Patents by Inventor Robert G. Hansen

Robert G. Hansen 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).

  • Patent number: 7765569
    Abstract: Various menu and cursor arrow navigation aids are disclosed for television systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Allan MacBeth, Ashish Garg, William Arthur Schupp, Robert G. Hansen, Michael Donald McDermott, Philip McKay, Hong Nguyen, Norifumi Takaya
  • Patent number: 5132972
    Abstract: A computer aided software engineering tool is disclosed which is particularly well adapted to identify potential Assembly language source code errors resulting from the analysis of statements which do not contain incorrect syntax, limits, operand specification, etc.; i.e., do not contain any errors of the type which can be generally categorized as incorrect usage. This objective is achieved by providing a debugging program which has a complete awareness of the specific machine architecture, such as the function of each instruction and the register(s), flags, etc. it affects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignee: Honeywell Bull Inc.
    Inventor: Robert G. Hansen
  • Patent number: 5066166
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing fluid contaminants from a solid material is described. In a preferred embodiment, a cylindrical container having opening in its surface through which contaminants in a gaseous state may enter is filled with a cryo-adsorbing substance, for example, charcoal, and placed into a correspondingly-sized hole formed in the solid material from which the contaminants are to be removed. A cryogenic fluid, for example liquid nitrogen, is introduced into the container, preferably into a tube therein, thereby cooling the cryo-adsorbing substance so that molecules of contaminants are cryo-adsorbed from the solid material. After the adsorption of contaminants, the container is removed from the solid material and the cryo-adsorbing substance is regenerated, or regeneration is effected in situ. This invention has utility in the field of removing contaiminants, such as for example gasoline or other hazardous or toxic materials, from the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1991
    Assignee: R. G. Hansen & Associates
    Inventor: Robert G. Hansen
  • Patent number: 5029170
    Abstract: A computer aided software engineering tool is disclosed which is particularly well adapted to identify potential Assembly language source code errors resulting from incorrectly used symbolic and literal address constructs. This objective is achieved by providing a debugging program which has a complete awareness of the specific machine interfaces, conventions and symbol sets. By essentially stepping through the Assembly language statements (without regard to neighboring statements), the debugging program is able, through such examination, to identify, in the Assembly language program under study, specific instances of the use of statements containing possibly incorrect symbolic or literal address constructs and to run closely related additional tests. The programmer may then examine the denoted Assembly language code to determine if a genuine error exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1991
    Inventor: Robert G. Hansen
  • Patent number: 4998848
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing fluid contaminants from a solid material is described. In a preferred embodiment, a cylindrical container having openings in its surface through which contaminants in a gaseous state may enter is filled with cyro-adsorbing substances, for example, charcoal, and placed into a correspondingly-sized hole formed in the solid material from which the contaminants are to be removed. A cryogenic fluid, for example liquid nitrogen, is introduced into the container, thereby cooling the cyro-adsorbing substance so that molecules of contaminants are cyro-adsorbed from the solid material. After the adsorption of contaminants, the container is removed from the solid material and the cyro-adsorbing substance is regenerated, or regeneration is effected in situ. This invention has utility in the field of removing contaminants, such as for example gasoline or other harzardous or toxic materials, from the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Assignee: R. G. Hansen & Associates
    Inventor: Robert G. Hansen
  • Patent number: 4195524
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to collect and store a sample of an environmental gas, e.g. air. A sample container or bottle is cooled below the condensation temperature of the environmental gas so that a partial vacuum is created in the container thus permitting environmental gas to be drawn into the bottle and condensed. Included in the apparatus are means to meter the quantity of environmental gas admitted to the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1980
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert G. Hansen
  • Patent number: D595303
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Allan MacBeth, Ashish Garg, William Arthur Schupp, Robert G. Hansen, Michael Donald McDermott, Philip McKay, Hong Nguyen, George Edward Williams
  • Patent number: D633510
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Allan MacBeth, Ashish Garg, William Arthur Schupp, Robert G. Hansen, Michael Donald McDermott, Philip McKay, Hong Nguyen, George Edward Williams