Epps, US
Brian Epps, Edmond, WA US
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20150257733 | WEARABLE IMAGING SYSTEM - A wearable ultrasound system comprising an ultrasound probe, a proximal wearable component electrically interconnected with said ultrasound probe adapted to be wearable on the hand, wrist, or arm of a user, and including at least one user interface mechanism, a processor, and one or more displays. | 09-17-2015 |
Brian W. Epps, Bainbridge Island, WA US
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20090129644 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT WORKFLOW IN READING MEDICAL IMAGE DATA - A system provides methods to significantly improve the efficiency of reading medical image data. The workflow panel provides a grouping of tasks for reviewing and comparing medical images. Tablets are created for each task, consolidating the tools and associated hanging protocols to efficiently perform the actions for that task. The 3D navigation point keeps the current spatial focus point within the field of view as the user transitions between series, orientations, hanging protocols, and zoom levels. The spatial zoom method provides consistent zooming of series with varying fields of view and spatial resolution. Having the ability to overlay the parametric map on any series, regardless of its orientation or field of view, allows the user to correlate the parametric map with features on the non-temporal series. Integrating all of these methods with the workflow panel allows users to quickly step through the tasks in a workflow with minimal user actions. | 05-21-2009 |
Charles Epps, Springfield, PA US
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20130019535 | D-Non Between Safety Guard for Hinged Doors - The invention provides a protective device designed to fit over the open area of a doorway directly between the hinges and the edge of the door itself. The device is intended to be placed on both sides of the hinge. Fabricated of a malleable rubber or vinyl material, the present invention is an elongate cylindrically shaped unit designed to be snugly wedged in the open crack between the door and doorjamb. The device compresses when the door is opened regains its original shape when the door is closed. | 01-24-2013 |
Daniel Van Epps, Apex, NC US
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20100066672 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE OPTICAL USER INTERFACE - An optical user interface is provided in a mobile communication device. Motion of an input mechanism of the mobile communication device is detected via an optical sensor. In response to detection, one or more properties governing the motion are evaluated based on input from a motion sensor. Control information is generated based on evaluation. | 03-18-2010 |
Doug Epps, Kentfield, CA US
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20110018862 | Gaze Intent Estimation for Retargeting of Characters - Any image capturing system, and a method to use same, that includes one or more image capturing devices that have known and fixed positions relative to one another and the eye of a subject, wherein the image capturing devices capture a plurality of images of eye of a subject during a performance is disclosed. The images of the eye, along with the known and fixed relative positions of the image capturing devices are used define eye-lines for the eye of the subject. The eye-lines can then be used to manually or automatically retarget the eye of a rendered or animated figure based on the performance of the subject to retarget the gaze intent of the rendered or animated figure within a scene. | 01-27-2011 |
20110025685 | COMBINED GEOMETRIC AND SHAPE FROM SHADING CAPTURE - An image capturing system includes one or more image capturing devices and one or more illumination sources that have known and fixed positions relative to one another, wherein the illumination source is held constant or can be calibrated to provide a known illumination level on a subject, such that the variation in shading at various points on the surface of the subject, with different orientations relative to the illumination source, can be used to determine the orientation of the surface of the subject and thereby used to more accurately render an image or other representation of the subject. | 02-03-2011 |
Doug Epps, Novato, CA US
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20100302258 | Inverse Kinematics for Motion-Capture Characters - A method for a computer system comprising receiving a displacement for a first object model surface from a user determined in response to a first physical motion captured pose, determining a weighted combination of a first displacement group and a second displacement group from the displacement, wherein the first displacement group is determined from displacements between the first object model surface and a second object model surface, wherein the second object model surface is determined from displacements between a second physical motion captured pose, wherein the second displacement group is determined from displacements between the first object model surface and a third object model surface, wherein the third object model surface is determined from a third physical motion captured pose, determining a fourth object model surface from the first object model surface and the weighted combination, and displaying the fourth object model surface to the user on a display. | 12-02-2010 |
Douglas Epps, San Rafael, CA US
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20100080447 | Methods and Apparatus for Dot Marker Matching - A method for a computer system includes receiving a first camera image of a 3D object having sensor markers, captured from a first location, at a first instance, receiving a second camera image of the 3D object from a second location, at a different instance, determining points from the first camera image representing sensor markers of the 3D object, determining points from the second camera image representing sensor markers of the 3D object, determining approximate correspondence between points from the first camera image and points from the second camera image, determining approximate 3D locations some sensor markers of the 3D object, and rendering an image including the 3D object in response to the approximate 3D locations. | 04-01-2010 |
Garry P. Epps, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20110064084 | PIPELINED PACKET SWITCHING AND QUEUING ARCHITECTURE - An architecture for a line card in a network routing device is provided. The line card architecture provides a bi-directional interface between the routing device and a network, both receiving packets from the network and transmitting the packets to the network through one or more connecting ports. In both the receive and transmit path, packets processing and routing in a multi-stage, parallel pipeline that can operate on several packets at the same time to determine each packet's routing destination is provided. Once a routing destination determination is made, the line card architecture provides for each received packet to be modified to contain new routing information and additional header data to facilitate packet transmission through the switching fabric. The line card architecture further provides for the use of bandwidth management techniques in order to buffer and enqueue each packet for transmission through the switching fabric to a corresponding destination port. The transmit path of the line card architecture further incorporates additional features for treatment and replication of multicast packets. | 03-17-2011 |
20120314707 | Pipelined Packet Switching And Queuing Architecture - A pipelined linecard architecture for receiving, modifying, switching, buffering, queuing and dequeuing packets for transmission in a communications network is disclosed. The linecard has two paths: a receive path and a transmit path. In the receive path, received packets are processed and switched in an asynchronous, multi-stage pipeline. The pipelined switch operates on several packets in parallel while determining each packet's routing destination. Once that determination is made, each packet is modified to contain new routing information. Each packet is buffered and enqueued for transmission over the switching fabric to a destination linecard. The transmit path includes a buffer/queuing circuit similar to that used in the receive path. Both enqueuing and dequeuing of packets is accomplished using a CoS-based decision making apparatus. | 12-13-2012 |
Gary Paul Epps, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20090122805 | Instrumenting packet flows - Disclosed are, inter alia, methods, apparatus, computer-readable media, mechanisms, and means for instrumenting real-time customer packet traffic. These measured delays can be used to determine whether or not the performance of a packet switching device and/or network meets desired levels, especially for complying with a Service Level Agreement. | 05-14-2009 |
Jorden K. Epps, Greenbelt, MD US
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20090279673 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TEST AUTOMATION AND DYNAMIC TEST ENVIRONMENT CONFIGURATION - A method and system of an embodiment may provide a user interface enabling automated testing of a network device. The automated testing may include specifying a network device to be tested, specifying a network technology for testing the network device, specifying a client of the network device, configuring network connectivity for the network device, and enabling execution by the client of a network device of a test action. Configuring network connectivity may include dynamically configuring a network to include the specified network technology and the specified network device. | 11-12-2009 |
Larry J. Epps, Butler, PA US
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20110167963 | DUAL OUTLET INJECTION SYSTEM - A dual outlet injector is disclosed for use in a dual lance or dual port desulfurization station, whereby reagent from a given injector vessel may be injected into two separate supply pipes respectively corresponding to the dual lances or dual ports. The dual outlet injector enables a desulfurization station to be configured comprising only one supply vessel for powdered magnesium reagent and only one supply vessel for a carrier reagent such as powdered lime. | 07-14-2011 |
20140263703 | ROTATIONAL LANCE DRIVE AND ROTATIONAL LANCE - Rotary lance drives for rotating a lance for injecting gas and powdered reagents into molten metal include a reciprocating rotary lance drive and an associated method. A lance mount which facilitates loading of a lance into a lance drive is also disclosed. Various lance designs are described for improving dispersion of reagent and decreasing process time, including lances having non-circular refractory portions and lances having cross-port arrangements for more evenly distributed reagent discharge. | 09-18-2014 |
Philip Henry Richard Epps, Margate, FL US
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20150091558 | APPARATUS FOR HIGH BANDWIDTH CURRENT SENSING - A device for measuring electrical current in a line may include, among other things, a Hall effect sensor wherein a first response is generated by electrical current in the line; a current transformer disposed with the line extending axially therethrough and connected in series to the Hall effect sensor wherein a second response is generated by the electrical current in the line. An equalizer may be connected to the Hall effect sensor and to the current transformer and may be configured to flatten the first and second responses relative to each other. The permeability magnetic path length and cross section of the current transformer is selected such that low frequency roll-off of the current transformer is at a lower frequency than high frequency roll-off of the Hall effect sensor. | 04-02-2015 |
20150092461 | CONTROL OF A DC-AC INVERTER WITH UNBALANCED LOADING - A three phase inverter consisting of three single phase legs using either switch mode or linear control is fed by a DC-DC converter to provide input output isolation. This requires that the DC-DC converter delivers equal positive and negative voltages to the single phase legs to allow each output to generate a high fidelity sine wave outputs to the load. By measuring the error voltages on the positive output, the negative output and the total output of the DC-DC converter it is possible to control a single duty cycle while maintaining all three output voltages within the limits required by the DC-AC phase legs. This significantly reduces the cost and complexity of the DC-DC converter and eliminates the need to use a fourth phase leg to generate the neutral connection for a three phase output. | 04-02-2015 |
Ronald E. Epps, Springfield Gardens, NY US
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20090276935 | Disposable and sanitory upper torso garment for shielding the skin of a person from a brassiere - A method of shielding the skin, especially the armpits and the midriff, of a person from a brassiere when the person tries on the brassiere. The method includes the step of wearing, by the person, a disposable and sanitary upper garment, which includes an upper torso enclosure and a pair of short sleeves. The upper torso garment covers the upper torso of the person and has a neck opening to allow passage of the head of the person therethrough. The pair of short sleeves extend from the upper torso garment and allow passage of the arms of the person therethrough. The disposable and sanitary upper torso garment is made from a manufactured fiber in which the fiber forming substance is a long-chain synthetic polyamide in which less than 85% of the amide-linkages are attached directly (—CO—NH—) to two aliphatic groups, so as to allow the disposable and sanitary upper torso garment to conform to the contour of the upper torso of the person without changing the contour of the upper torso of the person to thereby allow proper fit of the brassiere. | 11-12-2009 |
Sarah Rotman Epps, Burlingame, CA US
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20160063568 | USER MODIFICATION OF CHARACTERISTICS USED FOR CONTENT SELECTION BY AN ONLINE SYSTEM - Advertisement content presented to a user of an online system is presented along with an option allowing the user to view one or more reasons for presentation of the advertisement content to the user. If the user selects the option, based on targeting criteria associated with the advertisement content and characteristics associated with the user, the online system selects one or more characteristics of the user satisfying the targeting criteria and presents a description to the user identifying the selected one or more characteristics satisfying the targeting criteria. The online system may apply one or more rules based on user perception of characteristics when selecting the one or more characteristics included in the description. An option for the user to prevent use of the selected one or more characteristics when the online system subsequently selects advertisement content for the user is also presented with the description. | 03-03-2016 |
Shirley Epps, Laurelton, NY US
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20140103001 | Pocketbook and Accessory Rack - A pocketbook and accessory device is disclosed that can be used to organize purses, pocketbooks, jewelry, and other accessories for quick and convenient access when getting dressed. The pocketbook and accessory device comprises a base unit with wheels and a substantially vertical pole which extends upward from and is secured to the top surface of the base. The vertical pole comprises a plurality of openings and a plurality of hooks for hanging the purses, pocketbooks, jewelry, or other accessories. The plurality of openings are disposed on an exterior surface of the vertical pole, and are sized to accept a hook. However, the plurality of openings are sized to accept any of the plurality of hooks, such that a user can interchange the hooks and/or only insert hooks into a predetermined number of selected openings to vary the arrangement of the hooks, depending on the wants and needs of the user. | 04-17-2014 |
Spencer J.g. Epps, Rockland, DE US
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20100004521 | IMPLANTABLE VOLTAIC CELL - The invention provides a voltaic cell for implantation into the body of a subject that oxidizes oxidizable biological material to generate current to do work. The voltaic cell comprises a biologically inert shell having an inner compartment containing a cathodic environment and an anodic environment on the outer surface of the shell that is in contact with bodily fluid. A connector connects the anodic environment to the cathodic environment and has a component that provides resistance between the anodic and cathodic environments. The shell contains at least one salt bridge disposed within the shell that permits passage of small ions between the inner compartment and the bodily fluid, thereby completing the circuit. The invention also provides devices such as a glucometer which continuously detects glucose and transmits a signal to an external device which provides an output, such as blood glucose level. Methods of using the same are also provided. | 01-07-2010 |
Stephen R. Epps, Arvada, CO US
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20150284912 | Railroad Tie Plugging System - Systems and methods for automated repair and maintenance operations on a railroad track comprise a work head that is automatically moved over the railroad track according to a predetermined pattern, such as the movement of an applicator for tie plugging compound according to a predetermined pattern of spike holes. The automated repair and maintenance operations may be coupled to systems and methods for automatically detecting a feature on a railroad track that comprise two or more distance measurement sensors that travel over the railroad track. Features on the railroad track are detected where the distance measured by each sensor falls within two different predetermined distance ranges. | 10-08-2015 |