Thomas F Dougherty

US Patent:

6356255, Mar 12, 2002

Filed:

Apr 7, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/056223

Inventors:

Emily Weil - New York NY
Greg Thomas - Santa Cruz CA
S. Joy Mountford - Mountain View CA
Thomas J. Dougherty - Los Altos CA
Daniel E. Cummings - San Francisco CA

Assignee:

Interval Research Corporation - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G09G 500

US Classification:

345156, 434156, 434159

Abstract:

A computerized interactor system uses physical, three-dimensional objects as metaphors for input of user intent to a computer system. When one or more interactors are engaged with a detection field, the detection field reads an identifier associated with the object and communicates the identifier to a computer system. The computer system determines the meaning of the interactor based upon its identifier and upon a semantic context in which the computer system is operating. One specific embodiment of the present invention is a bead interactor system that is a user playable sound and light show system. When an interactor bead is positioned within the detection space of the bead interactor system, a sound sequence begins and continues to play unaltered until the bead interactor is removed or other bead interactors are positioned within or removed from the detection space. Each bead represents a different sound and the row and column location of the bead within the detection space controls how the sound is modified, e. g. , louder or softer, higher pitched or lower pitched, the period of play, etc.

US Patent:

6556184, Apr 29, 2003

Filed:

Nov 16, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/991132

Inventors:

Emily Weil - New York NY
Greg Thomas - Santa Cruz CA
S. Joy Mountford - Mountain View CA
Thomas J. Dougherty - Los Altos CA
Daniel E. Cummings - San Francisco CA

Assignee:

Interval Research Corp - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G09G 500

US Classification:

345156, 434156, 434159

Abstract:

A computerized interactor system uses physical, three-dimensional objects as metaphors for input of user intent to a computer system. When one or more interactors are engaged with a detection field, the detection field reads an identifier associated with the object and communicates the identifier to a computer system. The computer system determines the meaning of the interactor based upon its identifier and upon a semantic context in which the computer system is operating. One specific embodiment of the present invention is a bead interactor system that is a user playable sound and light show system. When an interactor bead is positioned within the detection space of the bead interactor system, a sound sequence begins and continues to play unaltered until the bead interactor is removed or other bead interactors are positioned within or removed from the detection space. Each bead represents a different sound and the row and column location of the bead within the detection space controls how the sound is modified, e. g. , louder or softer, higher pitched or lower pitched, the period of play, etc.

US Patent:

6952196, Oct 4, 2005

Filed:

Mar 27, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/402345

Inventors:

Emily Weil - New York NY, US
Greg Thomas - Santa Cruz CA, US
S. Joy Mountford - Mountain View CA, US
Thomas J. Dougherty - Los Altos CA, US
Daniel E. Cummings - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Vulcan Patents LLC - Seattle WA

International Classification:

G09G005/00

US Classification:

345156, 434156, 434159

Abstract:

A computerized interactor system uses physical, three-dimensional objects as metaphors for input of user intent to a computer system. When one or more interactors are engaged with a detection field, the detection field reads an identifier associated with the object and communicates the identifier to a computer system. The computer system determines the meaning of the interactor based upon its identifier and upon a semantic context in which the computer system is operating. One specific embodiment of the present invention is a bead interactor system that is a user playable sound and light show system. When an interactor bead is positioned within the detection space of the bead interactor system, a sound sequence begins and continues to play unaltered until the bead interactor is removed or other bead interactors are positioned within or removed from the detection space. Each bead represents a different sound and the row and column location of the bead within the detection space controls how the sound is modified, e. g. , louder or softer, higher pitched or lower pitched, the period of play, etc.

US Patent:

7724236, May 25, 2010

Filed:

Aug 25, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/212975

Inventors:

Emily Weil - New York NY, US
Greg Thomas - Santa Cruz CA, US
S. Joy Mountford - Mountain View CA, US
Thomas J. Dougherty - Los Altos CA, US
Daniel E. Cummings - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Vulcan Patents LLC - Seattle WA

International Classification:

G09G 5/00
A63F 3/00
A63H 33/04
A63H 33/06
A63H 29/22
G06F 3/041
G06K 11/06
G08C 21/00
G09B 19/00
G09B 1/00

US Classification:

345156, 178 1801, 273238, 434156, 434159, 434224, 446 91, 446118, 446484

Abstract:

A computerized interactor system uses physical, three-dimensional objects as metaphors for input of user intent to a computer system. When one or more interactors are engaged with a detection field, the detection field reads an identifier associated with the object and communicates the identifier to a computer system. The computer system determines the meaning of the interactor based upon its identifier and upon a semantic context in which the computer system is operating.

US Patent:

20100194684, Aug 5, 2010

Filed:

Apr 9, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/757922

Inventors:

Emily Weil - New York NY, US
Greg Thomas - Santa Cruz CA, US
S. Joy Mountford - Mountain View CA, US
Thomas J. Dougherty - Los Altos CA, US
Daniel E. Cummings - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Vulcan Patents LLC - Seattle WA

International Classification:

G09G 5/00

US Classification:

345156

Abstract:

A computerized interactor system uses physical, three-dimensional objects as metaphors for input of user intent to a computer system. When one or more interactors are engaged with a detection field, the detection field reads an identifier associated with the object and communicates the identifier to a computer system. The computer system determines the meaning of the interactor based upon its identifier and upon a semantic context in which the computer system is operating.

US Patent:

44721722, Sep 18, 1984

Filed:

Dec 3, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/099833

Inventors:

Charles Sheer - Teaneck NJ
Samuel Korman - Hewlett NY
Thomas J. Dougherty - New York NY

International Classification:

C10J 346

US Classification:

48202

Abstract:

A process for the gasification of coal consisting essentially of forming a free-burning arc discharge between at least one anode and a cathode having a conical tip, wherein said arc discharge forms a contraction of the current-carrying area in the transition region in the vicinity of the cathode, forcefully projecting a reactive material consisting of a mixture of pulverized coal and steam parallel to the surface of said conical tip of said cathode and through said contraction of the current-carrying area in the transition region in the vicinity of the cathode, at such a rate that said mixture of pulverized coal and steam is exposed to the free-burning arc for less than 3 milli-seconds, and recovering a solid carbonaceous fume having a surface area equivalent to a particle size in the range of 0. 01 to 0. 2 microns and a gaseous product comprising of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. The carbonaceous fume is highly reactive and in a second steam treatment step is readily converted to gas at a rate of an order of magnitude higher than that for a conventionally devolatilized coal char.

US Patent:

20200282540, Sep 10, 2020

Filed:

May 22, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/881393

Inventors:

- Davidson NC, US
Joshua Odell Johnson - Allentown PA, US
Douglas Fornell Leavitt - Bethlehem PA, US
Thomas S. Dougherty - Mooresville NC, US
Mark T. McClung - Andover NJ, US
Sean C. Ely - Flemington NJ, US

International Classification:

B25F 5/00
B25F 5/02

Abstract:

A hand-held power tool is provided that includes a housing, a motive source, a front endbell, an output shaft, a front housing, and a gear set assembly. The output shaft protrudes from an output end at the front endbell of the housing. The output shaft is also functionally coupled to the motive source such that the output shaft rotates in response to activation of the motive source when the motive source is supplied with power. The gear set assembly is located in an interior space of the front housing, and is configured to transfer rotation from the motive source to an output spindle. The gear set assembly also includes a ring gear that surrounds a portion of the output shaft and abuts the front endbell of the housing. A set of piloting features is provided that is configured to prevent movement of the ring gear relative to the motive source and the front housing, or the front housing relative to the housing.

US Patent:

20190001457, Jan 3, 2019

Filed:

Aug 21, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/107859

Inventors:

- Davidson NC, US
Jason Christopher Bartoszek - Bethlehem PA, US
Thomas S. Dougherty - Mooresville NC, US
Kevin Heinrichs - Lopatcong NJ, US
Douglas Fornell Leavitt - Bethelehem PA, US
Dennis Naksen - Summit NJ, US
Warren A. Seith - Bethlehem PA, US
Joshua O. Johnson - Allentown PA, US
Pinhua Xie - Kendall Park NJ, US
Timothy Richard Cooper - Titusville NJ, US

Assignee:

Ingersoll-Rand Company - Davidson NC

International Classification:

B23Q 17/24
B25F 5/00
B25B 23/18
B25B 21/02

Abstract:

An illustrative embodiment of the present disclosure provides hand-held power tool which includes a housing, a motor, and an output spindle. The housing supports a motor having a rotor configured to rotate when the motor is supplied with power. The output spindle protrudes from an output end of the housing, and is functionally coupled to the rotor such that the output spindle rotates in response to a rotation of the rotor. The housing also supports at least one electrical accessory that is connectable to an external power connector located on the housing.

Author:

Thomas W. Dougherty

ISBN #:

0256211892

Author:

Thomas J. Dougherty

ISBN #:

0819417394

Author:

Thomas J. Dougherty

ISBN #:

0819435252

Author:

Thomas J. Dougherty

ISBN #:

0819443514