Patents by Inventor Robert W. Crandall

Robert W. Crandall 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: 20160379046
    Abstract: A computerized system for biometric-based tracking of individuals. The system includes at least one processor configured to execute the instructions of one or more software modules stored on a nonvolatile computer readable medium, a media storage database, a time entry database configured to store at least one time entry, and an image processing module configured to transmit a digital image to a facial recognition service, to receive a response from the facial recognition service indicating an identity of a recognized person in the digital image, to store the digital image to the media storage database, and to store a time entry to the time entry database. The time entry includes the identity and the time at which the digital image was taken.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Robert W. Crandall, Artem Suvorov, Avi Kabani, Stephen P. Rucker
  • Patent number: 6302671
    Abstract: An improved porous mold for fabricating a formed mold pulp structure to protectively support at least one roll of web material. The mold has a forming surface that contains a first molding cavity surrounded by a periphery. The molding container has sidewalls extending from at least a portion of the periphery into the molding cavity. Within the molding cavity is at least one generally semi-cylindrical hump and land formation areas positioned adjacent the hump and one land formation areas at an end of the hump. A first mold forming surface on the hump is smooth and dished longitudinally such that a transverse cross-section of the first mold forming surface across the hump in the molding cavity is generally concave between the respective sidewalls. The first molding cavity also has a chamfered portion between the hump and an adjacent sidewall and the first molding cavity can have a plurality of humps separated by land formation areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Great Northern Corporation
    Inventors: James W. Gilfert, Robert W. Crandall, Loren D. Ervay
  • Patent number: 5934467
    Abstract: An improved roll support and spacing structure for packaging and handling of multi-layer stacks of rolls of web material. The structure is preferably an elongated molded pulp member. Rolls of web material fit into generally semi-cylindrical indentations in the roll support structure. The generally semi-cylindrical roll cushioning indentations are smooth and free of recesses, and thus substantially eliminate marking, denting and/or scratching associated with such recesses. The smooth, generally semi-cylindrical roll cushioning indentations are crowned to improve strength and reduce sagging during fabrication. Raised lands are located between the roll cushioning indentations. The resulting roll support structure provides the proper combination of strength and flexibility to appropriately cushion the rolls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Great Northern Corporation
    Inventors: James W. Gilfert, Robert W. Crandall, Loren D. Ervay