Patents by Inventor Thomas C. Browne

Thomas C. Browne 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: 9141469
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatus, and system configurations for cyclic redundancy check circuits using Galois-field arithmetic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sivakumar Radhakrishnan, Mark A. Schmisseur, Sin S. Tan, Kenneth C. Haren, Thomas C. Brown, Pankaj Kumar, Vinodh Gopal, Wajdi K. Feghali
  • Patent number: 8696458
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking the motion of a game controller and a player's body part are disclosed. The method includes receiving a video signal from a webcam, generating movement data corresponding to the motion of the game controller, tracking first predetermined degrees of freedom of motion of the body part, generating feature location data based on a location of at least one identifiable visual feature of the game controller, and estimating second predetermined degrees of freedom of a motion of the game controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Thales Visionix, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Foxlin, Dean Wormell, Thomas C. Browne, Michael Donfrancesco
  • Publication number: 20140082451
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatus, and system configurations for cyclic redundancy check circuits using Galois-field arithmetic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Sivakumar Radhakrishnan, Mark A. Schmisseur, Sin S. Tan, Kenneth C. Haren, Thomas C. Brown, Pankaj Kumar, Vinodh Gopal, Wajdi K. Feghali
  • Patent number: 8607129
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatus, and system configurations for cyclic redundancy check circuits using Galois-field arithmetic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sivakumar Radhakrishnan, Mark A. Schmisseur, Sin S. Tan, Kenneth C. Haren, Thomas C. Brown, Pankaj Kumar, Vinodh Gopal, Wajdi K. Feghali
  • Publication number: 20130007573
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatus, and system configurations for cyclic redundancy check circuits using Galois-field arithmetic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Sivakumar Radhakrishnan, Mark A. Schmisseur, Sin S. Tan, Kenneth C. Haren, Thomas C. Brown, Pankaj Kumar, Vinodh Gopal, Wajdi K. Feghali
  • Patent number: 7900524
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for monitoring operation of a hand tool including an accelerometer coupled to the hand tool, a transmitter in data communication with the accelerometer, and a processor for receiving data from the transmitter and analyzing the data to detect an event associated with operation of the hand tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: InterSense, Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Calloway, Dan Holmes, Eric Foxlin, Thomas C. Browne, Michael Donfrancesco, Dean Wormell
  • Publication number: 20090209343
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking the motion of a game controller and a player's body part are disclosed. The method includes receiving a video signal from a webcam, generating movement data corresponding to the motion of the game controller, tracking first predetermined degrees of freedom of motion of the body part, generating feature location data based on a location of at least one identifiable visual feature of the game controller, and estimating second predetermined degrees of freedom of a motion of the game controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Eric Foxlin, Dean Wormell, Thomas C. Browne, Michael Donfrancesco
  • Patent number: 7562841
    Abstract: A spirally wound tube for wrapping textiles or other materials thereon. The tube has an identification feature. The tube is made by spirally winding a number of plies together. The outermost ply defines a groove that substantially extends spirally along the length of the tube. The groove is for containing an identification marking for identifying the textile or other material wrapped onto the tube. In particular, the tube may include an identification stripe that extends along the groove. The identification stripe contains a marking system or identification markings to indicate the type or nature of the textile material wrapped on the tube. The marking system may include the color or colors of the stripe, or patterns, codes, readable indicia, or any combination of markings on the stripe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold A. Holden, Thomas C. Brown, David E. Hungerpiller
  • Patent number: 7032946
    Abstract: The present invention is a barrier shield having selective transparent areas therein that incorporates particular optical glare and reflection reduction methods utilizing diffractive and grating techniques within a tilted planar surface having selective openings therethrough. This barrier shield is mounted within the closure door for correcting the transmissive optical imagery enabling the driver/operator to view the passengers through the closure door barrier shield using, typically, the inside rear-view mirror without compromise to safety or security.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Inventor: Thomas C. Brown
  • Patent number: 6738869
    Abstract: Arrangements for maintaining out-of-order queue cache coherency and for prevention of memory write starvation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas R. Moran, Thomas C. Brown, Kenneth B. Oliver
  • Publication number: 20010020522
    Abstract: A low energy process for the manufacture of high yield pulp that involves the processing of chemically-treated chips or wood fiber at high stresses or intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Inventors: Alcibiadis Karnis, Cyril Heitner, J. David McDonald, Keith B. Miles, Oleg V. Chagaev, Mustafa I. Stationwala, Thomas C. Browne
  • Patent number: 5748867
    Abstract: An image texturing system utilizes theme cells to generate terrain image data area-by-area for a dynamic terrain display. The system is effective in flight simulation apparatus, as for training pilots. A memory stores theme maps representing areas of specific terrains, e.g. terrains lying below a flight path. The theme maps are indexed on a square grid pattern and include a feature identification code (FIC) for each grid point to indicate terrain, e.g. forest, water, etc. A selection device controlled by an image generator selects a current theme map and dissects it cell-by-cell as defined by grid points to provide corner-referenced representations for each theme cell. A terrain storage device stores a library of terrain treatment pattern arrays that are derived, for example, from photo data of forest, ocean, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Cosman, Thomas C. Brown
  • Patent number: 5364124
    Abstract: An air bag assembly is mounted in a vehicle instrument panel recess located below an opening in the instrument panel upper surface which has a removable cover door normally closing the opening. The air bag assembly comprises an inflator, an air bag, a container mounting the inflator at its bottom and housing the folded air bag atop the inflator, and an air bag deployment chute. The deployment chute is a fabric rectangular tube having one end attached to the container around its deployment opening. The deployment chute is folded atop the air bag. A fabric tether connects the lower edge of the chute outer end to the container and is shorter than the tube. Upon actuation of the inflator, the deployment chute forces open the instrument panel door and extends outwardly of the instrument panel opening. The tether forces the chute to arch rearwardly and downwardly of the instrument panel opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Michael W. Donegan, John L. Volz, Thomas C. Brown
  • Patent number: 4420018
    Abstract: A reinforced hose structure is illustrated as including a length of tubing 20 having a first course A of reinforcement braided about the tubing and comprising a conventional braided structure and a second course B of reinforcement braided about the tubing and about the said first course and comprising a conventional braided structure. First course A includes a first group 10 of reinforcing strands applied about the tube in a first helical direction and a second group 12 of reinforcing strands applied concurrently about the tube in a second, helically opposite direction in such a manner as to interlace the strands of the said two groups into a conventional braided structure. Adjacent windings 10, 12 of the first and second groups are spaced apart to provide widened braid spaces which reduce crimping of the edge wires in each group as the groups of wires intersect each other. A plurality of empty unoccupied spaces C are formed in braided course A along the length of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1983
    Inventor: Thomas C. Brown, Jr.