William Pangburn French

US Patent:

6393199, May 21, 2002

Filed:

Mar 18, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/040922

Inventors:

James U. Lemke - San Diego CA
James C. Crosby - Rancho Santa Fe CA
Robert E. Monteleone - Poway CA
William W. French - Cardiff CA

Assignee:

Recording Physics, Inc. - San Diego CA

International Classification:

H04N 576

US Classification:

386 67, 386 96, 386 99

Abstract:

A helical scan tape recorder records VHS video and audio at speeds up to 40Ã the playback speed of a standard VHS VCR. The recorder employs a high speed scanner operating in a helical scan mode. Input signals feed the scanner through a capacitive coupler. For VHS recording, the scanner has 32 heads mounted on its periphery; 16 video heads and 16 audio heads. An external source of video and associated audio provides 8 channels each of video and audio, and each channel drives 2 heads in parallel. During a half rotation of the scanner, heads fed from the 8 channels contact the tape and are recorded, and during the next half rotation the other group of 8 heads are similarly recording. The audio is delayed so that a segment of video records over its associated audio segment.

US Patent:

6853283, Feb 8, 2005

Filed:

Oct 11, 2000

Appl. No.:

10/110879

Inventors:

William W. French - Cardiff CA, US

International Classification:

G09F019/00

US Classification:

335296, 40430, 40429, 40427

Abstract:

An intriguing and educational display structure () appears to be spinning upon itself without any apparent drive mechanism, power supply or bearing. The structure comprises two concentric hollow spheres () spaced apart by a transparent fluid (). The outer sphere is totally transparent, immobile, and may rest on a tripod () or other type of support. The inner sphere may be partially transparent or translucent and carries over its surface, a design such as a map of the world (). The inner sphere rotates within, and independently from, the first outer one. The internal, that is self-contained, drive mechanism uses either a conventional electrical motor () with its own field winding and commutator, or one made of a rotor comprising a cross-array of electromagnets (AC, BD) that interact with an ambient magnetic field such as the earth magnetic field. The power supply comes preferably from a photovoltaic collector () mounted within the inner sphere or from a receiver () of RF waves or other EM radiation.

US Patent:

6937125, Aug 30, 2005

Filed:

Sep 26, 2000

Appl. No.:

10/049406

Inventors:

William W. French - Cardiff CA, US

International Classification:

G09F019/00
H01F001/00

US Classification:

335296, 40427, 40429, 40430

Abstract:

An intriguing and educational display structure () appears to be spinning upon itself without any apparent drive mechanism, power supply or bearing. The structure comprises two concentric hollow spheres () spaced apart by a transparent fluid (). The outer sphere is totally transparent, immobile and may rest on a tripod () or other type of support. The inner sphere may be partially transparent or translucent and carries over its surface, a design such as a map of the world (). The inner sphere rotates within, and independently from the first outer one. The internal, that is self-contained drive mechanism is referenced to either a compass, a light angle detector, or a gravity sensor, and uses either a conventional electrical motor with its own internal field winding and communitator, or one made of a rotor comprising a cross-array of electromagnets (AC, BD) that interact with the earth magnetic field.

US Patent:

6952151, Oct 4, 2005

Filed:

Dec 30, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/027261

Inventors:

William W. French - Cardiff CA, US

International Classification:

G09F019/00

US Classification:

335296, 40427, 40429, 40430

Abstract:

An intriguing and educational display structure () appears to be spinning upon itself without any apparent drive mechanism, power supply or bearing. The structure comprises two concentric hollow spheres () spaced apart by a transparent fluid (). The outer sphere is totally transparent, immobile, and may rest on a tripod () or other type of support. The inner sphere may be partially transparent or translucent and carries over its surface, a design such as a map of the world (). The inner sphere rotates within, and independently from, the first outer one. The internal, that is self-contained, drive mechanism uses either a conventional electrical motor () with its own field winding and commutator, or one made of a rotor comprising a cross-array of electromagnets (AC, BD) that interact with an ambient magnetic field such as the earth magnetic field. The power supply comes preferably from a photovoltaic collector () mounted within the inner sphere or from a receiver () of RF waves or other EM radiation.

US Patent:

20050102869, May 19, 2005

Filed:

Aug 28, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/652925

Inventors:

William French - Cardiff CA, US

International Classification:

G09F019/02

US Classification:

040414000

Abstract:

In a display device where a moving object is immersed in a fluid filling a transparent sealed, vesel () and is rotated by an internal electrical mechanism that derives it power from a photo cell () and its counter torque from an internal compass (), the index of refraction of the fluid is adjusted by addition of water to match the index of refraction of the vesel material. The formula of the fluid is also tailored to minimize, absorption of ambient moisture into the vessel. In one embodiment of the electrical spinning mechanism, the magnet acts both as a biasing compass and as a magnetic field generator for the motor. In a second embodiment of the spinning mechanism, the stator is constituted by a multipole ring-shaped magnet () that does not interfere with the operation of the biasing compass magnet (). Multiple windings in the electrical spinning mechanism are energized through a split-ring and brush commutator () that use the mechanism shaft () as conductor.

US Patent:

20100030607, Feb 4, 2010

Filed:

Mar 24, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/410420

Inventors:

Scott A. Holcombe - San Diego CA, US
Kyle Wright - San Diego CA, US
William French - San Diego CA, US
Ryan Daniels - San Diego CA, US
John Knott - El Cajon CA, US

Assignee:

RoyaltyShare, Inc. - San Diego CA

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G06F 21/00
G06F 17/30
G06F 11/07

US Classification:

705 8, 726 30, 707102, 714799, 714E11024, 714E11025

Abstract:

A digital content management system with methodologies for lifecycle management of digital content is shown and described. In one embodiment, for example, a digital content management system is described that comprises: an ingestion module for receiving from clients various components used to create digital content releases; a polishing module for matching received components to a particular release being created; a packaging module for encoding the received components that were matched for the particular release into a digital package suitable for delivery to one or more digital content providers; and a delivery module for delivering the digital package of the particular release to one or more digital content providers.

US Patent:

51930463, Mar 9, 1993

Filed:

Sep 25, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/590608

Inventors:

James U. Lemke - San Diego CA
William W. French - Encinitas CA
William B. McHargue - La Jolla CA

Assignee:

Conner Peripherals, nc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

G11B 3314
G11B 560
G11B 1564
G11B 1732

US Classification:

360 9702

Abstract:

An information storage apparatus is disclosed for reading and/or writing information on a rigid storage medium which includes a liquid bearing interface between the transducer and medium instead of a conventional air bearing. The liquid is a fluorocarbon which has stable, self-lubricating, viscous and high-density properties. In an exemplary embodiment of a cockpit voice recorder/flight data recorder, low-density metallic components or composite parts of the rigid magnetic disk drive assembly with essentially the same density as the liquid achieve a near zero buoyancy configuration that obviates the effects of vibration and acceleration.

US Patent:

46316132, Dec 23, 1986

Filed:

Apr 16, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/600857

Inventors:

William W. French - Cardiff CA

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

G11B 512
G11B 520

US Classification:

360125

Abstract:

It has been found that, if a (negative) bias is applied to a substrate during the sputtering thereto of Alfesil, selective re-sputtering from the substrate film of aluminum and silicon will leave that film rich in iron and, attendantly, of higher saturation magnetization (17,000 gauss) than the starting material Alfesil (10,000 gauss). Such being the case, the invention provides that the sputtering of Alfesil-type material during the manufacture of a magnetic head be performed in two phases, first, while applying a bias of a first sense to a substrate to be sputtered upon, and, second, while applying a bias of different sense (e. g. a zero bias) to the substrate, thereby to cause a composite thin film to be formed on the substrate. The composition of the thin film in question is: 1. a (generally thin) region of material of high saturation magnetization layered with 2.