Patents by Inventor Mark Kovacs

Mark Kovacs 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).

  • Hydration Monitoring System
    Publication number: 20160143583
    Abstract: A hydration monitoring system for the collection of data about fluid consumption and hydration levels of athletes during training or practice sessions. The system may also measure and analyze carbohydrate consumption. The system utilizes a hydration bottle containing a fluid and to measures the amount of fluid consumed in a given time interval and wirelessly transmit the measurements; and a scale configured to measure the weight of an athlete and wirelessly transmit the measurements. The system further utilizes a data communications hub configured to receive data comprising the measurements from the hydration bottle and scale and forward the data to a computer; and a computer configured to receive the data from the hub for analysis. The computer analyzes the data and calculates whether the athlete should consume more or less fluid and/or more or less carbohydrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Asker JEUKENDRUP, Mark KOVACS, Andrew ANDERSON, James CARTER, Ian ROLLO, Gregory YEP, Andrew LINTOTT, Nicola MILLAR, Robert MILNER
  • Method for controlling a slicing operation
    Patent number: 7398718
    Abstract: A system and method for tracking and controlling the food product carriage of a food product slicer is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.
    Inventor: Mark Kovacs
  • Slicer carriage tracking arrangement and associated method of controlling food product carriage
    Publication number: 20050132854
    Abstract: A system and method for tracking and controlling the food product carriage of a food product slicer is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventor: Mark Kovacs
  • Slicer carriage tracking arrangement
    Patent number: 6845697
    Abstract: A system and method for tracking and controlling the food product carriage of a food product slicer is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.
    Inventor: Mark Kovacs
  • Slicer carriage tracking arrangement and associated method of controlling food product carriage
    Publication number: 20030079589
    Abstract: A system and method for tracking and controlling the food product carriage of a food product slicer is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventor: Mark Kovacs
  • Speckle mitigation for coherent detection employing a wide band signal
    Patent number: 6184981
    Abstract: Multiple independent spectral measurements of light reflected from a target are produced concurrently by illuminating the target with a train of laser pulses wherein the train of pulses produces a line spectrum within the illuminating signal. A characteristic dimension of the receiving aperture is established based on illuminating wavelength, a cross-sectional dimension of illuminated region of a target, and the range between a target and the receiving aperture or image plane. The characteristic dimension corresponds to the spacing of peaks in a speckle pattern of an image plane. The use of multiple receiving telescopes having the characteristic dimension allows for independent measurements concurrently by each of the receiving telescopes. The train of illuminating pulses is generated by mode-locked operation of the laser for synchronization of sinusoidal components at line frequencies of the pulse train spectrum, and wherein the spacing of the spectral lines is at least a decorrelation frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Textron Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Victor H. Hasson, Mark A. Kovacs