Hardt, US
Brian T. Hardt US
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20150323431 | 3D LASER ABLATION TOMOGRAPHY AND SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS - A laser ablation tomography system includes a specimen stage for supporting a specimen. A specimen axis is defined such that a specimen disposed generally on the axis may be imaged. A laser system is operable to produce a laser sheet in a plane intersecting the specimen axis and generally perpendicular thereto. An imaging system is operable to image the area where the laser sheet intersects the specimen axis. | 11-12-2015 |
Charles Hardt, Lawrenceville, GA US
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20150382383 | INITIATING AND MONITORING WIRELESS CONNECTION BETWEEN STATION AND ACCESS POINT - Methods, systems, and computer readable media may be operable to facilitate the initiation of a wireless setup between a station and an access point upon the station receiving a predetermined input from a user. The status of a wireless connection between the station and an access point may be displayed to a user through one or more display interfaces or light indicators associated with the station. The methods, systems, and computer readable media described herein allow a user to initiate and monitor a wireless setup between a station and an access point without having to connect a display device to the station. | 12-31-2015 |
Charles R. Hardt, Lawrenceville, GA US
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20100115574 | DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER HAVING LIVE-OFF-DISK BUFFER FOR RECEIVING MISSING PORTIONS OF BUFFERED EVENTS - In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a method of receiving content over a content delivery system is provided. The method includes receiving a user request to initiate a rewind operation on content locally available in a live-off-disk (LOD) buffer. The content is associated with an event received over a content delivery system. If all of the event is not available in the LOD buffer, a message is communicated over the content delivery system to a headend requesting remaining content associated with an unreceived portion of the event. In response to the message, the remaining content is received from the headend over the content delivery system. | 05-06-2010 |
David E. Hardt, Concord, MA US
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20110254199 | FAST CURABLE LIQUID RESIN PROCEDURE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF MICRO/NANO FEATURED PARTS - A method of forming micro-based devices is provided that includes dispensing a liquid curable resin into a mold set with a reservoir section. Also, the method includes spinning the reservoir section and mold set so as to completely fill the patterning portion of the mold set with the liquid curable resin. The mold set is placed in a heating and cooling station that produces a cured part e. Also, the method includes moving the mold set and the cured part to a parting station, where the cured part is removed from the mold set. | 10-20-2011 |
20130337102 | Embossing Press - Precision embossing press. The press includes a rigid symmetric box frame and upper and lower parallel embossing platens mounted within the box frame for movement towards one another to provide an embossing compressive force on a work piece between the platens while maintaining parallelism between the platens. A thermal system controls platen temperature to heat the work piece for embossing and to cool the work piece for de-molding. A pneumatic actuator moves the lower platen toward the upper platen to emboss the work piece. A closed loop control system employing feedback and feed forward control loops controls platen temperatures and embossing force. | 12-19-2013 |
20150219559 | Fluorescent Contact Imaging for In-Process Print Sensing - System for visualization of conformal contact. The system visualizes conformal contact between a patterned stamp and a transparent impression surface. A patterned stamp is provided that includes a fluorescent structure for contact with the impression surface. A source of UV light is provided for transmission through the transparent impression surface to interact with the fluorescent structure to generate visible light re-emitted by the fluorescent structure. An imaging system captures the visible light to form a high-contrast image of an area of conformal contact between the patterned stamp and the impression surface. The high-contrast image comprises bright and dark regions representing contact and no contact respectively. | 08-06-2015 |
David E. Hardt, Cambridge, MA US
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20140037909 | Actuation and Control of Stamp Deformation in Microcontact Printing - A practical implementation of a flexible and transparent capacitive sensor is disclosed. The results show that, while PDMS is an inherently nonlinear material, linear behavior with minimal hysteresis can be obtained over an appropriately small range of operation. Moreover, high resolution has been achieved during these tests. | 02-06-2014 |
Eric Hardt, Mesa, AZ US
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20090154905 | Single Output H-Bridge Drive - Disclosed is a drive circuit for generating the drive current used to energize the windings of a motor. The drive circuit includes a data processing unit that produces two outputs used to control an H-bridge and generation of the drive current. One output, a commutation signal, controls the timing of generation of drive current. The drive current in turn is determined based on the other output, a speed signal. The speed signal waveform includes blanking portions to avoid occurrences of shoot through in the H-bridge. | 06-18-2009 |
20090154906 | System and Method for Controlling Multiple DC Fans - A system and method for controlling multiple cooling fans is presented. The circuitry for directly driving each of the motors is removed from the motor casings, thus increasing air flow and reducing replacement costs should a motor fail. The system includes a common processor for centrally controlling the speeds of the motors and monitoring the performance of each of the multiple motors. | 06-18-2009 |
Eric A. Hardt, Tempe, AZ US
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20090251085 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOTOR OSCILLATORY STATE DETECTION - Method and system for motor oscillatory state detection. According to various embodiments, the present invention presents a method for determining whether a motor is in an oscillatory state. The method includes powering up a motor for a period of time and then monitoring the movement of the motor during a period after the power if turned off. Based on the movement of the motor and/or impeller during a time period after the power is turned off, whether the motor is in an oscillatory state is determined. The method also includes initiating a process for handle error if the motor is in the oscillation state. | 10-08-2009 |
James V. Hardt, San Francisco, CA US
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20110105938 | BINAURAL BEAT AUGMENTED BIOFEEDBACK SYSTEM - A biofeedback system that incorporates binaural beat technology to augment the EEG feedback provided to the trainee. Specifically, the system will provide binaural beats at the frequency of the brain's naturally occurring peak energy in the EEG band or bands subject to the biofeedback. | 05-05-2011 |
James V. Hardt, Sedona, AZ US
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20150342493 | Isochronic Tone Augmented Biofeedback System - A biofeedback system that utilizes isochronic tone technology to augment EEG feedback by providing to a subject isochronic tones at the frequency of a targeted aspect of a subject's brain waves, such as the brain's naturally occurring peak energy in the particular EEG band or bands subject to the biofeedback. Isochronic tones are regular beats of a single tone that are formed by separate pulses of sound and silence. In addition, feedback can be provided to the subject in the form of pulsed light and pulsed tactile impulses that are delivered in the form of alternating presence and absence of light or tactile pressure. | 12-03-2015 |
John C. Hardt, Belton, TX US
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20080199842 | Dual density slide-on tray - Disclosed is a dual density slide-on tray that includes a dual density elongate section. The dual density elongate section includes a thermoplastic base section that has an attachment side and a utility side. Also included in the dual density elongate section is a thermoplastic tray section that has a tray-section base. The thermoplastic tray section is attached at its tray-section base to the utility side of the thermoplastic base section. In this embodiment, the thermoplastic tray section is less dense or at least softer than the thermoplastic base section. | 08-21-2008 |
Joshua I. Hardt, Belleville, IL US
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20080214670 | Therapeutic Malonic Acid/Acetic Acid C60 Tri-Adducts of Buckminsterfullerene and Methods Related Thereto - Disclosed and claimed herein are e,e,e malonic acid/acetic acid tri-adduct of buckminsterfullerene of the general formula C | 09-04-2008 |
Lee Hardt, Ridgecrest, CA US
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20110056403 | Insensitive Munitions Warhead Explosive Venting System - A venting system for a casing containing an explosive material includes a base plug having one or more venting ports. A ring-shaped failure mechanism mounted to the base plug seals the venting ports. The failure mechanism has a selected melting temperature such that raising the temperature of the failure mechanism to its melting temperature causes the failure mechanism to unseal the venting port to allow controlled burning of the explosive material. An insert ring formed of a durable material to protect the failure mechanism from being damaged may be mounted on an outer surface of the failure mechanism. An adhesive may be used to seal gaps between the failure mechanism, the insert ring and the base plug. The failure mechanism may have a peripheral tab formed to fit within a corresponding groove in the base plug to mount the failure mechanism securely to the base plug. | 03-10-2011 |
Michael Hardt, Canaan, NH US
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20120278505 | METHOD OF EMBEDDING MAP FEATURE DATA INTO A RASTER GRAPHICS FILE - A method for providing map data composed of providing geospatial map data pre-rendered into a plurality of raster graphic files, where each of the raster graphic files comprising a plurality of image pixels each having pixel data information Additional map data is embedded into at least one of the raster graphic files by altering the pixel data information The additional map data is then delivered simultaneously with the raster graphics files | 11-01-2012 |
Moritz Hardt, San Mateo, CA US
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20150052172 | IDENTIFYING A SKETCHING MATRIX USED BY A LINEAR SKETCH - Embodiments relate to identifying a sketching matrix used by a linear sketch. Aspects include receiving an initial output of the linear sketch, generating a query vector and inputting the query vector into the linear sketch. Aspects further include receiving an revised output of the linear sketch based on inputting the query vector and iteratively repeating the steps of generating the query vector, inputting the query vector into the linear sketch, and receiving an revised output of the linear sketch based on inputting the query vector until the sketching matrix used by the linear sketch can be identified. | 02-19-2015 |
Moritz A.w. Hardt, Princeton, NJ US
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20110282865 | GEOMETRIC MECHANISM FOR PRIVACY-PRESERVING ANSWERS - A system for answering sets of queries on a set of private data while providing differential privacy protection is provided. The set of queries is received and applied to the set of private data to generate a set of results or answers. A geometric representation of the set of queries is generated. Example geometric representations include polytopes. Error values are generated for the set of queries using a K-norm mechanism based on values sampled from the geometric representation. The sampled values are added to the set of results to provide the differential privacy protection. By generating the error values based on the set of queries rather than the set of results or the set of private data, the amount of error added to the generated results to achieve a level of differential privacy protection is reduced. | 11-17-2011 |
Shannon Hardt, Keller, TX US
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20110279243 | INTELLIGENT DEVICE INTEGRATION USING RFID TECHNOLOGY - A method of integrating devices using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology can include tracking movement of an RFID tag, wherein the RFID tag is associated with a user, and determining proximity of the RFID tag to a communication device. The method also can include initiating a programmatic action with the communication device according to the proximity of the RFID tag to the communication device, wherein the programmatic action is associated with the user. | 11-17-2011 |
20120194867 | INTELLIGENT DEVICE INTEGRATION USING RFID TECHNOLOGY - A method of integrating devices using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology can include tracking movement of an RFID tag, wherein the RFID tag is associated with a user, and determining proximity of the RFID tag to a communication device. The method also can include initiating a programmatic action with the communication device according to the proximity of the RFID tag to the communication device, wherein the programmatic action is associated with the user. | 08-02-2012 |
Shannon P. Hardt, Austin, TX US
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20090138292 | DRIVING SOFTWARE PRODUCT CHANGES BASED ON USAGE PATTERNS GATHERED FROM USERS OF PREVIOUS PRODUCT RELEASES - The present invention discloses an end-to-end software development system that includes multiple computing devices, a network data store, and a usage reporting engine. Each of the computing devices can execute a software product that is configured to automatically log usage information on a feature-by-feature basis. The network data store can aggregate logged usage information obtained from the computing devices. The usage report engine can analyze data of the network data store and can generate feature-by-feature usage reports. These reports can be used to focus a software development effort on user desired features and/or upon previous software product shortcomings. | 05-28-2009 |
Stephen Hardt, Redwood City, CA US
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20100179961 | ELECTRONIC ASSISTANT - The present invention relates to an electronic assistant. In one embodiment, a system for processing data on a computing device includes at least one extractor for extracting data from an email to produce extracted data, a user model for generating a high-level model of an email environment on the computing device, based on the extracted data, and at least one predictor for generating a prediction related to the email, based on the extracted data and on the high-level model. In another embodiment, a system for scheduling an event includes an extractor for extracting constraints from a request for the event, a user model for receiving and storing scheduling preferences from a user, and a predictor coupled to the extractor and to the user model, for generating a candidate schedule for the event in accordance with the constraints and the scheduling preferences. | 07-15-2010 |
20100180200 | ELECTRONIC ASSISTANT - The present invention relates to an electronic assistant. In one embodiment, a system for assisting with a current workflow being performed on a computing device includes a watcher for extracting a context from the current workflow, a harvester for identifying at least one document associated with a concept that matches the context, and a suggestion generator for displaying the document to the user of the computing device, where the document is suggested to aid the user in performing the current workflow. | 07-15-2010 |
Stephen L. Hardt, Woodinville, WA US
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20110295612 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER MODELIZATION - The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for user modelization. In one embodiment, a method builds a profile that describes the interests of a user by monitoring automatically over time a plurality of interactions between the user and a computing device controlled by the user. The plurality of interactions includes interactions with a plurality of different computer applications. The method further includes extracting automatically electronic data from the plurality of interactions and determining automatically the interests in accordance with the electronic data. The method then saves the interests in the profile, such that the profile is based on behaviors specific to the user. | 12-01-2011 |
20120131020 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING A SET OF DOCUMENTS RELATED TO A TRIGGERING ITEM - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for assembling a set of documents related to a triggering item. One embodiment of a method for assembling a set of electronic documents related to an electronic triggering item detected by a computing device being operated by a user includes automatically extracting by the computing device a set of features from the triggering item, without receiving a request by the user to assemble the set of electronic documents, and assembling as the set of electronic documents a plurality of documents that is relevant to the set of features, wherein the plurality of documents is retrieved from a plurality of different types of electronic sources. | 05-24-2012 |
Thomas T. Hardt, Missouri City, TX US
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20080266815 | System and method to conjoin blade modules - Embodiments of the present technique are directed to a blade system. The blade system may include a first blade module comprising a first conjoining channel, and a second blade module comprising a second conjoining channel aligned with the first conjoining channel, wherein the first blade module and the second blade module are symmetrical and mechanically coupled to form a conjoined blade, wherein electrical components of the first blade module and electrical components of the second blade module are electrically coupled via an electrical coupler routed through the aligned first conjoining channel and second conjoining channel. | 10-30-2008 |