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Devin Hales, Lehi, UT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100114381Towrope Winch User Interface - A system for controlling a towrope winch may comprise an electronic user interface selectively coupled to the towrope winch in which the user interface is configured to send and receive data to and from the towrope winch. A towrope winch user interface may comprise a processor configured to control said towrope winch, and a number of memory devices electrically coupled to the processor, in which the user interface is configured to send and receive data to and from the towrope winch. A mobile communications device may comprise a processor configured to control a towrope winch, a number of memory devices electrically coupled to the processor, and a tow system port configured to provide signal transfer between the processor and the towrope winch coupled to the mobile communications device, in which the mobile communications device is configured to send and receive data.05-06-2010
20100121493Towrope Winch Rider Profile - A system for controlling a towrope winch may comprise a computing device configured to send and receive data to and from the towrope winch, and a towrope winch application configured to operate on the computing device, in which the computing device is configured to operate the towrope winch based on data inputted by the user to the towrope winch application. A towrope winch user interface may comprise a processor configured to send and receive data to and from a towrope winch, and a towrope winch application configured to operate with the processor, in which the processor is configured to operate the towrope winch based on data inputted by the user to the towrope winch application.05-13-2010

Devin J. Hales, Lehi, UT US

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20100224117Towrope Winch Safety Shutoff Switch - A towrope winch with a safety shutoff device includes a winch configured to wind a rope; and a safety shutoff device which deactivates the winch if, during winding of the rope, a foreign object enters a winch intake along with the rope to actuate the safety shutoff device.09-09-2010
20100224843Winch System Safety Device Controlled by Towrope Angle - A towrope winch with a safety shutoff device includes a winch configured to wind a rope; and a safety shutoff device which deactivates the winch if the rope moves outside a designated range of angles relative to an intake of the winch.09-09-2010

Devin T. Hales, Lehi, UT US

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20100211239Towrope Winch Dead Start - A system for starting from a dead start position may comprise a towrope winch, and a computing device configured to send and receive data to and from the towrope winch, in which the computing device is configured to operate the towrope winch and watercraft based on data inputted by the user to the computing device. A computer program product for operating a towrope winch from a dead start position may comprise a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising computer usable program code configured to prompt a user to enter data regarding the operation of the towrope winch from a dead start, and computer usable program code configured to operate the towrope winch based on data inputted by the user.08-19-2010

Rex K. Hales, Riverton, UT US

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20080238740Methods and systems for calibrating a pipelined analog-to-digital converter - A pipelined analog-to-digital converter includes a plurality of stages, each stage comprising an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC). A method for increasing the accuracy of the pipelined ADC includes calibrating the ADC in each stage of the analog-to-digital converter by adjusting trip points of that ADC. Another method for increasing the accuracy of a pipelined ADC includes measuring error in an output of each the DAC; and correcting an output of the pipelined analog-to-digital converter for the measured error. These methods can be used together to further increase the accuracy of the pipelined ADC. Consequently, a pipelined analog-to-digital converter may include a look-up table containing data for correcting errors in output of each of the DACs, where trip points of the ADCs the ADCs in the stages of the pipelined converter have been calibrated to expected values.10-02-2008
20090084940SENSING LIGHT AND SENSING THE STATE OF A MEMORY CELL - A light-to-frequency converter includes a switch (04-02-2009
20090268059SENSING LIGHT AND SENSING THE STATE OF A MEMORY CELL - A light-to-frequency converter includes a switch (10-29-2009
20100066575Methods and Systems for Calibrating a Pipelined Analog-to-Digital Converter - This method increases accuracy of a pipelined analog-to-digital converter comprising a plurality of stages, each stage comprising an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The method includes calibrating each the ADC starting from a least significant stage until all ADCs have been calibrated using a reference digital-to-analog converter, the reference digital-to-analog converter selectively outputting values at desired trip points for each the ADC; measuring an output of each the DAC using downstream stages of the pipelined analog-to-digital converter to produce output measurements; and using the output measurements to calculate an error-corrected output of the pipelined analog-to-digital converter. The trip points are adjusted by modifying a reference current input to a comparator of each the ADC.03-18-2010
20100295714Pipelined Analog-to-Digital Converter - A pipelined Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) comprising a number of stages, at least one of the stages includes a sample and hold circuit. The sample and hold circuit includes a first output connected to an input of a sub-ADC, an output of the sub-ADC connected to an input of a Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC), an output of the DAC connected to a node, and a second output connected to the node. The sample and hold circuit is configured to independently scale a signal produced by the first output and a signal produced by the second output.11-25-2010
20100321227Current Mode Analog-to-Digital Converter - A current-mode analog-to-digital converter includes: a current input node; a current-mode sample and hold circuit configured to output a steady source of electrical current having an analog value proportional to a sampled analog value of an electrical current at the current input node; and at least one current comparator that compares the electrical current output by the current-mode sample and hold circuit to at least one reference current to produce a digital representation of the sampled analog value of the electrical current at the current input node.12-23-2010

Patent applications by Rex K. Hales, Riverton, UT US