Tatum, US
Allen Louis Tatum, Flintstone, GA US
Barry Featherstun Tatum, Mechanicsville, VA US
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20140259839 | Gallery Display Apparatus - A magnetically-attachable display gallery provides a neat and decorative platform to easily add items such as greeting cards, photographs, and other documents by simply slipping them behind the snug clear vinyl pockets. The display gallery is constructed to roll or fold to store neatly away when not in use or for shipping. | 09-18-2014 |
Bill Tatum, Davidson, NC US
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20150204457 | Visual Valve Position Indicator with Wireless Transmitter - An indicator device with wireless communication functionality for monitoring a position of a valve actuating device. The indicator device including a visual indication device having an outer beacon and an inner beacon received within the outer beacon and arranged to rotate relative to the outer beacon, a wireless module including at least one sensor, positioned within the inner beacon of the visual indication device, and configured to transmit a message using the wireless module, and a shaft extending through the visual indication device and coupled to the valve actuating device. Rotation of the shaft is detectable by the at least one sensor of the wireless module to indicate the position of the valve actuating device, and the indicator device is sealed to inhibit infiltration of liquid and penetration of debris to the wireless module. | 07-23-2015 |
Bradford Thomas Tatum, Clearwater, FL US
Brandon Tatum, Denver, CO US
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20120204615 | EDGE GUIDE MECHANISM AND PANEL FORMING MACHINE INCORPORATING THE SAME - A forming machine for forming a longitudinal margin of a strip of material into a desired profile and methods encompassing the steps inherent in the described mechanical structures and operation thereof. The forming machine includes a frame, a drive mechanism, a plurality of forming elements, and an edge guide mechanism. The edge guide mechanism applies pressure along the edge margin in a lateral direction, thereby following the edge margin as the strip is advanced through the machine. The edge guide includes a carriage assembly attached to the frame that comprises a carriage support frame and a carriage movably disposed thereon. The edge guide mechanism includes an actuator connected to the carriage that is operative to urge the carriage toward edge margin. At least one guide roller is mounted to the carriage and adapted to receive the edge margin of the strip. | 08-16-2012 |
20150101384 | EDGE GUIDE MECHANISM AND PANEL FORMING MACHINE INCORPORATING THE SAME - A forming machine for forming a longitudinal margin of a strip of material into a desired profile and methods encompassing the steps inherent in the described mechanical structures and operation thereof. The forming machine includes a frame, a drive mechanism, a plurality of forming elements, and an edge guide mechanism. The edge guide mechanism applies pressure along the edge margin in a lateral direction, thereby following the edge margin as the strip is advanced through the machine. The edge guide includes a carriage assembly attached to the frame that comprises a carriage support frame and a carriage movably disposed thereon. The edge guide mechanism includes an actuator connected to the carriage that is operative to urge the carriage toward edge margin. At least one guide roller is mounted to the carriage and adapted to receive the edge margin of the strip. | 04-16-2015 |
Clarissa Tatum, Johnson City, TN US
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20150377841 | FIBERS WITH CHEMICAL MARKERS AND PHYSICAL FEATURES USED FOR CODING - Disclosed are fibers which contain identification fibers. The identification fibers can contain a one or more of chemical markers and one or more distinct features, or taggants, which may vary among the fibers or be incorporated throughout all of the fibers. The chemical markers and distinct features can be representative of specific supply chain information. The supply chain information can be used to track the fibers from manufacturing through intermediaries, conversion to final product, and/or the consumer. The disclosed embodiments also relate to the method for making and characterizing the fibers. Characterization of the fibers can include identifying chemical markers and distinct features and correlating the chemical markers and distinct features to manufacturer-specific taggants to determine supply chain information. | 12-31-2015 |
20150379312 | FIBERS WITH PHYSICAL FEATURES USED FOR CODING - Disclosed are fibers which contains identification fibers. The identification fibers can contain a plurality of distinct features, or taggants, which vary among the fibers and/or along the length of the identification fibers, a fiber band, or yarn. The disclosed embodiments also relate to the method for making and characterizing the fibers. Characterization of the fibers can include identifying distinct features, combinations of distinct features, and number of fibers with various combinations of distinct features and correlating the distinct features to supply chain information. The supply chain information can be used to track the fibers, fiber band, or yarn from manufacturing through intermediaries, conversion to final product, and/or the consumer. | 12-31-2015 |
20150379903 | FIBERS WITH SURFACE MARKINGS USED FOR CODING - Disclosed are fibers comprising one or more branded fibers which exhibit surface markings in a repeated pattern along the length of the branded fibers. The branded fibers can be incorporated into yarns or fiber bands to represent supply chain information of the yarns, fiber bands, and/or articles made from the yards or fiber bands. In a specific example, branded fibers can be incorporated into an acetate tow band. The branded fibers can be recovered from a cigarette filter, the repeated pattern decoded, and supply chain information associated with the acetate tow used to make the cigarette filter, such as manufacturer, customer, ship to location, and even the acetate tow bale, can be obtained. | 12-31-2015 |
David Kenneth Tatum, Davilla, TX US
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20130152444 | Ambidextrous Thumb Safety for a Handgun - Provided herein are an ambidextrous thumb safety and apparatuses for providing the same for a handgun. The ambidextrous thumb safety and apparatuses generally comprise right and left thumb safeties pivotally mounted in opposition to a handgun frame, means for pivotally interconnecting the mounted right and left thumb safeties on the handgun frame and means for initiating pivotal movement of the right and left side plates upon application of a force thereto. Particularly, a secondary pin with a threaded end extends from the sear contact surface on the right thumb safety and is connected to the left thumb safety via a screw at a counterbored hole through the left thumb safety. | 06-20-2013 |
Donnie Franklin Tatum, Jupiter, FL US
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20140256199 | HARNESS ASSEMBLY HAVING A DEPLOYABLE INFLATABLE LIFE RAFT ATTACHED THERETO - A harness assembly having a pouch attached thereto for storage of a manually deployable life raft. The harness assembly is comprised of a waist strap of sufficient length to reach around the mid-section of a human body and a back, frontal left, and frontal right panel sections integrally joined with one another forming a life vest. The frontal left and right panel sections include a fastener for coupling together to form a neck opening. The pouch is removably attached to the harness assembly and positioned thereinbetween the waist strap and life vest. The inflatable life raft is disposed of within the pouch in a deflated state. The life raft includes an elongated tether cord having a first end attached to the life vest and a second end attached to the life raft. The life raft is adapted to be inflated when, in an emergency situation, the raft is removed from the pouch. | 09-11-2014 |
Erik Tatum, Sugar Hill, GA US
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20140109107 | ALLOWING INTER-PROCESS COMMUNICATION VIA FILE SYSTEM FILTER - In one embodiment, a method allows an application running in a first process to communicate with a second process. A file system filter driver receives a command from the application for a file. The file system filter driver is configured to process file system commands. The file system filter driver determines that the command is for an inter-process communication with a service running in the second process based on the command being for the file. Then, the file system filter driver sends the command to the service running in the second process where the command is processed by the service. A response from the service is received based on the command being processed by the service and the file system filter driver sends the response to the application. | 04-17-2014 |
Eugene Terry Tatum, Bowling Green, KY US
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20150127293 | TIME OF DEATH PROBE AND RECORDER - The present invention is comprised generally of a core body thermometer probe; a means to record temperature data from probe; a timing mechanism; a means to record time data from timing mechanism; a means to correlate recorded time and temperature data; a non-volatile memory unit to store correlated time and temperature data; and a power source and a method of use to determine time of death of a biological organism. | 05-07-2015 |
Gary Tatum, Mcdonough, GA US
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20140283533 | Apparatus and Method for Electrical Transport Refrigeration in a Tractor-Trailer System - An apparatus and method for electrical transport refrigeration, including generating a direct current (DC) voltage; storing the DC voltage in a high voltage DC storage; sensing a current requirement from an electrical load (e.g., a refrigeration unit), wherein the current requirement is proportional to a power requirement of the electrical load; transporting the DC voltage from the high voltage DC storage to an inverter, wherein the DC voltage is in an amount consistent with the power requirement; converting the DC voltage to an inverted AC voltage: determining a voltage in a voltage path; and triggering a switch to connect the electrical load to the voltage path it the voltage is the inverted AC voltage. And, the apparatus and method may include connecting a battery to an operating control unit of the refrigeration unit to enable a soft start of a compressor. In one example, the apparatus is a tractor-trailer system. | 09-25-2014 |
Gary Allen Tatum, Houston, TX US
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20100000332 | Orifice Fitting With a Drainage System - An orifice fitting having a drainage system. In some embodiments, the orifice fitting includes a housing having a chamber therein, a flow path extending through the chamber, an orifice plate moveable between a first position in the flow path and a second position outside of the flow path, and a rotatable shaft extending through the housing into the chamber. The shaft has a flowbore extending between a first fluid inlet in fluid communication with the chamber and a fluid outlet formed adjacent the end of the shaft. | 01-07-2010 |
20100229988 | Dual Chamber Orifice Fitting Plate Support - Methods and apparatus for positioning an orifice plate within a body having a straight flowbore. One embodiment includes a carrier supporting the orifice plate and a drive member operable to engage the carrier and move the carrier along a first axis perpendicular to the flowbore. The drive member is also operable to limit the movement of the carrier along a second axis perpendicular to the flowbore and perpendicular to the first axis. A pin is operable to engage the carrier so as to limit movement along the first axis. | 09-16-2010 |
James A. Tatum, Plano, TX US
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20150076647 | GALLIUM ARSENIDE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE - An avalanche photodiode can include: an avalanche region having one or more layers prepared from GaAs; an N | 03-19-2015 |
Janice Tatum, Dawsonville, GA US
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20150342311 | Magentic Jewlry - A system of magnetic jewelry for attachment to clothing or other fabric substrate has a plurality of decorative elements is provided. One or more of the decorative elements is affixed to a permanent magnet or unaligned magnetic material. A complementary magnetic backing element is positioned on the opposite side of a fabric substrate. The complementary magnetic element may be mechanically fastened to the fabric or may be held in place by its magnetic attraction with the decorative element. Additional decorative elements may be mechanically linked to one or more magnetically fastened element to create a complex decoration. | 12-03-2015 |
Jimmy A. Tatum, Plano, TX US
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20090059987 | MONOLITHIC OPTO-ISOLATORS - Monolithic opto-isolators and arrays of monolithic opto-isolators are disclosed. The monolithic opto-isolators are manufactured in a single semiconductor wafer where they may be tested at the wafer level before each opto-isolator is singulated from the wafer. The monolithic opto-isolators include a VCSEL monolithically produced adjacent to a photodiode where an axis of optical signal transmission of the VCSEL is substantially parallel to an axis of optical signal reception by the photodiode. | 03-05-2009 |
20090141277 | THREAD LATERAL MOVEMENT SENSOR - A system for detecting the lateral movement of thread in a textile manufacturing system is disclosed. The system includes an optical device configured to emit an optical signal. The optical device includes a resonant cavity. The system further includes a driver connected to the optical device. The driver configured to drive the optical signal. A mechanical guide is connected to the optical device. The mechanical guide is configured to receive a moving thread in a textile manufacturing process. The moving thread scatters the optical signal such that a portion of the optical signal is reflected back into the resonant cavity of the optical device; causing a change in the optical signal. An optical detector is optically coupled to the optical device. The optical detector is configured to detect the changed optical signal. Lateral movement detection circuitry is connected to the optical detector to detect lateral movements such as vibrations. The lateral movement detection circuitry is configured to output a signal representing the lateral movement of the moving thread based on the detected changed optical signal. | 06-04-2009 |
20110057128 | OPTO-ISOLATOR INCLUDING A VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER - The present invention relates to opto-isolators. Opto-isolators are disclosed that include a transmitter package and a vertical VCSEL disposed within the transmitter package. The opto-isolators further include a receiver package and a photodetector disposed within the receiver package. The photodetector is optically coupled to the VCSEL and configured to receive an output optical signal generated by the VCSEL. The opto-isolators further include an alignment package configured to receive the transmitter package and the receiver package. In another embodiment, opto-isolators include a VCSEL and a photodetector optically coupled to the VCSEL and configured to receive an output optical signal generated by the VCSEL. The opto-isolators further include a package enclosing both the VCSEL and the photodetector. | 03-10-2011 |
20110091219 | LASER DRIVERS FOR CLOSED PATH OPTICAL CABLES - Simplified laser drivers for closed path digital optical cables and digital optical cables including the simplified laser drivers. The laser driver can include less transistors than conventional laser drivers for optical communication cables. The laser can include a bias source and modulation source. The bias source can have a single constant current bias point for all laser diodes. The modulation current source can have a single temperature coefficient for all laser diodes. The laser driver can exclude, for example, any one of or combination of temperature compensation of the modulation or bias current sources, external programming of the modulation or bias current sources, power control based on output of the laser diode, and/or control based on feedback received from a monitor device or other sensor within the cables. | 04-21-2011 |
20110110669 | OPTICAL TRANSCIEVER - An optical transceiver for detecting an incoming light beam and for transmitting an outgoing light beam along a common optical axis is provided. Such an optical transceiver provides a compact optical transceiver that is suitable for a wide variety of applications. | 05-12-2011 |
20140197338 | OPTO-ISOLATOR INCLUDING A VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER - An opto-isolator is disclosed that include a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL), a photodetector and a package enclosing the VCSEL and the photodetector. The photodetector is optically coupled to the VCSEL and configured to receive an output optical signal generated by the VCSEL. | 07-17-2014 |
Jimmy Alan Tatum, Plano, TX US
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20100110137 | USE OF VCSEL TO DETECT PAPER IN A PRINTER - A method of detecting the properties of a printing target in a printing apparatus capable of performing a recording process on the printing target. The method uses a vertical cavity surface emitting laser disposed in the printing apparatus and comprises transporting the printing target through the printing apparatus, emitting a wavelength modulated optical signal toward the printing target using the vertical cavity surface emitting laser, receiving a reflection of the wavelength modulated optical signal, and analyzing the reflected optical signal to identify a property of the printing target. | 05-06-2010 |
20120236891 | LASERS WITH QUANTUM WELLS HAVING HIGH INDIUM AND LOW ALUMINUM WITH BARRIER LAYERS HAVING HIGH ALUMINUM AND LOW INDIUM WITH REDUCED TRAPS - A VCSEL can include: one or more quantum wells having (Al)InGaAs; two or more quantum well barriers having Al(In)GaAs bounding the one or more quantum well layers; and one or more transitional monolayers deposited between each quantum well layer and quantum well barrier, wherein the quantum wells, barriers and transitional monolayers are substantially devoid of traps. The one or more transitional monolayers include GaP, GaAs, and/or GaAsP. Alternatively, the VCSEL can include two or more transitional monolayers of AlInGaAs with a barrier-side monolayer having lower In and higher Al compared to a quantum well side monolayer that has higher In and lower Al. | 09-20-2012 |
20150090864 | OPTICALLY ENABLED MULTI-CHIP MODULES - An optically enabled multi-chip module has an optical engine transceiver and a host system chip. The optical engine transceiver has an optical engine front-end and an optical engine macro. The optical engine front-end has multiple laser diodes, laser driver circuitry electrically interfaced with each of the laser diodes, multiple photodiodes, amplifier circuitry electrically interfaced with each of the photodiodes, and at least one optical element optically positioned between the laser diodes and at least one optical fiber and between the photodiodes and the at least one optical fiber. The at least one optical element optically interfaces the laser diodes and photodiodes with the optical fiber. The optical engine macro is both electrically interfaced with and physically segregated from the optical engine front-end. The optical engine macro provides a subset of optical transceiver functionality to the optical engine front-end. The host system chip is electrically interfaced with the optical engine transceiver. | 04-02-2015 |
John Tatum, Temple, TX US
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20130098231 | Rapid-Load Appliance for Use with Belt-Fed Machine Guns - The invention relates to a device for positioning multiple, filled ammunition canisters near the receiver of a machine gun such that when the ammunition belt in the first canister is exhausted, the gunner merely removes the first canister from the device and a new, full canister containing a new ammunition belt slides into place by means of gravity. The present invention enables the gunner to more rapidly reload the machine gun, thus improving firing rate and gunner safety. | 04-25-2013 |
John T. Tatum, Atlanta, GA US
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20110257978 | Time Series Filtering, Data Reduction and Voice Recognition in Communication Device - A computer implemented method for processing audio data communicated between a first device and a second device over a data communication network, where one or more processors are programmed to perform steps include at a first device: receiving time series audio data comprising audio data over a time period; partitioning the audio data in a plurality of time segments; transforming the audio data in the plurality of time segments into a plurality of feature values; transmitting a subset of plurality of feature values over a data communication network; and at a second device: receiving the transmitted plurality of feature values from the data communication network; and transforming the feature values into the time domain to reproduce the time series audio data. | 10-20-2011 |
20120039395 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIME SERIES FILTERING AND DATA REDUCTION - The present invention is be directed to systems and methods that efficiently reduce cluttered data and identify useful information, in real-time. The disclosed auto-adaptive system distinguishes target data in data sets from clutter data that causes low target hit rates and high false alarm rates. Data set features may then be modified to account for changes over time, resulting in auto-adaptive alarm thresholds, higher target hits rates, and lower false alarm rates. In addition, data may be reduced to snip containing target information, while excluding large amounts of clutter data. Thereby, real-time data can be more readily understood and transmitted data can be reduced. | 02-16-2012 |
John Tyler Tatum, Atlanta, GA US
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20100138378 | System and Method for Auto-Adaptive Network - An auto-adaptive system is provided that includes a template builder that allows weighted templates to be created for computing auto-adaptive features, an auto-adaptive event locator that analyzes a data set to identify events, an event extractor that locates and extracts identified events and provides events for review by an event analyzer (operator or programmed module) to distinguish clutter data from target data, and an auto-adaptive risk analyzer that processes data related to hit rates, false alarm rates, alarm costs, and risk factors to determine return on investment information and receiver operator characteristic curves. | 06-03-2010 |
Joseph D. Tatum, Windsor, CO US
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20100239707 | Increased Meat Tenderness Via Induced Post-Mortem Muscle Tissue Breakdown - The present methods and compounds relate to increasing meat tenderness by inducing post-mortem breakdown in muscle tissue. This is achieved by the use of beta-blockers in the pre-mortem period, which results in higher calpastatin levels, and reduced hyperplasia. This is also achieved by the use of agents immediately before slaughter that induce apoptosis in muscle tissue. This is further achieved by administering agents that induce muscle fiber fission. | 09-23-2010 |
J. Tyler Tatum, Atlanta, GA US
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20090259615 | Efficient Processing in an Auto-Adaptive Network - Feature values, which may be multi-dimensional, collected over successive time slices, are efficiently processed for use, for example, in known adaptive learning functions and event detection. A Markov chain in a recursive function to calculate imputed values for data points by use of a “nearest neighbor” matrix. Only data for the time slices currently required to perform computations must be stored. Earlier data need not be retained. A data selector, referred to herein for convenience as a window driver, selects successive cells of appropriate adjacent values in one or more dimensions to comprise an estimation set. The window driver effectively indexes tables of data to efficiently deliver input data to the matrix. In one form, feature inputs are divided into subgroups for parallel, pipelined processing. | 10-15-2009 |
Kevin Tatum, Asheville, NC US
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20140171275 | BENCH PRESS EXERCISE TRAINING APPARATUS - An exercise apparatus primarily used as a training device for bench press type exercises. The apparatus comprises a series of arm straps having an elastic component disposed therebetween. The arm straps include a pair of upper arm straps and a pair of forearm straps, which are attached together with an elastic material creating an assisting force between the 2 elbows and arms. The apparatus is designed to be used in front of the upper body chest area to provide stabilization of the arms, as well providing assistance in pulling the elbows together, straightening the arms, and lifting the weighted barbell away from the chest. | 06-19-2014 |
Leronzo Lidell Tatum, College Park, GA US
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20100138378 | System and Method for Auto-Adaptive Network - An auto-adaptive system is provided that includes a template builder that allows weighted templates to be created for computing auto-adaptive features, an auto-adaptive event locator that analyzes a data set to identify events, an event extractor that locates and extracts identified events and provides events for review by an event analyzer (operator or programmed module) to distinguish clutter data from target data, and an auto-adaptive risk analyzer that processes data related to hit rates, false alarm rates, alarm costs, and risk factors to determine return on investment information and receiver operator characteristic curves. | 06-03-2010 |
20110257978 | Time Series Filtering, Data Reduction and Voice Recognition in Communication Device - A computer implemented method for processing audio data communicated between a first device and a second device over a data communication network, where one or more processors are programmed to perform steps include at a first device: receiving time series audio data comprising audio data over a time period; partitioning the audio data in a plurality of time segments; transforming the audio data in the plurality of time segments into a plurality of feature values; transmitting a subset of plurality of feature values over a data communication network; and at a second device: receiving the transmitted plurality of feature values from the data communication network; and transforming the feature values into the time domain to reproduce the time series audio data. | 10-20-2011 |
Mary K. Tatum, Manitou Springs, CO US
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20080264723 | Step stool - A step stool for storing underneath a cabinet and extending therefrom when in use is provided. Such step stool includes a platform member for supporting a user. Such platform member being manufactured from a first predetermined material and having a first predetermined size and a first predetermined shape. A mechanism is operably disposed on at least one of a bottom portion of such platform member and at least one side of such platform member at a first predetermined location thereon for facilitating movement of the step stool such that the step stool may be extended from underneath such cabinet for use and may be returned to a position underneath such cabinet for storage. | 10-30-2008 |
Richard D. Tatum, Huntington, WV US
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20140162849 | LOG ROLL - A training and exercise device is provided to aid in proper positioning, technique, and muscle memory for different sports and exercise related activities. The training device includes a cylindrical barrel member. A sled or sleds are connected to the barrel member such that rotation and movement of the barrel member will in turn move the sled or sleds. The sleds are bi-directional such that they are able to move in both forward and rear directions, which will allow the training device to be used in multiple directions without having to reorient the entire device between exercises. The barrel device, sled or sleds may also be configured to adjust the weights thereof to increase or decrease the resistance of the movement of the training device to accommodate for different user's size, abilities, and intended outcome. | 06-12-2014 |
Ronnie Tatum, Ripley, MS US
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20120218116 | Position Monitoring System And Method Of Use - A position monitoring system comprising a casing which attaches to an item and a locator chip which inserts into the casing; a distance monitoring unit, where the distance monitoring unit houses a global positioning device which monitors a location of the locator chip; a display screen on a front face of the distance monitoring unit, where said display screen shows the location of the locator chip; a dial attached to the front face of the distance monitoring unit; a range of distances displayed radially around the dial, where an individual distance determines a radius for a circular boundary around the distance monitoring unit and where the dial turns to the individual distance to set the radius for the circular boundary; and a speaker attached to the distance monitoring unit, wherein the speaker sounds an alarm to alert a user when the locator chip leaves the circular boundary. | 08-30-2012 |
20130199077 | FISHING SWIVEL SNAP DEVICE - The present invention is a swivel snap device to hold and assist in removing one or more fishing swivel snaps and lures that includes a plastic base with a planar surface, a pair of arms that includes a top arm and a bottom arm with an aperture disposed at each arm's proximal end and a wire spring connector with a pair of extensions and a wire spring that provide a spring-loaded torque force to the extensions. The invention includes a pair of strong metal alloy v-groove ends that includes a v-shaped groove disposed on the v-groove end that are disposed on the distal end of each arm and a top surface that is disposed on the top of the top arm. | 08-08-2013 |
Sherrod B. Tatum, Midlothian, VA US
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20130130015 | Metallized Opaque Films with Robust Metal Layer Attachment - A multilayer composite film includes in sequence: | 05-23-2013 |
Tani Tatum, Bishop, CA US
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20080262288 | Physiologic pulsatile pump - A pulsatile blood circulating pump system that is adapted for use in cardiopulmonary bypass, ventricular assist (LVAD, RVAD, BiVAD), ECMO, organ preservation, fetal cardiac bypass, cancer treatment, and various areas of circulation research, which can be controlled in such a way as to produce a desired blood flow that closely approximates the physiological blood flow of the patient. The pump system includes a pulsating mechanism having a housing defining a chamber within which a compressible-expandable bladder is sealably mounted. The system further includes a hydraulic actuator having a pressure imparting member that acts upon a pressure transmissive fluid contained within the actuator chamber in a manner to generate a pulsatile pressure on the transmissive fluid, which, in turn, results in a pulsatile pressure being exerted on bladder in a manner to controllably vary the volume thereof. Additionally, the system includes a compact, highly reliable voice-coil motor that is operably associated with the hydraulic actuator for controllably moving the pressure imparting member within the fluid chamber and further includes a fully programmable motion controller that controls the voice-coil motor. Further, the system includes a programmable touch-screen component that functions to control the motion controller. | 10-23-2008 |
20100331605 | Physiologic pulsatile pump - A pulsatile blood circulating pump system that is adapted for use in cardiopulmonary bypass, ventricular assist (LVAD, RVAD, BiVAD), ECMO, organ preservation, fetal cardiac bypass, cancer treatment, and various areas of circulation research, which can be controlled in such a way as to produce a desired blood flow that closely approximates the physiological blood flow of the patient. The pump system includes a pulsating mechanism having a housing defining a chamber within which a compressible-expandable bladder is sealably mounted. The system further includes a hydraulic actuator having a pressure imparting member that acts upon a pressure transmissive fluid contained within the actuator chamber in a manner to generate a pulsatile pressure on the transmissive fluid, which, in turn, results in a pulsatile pressure being exerted on bladder in a manner to controllably vary the volume thereof. Additionally, the system includes a compact, highly reliable voice-coil motor that is operably associated with the hydraulic actuator for controllably moving the pressure imparting member within the fluid chamber and further includes a fully programmable motion controller that controls the voice-coil motor. Further, the system includes a programmable touch-screen component that functions to control the motion controller. | 12-30-2010 |
20120245405 | Extracorporeal Pumping Methods - An extracorporeal pumping method includes receiving an inlet fluid into a compressible-expandable bladder sealably mounted within a housing and moving an actuating member mounted within a fluid chamber of a hydraulic actuating sub-assembly. A pressure transmissive fluid is displaced from the fluid chamber into the housing. The method includes compressing a volume of the bladder in the housing the transmissive fluid displaced into the housing, the compressed bladder ejecting the inlet fluid from the bladder to provide an outlet fluid under pulsatile pressure. The actuating member is moved within the fluid chamber and the displaced transmissive fluid is returned from the housing into the fluid chamber. The method includes expanding the compressed bladder in the housing and receiving additional inlet fluid into the bladder. The movement of the actuating member is controlled such that the outlet fluid exhibits a predetermined pulse rate, stroke volume, and upstroke rise time. | 09-27-2012 |
Todd C. Tatum, San Jose, CA US
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20110276325 | Training A Transcription System - According to certain embodiments, training a transcription system includes accessing recorded voice data of a user from one or more sources. The recorded voice data comprises voice samples. A transcript of the recorded voice data is accessed. The transcript comprises text representing one or more words of each voice sample. The transcript and the recorded voice data are provided to a transcription system to generate a voice profile for the user. The voice profile comprises information used to convert a voice sample to corresponding text. | 11-10-2011 |
20110301949 | SPEAKER-CLUSTER DEPENDENT SPEAKER RECOGNITION (SPEAKER-TYPE AUTOMATED SPEECH RECOGNITION) - In an example embodiment, there is disclosed herein an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system that employs speaker clustering (or speaker type) for transcribing audio. A large corpus of audio with corresponding transcripts is analyzed to determine a plurality of speaker types (e.g., dialects). The ASR system is trained for each speaker type. Upon encountering a new user, the ASR system attempts to map the user to a speaker type. After the new user is mapped to a speaker type, the ASR employs the speaker type for transcribing audio from the new user. | 12-08-2011 |
20110320044 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS FOR A MEETING SESSION IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - An example method is provided and includes establishing a communication pathway to a building element configured to control at least one environmental setting within a room. The method also includes communicating an ability to control the environmental setting within the room to an endpoint configured to participate in a meeting session. The method further includes receiving a command from the endpoint to adjust the environmental setting during the meeting session. The command can be communicated to the building element. In more specific examples, the method can include registering with one or more application program interfaces (APIs) associated with the building element, and communicating a credential to the building element in order to provide an authentication for controlling the environmental setting. In yet other embodiments, the command to adjust the environmental setting is received via a menu of a user interface provided by a video conferencing platform. | 12-29-2011 |
William F. Tatum, Davidson, NC US
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20150219238 | Valve Controller with Flapper Nozzle Pilot Valve - A valve controller configured to operate on a Foundation Fieldbus Network and including a spool valve movable between at least an opening position and a closing position, and a flapper nozzle pilot valve arranged to move the spool between the opening position and the closing position. | 08-06-2015 |