Patents and Patents Applied For

US2013/0320862 (Published date Dec 5, 2013)

"LED Lighting System"

Light fixture systems and application of ambient light measurement for improving lighting system efficiency. more...

US8469812 (Issue date Jun 25, 2013)

"Fret and method of manufacturing frets for stringed controllers and instruments"

A fret and method of making the fret are disclosed. The fret can include a body portion made of a non-conductive material, a first end, a second end, and a length defined between the first and second ends. A plurality of electrically conductive elements can be disposed along at least part of the body portion. Each element can be electrically insulated from the other conductive elements by the body portion. more...

US2013/0175307 (Published date Jun 11, 2013)

"Mobile device holder"

Aspects and embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to sound-amplifying holders for portable electronic devices. In one example, there is provided a mobile portable electronic device holder comprising a body, a retention area defined on the body and configured to releasably retain a portable electronic device, and a waveguide formed within the body and configured to amplify sound emitted from a speaker of the portable electronic device. more...

US8454418 (Issue date Jun 4, 2013)

"Methods and apparatus for stringed controllers and instruments"

Stringed instruments, game controllers, and related structures and methods are described. A game controller having one or more strings is described for a computer gaming application. more...

US2013/0022211 (Published date Jan 24 2013)

"Wirelessly triggered voice altering amplification system"

A system and method for wirelessly triggering an amplification system are disclosed. In one example, the system for wirelessly triggering the amplification comprises at least one wireless tag... more...

US7459695 (Issue date Dec 2, 2008)

"Apparatus, and systems for processing and treating a biological fluid with light"

Apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed for treating a biological fluid with light. A container of biological fluid is introduced into a fluid treatment chamber where it is contacted with light provided by one or more light sources in proximity to the fluid treatment chamber. A drawer for holding containers of biological fluid introduces the containers into the chamber. Containers for holding the biological fluid are marked by the apparatus to indicate the status of the treatment. more...

US6986867 (Issue date Jan 17, 2006)

"Apparatus, systems and methods for processing and treating a biological fluid with light"

Apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed for treating a biological fluid with light. A container of biological fluid is introduced into a fluid treatment chamber where it is contacted with light provided by one or more light sources in proximity to the fluid treatment chamber. A drawer for holding containers of biological fluid introduces the containers into the chamber. Containers for holding the biological fluid are marked by the apparatus to indicate the status of the treatment. more...

WO2004023455 (Issue date March 18, 2004)

"Methods, systems, and programming for performing speech recognition"

The present invention relates to: speech recognition using selectable recognition modes; using choice lists in large-vocabulary speech recognition; enabling users to select word transformations; speech recognition that automatically turns recognition off in one or more specified ways; phone key control of large-vocabulary speech recognition; speech recognition using phone key alphabetic filtering and spelling: speech recognition that enables a user to perform re-utterance recognition; the combination of speech recognition and text-to-speech more...

US5753820 (Issue date May 19, 1998)

"Fluid pressure sensing unit incorporating diaphragm deflection sensing array"

A sensing unit includes a re-usable portion which is isolated from system fluids and a disposable portion. The disposable portion includes an enclosure that defines an internal cavity with one wall of the enclosure being constituted by a flexible diaphragm that is exposed to operating pressure of the system. The re-usable portion has mounted therein a sensing array at a position adjacent to a non-system pressure side surface of the diaphragm. The sensing array includes a plurality of sensing elements which are arranged as radial inner and outer sets with each set being adapted to preferentially sense a deflection of a central portion of the diaphragm. more...