Hightower, US
Aaron Hightower, Las Vegas, NV US
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20120122557 | CARD READER - A card reader may be configured for reading a bar code on a card, regardless of whether the bar code is on a first side of the card or a second side of the card. The card reader may be implemented in a wager gaming machine or in another context. If a card has a bar code printed on the first side and decorative material printed on the second side, the card reader may be configured to read the bar code regardless of the card's orientation. The bar code may be a two-dimensional bar code. A controller of the card reader may be configured for determining whether the bar code contains player tracking account information and/or other information regarding a person associated with the card. | 05-17-2012 |
20120122569 | RECONFIGURABLE GAME MACHINE - A reconfigurable game machine consists of an electronic game machine supported by an adjustable frame. A control system is configured to automatically adjust the elevation of a main display of the electronic game machine from a first elevation associated with a first angle associated with a first game to a second elevation associated with a second angle associated with a second game. The control system may automatically adjust a respective position of the user interface panel. The electronic game machine may be configured to offer a game selected from any of a plurality of games, and the control system is configured to automatically position the adjustable frame so as to support the main display at an angle and an elevation appropriate to the selected game. | 05-17-2012 |
20140087867 | WEARABLE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A wearable display device, system and method are described. The display system includes a wearable display to be worn by a person; a display buffer to receive display data from a graphics engine, which data includes data regarding position of a wearer in a virtual environment; a display processor unit to process vision direction data using the display data from the graphics engine, wherein the display processor unit sends the display data to the wearable display. In an example, the display system is a component to a gaming system or environment. | 03-27-2014 |
20150228146 | MULTIPLE PLAYER GAMING STATION INTERACTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for transferring objects from a first player to a second player within a gaming system are described herein. The method includes receiving, via a first touchscreen of the first gaming machine, a selection of an object by the first player. The method further includes receiving, via the first touchscreen, gesture information relating to the object. The method includes analyzing, by a controller of the gaming system, the gesture information. The method further includes determining, by the controller, that the object is to be transferred from the first player to the second player based at least in part on the gesture information. The method includes transferring, by the controller, the object from the first gaming machine to the second gaming machine. | 08-13-2015 |
20150251088 | WEARABLE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A wearable display device, system and method are described. The display system includes a wearable display to be worn by a person; a display buffer to receive display data from a graphics engine, which data includes data regarding position of a wearer in a virtual environment; a display processor unit to process vision direction data using the display data from the graphics engine, wherein the display processor unit sends the display data to the wearable display. In an example, the display system is a component to a gaming system or environment. | 09-10-2015 |
20150294535 | System that Allows Players to Use their Skill to Gain a Mathematical Advantage in a Game of Chance - A system and method of gambling that gives a player a skill-based challenge for an opportunity to gain a mathematical advantage in a game of chance. The method comprises providing a combination game of skill and a game of chance, where the game of chance is resolved after the game of skill and the game of skill provides an opportunity to attain a mathematical advantage in the game of chance. | 10-15-2015 |
20150301742 | HIGH-FREQUENCY PHYSICS SIMULATION SYSTEM - Interactive computer graphics processing systems, and more particularly to the processing and coordinating of input systems and physics simulation engines with graphical display on video game systems with a gambling component that combines high-frequency physics simulation for gameplay with a high-frequency, low-latency input system in order to create a more realistic and immersive video game and/or virtual experience. The interactive computer graphics processing system comprises a user input system, a physics simulation system, a display system, and a software rendering system that are all in synchronous, multi-threaded operation when in use. | 10-22-2015 |
Aaron Hightower, Hayward, CA US
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20100113115 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF VEHICLE COMPETITION WITH ENHANCED GHOSTING FEATURES - A system and method for computerized competition useful for rewarding a player. The system and method may be utilized in arcade games, personal computer games, dedicated video games, networked games, and simulators. The method may include selecting a target reward level or threshold such as by selecting a score from a list of past scores, and dynamically adjusting the reward level according to the ability of the players of the system. The method may further include adjusting the playback of a previous competition sequence according to the adjusted reward level. In one embodiment, a previous vehicle race sequence is stored and played back as a ghost or phantom vehicle simultaneously with a present vehicle of a player. | 05-06-2010 |
Alan Hightower, Austell, GA US
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20150229420 | SMART FM/AM AUTO-SCANNER - A radio tuning method for a vehicle includes sensing that the vehicle is traveling out of a first broadcast range of a first radio station that a radio of the vehicle is currently tuned to. The first radio station broadcasts first content. A second radio station is identified having a second broadcast range that the vehicle will be in when the vehicle is no longer in the first broadcast range. The identifying includes determining that the second radio station broadcasts second content that is substantially similar to the first content broadcasted by the first radio station. A user of the vehicle is provided with an option to switch tuning of the radio from the first radio station to the second radio station. | 08-13-2015 |
Charles D. Hightower, Anchorage, AK US
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20140114364 | MOLDABLE CUSHION FOR IMPLANTS - Custom moldable cushions for covering medical implants fastened to a bone are provided. Such cushions inhibit irritation of the surrounding soft tissue by covering the bone-implant interface and by reducing friction caused by movement of soft tissue adjacent the implant. Such cushions may also be employed to spread and absorb forces reducing patient discomfort and risk of injury and infection associated with such implants. | 04-24-2014 |
Charles D. Hightower, Minneapolis, MN US
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20120123539 | MOLDABLE CUSHION FOR IMPLANTS - Custom moldable cushions for covering medical implants fastened to a bone are provided. Such cushions inhibit irritation of the surrounding soft tissue by covering the bone-implant interface and by reducing friction caused by movement of soft tissue adjacent the implant. Such cushions may also be employed to spread and absorb forces reducing patient discomfort and risk of injury and infection associated with such implants. | 05-17-2012 |
Charles H. Hightower, San Clemente, CA US
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20110073150 | DIODELESS TERRESTRIAL PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR POWER ARRAY - A method and device are disclosed for diodeless terrestrial photovoltaic solar power arrays. In one or more embodiments, the method and device involve a solar power array device without blocking diodes and/or without bypass diodes. The method comprises providing a solar module, a solar array tracker, a power bus, a controller, and an inverter. In one or more embodiments, the method further comprises providing a circuit breaker and/or a bi-position switch. When the controller senses that the solar module power is below a threshold level, the controller commands the solar tracker to vary the solar module's pointing until the solar module is operating at its maximum power point for the solar module's level of illumination. In some embodiments, when the controller senses that the solar module power is less than a minimum bypass threshold level, the controller commands a bi-position switch to bypass current around the solar module. | 03-31-2011 |
20130140911 | DIODELESS TERRESTRIAL PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR POWER ARRAY - A method and device are disclosed for diodeless terrestrial photovoltaic solar power arrays. In one or more embodiments, the method and device involve a solar power array device without blocking diodes and/or without bypass diodes. The method comprises providing a solar module, a solar array tracker, a power bus, a controller, and an inverter. In one or more embodiments, the method further comprises providing a circuit breaker and/or a bi-position switch. When the controller senses that the solar module power is below a threshold level, the controller commands the solar tracker to vary the solar module's pointing until the solar module is operating at its maximum power point for the solar module's level of illumination. In some embodiments, when the controller senses that the solar module power is less than a minimum bypass threshold level, the controller commands a bi-position switch to bypass current around the solar module. | 06-06-2013 |
David Hightower, Freemont, CA US
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20090106531 | FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY AND MICROCONTROLLER SYSTEM-ON-A-CHIP - A system-on-a-chip integrated circuit has a field programmable gate array core having logic clusters, static random access memory modules, and routing resources, a field programmable gate array virtual component interface translator having inputs and outputs, wherein the inputs are connected to the field programmable gate array core, a microcontroller, a microcontroller virtual component interface translator having input and outputs, wherein the inputs are connected to the microcontroller, a system bus connected to the outputs of the field programmable gate array virtual component interface translator and also to the outputs of said microcontroller virtual component interface translator, and direct connections between the microcontroller and the routing resources of the field programmable gate array core. | 04-23-2009 |
James Michael Hightower, Winter Garden, FL US
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20150233439 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BRAKE SENSING - Present embodiments relate generally to brake systems, and more specifically, to caliper-based brake systems. In an embodiment, a method includes electrifying at least a portion of a first inner surface of a first brake block with a first potential. The method also includes electrifying at least a portion of a second inner surface of a second brake block with a second potential that is different from the first potential. The method includes performing an electrical measurement between the first brake block and the second brake block, wherein the electrical measurement include a voltage measurement, a current measurement, a resistance measurement, a frequency measurement, or a combination thereof. The method further includes determining a position of the first and brake blocks relative to a brake member based on the electrical measurement. | 08-20-2015 |
Jeffery Elijah Hightower, Elkton, KY US
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20120073102 | Hightower's Big Truck Brake Drum Handler - A device for providing manual removal and installation of brake drums on tractor trailers and can be adapted to use on other vehicles. The handler is used to manually lift the brake drum either taking off the wheel assembly or putting it back on. It provides easier handling and more safely manipulation of heavy brake drum. | 03-29-2012 |
Jeffrey Hightower Hightower, Bothell, WA US
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20150177005 | VARYING THE DEGREE OF PRECISION IN NAVIGATION DATA ANALYSIS - For a segment of a route, a navigation data gathering system and method may progressively increment the precision of data analysis in proportion to the number of people actively on a route segment. Navigation data may be anonymized to preclude the possibility of correlating navigation data with personal data to track users or infer private information. Further, the system or method may determine if information for a route segment can be used at all based on the number of users of that segment. If the number of users does not exceed a threshold, the information collected on that route may not be used for other purposes. Thus, the system and method may use navigation data related to a busy section of an interstate highway at the level of precision with which the data is gathered, but reduce the level of precision of data available for a rarely used road segment. | 06-25-2015 |
Jeffrey R. Hightower, Bothell, WA US
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20100042564 | TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATICALLY DISTINGUSIHING BETWEEN USERS OF A HANDHELD DEVICE - Various embodiments for automatically distinguishing between users of a handheld device are described. An embodiment includes collecting sensor data from a user interacting with a handheld device, where the sensor data is collected via embedded sensors in the handheld device. The embodiment further includes distinguishing the user from other users of the handheld device via the collected sensor data, at least one embedded machine learning algorithm and a profile for the user. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 02-18-2010 |
20150327055 | Techniques For Automatically Distinguishing Between Users Of A Handheld Device - Various embodiments for automatically distinguishing between users of a handheld device are described. An embodiment includes collecting sensor data from a user interacting with a handheld device, where the sensor data is collected via embedded sensors in the handheld device. The embodiment further includes distinguishing the user from other users of the handheld device via the collected sensor data, at least one embedded machine learning algorithm and a profile for the user. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 11-12-2015 |
Jeffrey Richard Hightower, Bothell, WA US
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20150185026 | GENERATING A SEQUENCE OF LANE-SPECIFIC DRIVING DIRECTIONS - Lane-specific driving directions are generated using route data that describes a route between an origin and a destination as a sequence of route segments, and lane data for at least several route segments included in the sequence of route segments. The sequence of route segments includes a pair of adjacent multi-lane route segments that includes a first multi-lane route segment more proximate to the destination and a second multi-lane route segment more proximate to the origin, connected at a road junction. To determine a recommended lane connection at the road junction, a lane in the first multi-lane route segment is selected, and a lane in the second multi-lane route segment is selected based on the lane selected in the first multi-lane segment. | 07-02-2015 |
Kevin W. Hightower, Burleson, TX US
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20160108710 | Plunger lift arrangement - A plunger for extraction of hydrocarbon fluids from a gas well system wherein the plunger is arranged to move upwardly and downwardly in an arrangement of inner tubing within the gas well system. The plunger comprises an elongated housing sleeve having a longitudinally directed bore, an elongated central chamber within the longitudinally directed bore, the central chamber having a plug nestable seat at each end thereof; and a plug displacably arranged within the central chamber so as to seal the bore during travel of the plug in a first direction in the inner tubing, and to permit flow of fluid through the plunger as the plunger travels in a second direction in the inner tubing. | 04-21-2016 |
Linda Hightower, Orlando, FL US
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20160073611 | Pet Grooming Glove providing fluid supply - The present invention is a distinctive pet grooming glove which provides a fluid supply to allow users to wash and/or groom pets using a single gloved hand while a stream of fluid (such as water) flows from the glove. The Pet Grooming Glove includes an attachment port for attaching a source of primary fluid (such as water) as well as apertures in the glove which allow the primary fluid to flow from the primary supply source port to the palm of the glove. Additionally the Pet Grooming Glove includes an attachment port for attaching a source of secondary fluid (such as shampoo) as well as apertures in the glove which allow the secondary fluid to flow from the secondary fluid supply port to the palm of the glove. | 03-17-2016 |
Michael Hightower, San Jose, CA US
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20080259932 | Method and System for Facilitating a First and Second Protocol Between a Data Processing System and an ISP - An access unit ( | 10-23-2008 |
Peter C. Hightower, Belvidere, IL US
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20100326089 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR BLEED AIR SUPPLY - A method and system for an integrated ejector valve assembly is provided. The integrated ejector valve assembly includes a first valve assembly configured to control a flow of relatively lower pressure fluid from a first inlet port, a second valve assembly configured to control a flow of relatively higher pressure fluid from a second inlet port, a first actuation chamber configured to close the first valve assembly, a second actuation chamber configured to close the second valve assembly, and a third actuation chamber configured to open the second valve assembly. | 12-30-2010 |
20120304663 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR BLEED AIR SUPPLY - A method and system for an integrated ejector valve assembly is provided. The integrated ejector valve assembly includes a first valve assembly configured to control a flow of relatively lower pressure fluid from a first inlet port, a second valve assembly configured to control a flow of relatively higher pressure fluid from a second inlet port, a first actuation chamber configured to close the first valve assembly, a second actuation chamber configured to close the second valve assembly, and a third actuation chamber configured to open the second valve assembly. | 12-06-2012 |
Robert C. Hightower, High Point, NC US
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20100295432 | Inset Undermounted Bracket for Drawer and Tray Slides in Cabinetry - A bracket for mounting a sliding drawer or tray to a frame includes: a main panel; a front panel connected and generally normal to the main panel; a floor panel connected and generally normal to the main panel; a front lip connected to the front panel and extending generally parallel to the main panel; and a floor lip connected to the front panel and extending generally parallel to the main panel. In this configuration, the bracket can facilitate precise but simple mounting of the drawer. | 11-25-2010 |
20100295434 | Inset Undermounted Bracket for Drawer and Tray Slides in Cabinetry - A bracket for mounting a sliding drawer or tray to a frame includes: a main panel; a front panel connected and generally normal to the main panel; and a front lip connected to the front panel and extending generally parallel to the main panel. The main panel includes a slot, and a fastener receiving member is configured to slide relative to the slot, the fastener receiving member including a pin that is received in the slot. | 11-25-2010 |
20110234072 | Bracket Assembly for Undermounted Drawer and Tray Slides in Cabinetry - A bracket assembly for mounting a drawer slide on a cabinet includes: a mounting bracket having a main panel, the mounting bracket being adapted for mounting to a wall or frame of a cabinet, the mounting bracket including a main panel and receptor mounting structure attached to the main panel; and a slide receptor having a mounting portion that is configured to interact with the receptor mounting structure of the mounting bracket and enable the slide receptor to move horizontally relative to the mounting bracket, the slide receptor also including a receiving portion that is configured to receive a drawer slide. | 09-29-2011 |
20120145845 | Brackets and Associated Components for Drawer and Tray Slides in Cabinetry - A bracket for attaching a drawer slide to a cabinet wall includes: a main panel having front and rear surfaces, upper and lower edges, and opposed side edges; an L-shaped upper flange mounted to front surface of the main panel; an L-shaped lower flange mounted to the front surface of the main panel substantially parallel to the upper flange; a recess in the main panel positioned between the upper flange and the lower flange; an access ramp extending between one of the side edges and the recess; and means for mounting the main panel to the cabinet wall so that the rear surface confronts the rear wall. The upper and lower flanges are configured to capture the upper and lower edges of a panel of a mating bracket that is attached to a drawer slide. The recess is configured to receive and capture a nub extending from the panel of the mating bracket, the recess being of sufficient length that the nub can translate horizontally within the recess, thereby enabling the horizontal position of the mating bracket to be adjusted relative to the main panel. | 06-14-2012 |
20150082597 | BRACKETS AND ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS FOR DRAWER AND TRAY SLIDES IN CABINETRY - A bracket for attaching a drawer slide to a cabinet wall includes: main panel having front and rear surfaces, upper and lower edges, and opposed side edges; an L-shaped upper flange mounted to front surface of the main panel; an L-shaped lower flange mounted to the front surface of the main panel substantially parallel to the upper flange; a recess in the main panel positioned between the upper flange and the lower flange; an access ramp extending between one of the side edges and the recess; and means for mounting the main panel to the cabinet wall so that the rear surface confronts the rear wall. The upper and lower flanges are configured to capture the upper and lower edges of a panel of a mating bracket attached to a drawer slide. The recess is configured to receive and capture a nub extending from the panel of the mating bracket. | 03-26-2015 |