FRED JUDSON HEINZMANN
Pilots at Vis Grande Ave, Los Altos, CA

6568655, May 27, 2003

Mar 4, 2002

10/090970

Andrew J. Paese - Plymouth WI
Steven M. Tervo - Plymouth WI
Carter J. Thomas - Cedarburg WI
William R. Burnett - Menlo Park CA
David C. Shafer - Menlo Park CA
Fred Judson Heinzmann - Los Altos CA

Kohler Company - Kohler WI

E03D 510

25112904, 4304, 4305, 4406, 4623, 137 2, 342 27, 342 28

A fluid flow device includes an actuator, an RF transmitter, a gated RF receiver, and a processor. The RF transmitter is configured and arranged to produce a plurality of pulses of RF energy spaced apart in time to form a sensor field. The gated RF receiver is configured and arranged to receive RF energy reflected by objects within the sensor field. The processor is coupled to the gated RF receiver for evaluating the reflected RF energy. The processor is also coupled to the actuator and is configured and arranged to activate the actuator in response to the reflected RF energy to control fluid flow. In addition, a new low power radar sensor operates by providing radar pulses that are non-uniformly spaced in time. In operation, a burst of pulses is initiated in the transmitter. Between each burst is a period of rest time in which the transmitter is not transmitting RF energy.

6388609, May 14, 2002

Mar 26, 2001

09/817592

Andrew J. Paese - Plymouth WI
Steven M. Tervo - Plymouth WI
Carter J. Thomas - Cedarburg WI
William R. Burnett - Menlo Park CA
David C. Shafer - Menlo Park CA
Fred Judson Heinzmann - Los Altos CA

Kohler Company - Kohler WI

G01S 740

342 27, 342 28, 342114, 342204, 340565, 340567

A fluid flow device includes an actuator, an RF transmitter, a gated RF receiver, and a processor. The RF transmitter is configured and arranged to produce a plurality of pulses of RF energy spaced apart in time to form a sensor field. The gated RF receiver is configured and arranged to receive RF energy reflected by objects within the sensor field. The processor is coupled to the gated RF receiver for evaluating the reflected RF energy. The processor is also coupled to the actuator and is configured and arranged to activate the actuator in response to the reflected RF energy to control fluid flow. In addition, a new low power radar sensor operates by providing radar pulses that are non-uniformly spaced in time. In operation, a burst of pulses is initiated in the transmitter. Between each burst is a period of rest time in which the transmitter is not transmitting RF energy.

6279173, Aug 28, 2001

Apr 12, 1999

9/291130

Peter W. Denzin - Glenbeulah WI
Michael J. Merritt - Sheboygan WI
Fred Judson Heinzmann - Los Altos CA
Kyle L. Petrich - Kowloon, HK
Jennifer A. Schlee - La Honda CA
John F. Larkin - Santa Clara CA
Erik C. Lincicum - La Honda CA
Peter O. Sorensen - Half Moon Bay CA

D2M, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

E03D 904

4213

A toilet ventilation device includes a housing that defines an air inlet aperture and an air outlet aperture. Within the housing are an air movement apparatus for drawing air into the device, a filter for removing malodorous elements in the air, and a radar sensor for activating the air movement apparatus in response to the presence of a user and, optionally, deactivating the air movement apparatus when the user leaves. The toilet ventilation device is configured and arranged to draw air, using the air movement apparatus, from the toilet, through the air inlet aperture, into contact with the filter, and out the air outlet aperture. In one embodiment, the toilet ventilation device is disposed over the overflow conduit of the toilet to draw air from the bowl of the toilet, through the overflow conduit, and into the toilet ventilation device. The entire toilet ventilation device is preferably disposed within a tank of a toilet.

6206340, Mar 27, 2001

Jul 17, 1998

9/118050

Andrew J. Paese - Plymouth WI
Steven M. Tervo - Plymouth WI
Carter J. Thomas - Cedarburg WI
William R. Burnett - Menlo Park CA
David C. Shafer - Menlo Park CA
Fred Judson Heinzmann - Los Altos CA

Kohler Company - Kohler WI

E03D5/10

25112904

A fluid flow device includes an actuator, an RF transmitter, a gated RF receiver, and a processor. The RF transmitter is configured and arranged to produce a plurality of pulses of RF energy spaced apart in time to form a sensor field. The gated RF receiver is configured and arranged to receive RF energy reflected by objects within the sensor field. The processor is coupled to the gated RF receiver for evaluating the reflected RF energy. The processor is also coupled to the actuator and is configured and arranged to activate the actuator in response to the reflected RF energy to control fluid flow. In addition, a new low power radar sensor operates by providing radar pulses that are non-uniformly spaced in time. In operation, a burst of pulses is initiated in the transmitter. Between each burst is a period of rest time in which the transmitter is not transmitting RF energy.

6250601, Jun 26, 2001

Jul 17, 1998

9/118461

Anton J. Kolar - Sheboygan WI
Andrew J. Paese - Plymouth WI
Steven M. Tervo - Plymouth WI
Carter J. Thomas - Cedarburg WI
William R. Burnett - Menlo park CA
David C. Shafer - Menlo park CA
Fred Judson Heinzmann - Los Altos CA

Kohler Company - Kohler WI

E03C 105, E03D 510

25112904

The present invention is a system for controlling a plumbing fixture. The system includes at least two sensors, each sensor including a receiver, and a controller coupled to receive detection signals from the sensors and to generate a control signal in response to the received signals. An actuator is coupled to receive the control signal from the controller and couplable to the plumbing device to act on the bathroom device. The invention is also a method of controlling plumbing fixtures that includes receiving detection signals from a plurality of sensors in a central controller, selecting, in the central controller, which of a plurality of actuators attachable to the plumbing fixtures to operate and directing control signals to the selected actuator to operate the selected actuator.

5912700, Jun 15, 1999

Jan 10, 1996

8/585145

Stanley K. Honey - Palo Alto CA
Richard H. Cavallaro - Mountain View CA
David Blyth Hill - Los Angeles CA
Andrew G. Setos - Pacific Palisades CA
Jerry Neil Gepner - Langhorn PA
Timothy Paul Heidmann - Los Altos CA
Patrick Wade Olsen - Sunnyvale CA
Fred Judson Heinzmann - Los Altos CA
Alan C. Phillips - Los Altos CA
Harold Guthart - Los Altos CA
Alan Alexander Burns - Portola Valley CA
Charles Lawrence Rino - Menlo Park CA
Philip Calvin Evans - Portola Valley CA

Fox Sports Productions, Inc. - Los Angeles CA

H04N 718, H04N 5225, H04N 974

348157

A system for enhancing the television presentation of an object at a sporting event includes one or more sensors which are used to determine the location of the object. Based on the location of the object and the field of view of a broadcast camera, a processor determines the position of the object in a video frame of the broadcast camera. Once knowing where the object is positioned within the video frame, the television signal can be edited or augmented to enhance the presentation of the object.

7031652, Apr 18, 2006

Feb 5, 2001

09/775510

James R. Blodgett - Walnut Creek CA, US
Fred Judson Heinzmann - Los Altos CA, US

SOMA Networks, Inc. - San Francisco CA

H04Q 7/20, H04Q 7/32

455 301, 4554261, 4554262, 4554221, 4555501, 455557, 4555757, 4555561, 343840

A wireless local loop system is provided that includes a wireless base station that communicates with a subscriber station via a wireless link. The wireless link can carry a voice service, such as telephone calls, or a data service, such as internet browsing. The subscriber station includes a steerable antenna. A presently preferred steerable antenna for use with the subscriber station includes a driven element mounted on a base plane that is surrounded by a plurality of parasitic elements also mounted to the base plane. The parasitic elements can be optionally grounded or floated in order to reflect the wireless link towards the driven element. The antenna can be oriented in a desired direction during the transception of a voice or data service. A method of transceiving between a wireless local loop subscriber station and a wireless local loop base station is also provided.

6154250, Nov 28, 2000

Dec 10, 1998

9/208903

Stanley K. Honey - Palo Alto CA
Richard H. Cavallaro - Mountain View CA
David Blyth Hill - Los Angeles CA
Andrew G. Setos - Pacific Palisades CA
Jerry Neil Gepner - Langhorn PA
Timothy Paul Heidmann - Los Altos CA
Patrick Wade Olsen - Sunnyvale CA
Fred Judson Heinzmann - Los Altos CA
Alan C. Phillips - Los Altos CA
Harold Guthart - Los Altos CA
Alan Alexander Burns - Portola Valley CA
Charles Lawrence Rino - Menlo Park CA
Philip Calvin Evans - Portola Valley CA

Fox Sports Productions, Inc. - Los Angeles CA

H04N 718

348157

A system for enhancing the television presentation of an object at a sporting event includes one or more sensors which are used to determine the location of the object. Based on the location of the object and the field of view of a broadcast camera, a processor determines the position of the object in a video frame of the broadcast camera. Once knowing where the object is positioned within the video frame, the television signal can be edited or augmented to enhance the presentation of the object.

6292130, Sep 18, 2001

Apr 9, 1999

9/289166

Richard H. Cavallaro - Mountain View CA
Fred Judson Heinzmann - Los Altos CA
Stanley K. Honey - Palo Alto CA
Kenneth A. Milnes - Fremont CA
Marvin S. White - San Carlos CA

Sportvision, Inc. - New York NY

G01S 1350

342104

A system is disclosed that can determine the speed of an object and report that speed in a format suitable for use on a television broadcast, a radio broadcast, the Internet or another medium. One example of a suitable use for the present invention includes determining the speed that a baseball player swings a bat. Another use of the present invention is to measure the speed of a moving ball. In one embodiment, the system includes a set of radars positioned behind and pointed toward the batter. Data from all of the radars is collected and sent to a computer which can determine the start of a pitch, when a ball was hit, the speed of the ball and the speed of the bat.

7280799, Oct 9, 2007

Aug 18, 2004

10/921548

Hamid Najafi - Los Altos Hills CA, US
Fred Judson Heinzmann - Los Altos CA, US

Broadlink Research Inc. - Danville CA

H04B 7/15

455 111, 455 16, 455 6711, 4555621, 4554221, 455561, 4552321, 4551151, 4551272, 343727, 343729, 343794

A wireless communication device repeater includes two antennas coupled to a bi-directional gain stage. A gain control system is coupled to the gain stage and adjusts the gain of the gain stage based on oscillation events.