David F Mann

US Patent:

20140080593, Mar 20, 2014

Filed:

Sep 19, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/622633

Inventors:

Anthony Joseph Walter Prohl - Romeoville IL, US
John Lawrence Walsh - Gurnee IL, US
David Michael Mann - Chicago IL, US
Timothy Carl Loose - Chicago IL, US

Assignee:

WMS GAMING, INC. - Waukegan IL

International Classification:

A63F 13/00

US Classification:

463 31

Abstract:

A gaming system includes a motion tracking sensing device, a user image reproduction device to display a mirror image of a user operating the gaming system, a user image enhancement display device disposed in proximity to the user image reproduction device, and one or more memory devices storing instructions. The instructions cause the gaming system to sense, via the motion tracking sensing device, a first relative position of the user, generate first graphical images and first graphical image locations based on the sensed first relative position of the user, and output the first graphical images at the first graphical image locations on the user image enhancement display device so that the graphical images overlay corresponding portions of the mirror image of the user when viewed from the sensed first relative position of the user.

US Patent:

45893128, May 20, 1986

Filed:

Feb 22, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/582463

Inventors:

Frederick C. Meyers - Hinsdale IL
David B. Mann - Clarendon Hills IL

Assignee:

Joanna Western Mills Company - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B23B 326
B23B 514

US Classification:

82 47

Abstract:

An automatic shade cutter for cutting stock width shades to a particular width includes a clamping system for securing the shade in a selected cutting position on a longitudinal axis and a measuring scale positioned for use in selecting the desired width. The apparatus includes a cutting head rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the shade having a knife movable into and out of cutting engagement on a plane normal to the axis of the shade. The automatic shade cutter is designed for use in retail stores for operation by retail customers. A customer first selects a stock shade and then inserts the shade into a measured cutting position in the machine. Thereafter, an automatic cut-off operation is initiated by merely pushing a button and when the cutting operation is completed, the shade is removed and an end plug or pivot is inserted in the freshly cut end and a hem slat of appropriate length is inserted into the hem along the lower edge of the shade.

US Patent:

45893136, May 20, 1986

Filed:

May 30, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/739606

Inventors:

Frederick C. Meyers - Hinsdale IL
David B. Mann - Clarendon Hills IL

Assignee:

Joanna Western Mills Company - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B23B 326
B23B 514

US Classification:

82 63

Abstract:

An automatic shade cutter for cutting stock width shades to a particular width includes a clamping system for securing the shade in a selected cutting position on a longitudinal axis and a measuring scale positioned for use in selecting the desired width. The apparatus includes a cutting head rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the shade having a rotatable, circular knife movable into and out of cutting engagement on a plane normal to the axis of the shade. An indexing system is provided to insure that substantially all of the cutting edge of the knife is utilized and that successive cuts are accomplished beginning at random points along the knife edge thus increasing the life of the knife edge between sharpenings. The automatic shade cutter is designed for use in retail stores for operation by retail customers. A customer first selects a stock shade and then inserts the shade into a measured cutting position in the machine.

US Patent:

20220408034, Dec 22, 2022

Filed:

Jun 18, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/351828

Inventors:

- Waltham MA, US
David Christopher Mann - Frisco TX, US

International Classification:

H04N 5/33
G01J 5/52
G01J 5/54
G01J 5/56

Abstract:

A system simulates hyperspectral imaging data or multispectral imaging data for a simulated sensor. Blackbody radiance of real-world thermal imagery data is computed using a Planck function, which generates a simulated spectral hypercube. Spectral emissivity data for background materials are multiplied by a per-pixel weighting function, which generates weighted spectral emissivity data. The simulated spectral hypercube is multiplied by the weighted spectral emissivity data, which generates background data in the simulated spectral hypercube. Simulated targets are inserted the background data using the Planck function. The simulated spectral hypercube is modified, and then it is used to estimate a mission measure of effectiveness of the simulated sensor.

US Patent:

20170146400, May 25, 2017

Filed:

Nov 20, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/947238

Inventors:

- Waltham MA, US
David C. Mann - Frisco TX, US
Andre D. Cropper - Prosper TX, US

International Classification:

G01J 3/26

Abstract:

An interferometer system comprising an optical detector including a substrate and a two-dimensional array of pixels disposed on the substrate is provided. The interferometer system may further comprise an interferometer disposed proximate the optical detector without an optical element between the interferometer and the optical detector. The interferometer may include a first plate positioned proximate the substrate and extending over the two-dimensional array of pixels, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate, the first and second plates defining an optical gap between them, and at least one actuatable spacer positioned between the first plate and the second plate and configured to space apart the first and second plates from one another and to selectively alter a thickness of the optical gap.

US Patent:

20160305774, Oct 20, 2016

Filed:

Apr 14, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/685921

Inventors:

- Waltham MA, US
Steven A. Miles - Plano TX, US
David C. Mann - Frisco TX, US
Marco A. Avila - McKinney TX, US
David Russell McDonald - Plano TX, US
Jeffery M. Gallagher - Princeton TX, US

International Classification:

G01B 11/27

Abstract:

System and method for sensor alignment. In one example, a reimaging optical system includes reimaging foreoptics positioned to receive and reimage incident electromagnetic radiation to produce an intermediate image plane and output an optical beam of the received incident electromagnetic radiation, an imaging optical apparatus positioned to receive the optical beam and focus the electromagnetic radiation of the optical beam onto a first focal plane, a first imaging sensor positioned at the first focal plane and configured to produce a first image responsive to receiving the electromagnetic radiation of the optical beam, an alignment object selectively positioned at the intermediate image plane and configured to superimpose an alignment tool upon the first image, and a controller coupled to the first imaging sensor and configured to perform an alignment process for the first imaging sensor based on at least a position of the alignment tool in the first image.