Patents by Inventor Walter L. Baker, III

Walter L. Baker, III 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).

  • Multimedia video/graphics in fuel dispensers
    Patent number: 5734851
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing fuel at a retail site includes a fuel dispenser having a raster-scannable display of information to a customer. A circuit generates graphics information concerning transactions for display on the raster-scannable display. A video signal source supplies video signals to the fuel dispenser to be displayed on the raster-scannable display, and the fuel dispenser circuit means is capable of selectively directing graphics information concerning transactions or video signals or a combination of them to the raster-scannable display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Gilbarco Inc.
    Inventors: Russel D. Leatherman, Walter L. Baker, III
  • Transaction display on video/graphics in fuel dispensers
    Patent number: 5719781
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing fuel at a retail site includes a fuel dispenser having a raster-scannable display of information to a customer, a first circuit to generate graphics information concerning fueling data for display on the raster-scannable display, a second circuit to generate user prompts for display on the raster-scannable display, a video signal source supplying video signals to the fuel dispenser to be displayed on the raster-scannable display, and a third circuit to direct fueling data from the first circuit, user prompts from the second circuit and video signals from the video signal source selectively to the raster-scannable display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Gilbarco Inc.
    Inventors: Russel D. Leatherman, Walter L. Baker, III