Patents by Inventor Stephen Koven

Stephen Koven 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: 20170265706
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for cleaning an item. The methods and systems include, with a cleaning system programmed to perform the method obtaining, with a location circuit, a location of a cleaning device, the cleaning device to be used to clean the item, based on the location of the cleaning device, determining environmental conditions for that location, and based on the environmental conditions for that location, presenting, via a user interface (UI), a recommendation to improve cleanliness of the item when cleaning the item with the cleaning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventor: Stephen Koven
  • Publication number: 20170270679
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for determining a hair color treatment option. The methods and systems include calibrating a camera of the mobile device via a calibration card by determining calibration values from a calibration image captured by the camera, obtaining, with the camera, a first image of a user's hair, obtaining, with the camera, a second image of a target color, the target color representing a color to which the user desires to change at least a portion of the hair, and presenting, via a user interface (UI) of the mobile device, a recommendation, the recommendation providing at least one hair color treatment option to change at least the portion of the user's hair to the target color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventor: Stephen Koven
  • 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8430297
    Abstract: A shipping and display carton convertible into a cover portion and display tray is described comprised of a cover portion formed from a cover blank and a tray portion formed from a tray blank. The blanks are preferably glued together at only three glue points when the tray blank is laid flat on top of the cover blank in order to form a two-layered blank that may be erected into the present carton. The fully erected carton may be easily broken apart into an attractive display tray and a disposable/recyclable cover by gripping the cover within a grasping aperture and lifting the cover portion up to break the carton apart at the two side tabs and along the rear of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Gatrost, Stephen Koven, Reena Patel, Ashley Wilkum, John Waidelich
  • Publication number: 20120160905
    Abstract: A carton is described that comprises opposing wave-shaped and squared panels wherein the two opposing panels preferably comprise a wave-shaped front panel and a squared back panel. Also disclosed are single, flat die-cut blanks that may be used to form the present carton. The carton comprises a wave-shaped front panel further comprising two opposing wave-shaped fold lines that approximate single sine waves having a frequency equal to the height of the carton and two opposing straight fold lines that are the top and bottom edges to the front panel. The present carton may optionally comprise a hinging cup-shaped lid in hinging arrangement with the front panel to open forward toward the consumer, or may optionally comprise four top flaps resembling a cereal box top closure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Ashley Wilkum, Nancy Miiller, Raymond Fisher, Stephen Koven
  • Publication number: 20120085817
    Abstract: A shipping and display carton convertible into a cover portion and display tray is described comprised of a cover portion formed from a cover blank and a tray portion formed from a tray blank. The blanks are preferably glued together at only three glue points when the tray blank is laid flat on top of the cover blank in order to form a two-layered blank that may be erected into the present carton. The fully erected carton may be easily broken apart into an attractive display tray and a disposable/recyclable cover by gripping the cover within a grasping aperture and lifting the cover portion up to break the carton apart at the two side tabs and along the rear of the carton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Gatrost, Stephen Koven, Reena Patel, Ashley Wilkum, John Waidelich
  • Patent number: D583673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Freeborn, David F. Gnadt, Stephen Koven, Mark Wanderlich, Laura Flanagan-Kent, James Jalutkewicz
  • Patent number: D665258
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Ashley Wilkum, Nancy Miiller, Raymond Fisher, Stephen Koven