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).

  • Publication number: 20170284615
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel Hau, Tim Cowley, Shane Vail
  • Patent number: 9689538
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN LIOWN ELECTRONICS COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel Hau, Tim Cowley, Shane Vail
  • Patent number: 9664344
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN LIOWN ELECTRONICS COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel Hau, Tim Cowley, Shane Vail
  • Publication number: 20170067606
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel Hau, Tim Cowley, Shane Vail
  • Publication number: 20150377431
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Hau, Tim Cowley, Shane Vail
  • Publication number: 20130265748
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel Hau, Tim Cowley, Shane Vail
  • Patent number: 8454190
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Smart Candle, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Hau, Tim Cowley, Shane Vail
  • Publication number: 20120287612
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: Smart Candle, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Hau, Tim Cowley, Shane Vail
  • Patent number: 8210708
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Smart Candle, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Hau, Tim Cowley, Shane Vail
  • Publication number: 20100124050
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: SMART CANDLE, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Hau, Tim Cowley, Shane Vail
  • Patent number: 7477264
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20070035559
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alexandre Grigorovitch, Jay Senior, Jonathan Cain, Gurpratap Virdi, Sohail Mohammed, Kirt Debique, Gareth Howell, Tim Cowley, Miguel Valdez, Stephen Estrop