Patents by Inventor Thomas Mavec

Thomas Mavec 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: 6863215
    Abstract: In an access system and method for buses, a master card and respective slave cards for respective students are provided. The cards are read by a card reader to control access to the bus. A microprocessor and memory are provided together with an annunciator which determine whether a slave card annunciator code corresponds to an annunciator code on the master card, thus determining whether a respective student is boarding a bus which corresponds with his respective route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Robotics Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Roberts, Thomas Mavec
  • Publication number: 20040016800
    Abstract: In an access system and method for buses, a master card and respective slave cards for respective students are provided. The cards are read by a card reader to control access to the bus. A microprocessor and memory are provided together with an annunciator which determine whether a slave card annunciator code corresponds to an annunciator code on the master card, thus determining whether a respective student is boarding a bus which corresponds with his respective route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Allan Roberts, Thomas Mavec
  • Patent number: 6631841
    Abstract: In an access system and method for buses, a master card and respective slave cards for respective students are provided. The cards are read by a card reader to control access to the bus. A microprocessor and memory are provided together with an annunciator which determine whether a slave card annunciator code corresponds to an annunciator code on the master card, thus determining whether a respective student is boarding a bus which corresponds with his respective route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Robotics Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Roberts, Thomas Mavec
  • Publication number: 20020179705
    Abstract: In an access system and method for buses, a master card and respective slave cards for respective students are provided. The cards are read by a card reader to control access to the bus. A microprocessor and memory are provided together with an annunciator which determine whether a slave card annunciator code corresponds to an annunciator code on the master card, thus determining whether a respective student is boarding a bus which corresponds with his respective route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Applicant: Robotics Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Roberts, Thomas Mavec
  • Patent number: 6392395
    Abstract: In a method and system for detecting a particular AC circuit from among a plurality of AC circuits at a circuit box, a transmitter is plugged into the particular AC circuit to be detected, the transmitter creating a high amplitude high-frequency current pulse. With a receiver, sensing the particular circuit at the circuit box by use of a sensing coil and employing a variable gain stage in conjunction with a threshold comparator and latch to pick off a signal caused by the high amplitude high frequency current pulse. The signal is latched so that a microprocessor can read the signal to activate an indication to a user when the particular AC circuit has been located at the circuit box. The microprocessor can be programmed after it is mounted into the receiver by use of a computer which transfers a program to the microprocessor. In an alternate embodiment of the invention, instead of the latch, the threshold comparator connects to an interrupt input of the microprocessor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Robotics Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Roberts, Thomas Mavec
  • Publication number: 20010038289
    Abstract: In a method and system for detecting a particular AC circuit from among a plurality of AC circuits at a circuit box, a transmitter is plugged into the particular AC circuit to be detected, the transmitter creating a high amplitude high-frequency current pulse. With a receiver, sensing the particular circuit at the circuit box by uses of a sensing coil and employing a variable gain stage in conjunction with a threshold comparator and latch to pick off a signal caused by the high amplitude high frequency current pulse. The signal is latched so that a microprocessor can read the signal to activate an indication to a user when the particular AC circuit has been located at the circuit box. The microprocessor can be programmed after it is mounted into the receiver by use of a computer which transfers a program to the microprocessor. In an alternate embodiment of the invention, instead of the latch, the threshold comparator connects to an interrupt input of the microprocessor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Allan Roberts, Thomas Mavec