Patents by Inventor Ronald E. Gibson

Ronald E. Gibson 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: 6035767
    Abstract: A camp skillet and biscuit maker, (10) primarily useful for cooking biscuits, meats and other food items at a campsite over a direct heat source, such as a camp fire or camp stove. Biscuit maker (10) includes an upper skillet member (20) and a lower skillet member (30). Upper skillet member (20) and lower skillet member (30) are hingedly fixed together. Lower skillet member (30) is of sufficient depth to serve as a deep fryer and a fry basket (65), is provided that is dimensioned so as to nest within lower skillet member (30). For cooking biscuits over a camp fire, biscuit skillet (70), which has a foraminous bottom (72), which also nests within lower skillet member (30) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Inventor: Ronald E. Gibson
  • Patent number: 5642467
    Abstract: A controller for directing the actions of an autonomous device in response to the existence or actions of objects in the physical world comprises program means for fusing physical world data and inferred property confidence factors into a plurality of representational instances, at least one representational instance having an inferred behavior interface property for soliciting a response of the autonomous device, program means stored in a random access memory for implementing a plurality of independent behavior instances for carrying out response tasks, program means stored in the random access memory for implementing a mission control task by generating a task list of behavior instances to be performed and program means stored in the random access memory for implementing an execution engine for executing the behavior instance at the head of the task list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: James A. Stover, Ronald E. Gibson