Patents by Inventor Patrick S. Riechel

Patrick S. Riechel 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).

  • Thermal management of a mobile device with ventless housing
    Patent number: 8595517
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a housing having a plurality of surfaces. A processor is located within the housing. The processor heats a portion of one or more of the surfaces of the housing. A temperature sensor detects a temperature of the portion of the surface. The rate of energy consumption by the processor is adjusted based on the temperature of the portion of the surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick S. Riechel, Timothy B. Austin, Thomas E. Wulff
  • Triggering a radio frequency identification scan using image recognition
    Patent number: 8350675
    Abstract: A system and method for triggering a radio frequency identification, RFID, scan using image recognition includes; storing (300) image attributes of inventoried RFID-tagged items in a database along with information associated with the RFID-tagged items, capturing (302) an image of an item from an imaging device, determining (304) if there is a match between attributes of the captured image compared with the stored image attributes in the database indicating that the item is RFID-tagged, and upon a match determination (304) attempting to read (306) an RFID tag of the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick S. Riechel
  • Ad-hoc wireless communication network using price checking stations
    Patent number: 8226012
    Abstract: A technique for operating an ad-hoc wireless communication network includes providing 400 a plurality of price checking stations 102 having wireless communication capabilities, designating 402 one of the price checking stations 102 as a master station in the ad-hoc network, and designating the remaining stations as slave stations 100, and communicating with devices 104-110 deployed in the network using the wireless communications capabilities of the price checking stations 100, 102.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas K. Roslak, Luis F. Llamas Martinez Garza, Patrick S. Riechel
  • THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF A MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120049933
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a housing having a plurality of surfaces. A processor is located within the housing. The processor heats a portion of one or more of the surfaces of the housing. A temperature sensor detects a temperature of the portion of the surface. The rate of energy consumption by the processor is adjusted based on the temperature of the portion of the surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick S. Riechel, Timothy B. Austin, Thomas E. Wulff
  • AD-HOC WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK USING PRICE CHECKING STATIONS
    Publication number: 20110320379
    Abstract: A technique for operating an ad-hoc wireless communication network includes providing 400 a plurality of price checking stations 102 having wireless communication capabilities, designating 402 one of the price checking stations 102 as a master station in the ad-hoc network, and designating the remaining stations as slave stations 100, and communicating with devices 104-110 deployed in the network using the wireless communications capabilities of the price checking stations 100, 102.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas K. Roslak, Luis F. Llamas Martinez Garza, Patrick S. Riechel
  • TRIGGERING A RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION SCAN USING IMAGE RECOGNITION
    Publication number: 20110267172
    Abstract: A system and method for triggering a radio frequency identification, RFID, scan using image recognition includes; storing (300) image attributes of inventoried RFID-tagged items in a database along with information associated with the RFID-tagged items, capturing (302) an image of an item from an imaging device, determining (304) if there is a match between attributes of the captured image compared with the stored image attributes in the database indicating that the item is RFID-tagged, and upon a match determination (304) attempting to read (306) an RFID tag of the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Patrick S. Riechel