Patents by Inventor Tim Cowley
Tim Cowley 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).
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Publication number: 20170284615Abstract: A large plurality of artificial, battery-operated, electronic candles are arranged to be simultaneously recharged upon placement on a series of interconnected charging trays that include a transformer primary winding at defined locations thereon. The primary windings are driven by an AC signal whose duty cycle is controlled by a pulse width modulator 1C to induce a voltage across secondary windings contained within the candle housing. This induced signal is rectified to produce the battery charging current and the delivery of the charging current to the rechargeable batteries is controlled by a microprocessor 1C.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Daniel Hau, Tim Cowley, Shane Vail
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Patent number: 9689538Abstract: An electronic candle includes a housing, an LED light source, a battery, and one or more sensors to detect a blow of air or a tilt of the electronic candle. The electronic candle further includes a microprocessor that is coupled to the LED light source, to the blow sensor and to the tilt sensor. The microprocessor is programmed to control illumination produced by the LED light source, to receive signals indicative of the detection of a blow, and to detect a tilt of the electronic candle.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: SHENZHEN LIOWN ELECTRONICS COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Daniel Hau, Tim Cowley, Shane Vail
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Patent number: 9664344Abstract: A large plurality of artificial, battery-operated, electronic candles are arranged to be simultaneously recharged upon placement on a series of interconnected charging trays that include a transformer primary winding at defined locations thereon. The primary windings are driven by an AC signal whose duty cycle is controlled by a pulse width modulator IC to induce a voltage across secondary windings contained within the candle housing. This induced signal is rectified to produce the battery charging current and the delivery of the charging current to the rechargeable batteries is controlled by a microprocessor IC.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: SHENZHEN LIOWN ELECTRONICS COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Daniel Hau, Tim Cowley, Shane Vail
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Publication number: 20170067606Abstract: A large plurality of artificial, battery-operated, electronic candles are arranged to be simultaneously recharged upon placement on a series of interconnected charging trays that include a transformer primary winding at defined locations thereon. The primary windings are driven by an AC signal whose duty cycle is controlled by a pulse width modulator 1C to induce a voltage across secondary windings contained within the candle housing. This induced signal is rectified to produce the battery charging current and the delivery of the charging current to the rechargeable batteries is controlled by a microprocessor 1C.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Daniel Hau, Tim Cowley, Shane Vail
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Publication number: 20150377431Abstract: A large plurality of artificial, battery-operated, electronic candles are arranged to be simultaneously recharged upon placement on a series of interconnected charging trays that include a transformer primary winding at defined locations thereon. The primary windings are driven by an AC signal whose duty cycle is controlled by a pulse width modulator IC to induce a voltage across secondary windings contained within the candle housing. This induced signal is rectified to produce the battery charging current and the delivery of the charging current to the rechargeable batteries is controlled by a microprocessor IC.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Daniel Hau, Tim Cowley, Shane Vail
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Publication number: 20130265748Abstract: A large plurality of artificial, battery-operated, electronic candles are arranged to be simultaneously recharged upon placement on a series of interconnected charging trays that include a transformer primary winding at defined locations thereon. The primary windings are driven by an AC signal whose duty cycle is controlled by a pulse width modulator IC to induce a voltage across secondary windings contained within the candle housing. This induced signal is rectified to produce the battery charging current and the delivery of the charging current to the rechargeable batteries is controlled by a microprocessor IC.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Inventors: Daniel Hau, Tim Cowley, Shane Vail
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Patent number: 8454190Abstract: A large plurality of artificial, battery-operated, electronic candles are arranged to be simultaneously recharged upon placement on a series of interconnected charging trays that include a transformer primary winding at defined locations thereon. The primary windings are driven by an AC signal whose duty cycle is controlled by a pulse width modulator IC to induce a voltage across secondary windings contained within the candle housing. This induced signal is rectified to produce the battery charging current and the delivery of the charging current to the rechargeable batteries is controlled by a microprocessor IC.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2012Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Smart Candle, LLCInventors: Daniel Hau, Tim Cowley, Shane Vail
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Publication number: 20120287612Abstract: A large plurality of artificial, battery-operated, electronic candles are arranged to be simultaneously recharged upon placement on a series of interconnected charging trays that include a transformer primary winding at defined locations thereon. The primary windings are driven by an AC signal whose duty cycle is controlled by a pulse width modulator IC to induce a voltage across secondary windings contained within the candle housing. This induced signal is rectified to produce the battery charging current and the delivery of the charging current to the rechargeable batteries is controlled by a microprocessor IC.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: Smart Candle, LLCInventors: Daniel Hau, Tim Cowley, Shane Vail
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Patent number: 8210708Abstract: A large plurality of artificial, battery-operated, electronic candles are arranged to be simultaneously recharged upon placement on a series of interconnected charging trays that include a transformer primary winding at defined locations thereon. The primary windings are driven by an AC signal whose duty cycle is controlled by a pulse width modulator IC to induce a voltage across secondary windings contained within the candle housing. This induced signal is rectified to produce the battery charging current and the delivery of the charging current to the rechargeable batteries is controlled by a microprocessor IC.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2008Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Smart Candle, LLCInventors: Daniel Hau, Tim Cowley, Shane Vail
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Publication number: 20100124050Abstract: A large plurality of artificial, battery-operated, electronic candles are arranged to be simultaneously recharged upon placement on a series of interconnected charging trays that include a transformer primary winding at defined locations thereon. The primary windings are driven by an AC signal whose duty cycle is controlled by a pulse width modulator IC to induce a voltage across secondary windings contained within the candle housing. This induced signal is rectified to produce the battery charging current and the delivery of the charging current to the rechargeable batteries is controlled by a microprocessor IC.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2008Publication date: May 20, 2010Applicant: SMART CANDLE, LLCInventors: Daniel Hau, Tim Cowley, Shane Vail
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Patent number: 7477264Abstract: Compositing functionality is provided in the form of an application program interface (API) that applications can utilize to composite images on video data that is to be rendered. In at least some embodiments, this functionality is exposed in a multimedia pipeline towards the end of the multimedia pipeline, such as at or by a renderer component. A set of methods exposed by the API permit an application to create and manage image compositing.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2005Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alexandre V. Grigorovitch, Jay Senior, Jonathan M. Cain, Gurpratap Virdi, Sohail Baig Mohammed, Kirt A. Debique, Gareth Howell, Tim Cowley, Miguel M. Valdez, Stephen J. Estrop
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Publication number: 20070035559Abstract: Compositing functionality is provided in the form of an application program interface (API) that applications can utilize to composite images on video data that is to be rendered. In at least some embodiments, this functionality is exposed in a multimedia pipeline towards the end of the multimedia pipeline, such as at or by a renderer component. A set of methods exposed by the API permit an application to create and manage image compositing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2005Publication date: February 15, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alexandre Grigorovitch, Jay Senior, Jonathan Cain, Gurpratap Virdi, Sohail Mohammed, Kirt Debique, Gareth Howell, Tim Cowley, Miguel Valdez, Stephen Estrop