Carl S Childers

US Patent:

20120153039, Jun 21, 2012

Filed:

Dec 21, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/333423

Inventors:

Carl Stanley Childers - Orinda CA, US

Assignee:

SENSORY ACUMEN, INC. - Orinda CA

International Classification:

A24F 25/00

US Classification:

239 34

Abstract:

The controlled delivery of odorant emissions is the primary function of this invention. Containment of the odorant emission is achieved by storing the scented material in a low vacuum chamber sealed by pair of solenoid valves at its openings. The opposite end of each solenoid valve is connected either to the ingress or egress manifold. A vacuum pump induces airflow through a chamber when the corresponding solenoids valves are opened, thereby delivering the scent into the atmosphere.An embedded micro-controller has direct control of the electromechanical devices (solenoid valves and vacuum relay). External hardware may signal the micro-controller. Additionally, application software such as those found in computer gaming, computer simulated training, interactive programs, and broadband technologies can source software enabling communication with the micro-controller over a USB port. As such, an olfactory feedback system can be realized.

US Patent:

7500046, Mar 3, 2009

Filed:

May 4, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/418901

Inventors:

Rahoul Puri - Los Altos CA, US
Arvind Srinivsan - San Jose CA, US
Carl Childers - Union City CA, US

Assignee:

Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

G06F 13/36

US Classification:

710311, 710305, 710306, 710 5, 714715

Abstract:

An interface is provided to couple an input/output device (e. g. , a network interface unit) to one or more different host system buses without altering the configuration of the device (e. g. , to include logic specific to the host buses). Functionality of the device (e. g. , MTU size, error detection) is therefore independent of the host bus. Host bus logic for managing operation of the host bus is augmented with logic for translating between semantics of the interface and the host bus. Also, end-to-end verification of a complex ASIC in multiple configurations or environments can be performed over the interface without probing into the ASIC.