HARVEY EDD DAVIS
Pilots at County Rd 4440, Trenton, TX

2008016, Jul 3, 2008

Dec 27, 2006

11/616619

Andrew Marshall - Dallas TX, US
Tito Gelsomini - Plano TX, US
Harvey Davis - Trenton TX, US

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED - Dallas TX

H04L 9/32

713185

In a bi-directional embodiment, an authorization transponder coupled to the mobile device transmits an interrogating message, which includes a UID associated with the mobile device, to a nearby wireless key The wireless key compares this received UID with the one or more UID's stored on the wireless key, and if a match is detected, sends the wireless key's UID or encrypted variant thereof to the interrogating authorization transponder On receiving the UID from the wireless key and determining that it matches the authorization transponder UID a command is sent from authorization transponder to mobile device enabling some or all operations of mobile device In a uni-directional embodiment, one or more UID are periodically transmitted from a wireless key to a receiver in authorization receiver coupled to the mobile device to be controlled, wherein the UID from the wireless key is compared to a UID associated with the authorization receiver On receiving the one or more UID from the wireless key and determining that it matches the authorization receiver UID a command is sent from authorization receiver to mobile device enabling some or all operations of mobile device Yet another embodiment of the invention controls access to data on a passive mobile device, such as that data stored on the magnetic stripe of a transaction card by authorizing the card reader to read additional card data when the UID on the card matches a UID of a nearby wireless key. Upon reading a UID from the card, the card reader interrogates a wireless key for its UID, and compares these two UID's. If the two UID's match, authorization for further data transfer from and to the card is given.

2008015, Jul 3, 2008

Dec 27, 2006

11/616684

Tito Gelsomini - Plano TX, US
Harvey Davis - Trenton TX, US
Andrew Marshall - Dallas TX, US

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED - Dallas TX

H04N 7/00

348 36, 348E07001

An angle sensor in a digital or film camera senses the absolute or differential azimuth angle of the camera. At the time of first image capture, the camera azimuth angle H is latched in storage register . A constant angle value K degrees is added to this stored angle H, and the sum is then a target angle value H+K. As the camera continues to rotate, angle value H is compared in comparator to H+K, and when substantially equal, a command is generated activating shutter to capture the second image and store the current azimuth angle H in storage register . An alternative embodiment stores a reference image portion pixel data set from a reference image portion of the first captured image. As the camera rotates, a new pixel data set from a sampled image portion on the opposite side of the field of view is captured every few degrees, and is compared to the stored reference image portion pixel data set. When the camera has rotated such that the sampled image portion pixel data set substantially equals the reference image portion pixel data set, a peak in correlation occurs which generates a shutter activation command to capture the next image in the sequence. At the substantially same time a new reference image portion pixel data set is stored.

2006016, Jul 20, 2006

Dec 16, 2005

11/305503

Harvey Davis - Trenton TX, US
Andrew Marshall - Dallas TX, US
Tito Gelsomini - Plano TX, US

H04M 1/00

455550100

Means of controlling cell phone features or usage are described. In the first embodiment, transmitter is a low-power Bluetooth, or similar data transmitter, local to the venue or area in which control of, for example, ringer volume is desired. A receiver receives data only when in the venue, and causes controller to disable features such as the ringer or camera. A second embodiment uses RF or magnetic induction signaling loops at physical access points of a venue. Dual loops at each access point signal to the phone the desired command, and the order of passage through the two loops determines whether the command is activated or deactivated. A third embodiment has a computer which uses a unique cell phone identifying number, time of day, and a timeout value as entry variables to a secret algorithm which generates a code number. Cell phone also has the same algorithm and accurate time of day. When the code number is input to cell phone within one minute of generation, the desired function, such as the camera, is disabled. A second code number is generated which is entered to restore normal operation of the cell phone when the user exits the facility. Alternatively, normal operation is restored after the timeout period, even if the second code number is not entered. A fourth embodiment allows the user to enter a timeout value from the local keypad. After the desired time, as determined by timer, the deactivated feature—for example the ringer—will resume normal operation.

7855812, Dec 21, 2010

Feb 14, 2005

11/058643

Tito Gelsomini - Plano TX, US
Harvey Edd Davis - Trenton TX, US
Andrew Marshall - Dallas TX, US
Pauline Wang - Richardson TX, US

Texas Instruments Incorporated - Dallas TX

H04N 1/04

358474, 358471, 358473, 348 1402, 348 E7079, 23547203, 235451, 382173, 382313

A cellular phone is provided with a media scanning capability. Scanner optics, an optional light source and related scanning circuitry is integrated within a cellular phone to enable image or text scanning, facsimile, text-to-speech conversion, and language translation. Position sensors provide position data as the scanner is manually moved, in one or more passes across the scanned media, to enable a bit-mapped image of the strip to be created in a data buffer. Image data from the strips is processed to remove redundant overlap data and skew position errors, to give a bit-mapped final image of the entire scanned item. Image compression is provided to compress the image into standard JPEG format for storage or transmission, or into facsimile format for transmission of the document to any fax machine. Optical character recognition (OCR) is provided to convert image data to text which may be sent as email, locally displayed, stored for later use, or further processed. Further processing of text data includes language translation and text to speech conversion of either the original or translated text.

7679792, Mar 16, 2010

Dec 16, 2005

11/305520

Andrew Marshall - Dallas TX, US
Tito Gelsomini - Plano TX, US
Harvey Edd Davis - Trenton TX, US

Texas Instruments Incorporated - Dallas TX

H04N 1/04, H04N 1/46

358474, 358505

A narrow scanning aperture, lens, and mirror are added to a digital camera to enable image or text scanning. A motion sensor on the same face as the scanner aperture provides approximate scan speed data as the scanner aperture is pressed against and manually moved across the document being scanned. Many documents are too large to scan in one strip, in which case multiple strips are scanned. As each strip is scanned, a bit-mapped image of the strip is created in a data buffer. Data from each strip is passed to a final image RAM which, on completion of scanning, holds a bit-mapped image of the entire scanned page, in B/W, gray scale, or color. Multi pass strip align then processes the image data to remove redundant data (from strip overlap) and position skew (from errors in position during the scan), resulting in a more accurate bit-mapped image in final image RAM of the entire scanned page or item. Image compression compresses the bit-mapped image to standard JPEG format for storage on the camera memory card. An alternative embodiment stores each scanned strip as a separate image.

2007005, Mar 15, 2007

Sep 14, 2005

11/225992

Andrew Marshall - Dallas TX, US
Tito Gelsomini - Plano TX, US
Harvey Davis - Trenton TX, US

Texas Instruments Inc. - Dallas TX

H01L 21/3205

438585000

The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a transistor device, a transistor device, and a method for manufacturing an integrated circuit. In one aspect, the method of manufacturing a transistor device includes providing a gate structure () over a substrate (). An insulating layer () is formed over the gate structure (), and openings () to the substrate () are formed therein, thereby removing a portion of the gate structure (). The openings () are filled with a conductor (), thereby forming an interconnect ().

2006016, Jul 27, 2006

Dec 14, 2005

11/300259

Andrew Marshall - Dallas TX, US
Tito Gelsomini - Plano TX, US
Harvey Davis - Trenton TX, US

H04N 5/225, H04N 13/00

348042000

A stereoscopic camera/viewer has a camera section and viewer section. The camera section has two digital imaging and display subsystems, with imaging lenses and display lenses oriented on parallel axes, spaced at human eye interpupillary distance. Photosensitive image sensors generate M×N pixel image data for each image, which is compressed using JPEG, MPEG, or similar algorithms in a compression engine Audio/Video (A/V) Coder. The separate images are stored in nonvolatile (NV) Memory. On playback, image pairs are read out of memory, decompressed in the A/V Decoder, and displayed on display elements. The image taken by the left and right lenses appears on respective ones of left and right display elements, for viewing by separate eyes of a viewer to give a 3D effect. Microphones and speakers support audio recording and playback. Wireless receipt or transmission of image data is supported.

8455305, Jun 4, 2013

Aug 6, 2009

12/537174

Andrew Marshall - Dallas TX, US
Tito Gelsomini - Plano TX, US
Harvey Edd Davis - Trenton TX, US

Texas Instruments Incorporated - Dallas TX

H01L 21/82

438131, 438132, 257529, 257530, 257532

A semiconductor device has a programming circuit that includes an active device and a programmable electronic component. The programmable electronic component includes a carbon nanotube having a segment with an adjusted diameter. The programmable electronic component has a value that depends upon the adjusted diameter. The programming circuit also includes interconnects that couple the active device to the programmable electronic component. The active device is configured to control a current transmitted to the programmable electronic component.

2008028, Nov 20, 2008

May 17, 2007

11/749857

Andrew Marshall - Dallas TX, US
Tito Gelsomini - Plano TX, US
Harvey Edd Davis - Trenton TX, US

Texas Instruments Incorporated - Dallas TX

H03K 19/094, H01L 21/768, H01L 21/82, H01L 23/525

326 16, 257296, 257529, 326 44, 438132, 438239, 977752, 977846, 977932, 257E21592, 257E21602, 257E23149

A semiconductor device comprising a programming circuit that includes an active device on or in a substrate and a programmable electronic component on the substrate. The programmable electronic component includes at least one carbon nanotube having a segment with an adjusted diameter. The programmable electronic component has a value that depends upon the adjusted diameter. The programming circuit also includes interconnects that couple the active device to the programmable electronic component. The active device is configured to control a current transmitted to the programmable electronic component.

2008029, Nov 27, 2008

Aug 4, 2008

12/185194

Andrew Marshall - Dallas TX, US
Tito Gelsomini - Plano TX, US
Harvey Edd Davis - Trenton TX, US

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED - Dallas TX

H01L 29/78

257401, 257E29255

The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a transistor device, a transistor device, and a method for manufacturing an integrated circuit. In one aspect, the method of manufacturing a transistor device includes providing a gate structure () over a substrate (). An insulating layer () is formed over the gate structure (), and openings () to the substrate () are formed therein, thereby removing a portion of the gate structure (). The openings () are filled with a conductor (), thereby forming an interconnect ().