Patents by Inventor Robert A. Munroe

Robert A. Munroe 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).

  • All hazards information distribution method and system, and method of maintaining privacy of distributed all-hazards information
    Patent number: 8706828
    Abstract: An information distribution method includes: gathering all-hazards information into an information exchange from a first information source; gathering all-hazards information into the information exchange from a second information source; distributing the all-hazards information from the information exchange to a first independently-controlled alert network; distributing the all-hazards information from the information exchange to a second independently-controlled alert network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Frantisek Brabec, David Robert Munroe Drescher, Edward E. Ingraham, II, Daniel D. Park
  • All hazards information distribution method and system, and method of maintaining privacy of distributed all-hazards information
    Patent number: 8190758
    Abstract: An information distribution method includes: gathering all-hazards information into an information exchange from a first information source; gathering all-hazards information into the information exchange from a second information source; distributing the all-hazards information from the information exchange to a first independently-controlled alert network; distributing the all-hazards information from the information exchange to a second independently-controlled alert network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Frantisek Brabec, David Robert Munroe Drescher, Edward E. Ingraham, II, Daniel D. Park
  • All Hazards Information Distribution Method and System, and Method of Maintaining Privacy of Distributed All-Hazards Information
    Publication number: 20110173286
    Abstract: An information distribution method includes: gathering all-hazards information into an information exchange from a first information source; gathering all-hazards information into the information exchange from a second information source; distributing the all-hazards information from the information exchange to a first independently-controlled alert network; distributing the all-hazards information from the information exchange to a second independently-controlled alert network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Frantisek Brabec, David Robert Munroe Drescher, Edward E. Ingraham, II, Daniel D. Park
  • All Hazards Information Distribution Method and System, and Method of Maintaining Privacy of Distributed All-Hazards Information
    Publication number: 20100115590
    Abstract: An information distribution method includes: gathering all-hazards information into an information exchange from a first information source; gathering all-hazards information into the information exchange from a second information source; distributing the all-hazards information from the information exchange to a first independently-controlled alert network; distributing the all-hazards information from the information exchange to a second independently-controlled alert network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Frantisek Brabec, David Robert Munroe Drescher, Edward E. Ingraham, II, Daniel D. Park
  • Material feeder, dispensing member and method
    Patent number: 6375035
    Abstract: A material feeder having a flexible rotary dispensing member allows precise control over quantity and flow character of material being dispensed. Also, provided are a flexible dispensing member for a rotary material feeder, and a method of adjusting a dispensing amount on a rotary material feeder by adjusting a curvature of the rotating dispensing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Abrasives Technology Company
    Inventor: Robert A. Munroe
  • Method and apparatus for reproducing lighting effects in computer animated objects
    Patent number: 6342887
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reproducing real-world lighting effects in a computer animated object, in which a three dimensional virtual set is created in proportion to the physical set, optical parameters of each physical light source used on the real-world set are input into the model and qualified by effects such as dimming, filtration, diffusion, occlusion and attenuation to produce synthetic lighting of the virtual set. The camera lens transmission characteristics and film speed may also be incorporated into the virtual set parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Inventor: Earl Robert Munroe
  • Method for forming interconnect bumps on a semiconductor die
    Patent number: 6107180
    Abstract: A method of forming an interconnect bump structure (32, 33). Under Bumb Metalization 11 (UBM) comprising a chrome layer (16), a copper layer (36), and a tin layer (40) is disclosed. In one embodiment, eutectic solder (45) is then formed over the UBM (11) and reflowed in order to form the interconnect bump stucture. In another embodement, a lead standoff (46) is formed over the UBM (11) before the formation of the eutectic solder (48).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Munroe, Stuart E. Greer