Patents by Inventor Leon Edwards
Leon Edwards 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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Publication number: 20100108092Abstract: An improved method of cleaning topped/scalped sugar beets and field chopped sugar cane cuttings using ultrasonic energy by the utilization of water used to transport and clean the topped/scalped sugar beets, beet pieces, beet slices, beet noodles, and chopped sugar cane using a plurality of ultrasonic emitters lining the walls and floor of its entire length for its entire length.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2008Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventor: Leon Edward Zaharis
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Publication number: 20090114769Abstract: Apparatus and methods for improved transportation functionality. In one aspect, the invention comprises an improved and highly integrated transportation apparatus adapted to bring a plurality of different modalities in close physical proximity for enhanced efficiency. One exemplary embodiment comprises a multi-level structure disposed in a substantially contained low depth body of water (e.g., bay) and proximate one or more land masses to facilitate service via rail, land vehicle, ships, and ferries. Multiple long-length runways are also provided on the substantially planar top surface to accommodate air traffic. A monorail or similar system is also employed to allow ready movement between the various transportation interfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2008Publication date: May 7, 2009Inventor: Leon Edward Campbell
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Patent number: 7469859Abstract: Apparatus and methods for improved transportation functionality. In one aspect, the invention comprises an improved and highly integrated transportation apparatus adapted to bring a plurality of different modalities in close physical proximity for enhanced efficiency. One exemplary embodiment comprises a multi-level structure disposed in a substantially contained low depth body of water (e.g., bay) and proximate one or more land masses to facilitate service via rail, land vehicle, ships, and ferries. Multiple long-length runways are also provided on the substantially planar top surface to accommodate air traffic. A monorail or similar system is also employed to allow ready movement between the various transportation interfaces.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2004Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Inventor: Leon Edward Campbell
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Publication number: 20080211690Abstract: A set of sensors and accompanying method(s) that permit the rapid and reliable determination of the type of object sensed within a surveillance area thereby allowing accurate, real-time threat assessment and associated action(s). The set of sensors (or multisensor) deployed with the surveillance area may include E-Field sensors, B-Field sensors and Acoustic sensors that provide sensor specific characteristics of an object which—when processed according to our data fusion method(s)—produces higher order information such as the ability to accurately differentiate between humans, humans not carrying magnetic materials, humans carrying magnetic materials (such as firearms), and vehicles—both armored and unarmored.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2006Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: Robert Theodore Kinasewitz, Leon Edward Owens
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Publication number: 20080120827Abstract: A method for manufacturing a differential pH probe body by forming a plurality of tube shaped segments where each of the plurality of tube shaped segments comprises a first section formed from a pH sensitive material and a second section formed from a non-pH sensitive material. Coupling the plurality of tube shaped segments together end-to-end to form the differential pH probe body where the pH sensitive sections alternate with the non-pH sensitive sections and then closing one end of the differential pH probe body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2006Publication date: May 29, 2008Inventors: John Robert Woodward, Leon Edward Moore, Russell M. Young
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Publication number: 20080053825Abstract: A differential pH probe design uses a container having an outer surface and an inner volume, where the inner volume is divided into a first, a second, and a third chamber. A first pH-sensitive area is located on the outer surface of the first chamber where the first pH-sensitive area is configured to be exposed to a sample. A second pH-sensitive area is located on the outer surface of the second chamber where the second pH-sensitive area is shielded from the sample and is exposed to a first buffer solution. A third pH-sensitive area is located on the outer surface of the third chamber where the third pH-sensitive area is shielded from the sample and is exposed to a second buffer. A first electrode is configured to detect a first voltage across the first pH-sensitive area, a second electrode is configured to detect a second voltage across the second pH-sensitive area and a third electrode is configured to detect a third voltage across the third pH-sensitive area.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2006Publication date: March 6, 2008Inventors: John Robert Woodward, Leon Edward Moore, Russell M. Young
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Publication number: 20070221498Abstract: A differential pH probe design uses a container having an outer surface and an inner volume, where the inner volume is divided into a first chamber and a second chamber. A first pH-sensitive area is located on the outer surface of the first chamber where the first pH-sensitive area is configured to be exposed to a sample. A second pH-sensitive area is located on the outer surface of the second chamber where the second pH-sensitive area is shielded from the sample and is exposed to a buffer solution. A first electrode is configured to detect a first voltage in the first chamber and a second electrode is configured to detect a second voltage in the second chamber. Circuitry is coupled to the first and second electrodes and configured to process the first voltage and the second voltage to determine a pH of the sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2006Publication date: September 27, 2007Inventors: John Robert Woodward, Leon Edward Moore
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Patent number: 6982847Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for implementing autonomous variation of media dismount time in a robotic media library. I/O requests to the robotic media library are monitored. Performance statistics are gathered for the I/O requests to the robotic media library. The gathered performance statistics are periodically checked to determine if a change is needed for the media dismount time. The gathered performance statistics include a media hit count of where a data storage medium (DSM) for an I/O request is in a robotic media drive, and a media near miss count where the DSM for the I/O request is in transit from the robotic media drive.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2003Date of Patent: January 3, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Thomas Alan Bjork, Leon Edward Gregg, James Lawrence Tilbury
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Patent number: 6981112Abstract: An apparatus, program product and method utilize a cache payback parameter for selectively and dynamically disabling caching for potentially cacheable operations performed in connection with a memory. The cache payback parameter is tracked concurrently with the performance of a plurality of cacheable operations on a memory, and is used to determine the effectiveness, or potential payback, of caching in a particular implementation or environment. The selective disabling of caching, in turn, is applied at least to future cacheable operations based upon a determination that the cache payback parameter meets a caching disable threshold.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2002Date of Patent: December 27, 2005Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Armin Harold Christofferson, Leon Edward Gregg, James Lawrence Tilbury
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Method and apparatus for allocating use of an access device between host and guest operating systems
Patent number: 6966062Abstract: A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for allocating use of an access device between a host operating system and a guest operating system. In one embodiment, a source of the received request to use the access device is determined as either the host operating system or the guest operating system. A determination of whether the host or guest operating system has a key for the access device is performed. The key enables either the host operating system or the guest operating system to use the access device. A determination of whether the received request is an altering request to change a state of the access device or a passive request to read the access device is also performed. The processing of the request from the host and guest operating systems is similar except when the request is an altering request and neither the host operating system nor the guest operating system has the key.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2001Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Leon Edward Gregg, Daniel Joseph Strauss, Andrew Thomas Tauferner, James Lawrence Tilbury -
Patent number: 6915302Abstract: Disclosed is a system, method, and program for processing an input file in a file system, wherein the input file has an input file name. A function is applied to map the input file name to a value. A data structure is processed to determine whether there is a preexisting file in the file system having a name that maps, according to the function, to the same value to which the input file name maps. Two files that map to a same value according to the function are capable of having a same name.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 1999Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Armin Harold Christofferson, Leon Edward Gregg, James Lawrence Tilbury, James Michael Van Oosbree
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Patent number: 6779129Abstract: A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for copying information from a first storage medium to a second storage medium. A first storage medium of memory blocks is mapped into at least one data block and at least one directory block. Two passes of the first storage medium are then performed. In the first pass, each data block is copied from the first storage medium to the second storage medium. If a read error occurs while copying a data block, a location of the data block and a data file stored in the data block are identified to provide future error handling capability. In the second pass, each directory block is copied from the first storage medium to the second storage medium.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2000Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Leon Edward Gregg, Thomas Alan Bjork, James Lawrence Tilbury, James Michael Van Oosbree, Armin Harold Christofferson
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Publication number: 20040039886Abstract: An apparatus, program product and method utilize a cache payback parameter for selectively and dynamically disabling caching for potentially cacheable operations performed in connection with a memory. The cache payback parameter is tracked concurrently with the performance of a plurality of cacheable operations on a memory, and is used to determine the effectiveness, or potential payback, of caching in a particular implementation or environment. The selective disabling of caching, in turn, is applied at least to future cacheable operations based upon a determination that the cache payback parameter meets a caching disable threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2002Publication date: February 26, 2004Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Armin Harold Christofferson, Leon Edward Gregg, James Lawrence Tilbury
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Patent number: 6501853Abstract: An apparatus an method are disclosed for dividing a two-dimensional matrix of pixels into at least first and second areas. For each pixel, it is determined in which the area the pixel is located. Then, the pixels in the first area are processed according to a first processing/compression scheme, and the pixels in the second area are processed according to a second processing/compression scheme. A data bit stream is generated which represents the processed/compressed pixels and their associated areas, and the data bit stream can be stored or transmitted in lieu of the entire matrix of pixels. If desired, the pixels in the first area can be processed less frequently than the pixels in the second area, and the areas themselves can be established in response to the frequency of variations in the pixel values.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 1997Date of Patent: December 31, 2002Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Leon Edward Gregg, William Jaaskelainen
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Method and apparatus for allocating use of an access device between host and guest operating systems
Publication number: 20020156934Abstract: A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for allocating use of an access device between a host operating system and a guest operating system. In one embodiment, a source of the received request to use the access device is determined as either the host operating system or the guest operating system. A determination of whether the host or guest operating system has a key for the access device is performed. The key enables either the host operating system or the guest operating system to use the access device. A determination of whether the received request is altering request to change a state of the access device or a passive request to read the access device is also performed. The processing of the request from the host and guest operating systems is similar except when the request is an altering request and neither the guest operating system nor the guest operating system has the key.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2001Publication date: October 24, 2002Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Leon Edward Gregg, Daniel Joseph Strauss, Andrew Thomas Tauferner, James Lawrence Tilbury -
Publication number: 20020069376Abstract: A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for copying information from a first storage medium to a second storage medium. A first storage medium of memory blocks is mapped into at least one data block and at least one directory block. Two passes of the first storage medium are then performed. In the first pass, each data block is copied from the first storage medium to the second storage medium. If a read error occurs while copying a data block, a location of the data block and a data file stored in the data block are identified to provide future error handling capability. In the second pass, each directory block is copied from the first storage medium to the second storage medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2000Publication date: June 6, 2002Inventors: Leon Edward Gregg, Thomas Alan Bjork, James Lawrence Tilbury, James Michael Van Oosbree, Armin Harold Christofferson
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Patent number: 6353449Abstract: A method and implementing computer system are provided in which screensavers are used to lock a workstation and present an eye-pleasing display while the user is away from the workstation. Users are enabled to select from a plurality of screensaver types which are applied in a screensaver mode. The screensaver displays include application indicia representative of work-in-progress when a screensaver mode was activated. The application indicia can be selectively obscured to hide work which may be of a sensitive or proprietary nature.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1998Date of Patent: March 5, 2002Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Leon Edward Gregg, William Jaaskelainen, Jr.
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Patent number: 6108675Abstract: A data processor controlled user interactive display system for displaying hypertext documents, each including a sequence of display screen pages including text and image information received over a communications network such as the World Wide Web by first determining the more significant page edge based upon the horizontal direction in which the natural language of the text is read. Visual information density at a sequence of horizontal positions in a medial direction with respect to said significant page edge is then sampled, and each sequential sample of said visual information is compared to a selected density level. As a result of this comparison, the visual information in the window is positioned with respect to a reference margin determined by a sample of said visual information attaining said selected density level.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 1998Date of Patent: August 22, 2000Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Leon Edward Gregg, William Jaaskelainen, Jr.
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Patent number: 6052115Abstract: In a computer controlled user interactive display, a system is provided for controlling cursor movement on the display screen involving a user activated cursor control device connected to said computer movable in the four orthogonal directions. The system has conventional means for converting the user activated orthogonal movements into cursor movements in said orthogonal directions on said display screen and user interactive means for scaling said cursor movements in each of said four orthogonal directions relative to the corresponding movements in said cursor control device. The invention is particularly directed to such cursor movement rate scaling in respective windows.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 1998Date of Patent: April 18, 2000Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Leon Edward Gregg, William Jaaskelainen, Jr.
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Patent number: 5963195Abstract: An improved pointer device, such as a mouse, for a computer system having a video display that uses a moving graphical pointer. The pointer device has switches or dials that allow independent adjustment of mouse speed and acceleration. Separate adjustments can be made for X and Y axes of motion of the mouse. Since the adjustment functionality is built into the hardware of the mouse, the mouse user is able to easily configure mouse behavior without navigating various menus and panels in software drivers, providing functionality which may not otherwise be available on the user's system.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 1996Date of Patent: October 5, 1999Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Leon Edward Gregg, Julianne Frances Haugh, William Jaaskelainen, Jr.