Hooper, CA
David Hooper, Victoria CA
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20080263471 | METHOD AND SYTEM FOR CALENDAR-BASED IMAGE ASSET ORGANIZATION - A calendar-based image asset organizer, including a user interface for designating at least one date range, an image date reader for determining a date associated with an image, and an image query manager for identifying images having an associated date within the designated at least one date range. A method and a computer readable storage medium are also described and claimed. | 10-23-2008 |
David Leonard Hooper, Langley CA
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20100241093 | OSTOMY POUCHING SYSTEM - An ostomy pouching system having an ostomy wafer with a sealing ring around an opening therein and an ostomy bag having an opening with a sealing ring around the ostomy bag opening, the ostomy bag sealing ring sealingly connectable to the sealing ring of the ostomy wafer. An insert is insertable into the ostomy bag through the ostomy bag opening. The insert has an opening with a flange surrounding the opening and extending flat over the sealing ring of the ostomy bag so that upon the sealing ring of the ostomy bag engaging the sealing ring on the wafer, the flange is sealed between the ostomy bag sealing ring and the wafer sealing ring. | 09-23-2010 |
David Sheldon Hooper, Victoria CA
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20130022287 | IMAGE CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT - A method for contrast enhancement for digital images, including filtering an original image having original color values, to generate a filtered image, receiving parameters for a response curve, the response curve being a function of color value that is user-adjustable, deriving local multipliers by applying the response curve to the filtered image, multiplying the original color values by the local multipliers, thereby generating a contrast-enhanced image from the original image. A system and a computer-readable storage medium are also described. | 01-24-2013 |
Edmund Mark Hooper, Pointe-Claire CA
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20120105439 | System and Method For Adaptive Scalable Dynamic Conversion, Quality and Processing Optimization, Enhancement, Correction, Mastering, And Other Advantageous Processing of Three Dimensional Media Content - The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing 3D content-centric solutions that greatly improve the quality and impact of 3D media content, while decreasing the required levels of computing power, and lowering the complexity of the necessary 3D media playback and display solutions, thus maximizing the 3D experience produced therefrom. The novel system and method accomplish these goals by providing modular unifying scalable 3D content-centered solutions, preferably implemented in a configurable infrastructure, that improve the quality and impact of any 3D media content, while decreasing the required levels of computing power, and lowering the complexity of the necessary playback and display solutions. The inventive system and method advantageously enable automatic, semi-automatic or user-controlled selective performance of 3D content processing and/or settings/parameter configuration at one or more components of the infrastructure, and in at least one embodiment thereof, the inventive system and method are capable of determining and implementing selective or optimal storage, transmittal, and application(s) of 3D content processing/settings/parameter/profile configuration(s) prior to, or during, display of corresponding 3D content media to one or more viewers thereof. | 05-03-2012 |
20140044403 | System and Method For Adaptive Scalable Dynamic Conversion, Quality and Processing Optimization, Enhancement, Correction, Mastering, And Other Advantageous Processing of Three Dimensional Media Content - In at least one embodiment thereof, the inventive system and method are directed to providing and configuring a novel platform-independent 3D content media container operable to: (1) support and store a 3D content media file with at least one 3D content modification/improvement technique applied to only specific predetermined portions thereof, and (2) selectively enabling particular optimal 3D content-related parameter settings for future application of at least one additional 3D content modification/improvement technique, to likewise be associated with one or more specific corresponding 3D content media file portion(s), and to also be stored in association therewith in the inventive 3D content media container. In at least one additional embodiment thereof, the inventive system and method are capable of determining and implementing various storage, transmittal, and application(s) of 3D content media processing/settings/parameter/profile configuration(s) prior to, or during, display of corresponding 3D content media | 02-13-2014 |
Hurdon Hooper, Fredericton CA
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20100113705 | DUAL VESSEL REACTOR - A dual vessel reactor and a method of carrying out a reaction using a dual vessel reactor are provided using a non-condensable gas to substantially isolate the inner vessel from the outer vessel during the reaction and limit the heating of the outer vessel when steam from the inner vessel condenses on the interior surface of the outer vessel. By limiting the heating of the outer vessel through the condensation of the steam or other vapour from the inner vessel, the operating temperature of the outer vessel is kept below an upper threshold of the operating temperature of a seal used to seal the door in the outer vessel. | 05-06-2010 |
20100137462 | SEPARATING DEVULCANIZED RUBBER - A method for separating a polymer from carbon black in devulcanized rubber, the method comprising steps of inserting devulcanized rubber into a bath of a solvent, dissolving a polymer out of the devulcanized rubber and into a solution of the solvent and the polymer, removing the solution from the bath without disturbing an un-dissolved residue comprising carbon black, and recovering the un-dissolved residue. | 06-03-2010 |
20140086809 | DUAL VESSEL REACTOR - A dual vessel reactor and a method of carrying out a reaction using a dual vessel reactor are provided using a non-condensable gas to substantially isolate the inner vessel from the outer vessel during the reaction and limit the heating of the outer vessel when steam from the inner vessel condenses on the interior surface of the outer vessel. By limiting the heating of the outer vessel through the condensation of the steam or other vapour from the inner vessel, the operating temperature of the outer vessel is kept below an upper threshold of the operating temperature of a seal used to seal the door in the outer vessel. | 03-27-2014 |
20140148522 | VULCANIZED RUBBER CONVERSION - Vulcanized rubber, for example from used tires, can be devulcanized to provide a reaction product that has similar rheological properties to the original un-vulcanized rubber. The vulcanized rubber is processed at a temperature that is less than a critical temperature of a solvent, such as water or water and alcohol. The process is carried out at a pressure that is higher than the vapour pressure of the solvent. | 05-29-2014 |
Hurdon A. Hooper, Fredericton CA
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20110212003 | REACTOR AND REACTOR SYSTEM FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HIGH PRESSURE REACTIONS - A reactor and a reactor system for carrying out high temperature and high pressure reactions is disclosed herein. The reactor has an isolatable inner vessel for allowing for heat energy efficient cooling and heating of the reactor. The reactor comprises an outer reactor adapted for withstanding a reaction pressure and a reaction temperature, the outer reactor having a sealable reactor lid; an inner vessel within the outer reactor for containing a reaction solution and at least one reaction vessel, the inner vessel being open to the outer reactor such that the reaction pressure of the inner vessel and the outer reactor are substantially equalized and vapour in the inner vessel passes to the outer vessel, the inner vessel having a splatter shield for substantially preventing spillage of the reaction solution from the inner vessel into the outer reactor; a vapour injector in communication with the inner vessel for injecting vapour into the inner vessel for heating the reaction solution; an outlet in the outer vessel for exhausting vapour from the outer reactor and the inner vessel; and an outer reactor outlet for draining a liquid contained between the outer reactor and the inner vessel. | 09-01-2011 |
Ian Hooper, Toronto CA
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20100333026 | OBJECT BROWSER WITH PROXIMITY SORTING - A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to interface with objects. A computer-implemented scene having two or more objects is displayed and a corresponding list of the two or more objects is displayed in independent categories called facets and in an ungrouped flat list. A user identifies a viewpoint within the scene that establishes a location and an orientation within a space of the scene from which to view the scene objects. Dynamically and independently from additional user actions, a proximity of each of the two or more objects from the viewpoint is determined. The ungrouped list of the two or more objects is sorted based on the proximities and displayed. | 12-30-2010 |
Michael Hooper, Chestermere CA
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20090197693 | GOLF PRACTICE MAT - A golf practice mat including a surface pattern formed by thermally deforming and allowing setting of the deformed mat surface. | 08-06-2009 |
20100154153 | PIPELINE PIG BRUSH - A pipeline pig, brush and method of assembly of the pipeline pig brush is provided. The pipeline pig brush has a first plate and a second plate. The first plate has a plurality of recesses provided in a rear face. The second plate has a plurality of recesses provided in a front face that can be substantially aligned with the plurality of recesses in the back face of the first plate. A number of brushes, each brush having a ferrule and a tuft of bristles, can be clamped between the first plate and the second plate where they are held in place between the first plate and the second plate by the recesses with their tuft of bristles extended beyond the sides of the first plate and second plate. | 06-24-2010 |
20110057501 | PIPELINE PIG BRUSH AND BRUSH ASSEMBLY - A brush useful in pipeline pigs, for example, in magnetic flux leakage tools or cleaning tools, a method of making the brush and pipeline pig comprising the brush. The brush has a metal bristle holder and a plurality of bristles, the ends of which are held in the bristle holder by glue, swaging or a combination of glue and swaging. The glue may be an anaerobic glue. The brush and method of making avoid the use of heat to secure the bristles to the bristle holder, avoid the use of solder or weld metal, and are less labor intensive than soldering or welding. | 03-10-2011 |
20110201441 | GOLF PRACTICE MAT - A golf practice mat including a surface pattern formed by thermally deforming and allowing setting of the deformed mat surface. | 08-18-2011 |
20120324660 | PIPELINE PIG BRUSH - A pipeline pig brush and method of assembly of the pipeline pig brush is provided. The pipeline pig brush has a body with a plurality of recesses provided in an outer surface. A number of brushes, each brush having a ferrule and a tuft of bristles, can be mounted to the body, wherein the ferrule of each brush is inserted into the recess and a removable fastener is installed to engage the body and overlap the ferrule such that the ferrule cannot be removed from the recess without removing the fastener. | 12-27-2012 |
20140123417 | PIPELINE PIG BRUSH AND BRUSH ASSEMBLY - A brush useful in pipeline pigs, for example, in magnetic flux leakage tools or cleaning tools, a method of making the brush and pipeline pig comprising the brush. The brush has a metal bristle holder and a plurality of bristles, the ends of which are held in the bristle holder by glue, swaging or a combination of glue and swaging. The glue may be an anaerobic glue. The brush and method of making avoid the use of heat to secure the bristles to the bristle holder, avoid the use of solder or weld metal, and are less labor intensive than soldering or welding. | 05-08-2014 |
Michael Albert Hooper, Calgary CA
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20110139451 | Process for Treating Water in Heavy Oil Production Using Coated Heat Exchange Units - The invention relates to a process for treating a water stream produced in the recovery of heavy oil from geological formations comprising. The process includes a) injecting steam underground into a geological formation containing hydrocarbons and establishing a steam chamber; b) transferring heat from the steam chamber to the formation and mobilizing hydrocarbons for extraction from the formation; c) extracting the mobilized hydrocarbons from the formation and the hydrocarbons forming an emulsion with a portion of condensed water formed from the steam; d) separating mobilized hydrocarbons as a heavy oil product from the hydrocarbon-water emulsion to produce a water stream containing foulants that include residual hydrocarbons and solids; e) passing the water stream through a heat exchange unit comprising at least one tube wherein said the tube has a multi-layer coating comprising a melt flowable copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene adhered to the interior surface or exterior surface of said the tube; and f) removing said foulants from the water stream while altering the temperature of the water stream as the water stream passes through the heat exchange unit; wherein the multi-layer coating provides an anti-stick surface that reduces the deposition of foulants, on the interior or exterior surface of the tube as compared to the surface of the tube without the multi-layer coating being present, so as to avoid loss of efficiency in heat transfer and pluggage of the heat exchange unit. | 06-16-2011 |
Mike A. Hooper, Calgary CA
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20110294033 | UNITIZED ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL SUB-ASSEMBLY AND THE METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - Disclosed is a unitized electrochemical cell sub-assembly having a first separator plate and a second separator plate that each has a first surface. A recess is located in at least one of the first surfaces to define a chamber adjacent the periphery of the plates when the plates face each other. A membrane electrode assembly (MEA) comprising an ion exchange membrane and a pair of gas diffusion layers is disposed on and between each of the first surfaces between the two plates when the plates face each other so that the peripheral edge of the ion exchange membrane is located within the chamber. Also located in the chamber is a non-conductive sealant polymer that seals and joins the first and second plates to each other, and that seals and joins the first and second plates to the edge of the ion exchange membrane. Also disclosed is a fabrication method for making the unitized electrochemical cell sub-assembly. | 12-01-2011 |
Robert Hooper, Burlington CA
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20130154669 | Housings for inductive proximity sensors - Inductive Proximity Sensors are non-contact sensing devices used in manufacturing processes to sense metal targets. In practice, it is common for objects to contact the sensor causing the sensor to malfunction. An inductive sensor with improved durability is required. An inductive proximity sensor includes an exterior housing, an interior sensing coil and electronic circuit, and a connector. The Exterior housing is produced from one piece of metal bar, bored from one end to the tip of the other end, leaving the cylindrical tube open only on one end. The Exterior Housing is produced with an Inside Dimension that is smaller than previous proximity sensors and places the coil and electronic circuit further away from the Outside Dimension of the Exterior Housing. The interior sensing coil and electronic circuit are protected by the thick casing of the Exterior housing to improve structural rigidity and the longevity of operation in manufacturing processes. | 06-20-2013 |
Robert Calvin Hooper, Springfield CA
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20080226434 | Hopper Container - An intermodal hopper container comprises a structural frame defining a rectangular volume suitable for stacking with conventional intermodal containers. The structural frame of the hopper container forms plural compartments therein. Each compartment has a hopper formed at a bottom end which tapers downwardly and inwardly to a gate member. A hatch opening at a top end of each compartment is selectively covered by a hatch cover. The compartment walls are formed of rigid structural materials fixed to and which form part of the structural frame. | 09-18-2008 |
Wesley Hooper, North Vancouver CA
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20150040471 | MODULAR RESERVOIR WICK - A modular wick for accommodating garden beds of various sizes comprises a generally planar platform Connectors are provided proximate to an outer edge of the platform that allow for connection with an adjacent wick. Each of the wick comprises at least one well that is filled with a wicking medium. Apertures are provided in the walls of the wells to allow water to enter into the wicking medium. By connecting the wicks together, various sizes can be formed. | 02-12-2015 |