Pierson, CA
Ann Pierson, San Ramon, CA US
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20140275631 | Process for synthesizing GGA and its derivatives - This invention relates to processes for synthesizing GGA or GGA derivatives and intermediates involved therein. | 09-18-2014 |
Ann Pierson, Menlo Park, CA US
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20150258039 | PREPARATION OF GGA AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF AND THEIR CO-CRYSTALLIZATION WITH UREA OR THIOUREA - Provided herein are compositions comprising co-crystals of GGA or a GGA derivative (including salts and tauotomers thereof) with urea or thiourea, and processes related to such co-crystals. Also provided herein are methods, compounds, and compositions related to preparing trans GGA and derivatives thereof, and intermediates thereto. | 09-17-2015 |
Brian A. Pierson, Santa Cruz, CA US
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20120066984 | ROOFING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - Roofing systems, articles, and methods are discussed herein that can incorporate multiple features, including energy saving features. Ventilation and wind uplift resistance can be provided by features incorporated into roofing units described herein. Other features described herein can provide for easy positioning of roofing units, or allow spacing for thermal expansion. Features of the roofing units can facilitate the removal and replacement of damaged parts. | 03-22-2012 |
Cody Pierson, Woodland Hills, CA US
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20090170605 | VIDEO GAME EXTREMITY CONTROL AND OBJECT INTERACTION - Extremity control in a video game such as a skateboarding video game is provided through use of a video game controller. In some embodiments multi-axis controls of the video game controller are used to control extremities of a skateboarder character and to move a skateboard used by the skateboarder character responsive to movement of the extremities. For example, the skateboarder character's hands may grab the skateboard to perform a grab trick, or the skateboarder character may shift weight to perform a manual or similar trick. DMC/rmw | 07-02-2009 |
Cyndy Pierson, Salinas, CA US
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20090141886 | Methods and Apparatus for Carrying and Using a Hand-Held Telephone - A system for securing a hand-held phone having a base with a keypad to be suspended from a lanyard around a person's neck has a support panel having a length and a width, a front side and a back side, and an opening near one end of the length, an elongate strip of material joined to the support panel at two lateral edges, forming a loop, a pliable, transparent window substantially centered in the strip of material, and a lanyard attached to the opening in the support panel. The hand-held phone is suspended from the lanyard by inserting a base of the phone in the loop with the pliable, transparent window overlying the keypad of the phone. | 06-04-2009 |
20140357331 | Security Lock for Smartphones - A protective case for a smartphone has a planar portion of the length and width of the smartphone, an upper portion shaped to capture a smartphone leaving a touchcreen of unobstructed, the upper portion enabled to fasten to the planar portion, an opening into the planar portion, the opening having an axis at right angles to the plane of the planar portion on a side opposite the upper portion, pairing circuitry enclosed in the protective case for wirelessly pairing with the smartphone, a power source enclosed in the planar portion for powering circuitry and mechanisms in the protective case, a locking mechanism in the planar portion proximate the opening, enabled to engage to an anchor pin inserted into the opening, and circuitry enabled to accept an unlock command via wireless communication from a smartphone executing a security application, the command causing the locking mechanism to release from an anchor pin. | 12-04-2014 |
Donald A. Pierson, San Diego, CA US
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20150076973 | FURNITURE FOR AND METHOD OF DISPENSING DIAPERS - Disclosed herein are a piece of furniture and a method for dispensing diapers. The furniture keeps diapers neatly organized and conveniently accessible for dispensing. The furniture has an elongated interior space, a platform, a lead screw, a motor, a detector, and a processor. The platform can hold a stack of diapers and move the stack of diapers so they can be dispensed from the top of the piece of furniture. Rotating a lead screw raises and lowers the platform within the piece of furniture. A detector positioned at the top of the interior space of the piece of furniture is configured to detect when a diaper is dispensed from the interior space. A processor in communication with the detector and the motor is configured to activate the motor, thereby raising the platform, when the detector detects that a diaper has been dispensed from the piece of furniture. | 03-19-2015 |
Hank E. Pierson, Eureka, CA US
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20090064432 | Apparatus and method for clearing a caulking gun - A device and method of clearing non-fluid caulk from a caulk dispensing tube includes drilling a bit member through a thread cleaning device and into the solid caulk blocking the dispensing tube; then removing the bit member from the dispensing tube and reversing the rotational direction of the bit member, allowing the thread cleaning device to clear caulk off of the bit member after it has been removed from the dispensing tube. | 03-12-2009 |
Jonathan Pierson, Los Angeles, CA US
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20140067536 | Value to the people - The core of the invention is in the user's ability to view websites and programs that display advertisements from advertisers that the user has chosen to be exposed to. The added ability to choose who receives the revenue earned is only an additional option and is an improvement upon the core of the invention if it was without this option. The user is any person that is utilizing the invention on a website or within a computer program. This is a method of controlling advertisements so that the users choose which advertisements display and they can also choose to control a percentage of the revenue from the advertisements that display on websites and within computer programs. This includes the ability for a user of a website/program to click and choose advertisements that will appear on any site/program they are using. | 03-06-2014 |
Ramona J. Pierson, San Jose, CA US
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20100255455 | Adaptive Assessment - Described is a system, method, and product for adaptive assessment of knowledge. One or more questions are generated by combining, for each question: an item, a correct answer, a distracter (incorrect answer), a path for the distracter, and a standard alignment for the item. The questions are stored in a question database. An item associated with a question in the database is presented. A distracter is received in response to the item. The path for the distracter is identified. One or more next questions are retrieved from the question database, and one or more next items are presented, wherein the one or more next items are associated with the path. | 10-07-2010 |
Richard Pierson, Newport Beach, CA US
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20090121695 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A MULTIPHASE POWER REGULATOR - Methods and apparatus for a multiphase power regulator according various aspects of the present invention operate in conjunction with an active transient response (ATR) system for applying a correction signal to a multiphase pulse width modulator. In the event of a transient, the ATR system may adjust the output of the pulse width modulator to quickly respond to load requirements. The output may be modified by adding pulses, blanking pulses, advancing pulses, and scaling pulses to one or more phases. | 05-14-2009 |
20100148795 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING SETTINGS FOR CIRCUITS - Methods and apparatus selecting settings for circuits according to various aspects of the present invention may operate in conjunction with a measurement element connected to the circuit. The circuit may include a voltage source adapted to supply a voltage to the measurement element. The voltage may be substantially independent of the characteristics of the measurement element. The circuit may further include a measurement sensor responsive to a current in the measurement element. The measurement sensor may generate a control signal according to the current in the measurement element. | 06-17-2010 |
20110221405 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATION OF POWER CONVERTERS - Methods and apparatus for a power regulator according to various aspects of the present invention may comprise a sensor adapted to generate a measurement of a voltage or a current. A memory may store a correction parameter that corresponds to the measurement, and a correction system may be adapted to adjust the measurement according to the correction parameter. | 09-15-2011 |
20120229104 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VOLTAGE REGULATION WITH DYNAMIC TRANSIENT OPTIMIZATION - Methods and apparatus of dynamic transient optimization in a voltage regulator according to various aspects of the present invention may comprise a transition detector configured to compare an output voltage error to an amplitude threshold. The voltage regulator may further comprise a frequency detector configured to measure the frequency of the amplitude threshold being exceeded and to compare the frequency to a frequency threshold and a response circuit configured to activate a response according to a comparison between the frequency threshold and the frequency of the amplitude threshold being exceeded. | 09-13-2012 |
20140035651 | Sensor Circuit for Detecting the Setting of an Integrated Circuit - Methods and apparatus selecting settings for circuits according to various aspects of the present invention may operate in conjunction with a measurement element connected to the circuit. The circuit may include a voltage source adapted to supply a voltage to the measurement element. The voltage may be substantially independent of the characteristics of the measurement element. The circuit may further include a measurement sensor responsive to a current in the measurement element. The measurement sensor may generate a control signal according to the current in the measurement element. | 02-06-2014 |
20140043008 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC VOLTAGE TRANSITION - Methods and apparatus for power regulation according to various aspects of the present invention may operate in conjunction with producing a voltage ramp starting at a first voltage and ending at a second voltage and compensating the voltage ramp according to a compensation parameter. The compensation parameter may be adapted to compensate for a circuit parameter. A voltage may then be generated according to the compensated voltage ramp. | 02-13-2014 |
Richard C. Pierson, Newport Beach, CA US
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20090167271 | ACTIVE TRANSIENT RESPONSE CIRCUITS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL MULTIPHASE PULSE WIDTH MODULATED REGULATORS - Disclosed is a multi-phase pulse width modulated voltage regulator and method in which transient voltage excursions or deviations that exceed the load line voltage by more than a predetermined amount are detected by an ATR circuit and a correction signal is applied. The correction signal is in the form of asynchronous pulses and the number of such pulses is a function of the magnitude of the voltage excursion as determined by the number of thresholds that are exceeded. Also disclosed is an adaptive voltage positioning (AVP) circuit and method for early detection of a transient event by sensing voltage changes at the load and adjusting the target voltage with pre-determined current values prior to the time that ATR event changes in the current at the load are detected. The AVP load line is pre-positioned for more precise current control. Also disclosed is an adaptive filter with adjustable frequency characteristics in response to an ATR event. Also disclosed is a pulse limiting circuit. Also disclosed is a tri-state implementation. Response to transient events is further improved with an external ATR circuit coupled to the load. | 07-02-2009 |
20120200274 | MULTIPHASE POWER REGULATOR WITH ACTIVE TRANSIENT RESPONSE CIRCUITRY - A multiphase power regulator includes a multiphase pulse width modulator, an output stage and an active transient response circuit. The output stage includes a high side transistor, a low side transistor and an inductor. The output stage is configured to supply power to a load responsive to signals generated by the multiphase pulse width modulator. The active transient response circuit is coupled between the output stage and the multiphase pulse width modulator and configured to detect the voltage level at the output stage and provide a signal to the multiphase pulse width modulator that is a function of the amplitude of the deviation of the detected voltage level from a target voltage. | 08-09-2012 |
20150162827 | POWER CONVERTER CALIBRATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Methods and apparatus for a power regulator according to various aspects of the present invention may comprise a sensor adapted to generate a measurement of a voltage or a current. A memory may store a correction parameter that corresponds to the measurement, and a correction system may be adapted to adjust the measurement according to the correction parameter. | 06-11-2015 |
Shad Pierson, Walnut Creek, CA US
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20130214138 | CRITICAL ANGLE OPTICAL SENSOR APPARATUS - An optical sensor apparatus includes an optically transmissive structure having planar first, second, and third faces, two or more light sources located outside the structure adjacent the first face, and a photodetector array located outside the prism adjacent the first face. The structure, light sources, and photodetector array are configured such that light from the light sources that is totally internally reflected at an optical interface between the prism and a sample outside the structure proximate the second face is reflected at the third face and incident on a portion of the photodetector array that depends on a refractive index of the sample. The light sources are positioned with respect to the structure and photodetector array such that the totally internally reflected light from each light source corresponds to a different range of refractive index of the sample and maps to a corresponding portion of the photodetector array. | 08-22-2013 |
20150042985 | OPTICAL SENSOR APPARATUS TO DETECT LIGHT BASED ON THE REFRACTIVE INDEX OF A SAMPLE - An optical sensor apparatus includes an optically transmissive structure (e.g., a prism) having two planar faces and a third planar face that connects the two planar faces, two or more light sources located outside the structure, and a photodetector array located outside the prism. The structure, light sources, and photodetector array are configured such that light from the light sources that is totally internally reflected at an optical interface between the prism and a sample outside the structure proximate one of the two planar faces is incident on a portion of the photodetector array that depends on a refractive index of the sample. The light sources are positioned with respect to the structure and photodetector array such that the totally internally reflected light from each light source corresponds to a different range of refractive index of the sample and maps to a corresponding portion of the photodetector array. | 02-12-2015 |
Stephen Pierson, Fairfax, CA US
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20150019032 | ARRANGEMENT FOR COMMUNICATING DEMAND RESPONSE RESOURCE INCENTIVES - An approach for influencing demand response event performance through a variable incentive signal. Automated demand response programs may achieve an energy demand reduction by signaling participating consumers to curtail energy usage for a certain period of time, referred to as an “event”. Customers may be free to “opt-out” and withdraw their participation from DR events, on a per-event basis. When a participant opts out, the quantity of energy savings of the event may be reduced. Participating customers may be sent a message offering an incentive to tolerate an ongoing DR event. As the event progresses, the DR operator may dynamically monitor and modulate the rate of opt-outs. The present approach may be different in that instead of modulating the number of participants that are included in the event, it may modulate an incentive signal to keep already-included participants from opting out. | 01-15-2015 |