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David Borton, Troy, NY US
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| 20090314325 | SOLAR CONCENTRATOR SYSTEM - A solar energy concentrator system includes a supporting structure and a plurality of solar modules coupled to the supporting structure. Each module of the plurality of solar modules includes a plurality of Fresnel reflectors. The plurality of reflectors is arranged to focus solar radiation linearly onto a photovoltaic cell providing two axis concentration. The supporting structure is rotatably connected to a plurality of support members and aligned to allow the supporting structure to rotate about a polar axis. A plurality of optical trusses is connected to the plurality of solar modules and rotatably connected to the supporting structure to allow the plurality of solar modules to be rotated about a declination axis to track a motion of the sun through seasons of the year. | 12-24-2009 |
David N. Borton, Troy, NY US
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| 20100282299 | Concentrating type solar collection and daylighting system within glazed building envelopes - A Fresnel lens comprising a substantially polygonal focusing portion adapted to focus solar radiation to a area having the same geometry as the focusing portion of the lens. Also a solar module comprising the Fresnel collecting lens and a substantially polygonal photovoltaic cell. The photovoltaic cell is mounted at distance from the Fresnel collecting lens so that the size of the area substantially matches the size of the photovoltaic cell. Also a solar panel having multiple modules within a glazed building envelope system. The solar panel also includes an actuating mechanism within the glazed window envelope system. The actuating mechanism is operatively connected to the plurality of solar modules and is adapted to move the solar modules to track the sun. | 11-11-2010 |
John Roy Borton, Los Gatos, CA US
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| 20110205022 | TRACKING SYSTEM - A system simultaneously tracks multiple objects. All or a subset of the objects includes a wireless receiver and a transmitter for providing an output. The system includes one or more wireless transmitters that send commands to the wireless receivers of the multiple objects instructing different subsets of the multiple objects to output (via their respective transmitter) at different times. The system also includes object sensors that receive output from the transmitters of the multiple objects and a computer system in communication with the object sensors. The computer system calculates locations of the multiple objects based on the sensed output from the multiple objects. In some embodiments, the system can also track an item based on proximity of that item to one or more of the objects. In such embodiments, the multiple objects each includes one or more local sensors. The local sensors detect presence of the item and the items' transmitters communicate presence of the item based on respective one or more local sensors. The computer system identifies a location of the item based on communications from one or more of the objects indicating presence of the item and the calculated locations of the multiple objects detecting the item. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205077 | TRACKING SYSTEM USING PROXIMITY AND/OR PRESENCE - A system simultaneously tracks multiple objects. All or a subset of the objects includes a wireless receiver and a transmitter for providing an output. The system includes one or more wireless transmitters that send commands to the wireless receivers of the multiple objects instructing different subsets of the multiple objects to output (via their respective transmitter) at different times. The system also includes object sensors that receive output from the transmitters of the multiple objects and a computer system in communication with the object sensors. The computer system calculates locations of the multiple objects based on the sensed output from the multiple objects. In some embodiments, the system can also track an item based on proximity of that item to one or more of the objects. In such embodiments, the multiple objects each includes one or more local sensors. The local sensors detect presence of the item and the items' transmitters communicate presence of the item based on respective one or more local sensors. The computer system identifies a location of the item based on communications from one or more of the objects indicating presence of the item and the calculated locations of the multiple objects detecting the item. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110218065 | BALL - A ball includes a bladder and a cover disposed over the bladder. The bladder is typically filled with air. The cover may be made of leather, rubber, or other material. One or more electrical components are positioned inside the ball. | 09-08-2011 |
Joseph W. Borton, Meridian, ID US
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| 20110270881 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING HISTORICAL AGGREGATE CASE RESULTS FOR A COURT SYSTEM - A system and method for a court statistics search and analysis service offered to legal professions and other users on a subscription basis that provides historical, statistical data related to lawsuits filed in a system of courts of law. The courts of law may be in a plurality of states and may be federal or state courts. Court documents and records including statistical and other data related to lawsuits filed and tried in the courts of law provided by government agencies on public web sites are retrieved over a network. Lawsuit related data is extracted from the retrieved documents and stored in a database. The database may then be accessed by one or more users via a terminal over a network to provide a historical profile of the dispositions of a plurality of lawsuits filed in the courts of law over a desired period of time. | 11-03-2011 |
Mark C. Borton, Chester, CT US
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| 20120035948 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MEASURE AND MANAGE URGENT CARE REQUESTS - An innovative tracking software system provides independent proof of primary-care physician (PCP) efforts to improve urgent access to care and coordination of care. PCPs are provided with tools and financial incentives to better manage urgent care requests and thereby provide better service while reducing avoidable hospital utilization (ER and re-admissions) and costs. In particular, independent and accurate measurements of provider performance enable the payment of financial incentives to PCPs. | 02-09-2012 |
Michael D. Borton, Ontario, NY US
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| 20080246796 | System for optically detecting and measuring release agent on a print drum in an ink jet printer - A system optically detects and measures release agent on a rotating image member in an ink jet printer. The system includes a collimated light source oriented to direct a collimated beam of light generated by the source towards a rotating image member, an image sensor for generating an image of a portion of the rotating image member from a portion of the collimated beam of light reflected by the rotating image member, an image differentiator for measuring a difference between a first image generated by the image sensor and a second image generated by the image sensor, and a release agent measurement generator that is coupled to the image differentiator to receive the difference between the two images and to generate a measurement of the release agent on the rotating image member. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080303854 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING INTERMITTENT, WEAK AND MISSING JETS WITH AN INLINE LINEAR ARRAY SENSOR - Systems and methods are provided for detecting intermittent, weak or missing jets of a printer. The detection is implemented using a test pattern. Detected failed jets may be confirmed using a verification target. A printhead containing nozzles corresponding to detected failed jets may be wiped or purged. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090231382 | Systems and Methods For Reducing Process Direction Registration Errors Of A Printhead Using A Linear Array Sensor - Systems and methods are provided for detecting process direction registration errors in a printer. The errors are detected by analyzing a metric of a dash minimum response obtained from a test pattern. The test pattern contains dashes. At least one dash is shifted in the process direction in relation to another dash. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20110026059 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING MEDIA THICKNESS IN A FEEDER SECTION OF AN IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE - A method and apparatus for determining media thickness in a feeder section of an image production device is disclosed. The method may include receiving one or more multi-dimensional images of a media stack from an imaging device, the media stack including one or more media clips that each contain a plurality of media sheets, deriving a multi-dimensional feature signal from the received one or more multi-dimensional images, converting the derived multi-dimensional feature signal to a one-dimensional feature signal, estimating media clip thickness using the one-dimensional signal, estimating media sheet thickness using the estimated media clip thickness, and adjusting at least one image production device parameter based on the estimated media sheet thickness. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110233270 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHEET FEEDING FROM A MEDIA STACK USING A BAR CODE SCANNING DEVICE IN AN IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE - A method and apparatus for sheet feeding from a media stack in an image production device is disclosed. The method may include fluffing a stack of media with a predetermined amount of air flow, sensing sheet separation in the media stack using a bar code scanning device, determining if the sheet separation meets predetermined criteria, wherein if the sheet separation does not meet the predetermined criteria, adjusting the air flow used for fluffing the media stack. | 09-29-2011 |
Scott Andrew Borton, Seattle, WA US
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| 20090292671 | MOTION-BASED DATA REVIEW AND ZOOM - Dynamically magnifying search results and enabling motion-based review of the search results. The user enters a query to search the content of a document. As the characters of the query are entered by the user, the search results are identified and magnified such that all the search results after any given input character are visible in the user interface. The user advances through the search results by moving the computing device in a predefined manner. In an embodiment, the user searches the content of a web page rendered in a browser executing on a mobile computing device such as a telephone. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20110307461 | QUERY CONTEXT SELECTION USING GRAPHICAL PROPERTIES - Maintaining a plurality of search contexts and selecting one of the search contexts based on graphical properties of a user interface. Each of the search contexts is provided by and corresponds to one of a plurality of executing application programs. Responsive to an event, one of the search contexts is selected. In some embodiments, the search context provided by the application program having a window displayed in the foreground of the user interface is selected. Search results based on the selected search context are obtained and provided to the user. | 12-15-2011 |