Patents by Inventor William K. Owens

William K. Owens 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: 20080231460
    Abstract: A system and processing techniques are provided for automatically detecting when an individual is under surveillance. At least one uniquely identifying characteristic associated with a vehicle or a person in proximity to the individual is detected as the individual moves about a geographic region, such as when the individual is traveling in a car. Positions in the geographic region where the uniquely identifying characteristics are collected and the times of these collections as the individual moves about the geographic region are also captured. Data is stored for detections of the uniquely identifying characteristics, times of detections and the positions where the uniquely identifying characteristics are detected as the individual moves about the geographic region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: William K. Owen, C.John Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: 7385515
    Abstract: A system and processing techniques are provided for automatically detecting when an individual is under surveillance. At least one uniquely identifying characteristic associated with a vehicle or a person in proximity to the individual is detected as the individual moves about a geographic region, such as when the individual is traveling in a car. Positions in the geographic region where the uniquely identifying characteristics are collected and the times of these collections as the individual moves about the geographic region are also captured. Data is stored for detections of the uniquely identifying characteristics, times of detections and the positions where the uniquely identifying characteristics are detected as the individual moves about the geographic region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Inventors: William K. Owen, C. John Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: 4326270
    Abstract: An electronic circuit for simultaneously erasing all the information stored in an electronic information storage device and entering a predetermined new pattern of information into the storage device comprises a plurality of bistable semiconductor cells with an additional transistor current-conducting region included on a predetermined side of each cell. The additional current-conducting regions in the cells along each word row are coupled to an additional word line which connects to a current switch for the row. At an appropriate pulse signal, the current switch activates to switch row current temporarily from the standard current-source word line, which conducts holding current to the row during normal operation, to the additional word line, thereby erasing the old data and entering the new information bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1982
    Assignee: Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp.
    Inventors: William K. Owens, Steven R. Kahermanes