Slamka
Louis R. Slamka, Vancouver, WA US
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20090236012 | Detection systems for power equipment - Methods to detect when a human body contacts a predetermined portion of a machine are disclosed. The methods distinguish contact with a person from contact with other materials. The methods are particularly applicable in woodworking equipment such as table saws to distinguish contact between a person and the blade of the saw from contact between the blade and wet or green wood. The methods and woodworking equipment may include predictive blade stop algorithms that prevent unnecessary activations of a safety brake during coast down of a blade and continued protection in the event a main power switch is turned off. | 09-24-2009 |
Louis R. Slamka, Vancover, WA US
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20120024427 | Detection systems for power equipment - Methods to detect when a human body contacts a predetermined portion of a machine are disclosed. The methods distinguish contact with a person from contact with other materials. The methods are particularly applicable in woodworking equipment such as table saws to distinguish contact between a person and the blade of the saw from contact between the blade and wet or green wood. The methods and woodworking equipment may include predictive blade stop algorithms that prevent unnecessary activations of a safety brake during coast down of a blade and continued protection in the event a main power switch is turned off. | 02-02-2012 |
Milan Slamka, Camus, WA US
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20100323621 | COMMUNICATION OF AUDIO CONTROL SIGNALS FOR WIRELESS AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICES - A wireless audio headphone communication system has an audio input for receiving an audio signal from an audio source. A wireless transceiver receives and transmits radio frequency communications with a wireless audio headphone, the communications including an audio control signal that conforms to a wireless audio control protocol of a wireless communication protocol. A converter converts the audio control signal between the wireless audio control protocol transceived by the wireless transceiver and a local control protocol for controlling the audio source. | 12-23-2010 |
Milan Slamka, Camas, WA US
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20080298613 | Wireless headset with mic-side driver cut-off - A wireless headset has a pair of earpieces, each with a speaker or driver, and a microphone that is supported by one of the earpieces. The headset operates in wireless communication with an audio source, such as a personal audio player, and a mobile telephone. The wireless headset provides automatic cut-off of the driver in the earpiece supporting the microphone whenever the microphone is activated, thereby to prevent feedback between the microphone and the driver in the supporting earpiece. | 12-04-2008 |
20120062357 | REMOTE GUIDANCE SYSTEM - A method of providing assistance from an assistant to a user, wherein the user and the assistant are remote from each other, includes obtaining an image of an area adjacent the user, transmitting the image from the user to the assistant, and displaying the image on a display to the assistant. The method also includes transmitting a message generated by the assistant relating to the image from the assistant to the user and audibly outputting the message to the user. | 03-15-2012 |
20120201405 | VIRTUAL SURROUND FOR HEADPHONES AND EARBUDS HEADPHONE EXTERNALIZATION SYSTEM - A combination of techniques for modifying sound provided to headphones to simulate a surround-sound speaker environment with listener adjustments. In one embodiment, Head Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) are grouped into multiple groups, with four types of HRTF filters or other perceptual models being used and selectable by a user. Alternately, a custom filter or perceptual model can be generated from measurements of the user's body, such as optical or acoustic measurements of the user's head, shoulders and pinna. Also, the user can select a speaker type, as well as other adjustments, such as head size and amount of wall reflections. | 08-09-2012 |
20130155245 | System For Remote Communications Between Scout And Monitor - A communications system that provides two-way communication between a monitoring user and at least one scout is disclosed. With a camera, the scout gathers one or more images of an area that is immediate to the scout but remote from the monitoring user, and these images are communicated to the monitoring user. The monitoring user also communicates information to the scout. | 06-20-2013 |
20150103177 | SYSTEM FOR REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN SCOUT CAMERA AND SCOUT DEVICE - A scout system having a wearable article with a camera coupled to a remote handset device such that captured video data is compressed prior to transmission to the remotely coupled handset device. Having a wired transmission channel between a wearable article with a camera allows a user to wear the video capture device, such as sunglasses, on the user's head, while the remote handset device, which may be better suited for transmitting captured video data to a remote computer via a wireless communication channel, can be stored in a pocket or the like. Further, the wearable article includes a video compression block such that the bandwidth of video data transmitted to the remote handset is kept to a manageable level. Further, both the wearable article and the handset may have separate batteries, processors, and processing blocks so as to more evenly distribute the time-consuming and power-consuming aspects of recording and transmitting video data in real time. | 04-16-2015 |
Rick Slamka, Kelowna CA
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20140368183 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LINEAR MEASUREMENT OF AC WAVEFORMS WITH LOW VOLTAGE NON-LINEAR SENSORS IN HIGH VOLTAGE ENVIRONMENTS - A method of correcting the non-linearity of a sensor on a linear, high voltage power line comprises removably fixing a sensor on a conductor carrying an AC signal amplifying the current signal and calculating and calibrating a desired gain such that a non-linear signal from the sensor is converted to a linear signal. | 12-18-2014 |
20150137596 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A STABLE POWER SOURCE WITHOUT THE USE OF DIRECT CONNECTION TO AN AC OR DC SOURCE - A combined energy harvesting and measuring device, for use in harvesting energy from a power line conductor and in optimizing load balance and charge as between one or more energy storage or energy drawing devices comprises a single, multi-function current transformer (CT) which itself comprises an electrical winding disposed thereon, the CT being configured to receive an induced current on the electrical winding via magnetic flux energy generated by alternating current on the power line conductor and, at the same time, being configured to measure current flow on the power line conductor; and wherein there is a circuit electrically coupled to the electrical winding and configured to convert the harvested and received induced current into an electrical energy for consumption by an electrical device. | 05-21-2015 |
Rick Slamka, West Kelowna CA
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20160069937 | VOLTAGE SENSING UNIT FOR SENSING VOLTAGE OF HIGH-POWER LINES USING A SINGLE-CONTACT POINT AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A method is provided of ascertaining an unknown line (conductor) voltage at point X on a power line within an electrical grid comprises collecting raw voltage at or about Point X using a sensor; gathering additional data from data collection sources upstream (comprising, for example a substation) and/or downstream (comprising, for example, smart meters) to Point X (constraining data); using raw voltage, and environment and line data (comprising at least one of GPS location of sensor, GIS data of the electrical grid, phase, type of conductor, total load on conductor), to calculate voltage range at Point X; and using constraining data sequentially to bind (narrow and tighten) the voltage range from a determined range of possibilities to a likely absolute voltage measurement. | 03-10-2016 |