Patents by Inventor Michael Alton White

Michael Alton White 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: 20160313855
    Abstract: A method including detecting a plurality of user inputs via a touch sensitive integrated display system; detecting a tangible device input from a tangible device separate from the touch sensitive integrated display system and configured to interact with the touch sensitive integrated display system; interpreting each user input in accordance with a location of the associated input on the touch sensitive integrated display system and a gesture of the associated input; interpreting each tangible device interaction; generating a display of a graphical image based on the interpretations; updating graphical objects of the graphical image displayed on the touch sensitive display based on the interpretation; determining whether to generate an output via the tangible device interacting with the touch sensitive display based on the interpretations; sending the output to the tangible device based on the determination; generating the received output; and displaying the updated graphical objects of the graphical image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Alton WHITE, Leonard Arthur WHITE, Christopher Lewis TEMPLEMAN
  • Patent number: 9405398
    Abstract: Methods and systems for operating a touch sensitive display are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for operating a touch sensitive display is provided that includes detecting a plurality of inputs via the touch sensitive display, interpreting, using at least one compute processor, each input in accordance with a location of the associated input on the touch sensitive display and a gesture of the associated input, generating a display based on the interpretation; updating a state of objects displayed on the touch sensitive display based on the interpretation, determining whether to generate an output to another device based on the interpretation, sending the output to the other device based on the determination, and displaying the generated display on the touch sensitive display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: FTL LABS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Alton White, Leonard Arthur White, Christopher Lewis Templeman
  • Patent number: 9322682
    Abstract: A flow meter includes a magnet actuated switch, and an impeller configured to be insertable into a standard NPT ¼? pipe fitting. Rotation of the impeller in response to a fluid flow actuates the magnet actuated switch with a frequency that is proportional to a flow rate of the fluid flow. The impeller has a cylindrical shaft and a plurality of extensions that extend from the cylindrical shaft that form a spiral shaped cross section. Each extension has an inner curved surface and an outer curved surface, and the inner curved surface is concave shaped to catch the flow of the fluid, and the outer curved surface is convex shaped to provide reduced counter resistance to the rotation of the impeller. A pipe section assembly includes a pipe section including a standard NPT ¼? pipe fitting and the flow meter vertically inserted into the pipe fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Alton White, Christopher Templeman, David Thomas, Jeffery Gibson
  • Publication number: 20150062045
    Abstract: Techniques for operating a touch sensitive display are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for operating a touch sensitive display that includes detecting a plurality of inputs via the touch sensitive display, interpreting, using at least one compute processor, each input in accordance with a location of the associated input on the touch sensitive display and a gesture of the associated input, generating a display based on the interpretation; updating a state of objects displayed on the touch sensitive display based on the interpretation, determining whether to generate an output to another device based on the interpretation, sending the output to the other device based on the determination, and displaying the generated display on the touch sensitive display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Alton WHITE, Leonard Arthur WHITE, Christopher Lewis TEMPLEMAN
  • Publication number: 20150020909
    Abstract: A flow meter includes a magnet actuated switch, and an impeller configured to be insertable into a standard NPT ¼? pipe fitting. Rotation of the impeller in response to a fluid flow actuates the magnet actuated switch with a frequency that is proportional to a flow rate of the fluid flow. The impeller has a cylindrical shaft and a plurality of extensions that extend from the cylindrical shaft that form a spiral shaped cross section. Each extension has an inner curved surface and an outer curved surface, and the inner curved surface is concave shaped to catch the flow of the fluid, and the outer curved surface is convex shaped to provide reduced counter resistance to the rotation of the impeller. A pipe section assembly includes a pipe section including a standard NPT ¼? pipe fitting and the flow meter vertically inserted into the pipe fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Alton White, Christopher Templeman, David Thomas, Jeffery Gibson