Patents by Inventor William K. Pratt
William K. Pratt 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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Patent number: 11111655Abstract: A bucket or blade including a main body having one or more wear indicators. The one or more wear indicators can be inspected and monitored to determine the extent or degree of wear of one or more wear surfaces of the main body of the bucket or blade. Also, a liner having one or more wear indicators configured for use with a bucket, blade, dump truck, or chute of a rock crusher. Also, one or more wear indicators configured for use with a chute of a rock crusher.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: ROCKLAND MANUFACTURING COMPANYInventor: William K. Pratt
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Publication number: 20190316329Abstract: A bucket or blade including a main body having one or more wear indicators. The one or more wear indicators can be inspected and monitored to determine the extent or degree of wear of one or more wear surfaces of the main body of the bucket or blade. Also, a liner having one or more wear indicators configured for use with a bucket, blade, dump truck, or chute of a rock crusher. Also, one or more wear indicators configured for use with a chute of a rock crusher.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: ROCKLAND MANUFACTURING COMPANYInventor: William K. PRATT
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Patent number: 10378188Abstract: A bucket or blade including a main body having one or more wear indicators. The one or more wear indicators can be inspected and monitored to determine the extent or degree of wear of one or more wear surfaces of the main body of the bucket or blade. Also, a liner having one or more wear indicators configured for use with a bucket, blade, dump truck, or chute of a rock crusher. Also, one or more wear indicators configured for use with a chute of a rock crusher.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: ROCKLAND MANUFACTURING COMPANYInventor: William K. Pratt
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Publication number: 20180087246Abstract: A bucket or blade including a main body having one or more wear indicators. The one or more wear indicators can be inspected and monitored to determine the extent or degree of wear of one or more wear surfaces of the main body of the bucket or blade. Also, a liner having one or more wear indicators configured for use with a bucket, blade, dump truck, or chute of a rock crusher. Also, one or more wear indicators configured for use with a chute of a rock crusher.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: ROCKLAND MANUFACTURING COMPANYInventor: William K. PRATT
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Patent number: 9739397Abstract: A support assembly for constructing and staging a pipeline for installation in a trench. The support assembly includes one or more stacks of support segments. A support segment for the support assembly. Method of using and making the support segments.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2016Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: COMPANY BLACK LLCInventor: William K. Pratt
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Publication number: 20160319961Abstract: A support assembly for constructing and staging a pipeline for installation in a trench. The support assembly includes one or more stacks of support segments. A support segment for the support assembly. Method of using and making the support segments.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventor: William K. Pratt
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Publication number: 20160319959Abstract: A method of making a pipeline, including providing a beam or support segment having a biodegradable core made from cellulose fiber, providing pipeline segments or sections, supporting aligned ends of the pipeline segments or sections above a surface using the beam or support segment; and connecting the supported aligned ends of the pipeline segments or sections together to form the pipeline, and a support segment for constructing and staging a pipeline.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventor: William K. Pratt
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Patent number: 9440771Abstract: A member formed of a set of elongated corrugated cardboard plies secured together with a biodegradable adhesive along the lengths thereof and coated with a biodegradable coating which may be stacked to form a support for a portion of an elongated weighty member.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2014Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: COMPANY BLACK LLCInventor: William K. Pratt
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Patent number: 9440772Abstract: A lightweight manually transportable unit, effective in supporting a heavyweight tubular member including a spaced pair of beams each formed of a set of plies of corrugated cardboard and having a recess with a curved cross-sectional configuration, aligned with the recess of the other of such beams, and an enclosure formed of planar and curved panel formed of corrugated cardboard encompassing such spaced beams, wherein the plies of such beams and the enclosure encompassing such beams are secured together by a biodegradable adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2015Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: COMPANY BLACK LLCInventor: William K. Pratt
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Publication number: 20160221715Abstract: A lightweight manually transportable unit, effective in supporting a heavyweight tubular member including a spaced pair of beams each formed of a set of plies of corrugated cardboard and having a recess with a curved cross-sectional configuration, aligned with the recess of the other of such beams, and an enclosure formed of planar and curved panel formed of corrugated cardboard encompassing such spaced beams, wherein the plies of such beams and the enclosure encompassing such beams are secured together by a biodegradable adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2015Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: COMPANY BLACK LLCInventor: William K. Pratt
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Publication number: 20160130032Abstract: A member formed of a set of elongated corrugated cardboard plies secured together with a biodegradable adhesive along the lengths thereof and coated with a biodegradable coating which may be stacked to form a support for a portion of an elongated weighty member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2014Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: Rockland, IncInventor: William K. Pratt
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Patent number: 7330583Abstract: Integrated inspection and test systems for liquid crystal display (LCD) active plates. The integrated inspection and test systems may combine visual imaging inspection and an electronic sensing such as voltage imaging, electron beam sensing or charge sensing, in which the potential defect information obtained by the visual inspection system is combined with the potential defect information obtained by the electronic sensing system to produce a defect report. One or more high-resolution visual cameras are scanned over a stationary plate, and the image data from the camera(s) is processed to detect potential defects. A high-resolution electronic sensing system examines the stationary plate, and the image data from the sensor(s) is processed to detect potential defects. The potential defects from the visual image data and electronic sensing image data are processed to produce the final defect information.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2002Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Photon Dynamics, Inc.Inventors: Bernard T. Clark, David L. Freeman, Jeffrey A. Hawthorne, Alexander J. Nagy, William K. Pratt
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Patent number: 7095883Abstract: A method for inspecting a display panel includes capturing images of a portion of a plurality of display panels having display elements with an image acquisition device having sensor elements, each image comprising an image of approximately a first number of display elements captured with approximately a second number of sensor elements, the first number different from the second number, each image including a Moiré artifact pattern, combining the images of the portion of the plurality of display panels to form a reference image including a Moiré artifact pattern reference, capturing a sample image of a portion of a sample display panel having display elements with the image acquisition device, the sample image comprising an image of approximately the first number of display elements on the sample display captured with approximately the second number of sensor elements, the sample image including a sample Moiré artifact pattern, combining the sample image with the reference image to inhibit the sample Moiré aType: GrantFiled: July 3, 2002Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Assignee: Photon Dynamics, Inc.Inventors: Reza Safaee-Rad, Aleksander Crnatovic, Jeffrey A. Hawthorne, Ray Leerentveld, William K. Pratt, Sunil S. Sawkar
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Publication number: 20040032280Abstract: Integrated inspection and test systems for liquid crystal display (LCD) active plates. The integrated inspection and test systems may combine visual imaging inspection and an electronic sensing such as voltage imaging, electron beam sensing or charge sensing, in which the potential defect information obtained by the visual inspection system is combined with the potential defect information obtained by the electronic sensing system to produce a defect report. One or more high-resolution visual cameras are scanned over a stationary plate, and the image data from the camera(s) is processed to detect potential defects. A high-resolution electronic sensing system examines the stationary plate, and the image data from the sensor(s) is processed to detect potential defects. The potential defects from the visual image data and electronic sensing image data are processed to produce the final defect information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2002Publication date: February 19, 2004Inventors: Bernard T. Clark, David L. Freeman, Jeffrey A. Hawthorne, Alexander J. Nagy, William K. Pratt
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Patent number: 6675120Abstract: A color optical inspection system extracts only such luma and chroma spatial features as are necessary for detection of defects related to the physical characteristics of devices populating the surface of a board. During the training phase, the features of each device present on each of a number of golden boards is extracted and compared against a set of established criteria, thereby to select one or more spatial features to be extracted for the associated devices during the inspection phase. A match region whose boundaries are defined by the selected features of the devices on the golden boards is established during the training phase. During the inspection phase, the selected features of each associated device are extracted to determine whether they fall inside the match region. If the extracted features falls outside the corresponding match region, then a defect is reported.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2001Date of Patent: January 6, 2004Assignee: Photon Dynamics, Inc.Inventors: William K. Pratt, Owen Y. Sit
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Publication number: 20030059101Abstract: A method for inspecting a display panel includes capturing images of a portion of a plurality of display panels having display elements with an image acquisition device having sensor elements, each image comprising an image of approximately a first number of display elements captured with approximately a second number of sensor elements, the first number different from the second number, each image including a Moiré artifact pattern, combining the images of the portion of the plurality of display panels to form a reference image including a Moiré artifact pattern reference, capturing a sample image of a portion of a sample display panel having display elements with the image acquisition device, the sample image comprising an image of approximately the first number of display elements on the sample display captured with approximately the second number of sensor elements, the sample image including a sample Moiré artifact pattern, combining the sample image with the reference image to inhibType: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2002Publication date: March 27, 2003Applicant: Photon Dynamics, Inc.Inventors: Reza Safaee-Rad, Aleksandar Crnatovic, Jeffrey A. Hawthorne, Ray Leerentveld, William K. Pratt, Sunil S. Sawkar
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Publication number: 20020029125Abstract: A color optical inspection system extracts only such luma and chroma spatial features as are necessary for detection of defects related to the physical characteristics of devices populating the surface of a board. During the training phase, the features of each device present on each of a number of golden boards is extracted and compared against a set of established criteria, thereby to select one or more spatial features to be extracted for the associated devices during the inspection phase. A match region whose boundaries are defined by the selected features of the devices on the golden boards is established during the training phase. During the inspection phase, the selected features of each associated device are extracted to determine whether they fall inside the match region. If the extracted features falls outside the corresponding match region, then a defect is reported.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2001Publication date: March 7, 2002Inventors: William K. Pratt, Owen Y. Sit
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Patent number: 6154561Abstract: A method for locating blobs in an image, includes the steps of: forming a blob reference mask from the image, the blob reference mask including a portion indicating a portion of the image containing a first blob, if any, and forming a reference image from the image, the reference image corresponding to the image. The method also includes the steps of forming a modified image from the image by replacing the portion of the image containing the first blob, if any, with a portion of the reference image corresponding to the portion of the image, and locating a second blob in the image in response to the modified image.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 1998Date of Patent: November 28, 2000Assignee: Photon Dynamics, Inc.Inventors: William K. Pratt, Sunil S. Sawkar
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Patent number: 4710813Abstract: A low bandwidth video teleconferencing system and method is disclosed. The video teleconferencing system employs novel data compression techniques by which continuous transmission of imagery at a rate of 9600 bits/second is possible. A sketch coder converts the grey scale image to be transmitted to a sketch or line drawing, which comprises an outline of the principal boundaries plus shading to represent depth. The bandwidth required for the data representing the sketch is then compressed by two-dimensional run length coding techniques which exploit interframe and interline redundancy as well as intraline redundancy to generate a binary transmission code. Other features are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 1986Date of Patent: December 1, 1987Assignee: Compression Labs, Inc.Inventors: Robert H. Wallis, William K. Pratt
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Patent number: 4410916Abstract: A dual mode facsimile data compression technique which possesses the advantage of symbol recognition and extended run-length coding methods. In operation, a symbol blocking operator isolates digital raster data representing valid alphanumeric characters and document symbols. The first symbol encoungered is placed in a memory or library and as each new symbol is detected, it is compared with each entry of the library. If the comparison is within a predetermined tolerance, a library identification code representing the symbol is generated and transmitted along with the symbol location coordinates. Otherwise, the new symbol is placed in the library and its digital pattern and location is transmitted. A scoring system determines which elements of the library are to be replaced by new prototypes once the library is filled. Non-isolated symbols are coded by a two-dimensional run-length coding method for transmission.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 1981Date of Patent: October 18, 1983Assignee: Compression Labs, Inc.Inventors: William K. Pratt, Ronald S. Bader, Wen-Hsiung Chen, Lyle V. Rennick, Robert H. Wallis