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Charles A. Fancher, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20090045330 | Sample ionization at above-vacuum pressures - Sample material ionized in a sample receiving chamber is flowed into a sample conduit. Drying gas may also flow into the sample conduit and may be heated. The pressure and length of the sample conduit may be provided according to the product 50 or greater Torr-cm. The sample conduit may include a turn. The sample conduit may lead to an ion extraction chamber at which a sampling orifice may lead to a mass spectrometer. The diameter of the sample conduit may be larger than the diameter of the sampling orifice. An electrical field may be applied in the ion extraction chamber to slow incoming ions. A voltage jump may be applied to the sample conduit. | 02-19-2009 |
Dave Fancher, South Lake, TX US
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| 20100257806 | Hidden decking fastener and related method of fastening deck boards - Fasteners, and related methods, for securing deck boards to a support joist are disclosed. In one embodiment, the fastener comprises a base portion and a cap portion on the base portion. In some embodiments, the base portion includes an opening formed therethrough for receiving a securing device, and legs extending from an upper surface of the base portion and between edges of adjacent deck boards to define a spacing between the adjacent deck boards. The cap portion can include an opening for receiving the securing device therethrough to secure the fastener to the support joist. In addition, the cap portion may include legs extending around the base portion and comprising teeth extending therefrom that bite into grooves formed in the edges of the adjacent deck boards when the securing device secures the fastener to the support joist, thereby securing the deck boards to the support joist. | 10-14-2010 |
Gary Fancher, Tucson, AZ US
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| 20120092655 | INSPECTION SYSTEM UTILIZING SOLID IMMERSION LENSES - An inspection system including a lens. In one instance, the lens is a solid immersion lens. The inspection system includes a component or components for providing a self aligning solid immersion lens arrangement in order to allow at most a small distance between the solid immersion lens and a device under test and components or components for constraining a force exerted on the device under test. The inspection system may include a “purge” port, or a thermal isolation configuration or an anti-contamination component. The inspection system may include software and hardware to prevent crashing of the lens. The inspection system may also include a method for ensuring that various objective lenses can be replaced while maintaining the intended spacing between lenses. | 04-19-2012 |
James Fancher, Marina Del Rey, CA US
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| 20090210460 | Organization of archival elements for analog/digital hybrid data on film - A system and method for archiving films includes a film feature including analog film content on a reel for archival storage. N parts of the film content are created based on criteria. The N parts include digitally stores metadata such that the film includes a hybrid of analog and digital data representing an entire record of the film on a single media. | 08-20-2009 |
James A. Fancher, Marina Del Rey, CA US
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| 20100290697 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COLOR CORRECTION OF 3D IMAGES - A system and method for color correction of 3D images including at least two separate image streams captured for a same scene include determining three-dimensional properties of at least a portion of a selected image stream, the three-dimensional properties including light and surface reflectance properties, surface color, reflectance properties, scene geometry and the like. A look of the portion of the selected image stream is then modified by altering the value of at least one of the determined three-dimensional properties and, in one embodiment, applying image formation theory. The modifications are then rendered in an output 3D picture either automatically and/or according to user inputs. In various embodiments, corrections made to the selected one of the at least two image streams can be automatically applied to the other of the image streams. | 11-18-2010 |
James A. Fancher, Marina Del Ray, CA US
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| 20090021372 | System and methodology for validating anti-piracy security compliance and reporting thereupon, for one to a plurality of movie theaters - A movie anti-piracy system with sensing and reporting is provided. An anti-piracy subsystem is utilized to preclude, interfere with and/or prevent copying of the movie. Anti-piracy compliance sensing selectively provides compliance violation signals respectively to a sensor response controller. The controller is responsive to the compliance violation signals to provide a violation status (and other data) signal output to a control center. The control center responds to the violation status and other data signals, from one or a plurality of theaters, and provides for reporting of information (such as security compliance, attendance, etc.) to one or multiple reporting sites (such as movie distribution studios, etc.). In a preferred embodiment, the control center determines whether there are violations of providing of anti-piracy protection within a theater (or theaters) and provides reporting on the anti-piracy compliance status and data. If a violation is indicated, then the control center sends a violation signal such as to the sensor response controller which can trigger an alarm and/or activate a violation inhibit output to shut down the movie projector and/or communicate to the control center for reporting purposes. | 01-22-2009 |
Jim Arthur Fancher, Los Angeles, CA US
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| 20110181591 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPOSITING 3D IMAGES - A system and method for compositing 3D images that combines parts of or at least a portion of two or more images having 3D properties to create a 3D image. The system and method of the present disclosure provides for acquiring at least two three-dimensional (3D) images, obtaining metadata (e.g., lighting, geometry, and object information) relating to the at least two 3D images, mapping the metadata of the at least two 3D images into a single 3D coordinate system, and compositing a portion of each of the at least two 3D images into a single 3D image. The single 3D image can be rendered into a desired format (e.g., stereo image pair). The system and method can associate the rendered output with relevant metadata (e.g., interocular distance for stereo image pairs). | 07-28-2011 |
Kent P. Fancher, Austin, TX US
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| 20100246297 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING AN EMBEDDED MEMORY AND METHOD FOR TESTING THE MEMORY - A memory system has a first memory having an array of memory cells that includes a redundant column. The redundant column substitutes for a first column in the array. The first column includes a test memory cell. The array receives a power supply voltage. The test memory cell becomes non-functional at a higher power supply voltage than the memory cells of the array. A memory controller is coupled to the first memory and is for determining if the test memory cell is functional at a first value for the power supply voltage. This is useful in making decisions concerning the value of the power supply voltage applied to the array. | 09-30-2010 |
William Fancher US
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| 20090067905 | Document management system and method - An improved system and method for tracking and managing documents in a high throughput document printing line comprising a printing means, a sensor means and a processing means. The printing means prints a desired invisible symbology and visible text on a document fed to it. The clear printing toner is fused with an invisible marker. The invisible symbology is printed on the document using the invisible marker. The sensor means is capable of reading the invisible symbology printed on the document. The sensor means communicates the sensor readings to a processing means. The processing means receives the sensor readings from the sensor means and correlates the sensor readings with data identifying a plurality of projects thereby determining the appropriate project to which the printed document belongs. | 03-12-2009 |