Sherwin, US
Charles Sherwin, Mayville, MI US
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| 20110153298 | VEHICLE ROLLOVER SIMULATION - A system simulates conditions in a vehicle enclosure during a tripped rollover by manipulating an indestructible test article modeling the vehicle. A movable test platform upholding the test article in an unsecured manner is driven by an accurately repeatably programmable propulsion source in a horizontal test-initiation direction. The initiation of motion causes the test platform to tilt downwardly in a rollover direction opposed to the test-initiation direction. A height-adjustable trip block on the test platform is brought to bear against a lower portion of the test article, imparting to the test article rotational motion about a horizontal tipping axis oriented normal to each of the test-initiation direction and the rollover direction. The rotational motion inclines the test article upwardly from the test platform in the rollover direction and ejects the test article from the test platform for capture on an accompanying landing platform. | 06-23-2011 |
Chris Sherwin, Stoughton, WI US
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| 20120087138 | Lighting and Ventilating System and Method - Embodiments of the invention provide a lighting and ventilating system including a main housing. The main housing can include an inlet through which air can be received within the main housing and an outlet through which the air can exit the main housing. A fan wheel can be supported in the main housing and it can be operable to generate a flow of air. A grille can be coupled to the main housing and the grille can include louvers. The system further can include a lamp housing coupled to the grille, the lamp housing can include a first set of illumination devices and a second set of illumination devices. The second set of illumination devices can be capable of emitting a dynamic illumination event. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20140020202 | CLEANING DEVICE - A cleaning device for cleaning a conveyor system including a slotted track that defines an elongate path along which product is moved and that has opposed glide surfaces from which product is suspended. The conveyor system also includes a wall that is disposed above the track and that cooperates with the track to define a product passageway along the elongate path. The cleaning device includes a drive unit, a wheel rotatably coupled to the drive unit and engageable with the wall within the product passageway to move the drive unit along the slotted track, a glide coupled to the drive unit and engageable with the glide surfaces to support the drive unit on the slotted track, and a cleaning implement coupled to the drive unit to clean the track. | 01-23-2014 |
Christopher Michael Sherwin, Rockville, MD US
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| 20090003315 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DUAL-TONE MULTI-FREQUENCY SIGNAL CONVERSION WITHIN A MEDIA OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORK - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first internet protocol (IP) packet having information associated with a dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) signal. The information of the first IP packet is configured based on a protocol associated with a first layer of a media over internet protocol (MoIP) network. The first IP packet is associated with a destination endpoint. The method also includes producing a second IP packet having information associated with the DTMF signal. The information of the second IP packet is configured based on a protocol associated with a second layer of the MoIP network and a DTMF conversion policy associated with the destination endpoint. The second layer is different than the first layer. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090168769 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DUAL-TONE MULTI-FREQUENCY SIGNAL ANALYSIS WITHIN A MEDIA OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORK - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a media signal associated with a session established based on a session request. The session request is defined at a session exchange device associated with a media over internet protocol (MoIP) network. The method also includes sending a portion of the media signal to a dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) analysis module during a sampling time period after a non-sampling time period. | 07-02-2009 |
Craig Sherwin, Minneapolis, MN US
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| 20130209646 | EXTRUDABLE BATTER COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN PROVIDING HIGH-FIBER FLOURLESS FOOD PRODUCTS - The invention provides an extrudable batter for use in providing a shelf-stable, ready-to-eat high-fiber food product. The batter comprises a select amount of a powdered fiber, at least one fat component chosen from an oil and a shortening, the shortening having a solid fat content of about 2% to about 30% at ambient temperature, a humectant, a sweetener, a leavening agent and water. The resultant uncooked batter is flourless and gluten-free and is extrudable in a continuous form. The ready-to-eat high-fiber food product produced by such batter contains about 5 grams or more of fiber per serving and substantially maintains, before and after being baked, a desired shape, structure and moisture content. | 08-15-2013 |
Gerald A. Sherwin, St. Petersburg, FL US
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| 20120063153 | APPARATUS TO PROVIDE VARIABLE ILLUMINATED SIGNALS FOR THE PRESENCE OF BICYCLES AND OTHER VEHICLES - Microprocessor-controlled light emitting diode (LED) arrays are built into an extruded tubular lens within a mast that is connected to a base assembly. A means of mounting, which may be an adjustable clamp, permits the base assembly to be connected to a seat post or other mounting point on a bicycle or other vehicle. The tubular lens allows for substantial dispersion of light, and various light patterns produced by the arrays may be selected and those patterns alternated automatically to achieve greater visibility of the vehicle to surrounding motorists. A handle within the base assembly allows a rider to lower the mast from its vertical operating position easily and pivotally up to 90 degrees parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle frame to facilitate mounting and dismounting the vehicle. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120075874 | APPARATUS TO PROVIDE VARIABLE ILLUMINATED SIGNALS FOR THE PRESENCE OF BICYCLES AND OTHER VEHICLES - Microprocessor-controlled light emitting diode (LED) arrays are built into an extruded tubular lens within a mast that is connected to a base assembly. A means of mounting, which may be an adjustable clamp, permits the base assembly to be connected to a seat post or other mounting point on a bicycle or other vehicle. The tubular lens allows for substantial dispersion of light, and various light patterns produced by the arrays may be selected and those patterns alternated automatically to achieve greater visibility of the vehicle to surrounding motorists. A handle within the base assembly allows a rider to lower the mast from its vertical operating position easily and pivotally up to | 03-29-2012 |
Gerald A. Sherwin, St. Peterburg, FL US
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| 20110235351 | Apparatus to provide variable illuminated signals for the presence of bicycles and other vehicles - Microprocessor-controlled light emitting diode (LED) arrays are built into an extruded tubular lens within a mast that is connected to a base assembly. A means of mounting, which may be an adjustable clamp, permits the base assembly to be connected to a seat post or other mounting point on a bicycle or other vehicle. The tubular lens allows for substantial dispersion of light, and various light patterns produced by the arrays may be selected and those patterns alternated automatically to achieve greater visibility of the vehicle to surrounding motorists. A handle within the base assembly allows a rider to lower the mast from its vertical operating position easily and pivotally up to 90 degrees parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle frame to facilitate mounting and dismounting the vehicle. | 09-29-2011 |
Greg Sherwin, Renton, WA US
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| 20100016718 | Shear Wave Imaging - Shear wave imaging is provided in medical diagnostic ultrasound. A region is imaged to determine a location in which to calculate shear velocity. The shear velocity is estimated for the location. The imaging may guide the identification of the location, reducing the time to determine useful shear information. The estimate of shear may be validated, such as using cross-validation, to indicate the confidence level of the shear value. The shear velocity may be displayed relative to a scale of shear velocities associated with a type of tissue, such as tissue for an organ. The location on a scale may be more intuitive for a user. | 01-21-2010 |
Jason Sherwin, New York, NY US
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| 20150216439 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND TRACKING NEURAL CORRELATES OF BASEBALL PITCH TRAJECTORIES - Methods and systems for evaluating a subject's response to a task related to a stimulus include a brain activity sensor, such as an EEG sensor, for measuring neural data generated by the subject in response to the visual stimulus. One or more neural discriminators can be calculated based on the neural data. In order to generate one or more neural discriminators, two or more task conditions can be selected for discrimination. The subject's performance can be evaluated based on the one or more neural discriminators. Feedback can be provided to the subject to assist in achieving better performance. | 08-06-2015 |
Jeff Sherwin, Brooklyn, NY US
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| 20100121731 | END-TO-END DIGITAL MEDIA ENTITLEMENT SYSTEM - A system for creating and processing customer entitlement rules employs a first interface for creating customer entitlement rules and a second interface for communicating with a portal for consuming digital content entitled to. An entitlement engine processes the entitlements, and the system interfaces with a plurality of modules in order to obtain data needed to make entitlement decisions. The entitlement engine allows digital content providers to track, secure and manage entitlements for the digital content. | 05-13-2010 |
Jeffrey Sherwin, Scarsdale, NY US
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| 20090150930 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING CONTENT PROVIDERS TO IDENTIFY ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES - A computer implemented method for enabling content providers to identify and customize placement opportunities is disclosed, comprising the steps of processing instructions to customize a pre-existing at least one of an audio and video datastream comprising at least one predefined time interval for content, identifying at least one time interval for a placement opportunity in the at least one of an audio and video datastream; altering at least one characteristic of the at least one time interval for a placement opportunity in accordance with tile instructions; assembling the altered at least one time interval for a placement opportunity and at least one time interval for content into a list that represents an altered at least one of an audio and video datastream; and delivering the list to a distribution system for playing the altered at least one of an audio and video datastream. The at least one time interval for a placement opportunity may distinct from or coincident with the at least one time interval for content. The placement opportunity may be at least one of content and an advertising placement opportunity. The content may be entertainment content comprising at least one of video, audio, and interactive overlays. The at least one characteristic may be the duration of or the number of the at least one time interval for a placement opportunity. The list may be one of a playlist and a schedule. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20130254041 | METHOD FOR DELIVERING FAIR ADVERTISING INVENTORY SPLITS GIVEN POSITION PREFERENCES - A computer implemented method and system for enabling service providers to fairly distribute advertisement placement opportunities containing inventory splits is disclosed. A router receives a play list containing inventory split percentages of ownership of a number of placement opportunities. The router associates ownership of each of the placement opportunities at random, but weighted by the inventory split percentages. The router inserts the placement opportunities into designated time intervals of a stream. The router transmits the stream to a user. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130268965 | METHOD FOR ADVERTISING DECISION RESOLUTION ACCELERATION BASED ON LOOKAHEAD OPPORTUNITY TRIGGERING - A server receives a source signal stream having a channel identifier and an indication that an advertisement placement opportunity is located in the signal stream a time period prior to an advertisement signal point. The server transmits the channel identifier to a session manager. The server receives from the session manager a list of sessions corresponding to a number of recipients currently viewing a channel corresponding to the channel identifier. The server transmits to an ad decision service an ad call for each session in the list. The server receives from the ad decision service a plurality of advertisements targeted to the list. The server stores the plurality of advertisements in at least one cache prior to expiration of the time period, where the advertisement signal point is detected by the programmed computer. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130276025 | DATA BOUNDARY MANAGER FOR ADDRESSABLE ADVERTISING - A computer implemented method and system for managing audience data for advertisement placements is disclosed. A server receives a source signal stream comprising metadata and an advertisement space. The server extracts from the metadata a channel identifier, a private client identifier, and information about an intended audience of interest to advertisers. The server identifies a placement opportunity including an owner of the advertisement space based on the channel identifier. The server purges at least some of the extracted information about the intended audience when the owner of the advertisement space is identified as a national network. The server identifies an amount of information about the intended audience to purge and subsequently to fetch for the national network based on a business arrangement between the national network and a service provider, which the server enforces and enables. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130276026 | DATA BOUNDARY MANAGER FOR ADDRESSABLE ADVERTISING - A server receives a source signal stream comprising metadata and an advertisement space. The server extracts from the metadata a channel identifier, a private client identifier, and personal identifiable information about an intended audience of interest to advertisers. The server identifies at least one anonymous statistic of a national market and a placement opportunity including an owner of the advertisement space, the at least one anonymous statistic of a national market based in part on the channel identifier and the personal identifiable information. The server purges the personal identifiable information about the intended audience when the owner of the advertisement space is identified as a national network. The server targets an advertisement decision to the intended audience based on the at least one anonymous statistic of a national market. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130291014 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UNIFORMLY MARKING AND IDENTIFYING PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITY LOCATIONS FOR FACILITATING ACCELERATED DECISION RESOLUTION - A computer implemented method and system of marking signal streams for advertisement placement is disclosed. A server receives at least one source signal stream having a channel identifier. The server identifies an advertisement signal point in the at least one source signal stream. The server determines a temporal starting location of the advertisement signal point. The server generates a unique signal ID based on the temporal starting location of the advertisement signal point and the channel identifier. The server inserts the unique signal ID into metadata of the at least one source signal stream. The unique signal ID may be a universal unique identifier (UUID). | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140331247 | SERVER SIDE ADAPTIVE BIT RATE REPORTING - A method and system for reporting a percentage of an advertisement played by a smart appliance is disclosed. The server receives data from a smart appliance. The server detects a marker in the data corresponding to a segment of an advertisement of a session played by the smart appliance. The server maps the marker to a percentage played of the advertisement in the session by the smart appliance. The server reports the percentage played of the advertisement in the session by the smart appliance to at least one tracking element. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140380357 | SERVER SIDE ADAPTIVE BIT RATE REPORTING - A server receives metadata associated with an advertisement in a transport signal stream from an encoder, the metadata identifying a specified frame of the transport signal stream corresponding to a point in time of the advertisement. The server instructs an encoder, by a server, to insert a marker into the specified frame of the transport signal stream, the marker identifying the point in time of the advertisement. The server receives data from a smart appliance. The server detects the marker in the data. The server identifies the marker as the specified frame of the transport signal stream played by the smart appliance. The server maps the marker to the identified point in time of the advertisement. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150092106 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TYING AUDIO AND VIDEO WATERMARKS OF LIVE AND RECORDED EVENTS FOR SIMULCASTING ALTERNATIVE AUDIO COMMENTARY TO AN AUDIO CHANNEL OR SECOND SCREEN - An alternative content system receives a primary content data stream and a secondary content data stream associated with an event. The alternative content system provides an alternative content data stream associated with the event. The alternative content system extracts a primary content identifier from the primary content data stream. The alternative content system identifies an alternative content identifier based on the alternative content data stream. The alternative content system synchronizes the alternative content data stream to the primary content data stream based on the alternative content identifier and the primary content identifier. The alternative content system transmits the synchronized alternative content data stream based on the primary content identifier. | 04-02-2015 |
Jeffrey Charles Sherwin, New York, NY US
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| 20080215483 | System and method for the enablement of electronic commerce in a content network - An apparatus customizes electronic received information and facilitates electronic transactions with an individual consumer. The apparatus includes a consumer database for storing consumer profiles information corresponding to the individual consumer and a transaction database for storing transaction related information corresponding to individual commercial partners, including target content markers. A first computer program in communication with the databases modifies the electronic information received to include the consumer profile information stored in the consumer database which corresponds to the transaction-related target content markers in the electronic information. A second computer program in communication with the consumer database automatically monitors consumer interaction and automatically monitors consumer interaction and automatically updating the consumer profile data based on the interactions. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20100042475 | System and method for the enablement of electronic commerce in a content network - An apparatus customizes electronic received information and facilitates electronic transactions with an individual consumer. The apparatus includes a consumer database for storing consumer profiles information corresponding to the individual consumer and a transaction database for storing transaction related information corresponding to individual commercial partners, including target content markers. A first computer program in communication with the databases modifies the electronic information received to include the consumer profile information stored in the consumer database which corresponds to the transaction-related target content markers in the electronic information. A second computer program in communication with the consumer database automatically monitors consumer interaction and automatically monitors consumer interaction and automatically updating the consumer profile data based on the interactions. | 02-18-2010 |
John R. Sherwin, Cocoa Beach, FL US
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| 20140250939 | EVAPORATIVELY COOLED REFRIGERATION SYSTEM - In at least one aspect of this disclosure, a refrigeration system includes an evaporatively cooled condenser configured to transfer heat from the refrigeration system to an atmosphere, an air inlet in fluid communication with the condenser, and an evaporative cooling medium disposed between the atmosphere and the condenser such that at least a portion of an airflow from the atmosphere passes through the evaporative cooling medium to reduce the temperature of the airflow before passing the airflow over the condenser. The evaporative cooling element can improve system cooling efficiency by 20-50% depending on temperature conditions or even greater in dry climates. | 09-11-2014 |
Kenneth A. Sherwin, West Lafayette, IN US
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| 20090145684 | Safety apparatus for rear steerable vehicle wheels - A steering apparatus ( | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090292421 | STEERING APPARATUS - An apparatus for use in turning steerable vehicle wheels upon manual rotation of a hand wheel includes a torque sensor connected with the hand wheel. A controller is connected with the torque sensor and a rear steering gear. The controller is operable to effect operation of the rear steering gear in response to an output from the torque sensor upon manual application of at least a predetermined torque to the hand wheel. The torque sensor has an output which corresponds to a torque which is less than the predetermined torque throughout turning of the front wheels through a first range of turning movement. The torque sensor has an output which corresponds to a torque which is at least as great as the predetermined torque which occurs when turning of the front wheels during a second range of turning movement of the front wheels. The controller is operable to effect operation of the rear steering gear in response to the output from the torque sensor through the first range of turning movement of the front wheels so that the steering angle of the rear wheels has a first relationship to the steering angle of the front wheels. The controller being operable to effect operation of the rear steering gear in response to the output from the torque sensor through the second range of turning movement of the front wheels so that the steering angle of the rear wheels has a second relationship different from the first relationship to the steering angle of the front wheels. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100051375 | Method and apparatus for rear wheel steering control - An apparatus ( | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100072738 | Steering System - Steerable vehicle wheels ( | 03-25-2010 |
Kevin A. Sherwin, Farmington Hills, MI US
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| 20120024252 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STARTING AN ENGINE USING LOW ELECTRIC POWER - A method and a system are provided for starting an engine that is employed for propulsion of a vehicle. The method includes determining that an engine start via a starter is desired, wherein the starter is powered by an energy storage device. The method also includes determining a state of charge of the energy storage device. The method additionally includes commanding the starter to crank the engine at a first predetermined speed, if the energy storage device is at or above a predetermined state of charge and supplying fuel to the engine for a first predetermined number of fueling events. Furthermore, the method includes commanding the starter to crank the engine at a second predetermined speed that is lower than the first predetermined speed and supplying fuel to the engine for a second predetermined number of fueling events, if the energy storage device is below the predetermined state of charge. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20130006496 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING ENGINE CRANKSHAFT-CAMSHAFT CORRELATION AND FOR IMPROVED VEHICLE LIMP-HOME MODE - A system for an engine includes an edge detection module and a correlation calibration module. The edge detection module (i) detects edges of a camshaft of the engine using a camshaft position sensor, and (ii) detects edges of a crankshaft of the engine using a crankshaft position sensor. The correlation calibration module calibrates a correlation between the crankshaft and the camshaft based on the detected edges of the crankshaft and the camshaft, respectively. | 01-03-2013 |
Lucius Sherwin, Plano, TX US
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| 20080316579 | System and Method for Increasing Image Quality in a Display System - System and method for maximizing image quality by eliminating vias on a reflective surface. A preferred embodiment comprises depositing a first portion of a mirror surface over a support surface, applying a protective coating on the mirror surface, and then inverting the via. The preferred embodiment also comprises removing a portion of the inverted via and then depositing a second portion of the mirror surface. The remaining portion of the inverted via fills the via and provides a level surface for the depositing of the second portion of the mirror surface, reducing the amount of light scattered by the via. | 12-25-2008 |
Lucius M. Sherwin, Plano, TX US
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| 20100128338 | PLANARITY OF PIXEL MIRRORS - A method of forming an electronic device includes providing a patterned lower metal layer over a substrate and a first sacrificial layer there between. A second sacrificial layer is formed over the metal layer, and a portion thereof is removed. A third sacrificial layer is formed over the second sacrificial layer, and an upper metal layer is formed over the third sacrificial layer. A portion of the upper metal layer is removed, and the first, second and third sacrificial layers are removed. | 05-27-2010 |
Lucius Marshall Sherwin, Plano, TX US
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| 20150103391 | MEMS DEVICE WITH IMPROVED VIA SUPPORT PLANARIZATION - A microelectromechanical (MEMS) device has a movable member supported above a substrate on a via support. The member and via support are fabricated integrally from first and second member forming layers. A first member forming layer forms a lower part of the member and supporting structure for the via support. First and second fill layers are deposited and patterned to form a plug that fills an inner cavity opening in the via structure. The plug is planarized to a planar part of the first member forming layer, and a second member forming layer is deposited over the first member forming layer and the planarized plug to form an upper part of the member. In an example micromirror device, metal layers define a movable mirror member supported on a via support which has a cavity filled by BARC layers. The BARC layers are planarized to a planar portion of a first metal layer and a second metal layer is formed over the first metal layer planar portion and planarized BARC layer plug. | 04-16-2015 |
Marc Sherwin, Catonsville, MD US
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| 20080218940 | High dielectric capacitor materials and method of their production - Methods of producing polycrystalline and single crystal dielectrics are disclosed, including dielectrics comprising CaCu | 09-11-2008 |
| 20150236186 | NANO AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE ARCHITECTURE FOR PHOTON DETECTION - An integrated circuit includes a substrate material that includes an epitaxial layer, wherein the substrate material and the epitaxial layer form a first semiconductor material with the epitaxial layer having a first conductivity type. At least one nanowire comprising a second semiconductor material having a second conductivity type doped differently than the first conductivity type of the first semiconductor material forms a junction crossing region with the first semiconductor material. The nanowire and the first semiconductor material form an avalanche photodiode (APD) in the junction crossing region to enable single photon detection. In an alternative configuration, the APD is formed as a p-i-n crossing region where n represents an n-type material, i represents an intrinsic layer, and p represents a p-type material. | 08-20-2015 |
Marc E. Sherwin, Catonsville, MD US
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| 20080308838 | Power switching transistors - In an embodiment, a integrated semiconductor device includes a first Vertical Junction Field Effect Transistor (VJFET) having a source, and a gate disposed on each side of the first VJFET source, and a second VJFET transistor having a source, and a gate disposed on each side of the second VJFET source. At least one gate of the first VJFET is separated from at least one gate of the second VJFET by a channel. The integrated semiconductor device also includes a Junction Barrier Schottky (JBS) diode positioned between the first and second VJFETs. The JBS diode comprises a metal contact that forms a rectifying contact to the channel and a non-rectifying contact to at least one gate of the first and second VJFETs, and the metal contact is an anode of the JBS diode. A first electrical connection ties the gates of the first VJFET, the gates of the second VJFET, and the anode of the JBS diode to a common gate electrode and a second electrical connection ties the source of the first VJFET and the source of the second VJFET to a common source electrode. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090014756 | Method of producing large area SiC substrates - A method for growing a SiC-containing film on a Si substrate is disclosed. The SiC-containing film can be formed on a Si substrate by, for example, plasma sputtering, chemical vapor deposition, or atomic layer deposition. The thus-grown SiC-containing film provides an alternative to expensive SiC wafers for growing semiconductor crystals. | 01-15-2009 |
Marc Eisenzweig Sherwin, Catonsville, MD US
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| 20140266300 | PHASE-CHANGE MATERIAL RECONFIGURABLE CIRCUITS - One embodiment of the invention includes a reconfigurable circuit comprising a phase-change material switch. The phase-change material switch includes an actuation portion configured to receive a control signal having one of a first state and a second state and to emit a first heat profile in response to the first state of the control signal and a second heat profile in response to the second state of the control signal. The phase-change material switch also includes a switch portion comprising a phase-change material in proximity with the actuation portion. The switch portion can be selectable between a conducting state in response to the first heat profile to conduct an input signal from an input to an output of the phase-change material switch and a blocking state in response to the second heat profile to substantially block the input signal from the input to the output. | 09-18-2014 |
Mark Eisenzweig Sherwin, Catonsville, MD US
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| 20140264230 | PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL SWITCH AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A phase change material (PCM) switch is disclosed that includes a resistive heater element, and a PCM element proximate the resistive heater element. A thermally conductive electrical insulating barrier layer positioned between the PCM heating element and the resistive heating element, and conductive lines extend from ends of the PCM element and control lines extend from ends of the resistive heater element | 09-18-2014 |
Michael W. Sherwin, Moscow, PA US
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| 20160132950 | SYSTEM FOR CREATING CUSTOM FRAGRANCES - A system for creating custom fragrances is described that allows a customer to interact with an employee and a Perfumer's Organ to interactively select several scents for base, middle and top notes. They can then iteratively adjust the scents chosen. In one embodiment, the scents selected by a customer are provided to a computing device having a prestored table which separates the scents into variable potency scents having variable perceived strengths and normal potency scents having standard, equal perceived strengths. The table indicates the amount of each variable potency scent to use to normalize the strengths. The remaining normal potency scents are then added with an equal amount. In an alternative embodiment, predetermined mixtures are provided to the computing device and used as ‘training data’ to adjust the coefficients of a generalized formula to create a prediction equation fit to the training data. The computing device receives the selected scents, the type of product to be made and the container size and uses the prediction equation to identify the amounts of each of the selected scents. In another optional embodiment, a filling device can automatically meter the scent liquids, a filling material, and provide them into the selected container. The filling device is driven by the computing device and determines the amounts of the selected scents and creates the custom fragrance according to one of the methods above. | 05-12-2016 |
Reuven J. Sherwin, Ra'Anana, IL US
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| 20130232013 | Apparatus and Method for Facilitating Personalized Marketing Campaign Design - Embodiments of the disclosure simplify the design process by drawing inferences based on data input by the user and making design suggestions to the user. In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, apparatus are provided that assist users in the design of a personalized marketing campaign. A user interface is disclosed that allows the user to input data and receive information. A personalized marketing campaign knowledge database is disclosed that contains data encoding concepts extracted from complete personalized marketing campaigns and semantic definitions of those concepts. A semantic inference engine is also disclosed which draws inferences based on a comparison of the semantics of the data entered by the at least one user and the semantic definitions of the concepts encoded in the knowledge database, and communicates those inferences to the at least one user to assist the user in construction of the marketing campaign. | 09-05-2013 |
Rhoda Sherwin, Pembroke Pines, FL US
Richard Sherwin, New York, NY US
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| 20140252958 | WIRELESS CONTROLLED LIGHT SOURCES - A network comprises a plurality of modules, wherein each module comprises a communications circuit with an antenna for sending information signals to and receiving control signals from a remote base over a wifi connection. Each module includes either a lighting element or a security camera for providing images. Each module may further include sensors to provide information to the base concerning operating conditions. Preferably, each module is programmed to receive signals from other modules and to relay such signals to the remote base, and similarly route control signals from the remote base intended for a different module to the intended module. In one embodiment, the network is a lighting network in which each module includes a light source controlled by the remote base or by a control terminal connected to the remote base. | 09-11-2014 |
Richard Sherwin, Guilford, CT US
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| 20140071846 | System and Method for Wireless Access Point Layout and Network Operation - The present disclosure describes systems and methods for creating and/or deploying access points for a wireless network in a multi-unit building or for a private residential neighborhood. Additionally, described herein are methods for operating a wireless network in a multi-unit building that was either deployed according to the concepts described herein or was pre-existing. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140307626 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK USER ISOLATION - The present disclosure describes systems for user isolation in a communication network based on the particular user not on the user's physical location with respect to a network access device. | 10-16-2014 |
Scott David Sherwin, Chicago, IL US
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| 20150347489 | INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON QUERY AND RECORD METADATA IN COMBINATION WITH RELEVANCE BETWEEN DISPARATE ITEMS IN CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS - An information retrieval system that interprets a query and determines a rank or score for selected records is disclosed herein, where the rank or score is based partly on determining the relevance between disparate items in a classification system. The query can be expanded by utilizing metadata about the query, which results in one or more query values for comparison. Depending on the type of records that are to be ranked or scored, different characteristics of the selected records will be extracted, optionally expanded, and then converted into record values for comparison. The query values and record values, which are part of the same classification system, can then be scored based on the relevance between these values in this classification system. Results can be weighed, or the final record score can be weighed. Finally, records are displayed to the user in final rank or score order. | 12-03-2015 |
Thomas A. Sherwin, Newfields, NH US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20120100047 | AUTOMATED LIQUID HANDLING DEVICE - A liquid handling system that is configured to receive an interchangeable pipetting head that is selected from a plurality of interchangeable pipetting heads for automated liquid handling flexibility and scalability. The system includes a housing and at least one pipetting head disposed within that housing for aspirating and dispensing a liquid. A locking mechanism interchangeably receives the at least one pipetting head and includes an adaptor plate and a support block. The adaptor plate is operably coupled to the housing and the support block is operably coupled to the at least one pipetting head. The support block is then, in turn, is configured to be operably coupled to the adaptor plate. | 04-26-2012 |