Patents by Inventor Sean O'Rourke

Sean O'Rourke 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: 10053010
    Abstract: A system for displaying an image on a display device of a motor vehicle includes a rear-view camera connected to a moveable component on the motor vehicle and a controller in communication with the rear-view camera. The controller has memory for storing control logic and a processor configured to execute the control logic. The control logic includes capturing a field of view image from the rear-view camera, determining a position of the rear-view camera, determining an image perspective relationship of the field of view image based on the position of the rear-view camera, modifying the field of view image based on the image perspective relationship to create a virtual perspective image, and displaying the virtual perspective image on the display device in the motor vehicle as the position of the rear-view camera changes between at least a first position and a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: DURA OPERATING, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Evans Thompson, Benjamin Saltsman, Sean O'Rourke
  • Publication number: 20170163939
    Abstract: A system for displaying an image on a display device of a motor vehicle includes a rear-view camera connected to a moveable component on the motor vehicle and a controller in communication with the rear-view camera. The controller has memory for storing control logic and a processor configured to execute the control logic. The control logic includes capturing a field of view image from the rear-view camera, determining a position of the rear-view camera, determining an image perspective relationship of the field of view image based on the position of the rear-view camera, modifying the field of view image based on the image perspective relationship to create a virtual perspective image, and displaying the virtual perspective image on the display device in the motor vehicle as the position of the rear-view camera changes between at least a first position and a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Aaron Evans Thompson, Benjamin Saltsman, Sean O'Rourke
  • Patent number: 9523983
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a mobility aid which uses one or more sensors, processors, motors, and drive wheels to maintain a distance between the mobility aid and a user which conforms to preset parameters as the user walks without touching the walker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Chamberlain, Nicholas MacKinnon, Sean O'Rourke
  • Publication number: 20160299502
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a mobility aid which uses one or more sensors, processors, motors, and drive wheels to maintain a distance between the mobility aid and a user which conforms to preset parameters as the user walks without touching the walker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Chamberlain, Nicholas MacKinnon, Sean O'Rourke
  • Patent number: 7395194
    Abstract: A system (1) has a server (2) linked with PC clients (5), in turn connected to test equipment (10). A design-of-experiment (DOE) engine (20) generates a series of run objects (21), each defining a variation of an equipment run. The inputs to the DOE engine (20) are a selected procedure object (25) and experiment variations. The engine (20) automatically determines all task objects (26), resource objects (27), and parameter configuration objects (28) linked with the selected procedure object (25). The variations may be variations in the hierarchical links and/or different values for the parameter configurations (28). There is a run object (21) associated with each variation permutation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Kinematik Research Limited
    Inventors: Richard Sean O'Rourke, David O'Rourke, Kevin Keenan
  • Publication number: 20040143834
    Abstract: A system (1) has a server (2) linked with PC clients (5), in turn connected to test equipment (10). A design-of-experiment (DOE) engine (20) generates a series of run objects (21), each defining a variation of an equipment run. The inputs to the DOE engine (20) are a selected procedure object (25) and experiment variations. The engine (20) automatically determines all task objects (26), resource objects (27), and parameter configuration objects (28) linked with the selected procedure object (25). The variations may be variations in the hierarchical links and/or different values for the parameter configurations (28). There is a run object (21) associated with each variation permutation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Richard Sean O'Rourke, David O'Rourke, Kevin Keenan
  • Publication number: 20040042742
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermally insulated optical module. A heat source/sink is thermally coupled with an optical element for sourcing/sinking heat there to/from for temperature regulating the optical element. A thermally insulating packaging forms an enclosure surrounding the optical element. The thermally insulating packaging provides a thermally controlled environment within the enclosure. A thermally conductive structure is disposed within the enclosure and is thermally coupled to the heat source/sink for being temperature regulated thereby. The thermally conductive structure outlines a space surrounding the optical element for providing together with the heat source/sink a second thermally controlled environment therein. The second thermally controlled environment provides a lower temperature gradient across the optical element than absent the thermally conductive structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Scott Bradshaw, Ed Cremer, Neil D. Whaley, Sean O'Rourke, Kent Dougall
  • Patent number: 6291316
    Abstract: A wafer-level process for fabricating a plurality of passivated semiconductor devices comprising the steps of providing a semiconductor wafer on that at least one p-n junction is formed, Cutting a plurality of grooves in said wafer to expose said at least one p-n junction, wherein each of said grooves extends partly through the wafer and has a depth that is enough to expose said at least one p-n junction, applying a passivating material into said grooves and curing the material. The grooves can be formed by using a disc saw having a blade, by performing a sandblasting operation within a controlled operation time, or by performing a photolithographically chemical etching process. The passivating material is either screen-printed or pin-dispensed into the grooves. A dicing operation can be subsequently proceeded to divide the wafer into individual chips for subsequent fabrication into completed semiconductor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: General Semiconductor of Taiwan, LTD
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Knowles, Yih-Yin Lin, Tung-Chieh Lin, William John Nelson, Hung-Ping Tsai, Richard Sean O'Rourke
  • Patent number: 5881605
    Abstract: A parking brake actuator for applying and releasing a cable-operated vehicle parking brake includes an operating lever pivotally mounted on a mounting bracket for movement between brake-released and a plurality of brake-applied positions. The operating lever is a unitary molding made of a glass-filled thermoplastic and has an integral footpad. A metal insert which mounts the cable end, includes a sector gear, that is secured to the operating lever by rivets and engages a pinion which is pivoted to the mounting bracket. The operating lever has a raised drive lug that is received in a mating drive aperture in the insert and transfers brake-apply forces from the operating lever to the sector. A one-way clutch normally permits the pinion to rotate freely when the operating lever is operated to apply the parking brake, but prevents reverse rotation of the pinion to maintain the parking brake applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Dura Automotive Systems
    Inventors: Miles George Doolittle, Anthony R. Gurney, Sean O'Rourke