Patents by Inventor Steven Johnson

Steven Johnson 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).

  • Interactive matrix cell transformation user interface
    Patent number: 8843964
    Abstract: An interactive matrix tile transformation user interface is contemplated. The user interface may be configured to facilitate user navigation of a display or other interface through which services may be requested, including facilitating navigation of television related services. The user interface may be operable in a device having capabilities sufficient to control operation of an output device in response to user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Johnson, Stephen Glennon
  • Selection of wireless devices and service plans
    Patent number: 8805341
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for selection of wireless devices and service plans. A geographic location and a plurality of wireless preferences are obtained from a user at a client. A plurality of wireless service plans that meet the wireless preferences are offered by a plurality of wireless carriers that provide service to the geographic location are determined. A network page is generated that presents the wireless service plans in a ranked order that is based at least in part on the wireless preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Ta Peng, Charles Steven Johnson, Aaron C. Rubenson, Gregor Alan Moulton
  • Externally actuated figure
    Patent number: 8761927
    Abstract: A system for externally actuating an animatronic figure. The system including a first robotic mechanism configured as a remote center mechanism for rotating a first rod about a first remote center point. The first rod is attached to a first driven part of the figure with the first remote center point spaced apart from the figure. The system includes a second robotic mechanism rotating a second rod about a second remote center point. The second rod is attached to the second driven part of the animatronic figure, and the second remote center point is spaced apart from the animatronic figure. The system includes a third robotic mechanism rotating a third rod about a remote center point, with the third rod attached to a third driven part of the figure, and the three robotic mechanisms are concurrently operable via a computer-based controller to provide the figure with twenty-one degrees of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Johnson, Akhil Jiten Madhani, Joel F. Jensen, Daniel R. Bauen, Troy A. Carter, Cassilyn Bair
  • METHOD OF EXTENDING LIFE OF ROTATING PARTS
    Publication number: 20140137407
    Abstract: A method of refurbishing a gas turbine engine rotor is disclosed and includes an initial step of inspecting a rotor for defects such as cracks. A strain is then generated around any detected cracks in the rotor to create enhanced plasticized zones about the detected defects that delay defect propagation. Strain is generated by rotating the rotor at speeds greater than operational speeds to induce the desired strain and delay the propagation of defects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicants: GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander Staroselsky, Edward F. Pietraszkiewicz, Dominic J. Mongillo, JR., Vincent Barker, Benjamin Adair, W. Steven Johnson
  • Shock absorption and restraint apparatus
    Patent number: 8727682
    Abstract: A shock absorption and restraint apparatus including a plurality of co-acting cushioned pads which create a protective shock absorbing barrier for a load in a railroad car (or other shipping container) and a set of straps which are employed to restrain the cushioned pads and the load. In certain embodiments, the cushioned pads include one or more central or connector cushioned pads and one or more side or cooperating cushioned pads. In certain embodiments, the cushioned pads include strap engaging mechanisms which are configured to be engaged by the straps. The cushioned pads are preferably lightweight, easy to handle and install, recyclable, and readily reusable. In certain embodiments, the cushioned pads are configured, sized, and constructed in such a way to protect the specific load in the railroad car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Premark Packaging LLC
    Inventors: Marc Steven Johnson, Christopher Wayne Baker, George C. Boyse
  • Method and apparatus to search video data for an object of interest
    Patent number: 8724970
    Abstract: A method of searching for objects of interest within captured video comprising capturing video of a plurality of scenes, storing the video in a plurality of storage elements, and receiving a request to retrieve contiguous video of an object of interest that has moved through at least two scenes of the plurality of scenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Verint Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Steven Johnson, Kurt Heier
  • Bezel Assembly Comprising Biometric Authentication For Use with An Automated Transaction Device
    Publication number: 20140090952
    Abstract: The bezel assembly for data reception, for use with a bill validator in a financial transactional device, includes a bezel housing and a data reception assembly. The bezel housing includes a customer-facing front portion and a back plate connectable to the bill validator that is mounted within the transactional device cabinet. The front portion includes an insertion/dispensing slot for receiving currency and a projecting protrusion forward of the casing. The forward-extending protrusion accommodates at least a portion of the data reception assembly. The bezel assembly can include a wireless communication function that is communicably connectable with a mobile device via a wireless communication method, a manual entry function, a biometric reader, one or more cameras for scanning and decrypting 2D barcodes and the like, thus enhancing the overall functionality of the financial transactional device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: JCM American Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Johnson, Bryan Allen Wilcutt, Omar Jorge Rivera, Connie R Masters, Scott A Toth, Sr., Daniel Peterson, Brian Anthony Montano, Dominic Mohrhardt
  • BEZEL ASSEMBLY FOR DATA RECEPTION
    Publication number: 20140090951
    Abstract: The bezel assembly for data reception, for use with a bill validator in a financial transactional device, includes a bezel housing and a data reception assembly. The bezel housing includes a customer-facing front portion and a back plate connectable to the bill validator that is mounted within the transactional device cabinet. The front portion includes an insertion/dispensing slot for receiving currency and a projecting hollow tongue forward of the casing. The forward-extending hollow tongue accommodates at least a portion of the data reception assembly. The bezel assembly can include a wireless communication function that is communicably connectable with a mobile device via a wireless communication method, a manual entry function, a biometric reader, one or more cameras for scanning and decrypting 2D barcodes and the like, thus enhancing the overall functionality of the financial transactional device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: JCM AMERICAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Johnson, Bryan Allen Wilcutt, Omar Jorge Rivera, Connie R. Masters, Scott A. Toth, SR., Daniel Peterson, Brian Anthony Montano, Dominic Mohrhardt
  • Bezel Assembly Comprising Image Recognition For Use with An Automated Transaction Device
    Publication number: 20140090953
    Abstract: The bezel assembly for data reception, for use with a bill validator in a financial transactional device, includes a bezel housing and a data reception assembly. The bezel housing includes a customer-facing front portion and a back plate connectable to the bill validator that is mounted within the transactional device cabinet. The front portion includes an insertion/dispensing slot for receiving currency and a projecting protrusion forward of the casing. The forward-extending protrusion accommodates at least a portion of the data reception assembly. The bezel assembly can include a wireless communication function that is communicably connectable with a mobile device via a wireless communication method, a manual entry function, a biometric reader, one or more cameras for scanning and decrypting 2D barcodes and the like, thus enhancing the overall functionality of the financial transactional device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: JCM American Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Johnson, Bryan Allen Wilcutt, Omar Jorge Rivera, Connie R. Masters, Scott A. Toth, SR., Daniel Peterson, Brian Anthony Montano, Dominic Mohrhardt
  • Bezel Assembly For Use with An Automated Transaction Device
    Publication number: 20140090950
    Abstract: The bezel assembly for data reception, for use with a bill validator in a financial transactional device, includes a bezel housing and a data reception assembly. The bezel housing includes a customer-facing front portion and a back plate connectable to the bill validator that is mounted within the transactional device cabinet. The front portion includes an insertion/dispensing slot for receiving currency and a projecting protrusion forward of the casing. The forward-extending protrusion accommodates at least a portion of the data reception assembly. The bezel assembly can include a wireless communication function that is communicably connectable with a mobile device via a wireless communication method, a manual entry function, a biometric reader, one or more cameras for scanning and decrypting 2D barcodes and the like, thus enhancing the overall functionality of the financial transactional device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: JCM AMERICAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Johnson, Bryan Allen Wilcutt, Omar Jorge Rivera, Connie R. Masters, Scott A Toth, SR., Daniel Peterson, Brian Anthony Montano, Dominic Mohrhardt
  • SHIPPING CONTAINER LOAD SECURER
    Publication number: 20140076760
    Abstract: A shipping container load securer including a pallet and a box connected to the pallet and filled with a filler, wherein the pallet and the box are substantially the same size and shape as a standardized crate used to package goods for transport in shipping containers. The load securer fills voids in partially filled shipping containers, enabling the shipping container to be tightly packed and preventing the movement of goods-filled crates during transport to minimize damage to the goods in the crates in the shipping container, while not substantially increasing the weight of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: David Arnold Christiansen, Marc Steven Johnson, Christopher Wayne Baker, George C. Boyse
  • INTERACTIVE MATRIX CELL TRANSFORMATION USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20140007163
    Abstract: An interactive matrix tile transformation user interface is contemplated. The user interface may be configured to facilitate user navigation of a display or other interface through which services may be requested, including facilitating navigation of television related services. The user interface may be operable in a device having capabilities sufficient to control operation of an output device in response to user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Johnson, Stephen Glennon
  • ITEM STABILIZER
    Publication number: 20130334235
    Abstract: An item stabilizer configured to prevent lateral movement of an item (such as a product-supporting pallet) in a transport container. The item stabilizer includes a first item side engager, a second item side engager, and a connector attached to each of the item side engagers such that an item can be positioned on the connector between the item side engagers. The item stabilizer is configured to prevent movement of the item by engaging opposite sides of the item while the weight of the item and any products thereon or therein rest on the connector, thereby preventing the connector and the item side engagers themselves from moving laterally. Each item side engager respectively extends between one side of the item and one of the side walls of the transport container to limit the lateral movement of the item. Multiple item stabilizers can work together to hold an item in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Marc Steven Johnson, Michael Scott Carroll, Christopher Wayne Baker
  • Latex paints with improved fade resistance
    Patent number: 8575243
    Abstract: A paint comprising a latex base, organic pigment, and an aqueous solution resin solid with improved stability to atmospheric pollutants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Russell Schwartz, Paul A. Merchak, Steven Johnson
  • SUBCUTANEOUS VASCULAR ACCESS PORTS
    Publication number: 20130245572
    Abstract: Ports for accessing a vessels within a patient include passageways that can guide needles or other access devices directly into the vessels. The ports can be implanted subcutaneously within a patient. Some ports may be used in the creation and use of vascular access buttonholes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Vital Access Corporation
    Inventors: Nathaniel P. Young, Trent J. Perry, Duane D. Blatter, Christopher M. Phillips, Mark A. Crawford, G. Doug Smith, Steven Johnson
  • System and method for dynamically changing quality levels among a plurality of video scenes
    Patent number: 8451909
    Abstract: A method for operating a video system is provided. The method includes receiving video data of a first scene and a second scene, processing at least a first portion of the video data to generate a first video of the first scene having a first quality level, processing at least a second portion of the video data to generate a second video of the second scene having a second quality level, and processing at least a third portion of the video data to detect an occurrence of an event in the first scene. In response to detecting the occurrence of the event in the first scene, the method continues by processing at least a fourth portion of the video data to generate a third video of the first scene at a third quality level, where the third quality level is different than the first quality level, and transferring the third video for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Verint Americas, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Steven Johnson, Marc-Antoine Lamontagne, Mark Whiffen
  • Systems and methods for transmitting media content via digital radio broadcast transmission for synchronized rendering by a receiver
    Patent number: 8451868
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and processor readable media are disclosed for encoding and transmitting first media content, second media content and triggering instructions to a digital radio broadcast receiver such that the triggering instructions arrive for immediate execution to trigger immediate rendering of the second media content in synchronization with the first media content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: iBiquity Digital Corporation
    Inventors: Steven A. Johnson, Russell Iannuzzelli, Harvey Chalmers, Muthu G. Balasubramanian, Stephen D. Mattson, Joseph F. D'Angelo, Albert D. Shuldiner, Girish K. Warrier, Jeffrey R. Detweiler
  • Selection of wireless devices and service plans
    Patent number: 8447279
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for selection of wireless devices and service plans. A geographic location and a plurality of wireless preferences are obtained from a user at a client. A plurality of wireless service plans that meet the wireless preferences and are offered by a plurality of wireless carriers that provide service to the geographic location are determined. A network page is generated that presents the wireless service plans in a ranked order that is based at least in part on the wireless preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Ta Peng, Charles Steven Johnson, Aaron C. Rubenson, Gregor Alan Moulton
  • EXHAUST MANIFOLD FOR AN ENGINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20130061586
    Abstract: A cast exhaust manifold for an engine is disclosed that is fastened to the engine by a number of independent flanges between each pair of which a spacer is positioned to produce an interference fit when the exhaust manifold is at ambient temperature. The use of independent flanges allow the exhaust manifold to expand when heated without creating high levels of internal stress and the spacers prevent undue distortion of the exhaust manifold when the exhaust manifold cools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
    Inventors: Anthony Bernard Demots, Robert Andrew Wade, Steven Johnson, Michael John Cade
  • Adaptive graphical interface
    Patent number: 8379006
    Abstract: An adaptive graphical interface may include determining a first visual characteristic of a background portion, selecting a second visual characteristic contrasting with the first visual characteristic, and presenting a graphical feature portion, the graphical feature portion being presented over the background portion, and the graphical feature portion having the second visual characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Elwan Steven Johnson, German Wolfgang Bauer