James Randall Stigall

US Patent:

20010049846, Dec 13, 2001

Filed:

Jun 13, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/880669

Inventors:

Brian Guzzi - Cincinnati OH, US
Joseph Nurre - West Chester OH, US
James Stigall - Hebron KY, US

International Classification:

D06F033/00

US Classification:

008/158000, 068/012180, 068/01700R

Abstract:

A system and method for optimizing performance of a consumer appliance, including: a consumer appliance; a work piece identifier; a director in communication with the consumer appliance; a data store in communication with the director; an identification device in communication with the director; and an optimization module in communication with the director, having executable instructions for determining optimized operating conditions of the consumer appliance. One exemplary embodiment is a method of optimizing processing conditions based on environmental conditions. The method comprises the steps of providing a consumer appliance having one or more sensors in communication with a director and sensing one or more environmental conditions from the sensors. The sensors might then communicate the environmental conditions to the director and to an optimization module in communication with the director. Finally, the optimization module might be configured to optimize the processing conditions based on the environmental conditions.

US Patent:

6459955, Oct 1, 2002

Filed:

Nov 17, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/715307

Inventors:

Eric Richard Bartsch - Cincinnati OH
Charles William Fisher - Loveland OH
Paul Amaat France - West Chester OH
James Frederick Kirkpatrick - Milford OH
Gary Gordon Heaton - Cincinnati OH
Thomas Charles Hortel - Cincinnati OH
Arseni Velerevich Radomyselski - Hamilton OH
James Randy Stigall - Hebron KY

Assignee:

The Procter Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

G06F 1900

US Classification:

700245, 700247, 700256, 700258, 700259, 31856811, 31856812, 31856816, 318587, 342457, 342418

Abstract:

An autonomously movable cleaning robot comprising a platform and motive force to autonomously move the robot on a substantially horizontal surface having boundaries. The robot further has a computer processing unit for storing, receiving and transmitting data, and a cleaning implement operatively associated with the robot. The robot receives input data from an external source. The external source may be physical manipulation of the robot, remote control, or by triangulation from at least three external transmitters.