Patents by Inventor Karen Wigal

Karen Wigal 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).

  • System and method for hazardous area classification
    Patent number: 8706456
    Abstract: A computer processor driven system and method capable of identifying and constructing representations of hazardous areas. The hazardous area classification system has one or more processors, and a computer readable medium containing instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of determining a position of a hazardous area for a predetermined location using a calculation based on a plurality of parameters, and generating a representation of the hazardous area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants, Inc.
    Inventors: William Mather, Brian Harvey, Karen Wigal, Roy Moses, Edward Hoeppner, Qin Xiaoyun
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FIRE & GAS DETECTION
    Publication number: 20130103362
    Abstract: A fire and gas detector placement system and method comprises one or more computer processors; and a non-transitory computer readable medium. The non-transitory computer readable medium contains instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of identifying a position of at least one fire and gas detector in a premises using a calculation based on a plurality of parameters; and generating a 3-dimensional representation of the premises including the position of the at least one fire and gas detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventors: Bill MATHER, Brian Harvey, Karen Wigal, Derek Nelson
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HAZARDOUS AREA CLASSIFICATION
    Publication number: 20100299110
    Abstract: A computer processor driven system and method capable of identifying and constructing representations of hazardous areas. The hazardous area classification system has one or more processors, and a computer readable medium containing instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of determining a position of a hazardous area for a predetermined location using a calculation based on a plurality of parameters, and generating a representation of the hazardous area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: William Mather, Brian Harvey, Karen Wigal, Roy Moses, Edward Hoeppner, Qin Xiaoyun