Patents by Inventor Stephen E. Decker

Stephen E. Decker 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).

  • APPROACHES TO CUSTOMIZING FORMULATIONS FOR CLEANING PRODUCTS PRIOR TO PRODUCTION AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20210354976
    Abstract: Introduced here are systems for customized formulation and production of cleaning products and associated methods for using those systems. A system may include a computer-implemented platform (also referred to as a “formulation platform” or “production platform”) that is communicatively connected to an interactive dispensing machine responsible for making cleaning products. An individual or company may be permitted to select, create, or modify formulas via the production platform, while the interactive dispensing machine can produce cleaning products in accordance with those formulas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventor: Stephen E. Decker
  • SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZED FORMULATION AND PRODUCTION OF CLEANING PRODUCTS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20210130152
    Abstract: Introduced here are systems for customized formulation and production of cleaning products and associated methods for using those systems. A system may include a computer-implemented platform (also referred to as a “formulation platform” or “production platform”) that is communicatively connected to an interactive dispensing machine responsible for making cleaning products. An individual or company may be permitted to select, create, or modify formulas via the production platform, while the interactive dispensing machine can produce cleaning products in accordance with those formulas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventor: Stephen E. Decker
  • Determining a color value of an article of fabric
    Patent number: 9412038
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for determining a color value of an article of fabric. Determining a color value of an article of fabric includes obtaining, from a mobile device, a digital image of an article of fabric with a calibration card, calculating a fabric luminosity value for the article of fabric from the digital image, comparing the fabric luminosity value with calibration luminosity values to create a comparison, and determining, based on the comparison, a color value of the article of fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: THE DIAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen Koven, Stephen E. Decker, Jordan Mack
  • Determining A Color Value Of An Article Of Fabric
    Publication number: 20160224860
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for determining a color value of an article of fabric. Determining a color value of an article of fabric includes obtaining, from a mobile device, a digital image of an article of fabric with a calibration card, calculating a fabric luminosity value for the article of fabric from the digital image, comparing the fabric luminosity value with calibration luminosity values to create a comparison, and determining, based on the comparison, a color value of the article of fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: THE DIAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen Koven, Stephen E. Decker, Jordan Mack