Chipman, US
Carl Chipman, Stillwater, OK US
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20090248319 | MAIL PARCEL SCREENING USING MULTIPLE DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES - Various screening systems are disclosed, including a system including a radiation detection component, a toxic chemical detection component, a toxic chemical agent sampling component, a bio-threat detection component, a puffer-based bio-threat sampling component, an explosive detection component, and an X-ray based imager, such that it automatically screens mail for the presence of multiple threat agents, such as chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats. An automated sample arm collects a sample when a sampling substrate contacts a portion of the item of mail while there is relative motion between the automated sample arm and the item of mail. The sample is conveyed to a detector and the sampling substrate is regenerated by heating it. | 10-01-2009 |
Christopher T. Chipman, Killingly, CT US
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20110311924 | Low Pressure Drop, Low NOx, Induced Draft Gas Heaters - An improved induced draft gas burner assembly ( | 12-22-2011 |
20130076511 | RESONATOR DESIGN FOR DETECTORS AND SOUNDERS - A sound enhancement device for a detector includes a cylindrical portion having a tubular body and an interior cavity longitudinally coextensive therewith. The device includes a first elongated portion and at least a second elongated portion with both portions coupled to the cylindrical portion. The first elongated portion includes a first body portion having a first cavity that is coextensive with the first body portion while the at least second elongated portion includes a second body portion having a second cavity that is coextensive with the second body portion. The cylindrical portion and each of the first and at least the second elongated portions comprise a length of a quarter wavelength of a predefined frequency. The sound enhancement device includes radii of curvatures for causing a wavefront emanating from the sound enhancement device to maximize the radiation efficiency of the sound enhancement device. | 03-28-2013 |
20130292211 | System And Method For Reducing Belt Noise - The present invention is directed to an elevator system. The elevator system comprises a car, a counterweight, at least one belt connecting the car and counterweight, and at least one sheave having a surface that engages with the belt. At least part of the surface of the sheave that interfaces with the belt has a plurality of features for reducing unwanted noise created due to the interaction between the belt and the sheave surface. | 11-07-2013 |
Christopher T. Chipman, Scotland, CT US
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20120073329 | LARGE DIAMETER OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE SPLICE - Techniques and systems suitable for performing low-loss fusion splicing of optical waveguide sections are provided. According to some embodiments, multiple laser beams (from one or more laser) may be utilized to uniformly heat a splice region including portions of the optical waveguide sections to be spliced, which may have different cross-sectional dimensions. According to some embodiments, the relative distance of the optical waveguide sections and/or the power of the multiple laser beams may be varied during splicing operations. | 03-29-2012 |
Cyrus Chipman, Wilmington, NC US
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20090204689 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE SURVEILLANCE OF A PREMISES - A method and apparatus for remote surveillance of a premises using graphic image captures of the premises under surveillance is disclosed. An intermediary web server is used to bridge the connection between a computer-camera and, e.g, a cell phone or other computer device so that images of the premises under surveillance can be viewed remotely. The computer, camera and server arrangement eliminates many of the configuration and network security problems associated with existing surveillance systems. The system of the invention records individual pictures at a rapid rate, rather than “movies.” This allows the application software or program which implements the system to run in the background on a client PC while other application programs are also running on the PC. | 08-13-2009 |
Leslie Eugene Chipman, Rockville, MD US
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20100158470 | IDENTIFICATION OF SEGMENTS WITHIN AUDIO, VIDEO, AND MULTIMEDIA ITEMS - The invention pertains to methods, systems, and apparatus for identifying segments within a media item, the media segment including at least one of audio content and video content, comprising segmenting the media item into a plurality of segments as a function of subject matter, storing data identifying each segment and its subject matter, and organizing each segment within an ontology based on its subject matter. | 06-24-2010 |
20100161580 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORGANIZING SEGMENTS OF MEDIA ASSETS AND DETERMINING RELEVANCE OF SEGMENTS TO A QUERY - The invention pertains to methods, systems, and apparatus for identifying media items relevant to a selected subject matter, the method comprising determining the subject matter of a first media item, the first media item comprising at least one of audio content and video content, determining the classification within an ontology of the subject matter of the first media item, analyzing the ontology to identify other subject matter related to the subject matter of the first media item, and performing a search for other media items relevant to the subject matter of the first media item as a function of at least the other related subject matter according to the ontology. | 06-24-2010 |
20140258284 | Method and Apparatus for Organizing Segments of Media Assets and Determining Relevance of Segments to a Query - The invention pertains to methods, systems, and apparatus for identifying media items relevant to a selected subject matter, the method comprising determining the subject matter of a first media item, the first media item comprising at least one of audio content and video content, determining the classification within an ontology of the subject matter of the first media item, analyzing the ontology to identify other subject matter related to the subject matter of the first media item, and performing a search for other media items relevant to the subject matter of the first media item as a function of at least the other related subject matter according to the ontology. | 09-11-2014 |
20140282745 | Content Event Messaging - Methods, systems, computer readable media, and apparatuses are disclosed for providing event messages to a user. The event messages may include video data or a link to video of the event. In some variations, a user or content provider may define criteria for the event messages that are to be displayed to the user. The event messages may be stored so that a user may be able to browse through the stored event messages and decide when to view the video of the event. Upon a user's selection of the event message, the video of the event may be displayed to the user on the same display device or another display device. | 09-18-2014 |
Mark A. Chipman, Coeur D'Alene, ID US
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20100121710 | System and method for location-based online shopping and just-in-time advertising - A system for location-based online shopping by which users may make offers to, or solicit offers from, vendors in a particular geographic area, and for almost simultaneously providing advertising to the users is disclosed. Data is received from a user via an electronic communication device, the data designating a product or service of interest to the user and a geographic area in which the user desires to shop. Vendors of the designated product or service in the designated geographic area are selected, and a request related to the designated product or service is sent to the selected vendors. One or more advertisements related to the designated product or service are then sent to the electronic communication device in response to the data received from the device. | 05-13-2010 |
Michael Chipman, Cornelia, GA US
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20110303312 | Binary Hydraulic Manifold System - A hydraulic fluid manifold system for a spreader, the spreader including at least one bin for holding dry bulk material for distribution to at least one conveyor associated with the bin for receiving the dry bulk material from the at least one bin and transporting the dry bulk material to at least one spinner associated with the spreader. The hydraulic fluid manifold system includes a single, unitary manifold including a variable speed fluid control circuit for setting a speed for the at least one conveyor and a variable speed fluid control circuit for the at least one spinner of a spreader system for setting a speed for the at least one spinner, the variable speed control circuit for the at least one conveyor including an on/off device for the at least one conveyor that allows when fluid flow through the variable speed conveyor circuit to the at least one conveyor is turned on that the at least one conveyor can automatically operate at a speed set for the at least one conveyor prior to fluid flow to the at least one conveyor having been turned off. Further, the spreader can include at least two conveyors, and the variable speed control circuit for the at least two conveyors can further include flow of hydraulic fluid through the variable speed conveyor circuit to be changed between in-parallel flow to a first and a second of the conveyors simultaneously and in-series flow where flow of fluid is sent to a first one of the conveyors and then sent from the first one of the conveyors to a second one of the two conveyors. | 12-15-2011 |
Rob Chipman, Bellevue, KY US
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20160050128 | System and Method for Facilitating Communication with Network-Enabled Devices - Systems and methods for communication between sensors and a cloud-based service are disclosed. The cloud-based service is configured to parse a message from the network-enabled device into one or more message elements, to obtain input related to selected message elements of the one or more message elements, and to generate an output format according to a message definition that includes the selected message elements. The cloud-based service is further configured to expose an application program interface for transmission of the message received from the network-enabled device according to the output format to one or more applications consuming the application program interface. | 02-18-2016 |
Robert Chipman, Newton, NH US
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20120267924 | Infant Car Seat - An infant car seat including a seat shell that forms a seat capable of receiving and retaining an infant, a hip contour defined by the seat shell, and a lifting handle rotatably attached to a connection point on the seat shell. A method of carrying the infant car seat by one carrier. A method of carrying the infant car seat by two carriers. | 10-25-2012 |
Russell A. Chipman, Tucson, AZ US
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20090219618 | POLARIZATION COUPLING CUBE-CORNER RETRO-REFLECTORS - A cube corner retro-reflector that includes three mutually perpendicular reflecting planes arranged in a pyramidal configuration, wherein at least one of the reflecting planes has a non-isotropic surface causing a polarization state of a ray exiting the cube corner retro-reflector to be orthogonal or substantively orthogonal to a polarization state of a ray entering the cube corner retro-reflector for all linear polarization orientations. | 09-03-2009 |
20120075513 | MICROGRID IMAGING POLARIMETERS WITH FREQUENCY DOMAIN RECONSTRUCTION - A polarization camera includes a microlement polarizer that is situated in proximity to a focal plane array. The microlement polarizer is selectively scanned with respect to an optical image direct to the focal plane array, and an image processor stores a set of images associated with the scanning. Based on the stored images, a polarization image can be produced and displayed. A periodic microelement polarizer modulates the individual images of the set, and these images can be processed by filtering in the spatial frequency domain to isolate contributions associated with one or a combination of Stokes parameters. After filtering, Stokes parameter based images can be obtained by demodulating and inverse Fourier transforming the filtered frequency domain data. | 03-29-2012 |
20140180655 | POLARIZATION RAY TRACING TENSOR METHOD - Polarization ray tracing for incoherent light uses a polarization ray trace tensor that can be expressed in local or global coordinates. Ray tracing through a plurality of optical elements or interactions can be performed by cascading polarization ray tracing tensors to obtain a combined polarization ray tracing tensor for the ray path. One or more polarization ray tracing tensors is applied to an input coherence matrix to obtain an output coherence matrix. Polarization ray tracing tensors can be defined based on optical surfaces, Mueller matrices, polarization ray tracing matrices, scattering functions, or other characteristics of optical interfaces and systems. | 06-26-2014 |
Stephen R. Chipman, Provo, UT US
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20110033018 | METHOD FOR BONDING CERAMIC MATERIALS - Systems and methods for bonding ceramic materials are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, a process is provided comprising the steps of disposing a bonding material at least partially adjacent to a surface of a first silicon carbide component and at least partially adjacent to a surface of a second silicon carbide component, and bonding said first silicon carbide component to said second silicon carbide component by heating, wherein said bonding material comprises vanadium or titanium. | 02-10-2011 |
Steven G. Chipman, Ashburn, VA US
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20140281924 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HORIZONTALLY PAGINATING HTML CONTENT - Systems and methods are disclosed for horizontally paginating HTML content. One method includes receiving, at a web browser of a device and over a network, HTML content of dynamic or previously unknown length; and populating an article element with the received HTML content. The method also includes setting a width of the article element to a width of the web browser; setting a column width of the article element to the width of the web browser; and splitting the HTML content into a plurality of pages based on the width of the web browser. The method also includes calculating a number of the plurality of pages based on a scroll width of the article element and the width of the web browser; and displaying a user element and at least one of the plurality of pages based on the calculated number of the plurality of pages. | 09-18-2014 |
Steven Grayson Chipman, Ashburn, VA US
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20110225250 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FILTERING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS - Systems and methods are provided for filtering electronic communications. One exemplary method includes receiving a first message directed to a user, the first message including a plurality of messaging data; and receiving from the user a selection of the messaging data within the first message. The method further includes adding the selected messaging data to a database in relation to one or more contacts of the user, and receiving a second message directed to the user from at least one of the one or more contacts. The method further includes scanning the second message for the selected messaging data, and filtering, with at least one processor, the second message from delivery to the user if the second message contains the selected messaging data. | 09-15-2011 |
20110252095 | Systems And Methods For Location Tracking In A Social Network - Systems and methods are provided for location tracking and filtering or hiding electronic communications. In one implementation, a method is provided for location tracking for electronic communications. The method includes receiving a location ID for a location from a user who desires to follow the location within a social networking environment, and associating the location ID with the user. The method also includes providing instructions to display a representation of the location in a list of the user's contacts. | 10-13-2011 |
Stewart Chipman, Bainbridge Island, WA US
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20090298762 | CONJUGATES OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE PROTEINS HAVING A MODIFIED IN VIVO HALF-LIFE - Disclosed are biologically active protein conjugates that comprise a biologically active polypeptide coupled via a peptide bond to a polypeptide comprising from 2 to about 500 units of a repeating peptide motif, wherein the biologically active protein conjugate exhibits a modified plasma half-life compared to the intrinsic half-life of the unconjugated biologically active polypeptide or protein. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the conjugated proteins, as well as methods for determining whether a given conjugate exhibits a modified half life relative to the intrinsic half life of the unconjugated polypeptide. | 12-03-2009 |
20120252717 | CONJUGATES OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE PROTEINS HAVING A MODIFIED IN VIVO HALF-LIFE - Disclosed are biologically active protein conjugates that comprise a biologically active polypeptide coupled via a peptide bond to a polypeptide comprising from 2 to about 500 units of a repeating peptide motif, wherein the biologically active protein conjugate exhibits a modified plasma half-life compared to the intrinsic half-life of the unconjugated biologically active polypeptide or protein. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the conjugated proteins, as well as methods for determining whether a given conjugate exhibits a modified half life relative to the intrinsic half life of the unconjugated polypeptide. | 10-04-2012 |
Timothy Chipman, Ames, IA US
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20090094588 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROGRAM TRANSFORMATION USING FLOW-SENSITIVE TYPE CONSTRAINT ANALYSIS - A method for analyzing a program is provided. The method includes, determining an object type that may exist at an execution point of the program, wherein this enables determination of possible virtual functions that may be called; creating a call graph at a main entry point of the program; and recording an outgoing function call within a main function. The method also includes analyzing possible object types that may occur at any given instruction from any call path for virtual calls, wherein possible object types are determined by tracking object types as they pass through plural constructs; and calling into functions generically for handling specialized native runtime type information. | 04-09-2009 |
20100095287 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROGRAM TRANSFORMATION USING FLOW-SENSITIVE TYPE CONSTRAINT ANALYSIS - A method for analyzing a program is provided. The method includes, determining an object type that may exist at an execution point of the program, wherein this enables determination of possible virtual functions that may be called; creating a call graph at a main entry point of the program; and recording an outgoing function call within a main function. The method also includes analyzing possible object types that may occur at any given instruction from any call path for virtual calls, wherein possible object types are determined by tracking object types as they pass through plural constructs; and calling into functions generically for handling specialized native runtime type information. | 04-15-2010 |
Todd L. Chipman, San Jose, CA US
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20100121710 | System and method for location-based online shopping and just-in-time advertising - A system for location-based online shopping by which users may make offers to, or solicit offers from, vendors in a particular geographic area, and for almost simultaneously providing advertising to the users is disclosed. Data is received from a user via an electronic communication device, the data designating a product or service of interest to the user and a geographic area in which the user desires to shop. Vendors of the designated product or service in the designated geographic area are selected, and a request related to the designated product or service is sent to the selected vendors. One or more advertisements related to the designated product or service are then sent to the electronic communication device in response to the data received from the device. | 05-13-2010 |
Trevor Chipman, Minneapolis, MN US
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20140013527 | CONTINUOUSLY CURVING CLEANING ELEMENT - The disclosed cleaning element, which may be secured to a cleaning tool, includes a cleaning material that continuously curves from a first working surface to a second working surface allowing for easy cleaning of sharply curving surface, such as, for example, bowls and cups. Also disclosed is a method of making a continuously curving cleaning element. | 01-16-2014 |
Zachary Chipman, Orem, UT US
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20130133681 | Eyelash Extension Trays - An eyelash extension system includes an extension strip with a backing and a plurality of eyelash extensions. Each extension has a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of each extension is joined to the backing and distal end of each extension extends away from the backing. The system also includes an extension tray with at least one curved extension attachment surface to receive the extension strip such that adhering the extension strip to the curved extension attachment surface spreads the distal ends of the extensions farther apart than the proximal ends of the extensions joined to the backing. | 05-30-2013 |