Bicknell, US
Brad Bicknell, Seattle, WA US
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20130225202 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA COLLECTION TO VALIDATE LOCATION DATA - A data collection system that provides the means to collect, store and make data available for a location analytics inference pipeline. The system incorporates a feedback mechanism enabling algorithms produced from the inference pipeline to drive the collection strategy to yield higher data quality and to produce reference data for model validation. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226857 | INFERENCE PIPELINE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system to infer place data is disclosed that receives location data collected on a user's mobile electronic device, recognizes when, where and for how long the user makes stops, generates possible places visited, and predicts the likelihood of a user to visit those places. | 08-29-2013 |
20130254227 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA COLLECTION TO VALIDATE LOCATION DATA - A data collection system that provides the means to collect, store and make data available for a location analytics inference pipeline. The system incorporates a feedback mechanism enabling algorithms produced from the inference pipeline to drive the collection strategy to yield higher data quality and to produce reference data for model validation. | 09-26-2013 |
20140304212 | INFERENCE PIPELINE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system to infer place data is disclosed that receives location data collected on a user's mobile electronic device, recognizes when, where and for how long the user makes stops, generates possible places visited, and predicts the likelihood of a user to visit those places. | 10-09-2014 |
David S. Bicknell, Hampton, NH US
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20100159975 | System and Method for Providing a Trunked Radio and Gateway - A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a first channel release notification from a communication network at a trunked radio network gateway connecting one or more trunked radio networks to the communication network. The method also includes determining whether the first channel release notification was generated in response to an initial seizure or a release of a channel in a trunked radio network of the gateway. The method further includes suppressing transmission of a further channel release notification based on data included in the first channel release notification that indicates an origin of the channel seizure or the release causing the first channel release notification to be generated. In more specific embodiments, the data includes parameter values indicating an originating source for the seizure or the release and a responding source generating the channel release notification. | 06-24-2010 |
James F. Bicknell, Brownsburg, IN US
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20130252185 | IGNITER AIR SHIELD - A burner assembly for use adjacent an igniter element in a gas appliance includes a top plate configured to form the geometric top half of at least one burner, and a bottom plate configured to form the geometric bottom half of at least one burner. The top plate and the bottom plate are joined together to form a burner and a burner carryover. An igniter air shield extends from either the top plate or the bottom plate such that the igniter air shield diverts secondary combustion air flowing around the burner and the adjacent igniter element. | 09-26-2013 |
Katherine Bicknell, Boulder, CO US
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20130054150 | SYSTEM FOR TRACKING FEMALE FERTILITY - Described herein are various principles related to collecting and charting fertility data for a female (e.g., female humans). A dedicated device may be used to collect fertility data regarding the female. The device may include a thermometer for collecting a body temperature of the female as well as an interface for collecting data regarding a consistency and/or amount of a cervical fluid of the female. Once collected by the dedicated device, the fertility data may be transmitted wirelessly from the dedicated device via a wireless network (e.g., a wireless local area network) to a server that collects fertility data. The fertility data may then be displayed in a graph that enables a user to make determinations about a fertility cycle of the female, including determinations about times of high fertility. For example, from viewing the relationship between two lines included in the graph, the user may make determinations regarding fertility. | 02-28-2013 |
Kirby Neal Bicknell, Tyler, TX US
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20140216685 | HVAC System With Selective Flowpath - A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system has a furnace comprising a furnace heat exchanger and an indoor HVAC unit comprising a refrigerant heat exchanger and at least one of a component of the furnace and a component of the indoor HVAC unit are selectively removable from an airflow path of the HVAC system. | 08-07-2014 |
20140217185 | HVAC System With Camera and Microphone - A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system has an input configured to receive at least one of a first heating setting, a first ventilation setting, a first cooling setting, a first humidity setting, and a first air quality setting, at least one of an image sensor and a microphone connected to at least one component in the HVAC system, the image sensor and/or microphone being configured to capture an data from a first zone, and a controller connected to the input and at least one of the image sensor and microphone, the controller configured to control at least one of the first heating setting, the first ventilation setting, the first cooling setting, the first humidity setting, and the first air quality setting in response to receiving the data from at least one of the image sensor and the microphone. | 08-07-2014 |
Lawrence Scott Bicknell, Haleiwa, HI US
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20130045099 | Compound Rotating Handle - A paddle apparatus for standup paddling of surfboards or like water craft, having a plurality of hand grip portions rotatably mounted relative to the paddle shaft, and a means of paddling whereby the operator can ergonomically paddle with greater power and control on either side of the water craft without breaking either hand grip. A further improvement includes using the handgrip in the position perpendicular to the paddle shaft to determine the blade position by feel and steer with greater torque. An alternative embodiment includes rotation of the grip itself, further reducing the twisting of the wrists and other joints. | 02-21-2013 |
Nicholas Bicknell, Seattle, WA US
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20140188905 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUALLY MAINTAINING ITEM AUTHORITY - An item authority system is provided. The item authority system uses rules to identify item definitions that match or potentially match an item description. When a unique match is found, then the item authority system may indicate that the item description describes the same item as the item definition. If multiple matches or only potential matches are identified, then the item authority system may allow a user to manually indicate which item definition matches. | 07-03-2014 |
Robert Bicknell, Corvallis, OR US
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20080317406 | Optical interconnect - An optical interconnect has a plurality of optical sources, a first lens configured to collimate optical beams from the plurality of optical sources, a second lens configured to refocus the optical beams, and a plurality of optical receivers configured to receive the refocused optical beams from the second lens. | 12-25-2008 |
20090047747 | Method of forming an amorphous ferroelectric memory device - This disclosure relates to amorphous ferroelectric memory devices and methods for forming them. | 02-19-2009 |
Robert N. Bicknell, Corvallis, OR US
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20090022448 | Optical device including waveguide grating structure - Optical devices including waveguide grating structures are described. In accordance with one embodiment, an optical device is provided comprising a horizontal waveguide grating structure having at least one waveguiding layer and at least one subwavelength periodic grating layer. The optical device further comprises upper and lower cladding layers immediately adjoining respective upper and lower surfaces of the waveguide grating structure and having refractive indices lower than a lowest-index one of the waveguiding layers, incident radiation propagating through one of the upper and lower cladding layers toward the waveguide grating structure. The waveguide grating structure is configured for peak reflection of the incident radiation at a peak reflection frequency. A cumulative thickness of the waveguiding layers is less than one tenth of a free space wavelength of the incident radiation at the peak reflection frequency divided by an average refractive index of the waveguiding layers. | 01-22-2009 |
20090034985 | Optical interconnect - An optical interconnect includes a first circuit board having an optical source and an optical receiver; and a second circuit board having data source and an optical modulator optically coupled with the optical source and optical receiver, wherein the optical modulator is configured to encode data from the data source into an optical signal from the optical source. The optical receiver is configured to receive the optical signal from the optical modulator. A method of optical communication includes generating on a first circuit board an optical signal directed at a second circuit board; modulating the optical signal with data at the second circuit board; reflecting the optical signal to the first circuit board; and demodulating the optical signal to receive the data at the first circuit board. | 02-05-2009 |
20130036789 | ERROR CORRECTION IN ACCELERATION-SENSING DEVICES - An acceleration-sensing device having error correction includes a stator having at least one conductor affixed to a surface and a proof mass having a first conductor affixed at a first location relative to the at least one conductor affixed to a surface of the stator. The proof mass includes a second conductor affixed at a second location relative to the at least one conductor affixed to a surface of the stator, wherein an excitation signal applied to the first conductor of the proof mass brings about a force on the proof mass in the plane of motion of the proof mass that is substantially equally opposed by a force resulting from an excitation signal applied to the second conductor of the proof mass in the plane of motion of the proof mass. | 02-14-2013 |
Robert Newton Bicknell, Covallis, OR US
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20110123152 | Optical Splitter Device - An optical splitter device and method are provided. The device can include a waveguide having walls forming a large hollow core. The waveguide can be configured to direct an optical signal through the large hollow core. An optical tap can be formed through at least one wall of the waveguide. In addition, a prism can be located in the large hollow core of the waveguide and aligned with the optical tap. A splitter coating can be provided on the prism to direct a portion of the optical signal outside of the waveguide through the optical tap. | 05-26-2011 |
Robert Newton Bicknell, Corvallis, OR US
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20090097213 | Daisy chain optical interconnect - A daisy-chain optical interconnection technique provides connectivity among a plurality of circuit boards. A plurality of optical cables is connected between pairs of the circuit boards to form a ring. Optical connection matrices disposed on each circuit board accept the ends of the optical cables. The optical connection matrices include optical vias to connect selected ones of the optical paths between ends of the optical cables. Unselected ones of the optical paths are coupled to optical transmitters and optical receivers on each board. | 04-16-2009 |
20090273620 | Drop Detector System And Method With Light Collector - One aspect is a drop detection arrangement including a light source for projecting a light beam for scattering light off of an ejected drop. The arrangement includes a light collector configured to collect the scattered light off the ejected drop and a light detector coupled to the light collector and configured to process scattered light into an output signal. The arrangement includes a controller configured to receive the output signal from the light detector. The output signal is indicative of the condition of the ejected drop. | 11-05-2009 |
20110150390 | IN-PLANE OPTICAL WAVE GUIDE WITH AREA BASED SPLITTER - An optical interconnect includes a set of splitters. Each splitter includes a source waveguide, a reflection waveguide, an output waveguide, and a partially reflective mirror element with a reflective coating. The source waveguide and the reflection waveguide are optically coupled to the partially reflective element. A photonic signal from the source waveguide is partially reflected off the reflective coating as a reflected signal into the reflection waveguide. The output waveguide is optically coupled to the opposite surface and configured such that a non-reflected portion of the photonic signal propagates into the output waveguide. The reflective coating includes a reflected surface area interfacing with the photonic signal form the source waveguide, and power of the non-reflected portion is a function of the reflective surface area interfacing with source waveguide. | 06-23-2011 |
20110164875 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR ROUTING OPTICAL SIGNALS - Systems and a method for routing optical signals are disclosed. One system includes a first large core hollow metal waveguide configured to guide a substantially coherent optical beam. A second large core hollow waveguide is optically coupled to the first waveguide with a coupling device. The coupling device is configured to divide the coherent optical beam into a transmitted beam and a reflected beam. Beam walk-off within the coupling device causes the transmitted beam to be shifted by an offset amount. The second large core hollow metal waveguide is shifted from the first large core hollow metal waveguide by approximately the offset amount to receive the shifted transmitted beam. | 07-07-2011 |
20130055813 | ACCELEROMETER - An accelerometer can include a support structure having situated thereupon a stator electrode array including multiple stator electrodes (e.g., A, B, and C); and a proof mass positioned parallel to the stator electrode array and capable of displacement parallel thereto. A translator electrode array facing the stator electrode array can comprise multiple translator electrodes (e.g., a and b) can be situated on the proof mass. Further included is a drive circuitry to apply drive voltages to six capacitances formed by the stator and translator electrodes. The total force exerted on the proof mass by the drive voltages is held constant at about zero. | 03-07-2013 |
20140083164 | CALIBRATION OF MEMS SENSOR - A micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) sensor is excited. The response of the MEMS sensor is measured. The MEMS sensor is calibrated. | 03-27-2014 |
Robert Newton Bicknell, Corallis, OR US
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20110084047 | Methods For Fabrication Of Large Core Hollow Waveguides - Methods for making a photonic guiding system for directing coherent light are disclosed. The methods include forming a channel in a host layer using at least one process of sawing, laser ablation, laser direct write of a photoresist, photo-structuring, and etching. A layer of highly reflective material is applied to substantially cover an interior of the channel. A cover having a layer of highly reflective material is coupled over the channel to form a large core hollow waveguide. | 04-14-2011 |
William Hull Bicknell, Louisville, KY US
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20100186772 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISHWASHER OPERATION - A method, and corresponding system, for dishwasher operation including receiving an operation setting at a dishwasher to be performed by the dishwasher, where the dishwasher is configured to receive an input of electrical power at a defined operating voltage and frequency; and causing an operation of the dishwasher based on the operation setting by causing an inverter of the dishwasher to operate a pump motor of the dishwasher at an electrical power condition different from the defined operating voltage and frequency received at the dishwasher, where the electrical power condition at the pump motor causes the dishwasher to operate in accordance with a quiet dishwashing cycle, a high water pressure dishwashing cycle, a constant mass flow operation, or a minimum water use operation. | 07-29-2010 |
20130194851 | PHASE ANGLE DETECTION IN AN INVERTER - A system and method of detecting phase angle in an inverter is provided. A shunt resistor is coupled to a controller which is part of an inverter circuit and a phase angle may be directly derived from the detected voltage across the shunt resistor. The detected shunt voltage may be used to adjust the power delivery from the inverter to the load. | 08-01-2013 |