Patents by Inventor Larry K. Smith

Larry K. Smith 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).

  • DEVICE-TO-DEVICE TRANSFER OF WAGERING GAME OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20240087408
    Abstract: A method and system are described that involve operations to communicatively couple a personal mobile device to an additional device via a casino network. The operations are further to detect a user-input gesture, performed via one or more of the personal mobile device or the additional device, to transfer a gaming object between the personal mobile device and the additional device. The operations are further to, in response to detection of the user-input gesture, route communication of the transfer to a wagering game server connected to the casino network. The operations are further to transfer, via the wagering game server, the gaming object between the personal mobile device and the additional device and animate, via a display device of one or more of the personal mobile device or the additional device, transfer of the gaming object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Anthony J. BAERLOCHER, Dion K. AOKI, Larry J. PACEY, Jesse M. SMITH, Jamie W. VANN
  • Yb:FAP and related materials, laser gain medium comprising same, and laser systems using same
    Patent number: 5280492
    Abstract: An ytterbium doped laser material remarkably superior to all others, including Yb:YAG, comprises Ytterbium doped apatite (Yb:Ca.sub.5 (PO.sub.4).sub.3 F) or Yb:FAP, or ytterbium doped crystals that are structurally related to FAP. The new laser material is used in laser systems pumped by diode pump sources having an output near 0.905 microns or 0.98 microns, such as InGaAs and AlInGaAs, or other narrowband pump sources near 0.905 microns or 0.98 microns. The laser systems are operated in either the conventional or ground state depletion mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: The United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: William F. Krupke, Stephen A. Payne, Lloyd L. Chase, Larry K. Smith