Patents by Inventor Steven A Markham

Steven A Markham 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).

  • Method and apparatus for providing graduated annunciation of an impending alarm in a security system
    Patent number: 8264346
    Abstract: A method of operating a security system includes sensing a security breach, and providing an indication to a user that an alarm signal will be issued in response to the sensing of the security breach. The indication perceptibly changes with time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis Petricoin, Steven A Markham, Craig A Hayden, Dennis M Caler
  • Method and apparatus for deciding whether to issue an alarm signal in a security system
    Patent number: 7298253
    Abstract: A method of operating a security system includes providing a plurality of sensors, and detecting at least one event with the sensors. A decision whether to initiate an alarm signal is dependent upon the detecting by each of the sensors, which of the sensors has detected the at least one event, and what nonzero number of times a first of the sensors has detected the at least one event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis Petricoin, Steven A Markham, Craig A Hayden, Dennis M Caler