Patents by Inventor Steven Charles

Steven Charles 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: 9305384
    Abstract: Hybrid image projection systems and methods can superimpose image components of an input image. An input image can be divided into smaller regions and at least one parameter of each region can be determined. The input image can be decomposed based on the parameter of each region into multiple, less correlated, orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal image components. Each projector can display respective image components so that the images projected may be optically superimposed on a screen. The superposition of orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal image components can result in superposition of images in an existing multi-projector image systems being more insensitive to inter-projector image misalignment. Superimposing orthogonal or quasi-orthogonal images can be used to avoid visible image degradation, and provide more robust image quality in a multiple projector system implementation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: IMAX EMEA Limited
    Inventors: Weining Tan, Steven Charles Read
  • Patent number: 9300989
    Abstract: Reverse segmentation may be provided. First, a plurality of legs may be received and combined into a first service group. Next, it may be determined that a number of active user devices increased on at least one of the plurality of legs. A portion of the plurality of legs may then be switched from the first service group to a second service group in response to determining that the number of active user devices increased on the at least one of the plurality of legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Charles Condra, Kevin Patrick Melvin, Daniel Lee Van Dyke, Joby Mathew
  • Publication number: 20160085999
    Abstract: A portable item reporting device (200) is configured to be attached to and in substantial collocation with a portable item (100), or to be integrated into a portable item (100). The device (200) includes environmental sensors (210) to monitor item location, movement, ambient light, sounds, temperature, etc. The device (200) is configured to store usage expectation data (600) indicative of historical and/or expected item usage and environments when the item (100) is in normal use/storage associated with an authorized user (AU). The device (200) monitors current environmental conditions (104) surrounding and pertaining to the item. If the current environment (104) is inconsistent with expected conditions (600), the device (200) assesses that the item (100) is displaced (503.0), meaning either that the item (100) is in abnormal use or abnormal storage, or is under the control of an unauthorized user (UU) who is other than the authorized user (AU).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: ImagiStar LLC
    Inventor: Steven Charles Oppenheimer
  • Publication number: 20160081609
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a movement disorder includes a movement detector configured to track at least one point of reference in three dimensions, and a computing device communicatively coupled with the movement detector. The computing device is configured to receive movement data associated with the at least one point of reference over a period of time, perform a kinematic data analysis based on the movement data, compute a weighted score using the kinematic data analysis, compute a trend based on historical movement data, the weighted score and the trend being associated with the movement disorder, and display the weighted score, the trend and the movement data on a display associated with the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Nathan STANFORD, Steven CHARLES
  • Publication number: 20160078111
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to methods and systems for evaluating entities for a target user, the method comprising obtaining, at a server computer, entity data from a plurality of data sources. The entity data is then stored in an entity database. The method further comprises merging the entity data from the plurality of data sources, mapping the entity data to a corresponding entity, and differentiating the entity. Then a relevance is determined associated with the entity data and data source. The method further comprises generating a set of entity evaluations to the target user using the relevance, determining a set of one or more entities relevant to the primary user based on the entity data, user data, and the relevance, with an initial order of relevance, and displaying, on a user device, the set of relevant entities to the target user in the order of relevance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Jeremy Ryan Schiff, Sourav Chatterji, Corey Layne Reese, Steven Charles Schlansker, Leejay Wu, Paul Kenneth Twohey
  • Patent number: 9272565
    Abstract: An integral tab system for a 2-D or 3-D tab for a folder, and a method of making same is disclosed. The integral 2-D (flat) tab (20) is provided in the hanging folder itself without the need for additional tabs being affixed. The 3-D tab version (120) is created by an extension which is folded onto itself so that one edge surface is at an angle relative to the panels of the file folder allowing it to be read from the side. These tabs may also be supplied in a detachable form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Smead Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Steven Charles Black, Duane Christensen, David Fasbender
  • Publication number: 20160054648
    Abstract: A theatre system is described that includes a screen and a projection system. The projection system includes a first mirror and a second mirror that are positionable within axes for imaged light and between projection lenses of projectors and the screen. The axes include a first axis and a second axis. The first mirror and the second mirror are configured for causing the first axis and the second axis to be parallel to each other and to have a displacement between the first axis and second axis along a dimension by which the screen is curved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Charles Read, John William Bowron
  • Patent number: 9259807
    Abstract: A method for repairing a bundled tube fuel injector includes removing a portion of a pre-mix tube, aligning a tube tip with the remaining portion pre-mix tube and fixedly connecting the tube tip to the pre-mix tube. The method may further include removing an aft plate and an outer shroud from the bundled tube fuel injector so as to expose the pre-mix tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Gregory Scott Means, Steven Charles Woods, Mark Carmine Bellino, James Christopher Monaghan, Jonathan Dwight Berry, Patrick S. Riley
  • Patent number: 9249976
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, a method for servicing a combustor cap assembly of a turbine includes determining a defect is present in a center ring of the cap assembly, the center ring being disposed within a plurality of vanes, removing the center ring from the cap assembly. The method also includes placing a replacement center ring in the cap assembly, wherein dimensions of the replacement center ring are substantially the same as the center ring that has been removed and brazing the replacement center ring to the plurality of vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Carmine Bellino, Charles Van Buchan, Robert Wade Clifford, Daniel James Dorriety, Steven Charles Woods
  • Publication number: 20160023497
    Abstract: An integral tab system for a 2-D or 3-D tab for a folder, and a method of making same is disclosed. The integral 2-D (flat) tab (20) is provided in the hanging folder itself without the need for additional tabs being affixed. The 3-D tab version (120) is created by an extension which is folded onto itself so that one edge surface is at an angle relative to the panels of the file folder allowing it to be read from the side. These tabs may also be supplied in a detachable form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Charles Black, Duane Christensen, David Fasbender
  • Patent number: 9242313
    Abstract: A viewport assembly may allow viewing of a retort chamber while protecting the viewer from heat of the retort chamber through a high-temperature-resistant window in an end wall of the viewport assembly. An access port in the end wall may allow use of tools, such as a welding device. An insulated door between the viewport assembly and the retort chamber may enhance protection and heat retention. The assembly may enhance retention of inert atmosphere in the retort chamber as well as heat, facilitating work on superalloy articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Steven Charles Woods, Ronald Lee Souther
  • Publication number: 20160014475
    Abstract: A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example transmitting, by a system comprising a processor, via a first emergency media channel a first video stream comprising first evacuation routing information for a first evacuation group responsive to receiving a notification of an emergency event, instructing, by the system, a first media processor device to select the first emergency media channel while disabling selection of other media channels according to the first evacuation routing information, where the content of the emergency media channel is presented at a display device by way of the first media processor device, and enabling, by the system, the first media processor device to select the other media channels responsive to receiving user input acknowledging the emergency media channel. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Sam Russell, Steven Charles Salimando
  • Publication number: 20160003479
    Abstract: A process of assembling a fuel nozzle end cover includes machining a base material of the fuel nozzle end cover, then positioning one or more ring inserts in contact with the base material, then welding the ring insert(s) to the base material to define one or more ledge features within the fuel nozzle end cover. The ring insert(s) have a net shape or near-net shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Charles WOODS, Mark Carmine BELLINO
  • Patent number: 9224096
    Abstract: A portable item reporting device (200) is configured to be attached to and in substantial collocation with a portable item (100), or to be integrated into a portable item (100). The device (200) includes environmental sensors (210) to monitor item location, movement, ambient light, sounds, temperature, etc. The device (200) is configured to store usage expectation data (600) indicative of historical and/or expected item usage and environments when the item (100) is in normal use/storage associated with an authorized user (AU). The device (200) monitors current environmental conditions (104) surrounding and pertaining to the item. If the current environment (104) is inconsistent with expected conditions (600), the device (200) assesses that the item (100) is displaced (503.0), meaning either that the item (100) is in abnormal use or abnormal storage, or is under the control of an unauthorized user (UU) who is other than the authorized user (AU).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: ImagiStar LLC
    Inventor: Steven Charles Oppenheimer
  • Patent number: 9223830
    Abstract: A presentation analysis service may obtain presentation information from one or more computing devices that are presenting the item of content. The presentation information may be used to generate recommendations to be provided to a user that is consuming the item of content and/or to a provider of items of content. Further, the presentation information may be used to adapt a presentation of the item of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Audible, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Charles Dzik
  • Patent number: 9217335
    Abstract: A fixture and method for adjusting a workpiece are disclosed. The fixture includes a holding device engageable to a workpiece to secure the workpiece, and an adjustment device engageable to a projecting member of the workpiece and movable along a first axis and a second axis. Movement of the adjustment device along the first axis when engaged to the projecting member adjusts the projecting member along the first axis, and movement of the adjustment device along the second axis when engaged to the projecting member adjusts the projecting member along the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Eunice D. Reyes, Javier Garza, Charles Van Buchan, Blake Allen Fulton, Steven Charles Woods, Mark Carmine Bellino
  • Publication number: 20150363885
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for managing investment and insurance policies. In one aspect, a method for managing a life insurance policy includes receiving information associated with a permanent life insurance policy and its policy holder, analyzing the information to generate a rating value of the permanent life insurance policy, and determining if the rating value is above a minimum threshold value to admit the permanent life insurance policy into a policy optimization portfolio. The method can also include creating financial value of the policy optimization portfolio by obtaining investment funding from a financial institution based on a cash value of the admitted permanent life insurance policies, investing at least some of the investment funding in one or more financial markets to receive a financial return, and determining a distribution of the financial return to provide to the policy holder and the financial institution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventor: Steven Charles Leisher
  • Patent number: 9206702
    Abstract: A method for repairing a shroud tile of a gas turbine is disclosed. The method may generally include removing a portion of the shroud tile along at least one of a first side and a second side of the shroud tile and securing at least one side rail to the shroud tile in place of the removed portion of the shroud tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence Hunt, Steven Charles Woods
  • Publication number: 20150345642
    Abstract: A seal is disclosed. The seal has a first surface and a second surface disposed in a plane generally parallel to the first surface. At least one of the first surface and the second surface is at least partially coated with a film that includes an adhesion layer, a transition layer, and an amorphous diamond-like (a-DLC) layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: CONNOR JOHN HAAS, STEVEN CHARLES TAYLOR, DANIEL EDWARD MATHIEN, DANIEL PATRICK VERTENTEN
  • Publication number: 20150348273
    Abstract: Techniques of depth modification for display applications are disclosed. A multiscopic video frame, including at least first and second images depicting a scene, is received. Depth information pertaining to the multiscopic video frame is received. A depth mapping function is determined based on one or more image characteristics of the multiscopic video frame, other than depth. The depth information is modified based on the depth mapping function. At least a third image is generated based on the modified depth information and based further on at least one of the first and second images, where the third image is output for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandre CHAPIRO, Tunc Ozan AYDIN, Steven Charles POULAKOS, Simon HEINZLE, Aljosa Aleksej Andrej SMOLIC