Patents by Inventor William Sanford

William Sanford 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: 20060232497
    Abstract: Methods and systems for processing images corresponding to views external to a vehicle are disclosed. A system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes first and second signal receiving portions configured to receive a signal corresponding to an image of a view external to the vehicle and a speed of the vehicle, respectively. A signal processing portion can direct to a first display portion a first signal corresponding to the image and to a second display portion a second signal corresponding to the image, with the first and second display portions positioned at different locations of the vehicle. The second signal can be delayed by a time that corresponds at least approximately inversely to the speed of the vehicle. Accordingly, a viewer seeing both display portions can receive a visual indication that the vehicle is moving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: William Sanford
  • Publication number: 20060064815
    Abstract: A mist delivery system includes an enclosure having at least one misting nozzle coupled thereto. The enclosure includes a primary wall and a secondary wall, whereby an air channel is defined between the primary wall and the secondary wall. A controller directs misted air through the misting nozzle and further activates an air flow system such that misted air within the shower area flows through and is dried in the air channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeanne Guerin, Douglas Emsley, Donald Furlong, Dennis Lin, Bethany Franko, Kevin Zielke, Cynthia Vandewall, Peter Mitchell, William Sanford, Vicki Curtis, Wing Cheung
  • Publication number: 20040054673
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to information searching. Systems and methods for facilitating such information search are described. In one arrangement, a system and method for facilitating information searching pertain to receiving search content, locating a document that is potentially relevant to the search content, and providing search results that identify the located document, the search results including a search topic-specific title that is other than an actual title of the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: William Sanford deMent, DeAnna Johnson, Kari Compton Rishel
  • Publication number: 20030072976
    Abstract: A label form which includes a backing member having a label member removably attached to the backing member and a transparent laminate removably attached to the backing member. The backing member can include a split-line crack for allowing the label member and the transparent laminate to be aligned and attached to a stock member. The transparent laminate can be located on the backing member so as not to cover the label member, wherein the label member includes an exposed surface for printing on the label member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventor: William Sanford
  • Patent number: 4089329
    Abstract: A noninvasive, continuous monitoring device for measuring intraocular pressure without interference with vision or normal activity of the patient. A miniature, planar-faced pressure transducer is fixed in a protruding section of a compliant hydrogel ring which has been tooled to conform to the spherical surface of the sclera. The hydrogel ring is placed noninvasively under the eyelids within the conjunctival cul-de-sac, the transducer being located in the lower temperal quadrant. Applanation of the sclera against the planar surface of the transducer results as a consequence of pressure from the separated tissues. Intraocular pressure readings are based on the variations in resistance in the strain gage elements of the transducer caused by the applied stress to the transducer diaphragm. Data is transmitted through connecting wires to a telemetry unit which transmits the data to a receiver-transcriber console.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1978
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Institute
    Inventors: Lucien Alfred Couvillon, Jr., Thomas Reaks Grover, Charles Dewitt Baker, William Sanford Topham