Patents by Inventor Robert W. Nicholson

Robert W. Nicholson 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: 20240098359
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, the method including: capturing, utilizing at least one image capture device coupled to an information handling device, video image data of a user; identifying, utilizing a gesture detection system and within the video image data, a location of hands of the user in relation to a gesture zone; and performing, utilizing the gesture detection system and based upon the location of the hands of the user in relation to the gesture zone, an action, wherein the producing the framed video stream comprises performing an action based upon the location of the hands of the user in relation to the gesture zone. Other aspects are claimed and described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: John W Nicholson, Robert James Norton, JR., Justin Ringuette, Sandy Collins
  • Patent number: 4729482
    Abstract: A towel bar includes a tube and a bracket on each side of the tube. The brackets can be secured to a wall to support the tube a predetermined distance from the wall. A plurality of rollers are placed over the tube adjacent to each other. The rollers operate independently of each other, and may be multi-colored, if desired. One towel may be removed from the towel bar without displacing other towels on the bar. The rollers may be installed on the tube by consumers, without having to patch holes in the wall and create new holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1988
    Inventor: Robert W. Nicholson