for executing the steps of the computer program. A plurality of horizontal axial blobs are identified in the raster image, a plurality of vertical axial blobs are identified in the raster image, and the horizontal and vertical axial blobs are linked into a feature blob.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Colorcom, Ltd.Inventor: Joseph Dean Doll
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Publication number: 20140008561Abstract: A damper having a first seal and a second seal disposed to cooperatively engage an adjacent first blade end portion and second blade end portion such that a dead air space is created between the adjacent first seal and second seal in a damper closed position, and a first thermal gap and a second thermal gap disposed within said dead air space in the damper closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventors: Joseph Dean Enke, Edward N. Koop
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Publication number: 20130104953Abstract: Cartridge-based thermoelectric assemblies and systems are provided which include at least one shunt configured to extend around a conduit, a plurality of thermoelectric elements in thermal communication and in electrical communication with the at least one shunt with at least a portion of the at least one shunt sandwiched between the at least one first thermoelectric element and the at least one second thermoelectric element. The thermoelectric elements are electrically isolated from the conduit. The thermoelectric assemblies and systems further include at least one heat exchanger in thermal communication with the at least one shunt and configured to be in thermal communication with a second fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: Amerigon Inc.Inventors: Eric Poliquin, Douglas T. Crane, Vladimir Jovovic, Joseph Dean, Dmitri Kossakovski
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Publication number: 20130011054Abstract: An apparatus for processing a raster image comprising a plurality of pixels is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a non-transitory computer readable medium for storing steps of a computer program, and a computer processor connected to the non-transitory computer readable medium for executing the steps of the computer program. A plurality of horizontal axial blobs are identified in the raster image, a plurality of vertical axial blobs are identified in the raster image, and the horizontal and vertical axial blobs are linked into a feature blob.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: COLORCOM, LTD.Inventor: Joseph Dean Doll
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Publication number: 20120078420Abstract: In one implementation, an environmental controller operates a cooling system in an electronic device. The environmental controller includes a closed loop control system for operating a cooling fan at a target speed. The environmental controller may select the target speed based on one or more temperature sensors. The environmental controller may select the target speed based on the speeds of additional fans or the fans may be controlled in unison. The closed loop control system includes a proportional weight. When a measured cooling fan speed deviates from the target speed by more than a threshold error value, the proportional weight is constant. As the measured cooling fan speed approaches the target speed, and the threshold error value is crossed, the proportional weight is variable. The variance may be a function of time such as a periodic stair step function.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2010Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Niels-Peder Mosegaard Jensen, Joseph Dean Jaoudi
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Patent number: 8117132Abstract: The present invention provides a device to increase the number of members in a dating service developing their profiles by providing a financial incentive. The invention further reduces unwanted communications from other members by allowing member recipients of the unwanted communication to receive a fee, paid by the sender, for receiving the communication. The invention further reduces unwanted communications from other members by allowing a member sending a communication to place on the profile of the member receiving the communication a comment which the receiving member cannot remove unless the received fee is returned, if the fee is not returned the member receiving the communication may post a responding comment. The invention further increases the safety of the members by providing the sender and receiver of a message a code that may be used by each to identify the other.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Inventor: Peter Joseph Dean
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Patent number: 7962776Abstract: A method to detect component removal while operating in a battery backup mode, comprising providing power from a battery backup unit (BBU) to a control card memory device, and measuring the current drawn by the control card memory device. If the current drawn by the control card memory device is less than or equals a pre-determined disconnect current, the method determines if a BBU release pin has been asserted. If the BBU release pin has been asserted, the method encodes in an event log a battery backup removal event. If the BBU release pin has not been asserted, the method encodes in the event log a control card removal event.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2007Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Steven Mark Groff, Larry Juarez, Joseph Dean Ohrazda, Kenny Nian Gan Qiu
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Patent number: 7954190Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of increasing liquid extraction from fabrics having a first liquid content through the use of a mechanical extraction means and a liquid extraction agent.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2004Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Shulin Larry Zhang, Joseph Dean Heatherly, Vicente Santamarina
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Publication number: 20110048900Abstract: An apparatus for mechanically, safely, and efficiently accumulating, transporting, and unloading produce.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Inventor: Joseph Dean Wiggins
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Publication number: 20100268627Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method to increase the number of members in a dating service developing their profiles by providing a financial incentive. The invention further reduces unwanted communications from other members by allowing member recipients of the unwanted communication to receive a fee, paid by the sender, for receiving the communication. The invention further reduces unwanted communications from other members by allowing a member sending a communication to place on the profile of the member receiving the communication a comment which the receiving member cannot remove unless the received fee is returned, if the fee is not returned the member receiving the communication may post a responding comment. The invention further increases the safety of the members by providing the sender and receiver of a message a code that may be used by each to identify the other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventor: Peter Joseph Dean
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Patent number: 7776813Abstract: A composition comprises polyol-based fabric care materials, particularly esterified saccharides. The composition further comprises deposition agents, dispersing medium, and optional adjunct ingredients. The compositions of the present invention are used to treat fabrics to provide one or more of the following benefits: fabric softness, wrinkle reduction after drying, ease of ironing, in-wear shape retention, fabric elasticity, fabric tensile strength, fabric tear strength, and color protection. Various products containing the composition and methods for using the composition are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2005Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Shulin Larry Zhang, Glenn Thomas Jordan, IV, Eric Christopher Wells, Joseph Dean Heatherly, Vicente Santamarina
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Patent number: 7653746Abstract: A system and method for relocating a subnet to a remote location includes a tether router coupled to an anchor router via a link. The tether router is coupled to a plurality of nodes, each node corresponding to a network address of a plurality of network addresses allocated to a user. The plurality of network addresses is allocated to the user by a lease broker. The link may include a private tunnel for traversing a mechanism that otherwise hinders communication from the tether router to the anchor router, such as a network address translation (NAT) mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2003Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: University of Southern CaliforniaInventors: Joseph Dean Touch, Lars Eggert, Yu-Shun Wang
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Publication number: 20090100282Abstract: A method to detect component removal while operating in a battery backup mode, comprising providing power from a battery backup unit (“BBU”) to a control card memory device, and measuring the current drawn by the control card memory device. If the current drawn by the control card memory device is less than or equals a pre-determined disconnect current, the method determines if a BBU release pin has been asserted. If the BBU release pin has been asserted, the method encodes in an event log a battery backup removal event. If the BBU release pin has not been asserted, the method encodes in the event log a control card removal event.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2007Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: STEVEN MARK GROFF, LARRY JUAREZ, JOSEPH DEAN OHRAZDA, KENNY NIAN GAN QIU
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Patent number: 7320184Abstract: Systems and methods useful for treating a fabric article with a composition comprising polyol-based fabric care materials and a dispersing medium. The dispersing medium is a liquid at room temperature and has a flash point of greater than about 65° C. Specifically, the composition may be dispensed to treat fabric articles in an appliance during the fabric article drying process.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2006Date of Patent: January 22, 2008Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Shulin Larry Zhang, Trace Wendell de Guzman Trajano, Kofi Ofosu-Asante, Joseph Dean Heatherly, Freddy Arthur Barnabas, Jamie Marie Childers, Cynthia Maria Bedell, Dean Larry DuVal, Joia Kirin Spooner-Wyman
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Patent number: 7302723Abstract: An apparatus generally used as a rescue device that a firefighter or other personnel may use to pull or carry a victim out of a fire or away from a place or peril. The device may be utilized by one single person to rescue another person. The new rescue device is made from standard web materials that are sewn in place and has a web belt feature built in to permit the rescuer to secure the victim. The belt of the device encircles the victim and is fastened at the ends of the belt. The device then is used to pull the victim to safety.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2004Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Inventor: Michael Joseph Dean
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Patent number: 7172021Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming or repairing a wellbore casing, a pipeline, or a structural support. An expandable tubular member is radially expanded and plastically deformed by an expansion cone that is displaced by hydraulic pressure. Before or after the radial expansion of the expandable tubular member, a sliding sleeve valve within the apparatus permit a hardenable fluidic sealing material to be injected into an annulus between the expandable tubular member and a preexisting structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2004Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: David Paul Brisco, Edwin Arnold Zwald, Chan Lawrence Daigle, Gregory Marshall Noel, William Joseph Dean, Andrei Gregory Filippov, Ronald D. Nida, Robert Lance Cook, Lev Ring, Kevin Karl Waddell, William Rusty Stephenson, Rune T. Gusevik
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Patent number: 7172305Abstract: A magnifier for use by people with low vision includes a large LCD display upon which an enlarged image appears. Light from an LED is directed in a first direction onto a deflection wall where it is deflected into a direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction. The deflected light impinges upon a diffuser that bends it so that it illuminates an object upon which the magnifier is placed. The light is then reflected by the object, through the diffuser, and onto a mirror positioned at an angle relative to the object. The mirror directs the light onto a camera lens and the lens focuses the light onto a sensor that drives the LCD display so that the image appears on the LCD screen. The camera is slideably mounted so the user can make the image larger or smaller by sliding the camera toward or away from the mirror, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2006Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Freedom Scientific, Inc.Inventors: Carlos M. Rodriguez, Waldemar H. Tunkis, Todd Conard, Patrick Murphy, Ronald Joseph Dean, Bradley S. Davis, Michael Goldenberg
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Patent number: 7172304Abstract: A box-like illuminator includes a top wall having a flat sheet of clear material through which an illuminated image is viewed. A bottom wall of the illuminator is also formed of a flat sheet of clear material and is positioned atop the object to be illuminated. Light from an LED is directed in a first, downward direction onto a deflection wall where it is deflected into a substantially horizontal plane, substantially orthogonal to the first direction. The deflected light impinges upon a horizontally-disposed diffuser that bends the light about ninety degrees so that it travels though the diffuser a first time in a first direction and illuminates the object atop which the illuminator is positioned. The light is then reflected by the object, travels upwardly through the diffuser a second time in a direction opposite to the first direction, and is viewed by the user through the clear material.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2006Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Freedom Scientific, Inc.Inventors: Carlos M. Rodriguez, Waldemar H. Tunkis, Todd Conard, Patrick Murphy, Ronald Joseph Dean, Bradley S. Davis, Michael Goldenberg