Patents by Inventor Robert Ogburn

Robert Ogburn 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).

  • Distributed GPS-Based Sales Efficiency Management System
    Publication number: 20150356583
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a system of managing contact information and the economic efficiency of a selling entity's evolving relationship with those contacts and particularly to a distributed system for storing and managing contact information and information relating to the activities undertaken in real-time on behalf of the contact while simultaneously and automatically collecting, computing, disseminating sales efficiency data associated with those contacts and the activities undertaken on behalf of them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: FRESHSTART SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Raymond J. Sheppard, Daniel James Gilmartin, George Walter Sconyers, III, John Beck Mow, Robert Ogburn
  • Illumination source for sorting machine
    Patent number: 6936784
    Abstract: An illumination source for a machine vision viewer for a sorter that provides a flow of articles along a scan line includes an elongated, cylindrical shroud with illumination sources mounted interior of the shroud. The illumination sources are arranged longitudinally within the shroud and are angularly spaced along the inner circumference of the shroud. Linear slots running parallel with the shroud axis are provided in the shroud for the subject articles to enter and exit the shroud. A linear slot running parallel with the shroud axis is provided for receptors to view the articles passing through the shroud. The cylinder interior is otherwise uniform and light reflecting. An alternative embodiment of the shroud comprises two shroud arc components with openings between the arcs to allow articles to pass between the shroud arc components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Satake USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Ogburn, Klaus Oestreich, Jeff Pawley
  • Illumination source for sorting machine
    Publication number: 20030221998
    Abstract: An illumination source for a machine vision viewer for a sorter that provides a flow of articles along a scan line includes an elongated, cylindrical shroud with illumination sources mounted interior of the shroud. The illumination sources are arranged longitudinally within the shroud and are angularly spaced along the inner circumference of the shroud. Linear slots running parallel with the shroud axis are provided in the shroud for the subject articles to enter and exit the shroud. A linear slot running parallel with the shroud axis is provided for receptors to view the articles passing through the shroud. The cylinder interior is otherwise uniform and light reflecting. An alternative embodiment of the shroud comprises two shroud arc components with openings between the arcs to allow articles to pass between the shroud arc components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventor: Robert Ogburn
  • Belt conveyor
    Patent number: D572875
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Satake Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Ito, Masahiro Egi, Robert Ogburn
  • Belt conveyor
    Patent number: D580123
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Satake Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Ito, Masahiro Egi, Robert Ogburn