Patents by Inventor Joseph DeVries

Joseph DeVries 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).

  • Publication number: 20220219410
    Abstract: A panel for a vehicle includes a core formed from fibers and a thermoset resin. The panel also includes a first barrier layer positioned on a first side of the core and a second barrier layer positioned on a second side of the core, opposite the first side. Each of the first and second barrier layers is configured to block flow of the thermoset resin from the core during a panel forming process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventor: Schuyler Joseph DeVries
  • Patent number: 8345061
    Abstract: A method, system, and media are provided for enhancing viewability of information presented on a mobile device. The media includes presenting a user interface on a mobile device that includes foreground information that overlaps a background image. The background image may be converted into a first set of color values and the foreground information into a second set of color values. A dominant color may be determined for the background image and foreground information. The dominant colors may be used to calculate a contrast ratio that may be compared to a threshold value. At least a portion of the color values may be modified when the contrast ratio is less than the threshold value. A set of modified color values may then be derived and a modified presentation may be presented to the user that includes the modified color values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Shane Jeremy Landry, Harry H. Lai, Michael Joseph DeVries, Christine Schumaker
  • Patent number: 8264499
    Abstract: A method, system, and media are provided for enhancing viewability of information presented on a mobile device. The media includes presenting a user interface on a mobile device that includes foreground information that overlaps a background image. The background image may be converted into a first set of color values and the foreground information into a second set of color values. A dominant color may be determined for the background image and foreground information. The dominant colors may be used to calculate a contrast ratio that may be compared to a threshold value. At least a portion of the color values may be modified when the contrast ratio is less than the threshold value. A set of modified color values may then be derived and a modified presentation may be presented to the user that includes the modified color values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Shane Jeremy Landry, Harry H. Lai, Michael Joseph DeVries, Christine Schumaker
  • Patent number: 4659085
    Abstract: There is described a board game having (n+3).sup.2 playing spaces and an equal number of playing pieces, of which (n+1)(3n/2 +1) are numbered on each side and the remainder are blank. The numbered tiles are divided into three groups: one group has members whose numbers on each side are identical; a second group has a number on one side different from the numbers on the other sides; the third group has two pairs of numbers on each piece with the members of each pair on opposite sides. Several variations in play are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Inventor: Joseph DeVries