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Charles Westray Crutchfield US
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| 20110284620 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING THE DELIVERY OF MAIL ITEMS - A mailer provides a new way of securing the delivery of letters, packages, parcels, and/or other items of mail through the U.S. Postal Service. The mailer includes a container and a spacer attached to an inner surface of the container. The container is designed to hold items of mail having an aggregate thickness less than a minimum thickness required to qualify as a First Class Mail parcel. The spacer has a predetermined thickness which causes the first and second sheets of the container to expand to a thickness which equals or exceeds the minimum thickness required to qualify as a First Class Mail parcel. The mailer therefore allows otherwise unqualified mail items to be sent as First Class or special services mail. | 11-24-2011 |
Charles Westray Crutchfield, Cary, NC US
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| 20110122424 | OUTBOUND DOCUMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer-based system and method enables an item to be mailed by providing a web site offering access to a mail delivery program, receiving a request for delivering the item with Extra service status, printing an identification number and a postage mark using the program based on address, postage, and other information entered by a customer, and sending an electronic data transmission to a postal service server informing the postal service that the identification number corresponds to the Extra service request. When the postal service receives the item, it accesses its computer records to locate the identification number. Delivery is then performed based on one or more Extra services requested and a corresponding electronic return receipt is made accessible to the mailing party, either by e-mail or on a web site. The postage mark and identification number may be printed on a label affixed to the item or may be printed directly on the item along with other information. | 05-26-2011 |
Christopher Crutchfield, Lindenhurst, IL US
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| 20080208370 | System and method for gap length measurement and control - The present subject matter relates generally to a system and method for controlling functions in a mail sorting system based on gap length measurement and tracking. The system and method includes a plurality of sensors located along one or more mail piece transport paths. The sensors are used to collect data regarding the gap length between each mail piece transported through the system. The gap length data is processed and stored within a controller/processor that uses the gap lengths to control the operation of one or more devices within the mail sorting system. For example, the gap lengths may be used to control the operation of a diverter, a printer or any other electromechanical, hardware or software device. The gap lengths can be used to trigger and/or inhibit the operation of the one or more devices. | 08-28-2008 |
Clifton D. Crutchfield, Tucson, AZ US
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| 20110277759 | RESPIRATOR FIT-TESTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Improved respirator fit-test methods and apparatus featuring an automated, respirator wearer-controlled, air-leak measurement system. For fit testing of a respirator positioned on a test subject's face and connected to a controlled negative pressure testing apparatus, the test subject simply holds his breath and then activates a switch in electrical connection with said apparatus, which results in the automatic closure of the breathing port on the respirator and the initiation of a complete fit-testing protocol. The fit-testing apparatus includes a single, self-contained, automated unit that includes a vacuum source, an air-flow measuring device, and an air-pressure transducer for connection to a respirator being tested. By measuring the rate of air exhausted from the respirator in order to maintain a constant challenge pressure, an air leakage rate is determined. | 11-17-2011 |
David Crutchfield, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20080228829 | PARTITIONING FACT TABLES IN AN ANALYTICS SYSTEM - An analytics system can obtain analytics data. The analytics system can automatically partition data based on months or another time period, into fact tables. A scrolling window system can combine multiple eligible fact tables into a single view. A reporting engine can then use the single view. | 09-18-2008 |
David A. Crutchfield, Georgetown, KY US
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| 20090196519 | System and Method for Dynamically Shifting Error Diffusion Data - Error diffusion is performed using a Floyd-Steinberg-like approach. A integer-representation of a running error is compressed by storing only its most significant bits and returning any remainder to the error diffusion processor. The running error is shifted to the right until only the desired number of significant bits remain, and this compressed error is stored. Any portion of the original running error that is lost due to the shifting is treated as a remainder and is returned to the error diffusion processor for use in calculating an adjusted current pixel value. The amount of the shift is retained in compressed form to keep track of the number of shifts needed to form a truncated running error from the compressed running error. | 08-06-2009 |
David Allen Crutchfield, Lexington, KY US
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| 20080239360 | Quick edit and speed print capability for a stand-alone ink jet printer | 10-02-2008 |
David Allen Crutchfield, Georgetown, KY US
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| 20080239338 | Method For Performing Error Diffusion Halftoning of an Image - A method for performing error diffusion halftoning of an image includes subdividing the image into a plurality of tiles, the plurality of tiles including a first tile and a second tile adjacent to the first tile; performing error diffusion processing of the first tile; and performing the error diffusion processing of the second tile based on an output phase of the first tile. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090091808 | Method for Dynamically Compensating for a Faulty Pixel in a Scan Line Generated by a Scanner - A method for dynamically compensating for a faulty pixel in a scan line of a scanner having an image sensor with a plurality of sensor pixels includes generating digitized scan data; processing the digitized scan data to compensate for any faulty pixels of the plurality of sensor pixels to form compensated scan data; processing the compensated scan data to apply offset and gain correction to the compensated scan data to form calibrated scan data; processing the calibrated scan data to adjust the calibrated scan data to compensate for human visual perception to form final scan data; and storing the final scan data in a scanner image memory. | 04-09-2009 |
Joseph Daniel Crutchfield, Charlotte, NC US
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| 20080246213 | Method and apparatus for generating numbers from zero up to 59 using dice - A ten sided die within a translucent or transparent 6-sided die that is used for generation of numbers from zero through 59, primarily for the generation of lottery numbers. | 10-09-2008 |
Kevin E. Crutchfield, Potomac, MD US
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| 20100063395 | Telemedicine platform for standardized interpretation of vascular data using vascular analysis - A system and method, for obtaining and analyzing vascular data and generating results, that uses vascular test data to determine the state of the vessel. The data and the determinations can be used to generate reports, render diagnoses or identifying ailments, and may do so remotely. The system includes a telemedicine server and may include a number of other modules such as work stations, review tools, data storage modules, etc. The invention allows rapid and efficient analysis of the data, and provides mechanisms for comparing patient data to know or measured normative data sets, remotely if desired, and provides more accurate and less invasive diagnoses based on vascular conditions. The invention permits remote receipt, processing and distribution of the data and diagnoses. | 03-11-2010 |
Stephen E. Crutchfield, Bascom, FL US
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| 20090274546 | Hay bale accumulating method and device - A bale accumulator and method in which a plurality of hay bales can be accumulated and arranged into a cluster of ten bales (a “ten stack”). The accumulator first collects a bale in each of two angled bale receivers at the rear of the accumulator. These remain in position as four columns having two bales each are collected in a more forward collection. The result is two angled bales being dragged to the rear of a conventional “eight stack.” As the device releases all ten bales, gate mechanisms rotate the two rear bales 90 degrees so that they lie transverse to the eight bales comprising the “eight stack.” The two rear bales are pressed against the rear of the eight stack in order to form a ten stack. | 11-05-2009 |