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Andrew D. Hintz, Sunnyvale, CA US
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| 20120084571 | IMAGE-BASED KEY EXCHANGE - This disclosure is directed for improved techniques for configuring a device to generate a secondary password based at least in part on a secure authentication key. The techniques of this disclosure may, in some examples, provide for capturing, by a computing device, an image of a display of another computing device. The captured image includes at least one encoded graphical image, such as a barcode, that includes an indication of the content of a secure authentication key. The computing device may use the secure authentication key to generate a secondary password to be used in conjunction with a primary password to gain access to a password-protected web service. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084846 | IMAGE-BASED KEY EXCHANGE - This disclosure is directed for improved techniques for configuring a device to generate a secondary password based at least in part on a secure authentication key. The techniques of this disclosure may, in some examples, provide for capturing, by a computing device, an image of a display of another computing device. The captured image includes at least one encoded graphical image, such as a barcode, that includes an indication of the content of a secure authentication key. The computing device may use the secure authentication key to generate a secondary password to be used in conjunction with a primary password to gain access to a password-protected web service. | 04-05-2012 |
Andrew S. Hintz, Avon, IN US
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| 20100244781 | CELL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A cell management system and method for balancing energy across a plurality of cells coupled to a circuit bus. The system can include a transformer, two transformer switches, and for each cell, a first switch pair allowing transfer of energy between the transformer and the cell, and a second switch pair allowing removal or inclusion of the cell in the serial connection of cells. The system can include an energy storage device, a switch pair allowing transfer of energy between the transformer and the storage device, and for each cell, a third switch pair allowing transfer of energy between the storage device and the cell. The system can include cell, bus and storage device sensors and state estimators. The system can include a controller that controls the transformer switches, cell switches, and storage device switches based on the sensor readings and states. | 09-30-2010 |
Andrew Stephen Hintz, Avon, IN US
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| 20090296735 | Software assisted multicast filtering - A method is described including determining if a packet length parameter included in received data matches a first pre-determined value, determining if an address parameter included in received data matches an address of a receiving device, determining if a length parameter included in received data matches a second pre-determined value, determining if a packet destination port number parameter included in received data matches a third pre-determined value, determining if a packet payload type parameter included in received data matches a fourth pre-determined value and dropping the packet responsive to the matches. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20120068537 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An energy management system and method connecting a load to multiple energy sources. The system includes a load connection, source connections for each energy source, a control unit and at least one energy management module having an inductor and four switches. The first source is in parallel with the load. The first switch couples the first source positive terminal to the first inductor end, second switch couples the first source negative terminal to the first inductor end, third switch couples the second source positive terminal to the second inductor end, and fourth switch couples the second source negative terminal to the second inductor end. The control unit controls the four switches of each module to transfer energy between the energy sources through the module inductor. The system can have more than two sources. Modes including one or two switch, synchronous or asynchronous, and buck or boost can be used. | 03-22-2012 |
Christopher Hintz, Savannah, GA US
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| 20120125836 | SEPARATION APPARATUS AND PROCESSES - An apparatus may include a separator and/or a discharger. A separator may include a separator channel, an influent portion configured to allow the passage of a first fluid into a separator channel, an effluent portion disposed above an influent portion and/or a fluid-lift portion between an influent portion and an effluent portion. A discharger may be disposed below a fluid-lift portion and/or may include a portion external to a separator channel, which may include a downward angle relative to an effluent portion and/or may be configured to minimize the passage of a second fluid into a discharger as the second fluid buoyantly travels in a separator channel from an influent portion to an effluent portion. A second fluid may have a density that is less than the density of a first and/or may be configured to lift a first fluid to a fluid-lift portion. | 05-24-2012 |
Christopher Hintz, Wilmington Island, GA US
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| 20100210026 | Alkalinity Determination - Alkalinity determination, including an alkalinity determination process and/or alkalinity determinator. An alkalinity determination process may include providing a known value of volume of an acidic fluid, forming a titration system by providing one or more additions of a known value of volume of a relatively alkaline fluid to an acidic fluid, determining a pH value and/or a temperature value for one or more additions and/or determining an alkalinity value of a system by calculating a transformation including one or more determined pH values and/or temperature values of one or more additions. An alkalinity determination process may include modeling, such that an informed determination may be made with reference to relevant and/or irrelevant factors, as well as parameters to maximize likelihood of alkalinity determination. In embodiments, an alkalinity determinator may include one or more titration cells, one or more sensors and/or one or more alkalinity value determinators. | 08-19-2010 |
Christopher J. Hintz, Savannah, GA US
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| 20090320683 | High Efficiency, Non-Toxic Scrubbing System and Method for Removing Carbon Dioxide from a Gas - Scrubbing systems and methods for removing carbon dioxide from a gas are provided. The scrubbing system can include a scrubber defining a vertically oriented tubing assembly, a gas inlet and a gas outlet. The tubing assembly has a tank section, a reduced diameter section, and an expansion section such that the expansion section is positioned above the reduced diameter section and the reduced diameter section is positioned above the tank section. An aqueous liquid-phase scrubbing media is contained within the tank section. The scrubbing system can further include a water bath configured to receive the CO | 12-31-2009 |
Kenneth J. Hintz, Fairfax Station, VA US
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| 20090216590 | Inferring System Goal Values in An Inverse Goal Lattice - A system for inferring relative system goal values in an inverse goal lattice including: a goal identification module, an inverse goal lattice configuration module, a goal value assignment module, an included goal value allocation module, and an including goal value assignment module. The goal identification module identifies goals for accomplishing system objective(s). The inverse goal lattice configuration module applies an ordering relation to goal(s) to configure the inverse goal lattice. The inverse goal lattice interconnects goals with several levels having “including goals” and “included goals.” The goal value assignment module assigns values to included goal(s) at a lowest level of the inverse goal lattice. The included goal value allocation module allocates goal value(s) from included goal(s) to including goal(s) using a goal value allocation function. The including goal value accrual module assigns an including goal value using: allocated goal value(s) and goal value accrual function(s). | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100153060 | Multidimensional Sensor Data Analyzer - A multidimensional sensor data analyzer that includes: discretizing values in multidimensional sensor data at index locations in value surfaces that reside in a multidimensional value space; deriving surface components resulting from the intersection of a geometric beam shape function that describing the sensor beam with the value surfaces; determining minimum-maximum index location limits for the surface components; determining surface component index points by identifying the index locations that are located within the minimum-maximum index location limits for the surface components; and generating a beam value by performing a beam function using the values at the surface component index points. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100210026 | Alkalinity Determination - Alkalinity determination, including an alkalinity determination process and/or alkalinity determinator. An alkalinity determination process may include providing a known value of volume of an acidic fluid, forming a titration system by providing one or more additions of a known value of volume of a relatively alkaline fluid to an acidic fluid, determining a pH value and/or a temperature value for one or more additions and/or determining an alkalinity value of a system by calculating a transformation including one or more determined pH values and/or temperature values of one or more additions. An alkalinity determination process may include modeling, such that an informed determination may be made with reference to relevant and/or irrelevant factors, as well as parameters to maximize likelihood of alkalinity determination. In embodiments, an alkalinity determinator may include one or more titration cells, one or more sensors and/or one or more alkalinity value determinators. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20110054303 | Apparatus for registering and tracking an instrument - There is provided a device for generating a frame of reference and tracking the position and orientation of a tool in computer-assisted image guided surgery or therapy system. A first curvature sensor including fiducial markers is provided for positioning on a patient prior to volumetric imaging, and sensing the patient's body position during surgery. A second curvature sensor is coupled to the first curvature sensor at one end and to a tool at the other end to inform the computer-assisted image guided surgery or therapy system of the position and orientation of the tool with respect to the patient's body. A system is provided that incorporates curvature sensors, a garment for sensing the body position of a person, and a method for registering a patient's body to a volumetric image data set in preparation for computer-assisted surgery or other therapeutic interventions. This system can be adapted for remote applications as well. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20120075958 | Cavity Detection - An apparatus for detecting a cavity comprising a signal receiver, a signal analyzer and a threshold excedent determination processor. The signal receiver receives a reflected signal resulting from an interaction of multi-frequency irradiating signal(s) with at least one cavity. The irradiating signal may include an electromagnetic or acoustic signal above a cavity dependent cutoff frequency with a randomized spectral component. The signal analyzer computes cavity detecting statistic(s) of the reflected signal. The cavity detecting statistic(s) may include an autocorrelation function. The autocorrelation function may be a Fourier transform of the power spectral density of the reflected signal. The threshold excedent determination processor generates a notification when cavity detecting statistic(s) exceed a threshold. The threshold may include a multi-variable function. The cavity may be the bore of a weapon. The apparatus may be configured to determine the bearing from the cavity to the apparatus. | 03-29-2012 |
Marilyn Hintz, Scottsdale, AZ US
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| 20120109016 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING TRUNCAL CONTROL - An exercise monitoring apparatus for measuring proper abdominal strengthening affords a customer an improved method for developing better abdominal muscles to treat back pain, avoid injuries and improve physical performance. The exercise apparatus has a stretchable belt with first and second ends having fasteners to attach the belt to the athlete's waist, the fasteners accommodating a variety of waist sizes. The belt has a wider middle portion formed by wider surfaces of the fabric, the wider portion forming a pocket with an exit at a small opening. The pocket accommodates an airtight sac containing gas-filled, compressible foam. A manometer is attached to the sac via a tube that passes through the small opening around the sac, and the manometer displays data on pressure changes as the customer uses the belt. | 05-03-2012 |
Michael B. Hintz, Mahtomedi, MN US
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| 20100274307 | METHODS OF PREPARING AN ELECTRODE - Methods of preparing an electrode are provided. A metal lead wire is pre-treated to facilitate bonding of the lead wire to a metal powder during subsequent de-oxidation sintering. A connection region can be formed by directly contacting the metal lead wire with a liquid reactive metal. After removal of resultant oxides, an additional metal powder can be de-oxidation sintered onto the connection region to form the electrode. The oxides formed during the de-oxidation sintering are then removed from the electrode. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274337 | METHOD OF PREPARING AN ELECTRODE - Methods of preparing an electrode are provided. A metal powder can be sintered onto a portion of a lead wire to form a connection region. An additional metal powder can be de-oxidation sintered onto the connection region to form the electrode. The oxides formed during the de-oxidation sintering are then removed from the electrode. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100318140 | VOLUMETRIC ENERGY DENSITY ELECTRODES - The present teachings provide methods of preparing an anode for use in a high volumetric energy density electrolytic capacitor. A lead wire is de-oxidized and sintered in a valve metal powder compact to form the anode. The de-oxidizing and sintering are conducted in the presence of a reactive metal having a stronger affinity for oxygen than the valve metal powder. A residual reactive metal and at least one reactive metal reaction product are removed from the anode surface with a leaching process. Remaining residual reactive metal and reactive metal reaction products are redistributed by thermal processing. A capacitor containing the anode has an operating voltage greater than 90% of the forming voltage. | 12-16-2010 |
Robert M. Hintz, San Jose, CA US
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| 20080236690 | Controlling cooling fluid flow in a cooling system with a variable inline nozzle - In a cooling system, a variable inline nozzle controls the flow of cooling fluid. The variable inline nozzle includes a composite fibrous tube through which the cooling fluid flows. Upon manipulation of the composite fibrous tube, a diameter of a portion of the composite fibrous tube is adjusted to control the flow of the cooling fluid. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090021907 | Modular high-density computer system - A modular high-density computer system has an infrastructure that includes a framework component forming a plurality of bays and has one or more cooling components. The computer system also has one or more computational components that include a rack assembly and a plurality of servers installed in the rack assembly. Each of the one or more computational components is assembled and shipped to an installation site separately from the infrastructure and then installed within one of the plurality of bays after the infrastructure is installed at the site. | 01-22-2009 |
Robert T. Hintz, Ridgecrest, CA US
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| 20110037965 | Combined Coherent and Incoherent Imaging LADAR - The present invention relates generally to a long range eye-safe laser radar (LADAR) system for use in an environment where real-time non-cooperative identification of an object is required. In particular, a laser beam is aimed at an object, the laser energy reflected from the object is collected by a detector array for use in generating a composite of both a high resolution 3-Dimensional (3D) shape of the object and the object's high resolution micro-Doppler vibration spectrum, a characteristic of the object as unique as a fingerprint. The composite is then used to automatically identify the object by comparison to a database of similar composite sets of 3D shape and vibration spectrum information with the results of the identification conveyed to the user. | 02-17-2011 |
Scott Hintz, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20090012824 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING AN AGGREGATED AND ENHANCED ITINERARY - A computer readable storage medium supplies an aggregated and enhanced itinerary. The computer readable storage medium includes instructions to select an itinerary template based upon disparate itinerary booking events created for a user. The computer readable storage medium further includes instructions to evaluate the itinerary messages and identify logical relationships between travel events. The computer readable storage medium further includes instructions to produce enhanced travel information based on logical relationships identified within the itinerary messages. The computer readable storage medium further includes instructions to populate an itinerary with information from the received itinerary messages and enhanced travel information. Finally, the computer readable storage further includes instructions to deliver the itinerary to a user. | 01-08-2009 |
Thomas Hintz, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20090177587 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ONLINE AUTHENTICATION UTILIZING BIOMETRIC DATA - A system and method for securely authenticating a user for the purpose of accessing information, such as private financial or personal information, in an online environment are disclosed. In addition, a system and method for allowing consumers to make secure payments from an electronic wallet with biometric authentication are disclosed. | 07-09-2009 |
William J. Hintz, Ham Lake, MN US
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| 20120095521 | DETECTION OF HEART RHYTHM USING AN ACCELEROMETER - Various techniques for using an accelerometer to detect cardiac contractions are described. One example method described includes filtering a signal received by an electrical sensing channel of an implantable medical device (IMD) configured to detect electrical depolarizations of a heart of a patient, identifying a failure of the electrical sensing channel of the IMD based on the filtered signal and, in response to identifying the failure, initiating a mechanical sensing channel of the implantable medical device to identify mechanical cardiac contractions. | 04-19-2012 |