Paul Richard Smith
Nursing in Salt Lake City, UT

6424492, Jul 23, 2002

Apr 24, 2000

09/556534

Robert D. Allgood - Riverdale UT
Paul Smith - Salt Lake City UT

Iomega Corporation - UT

G11B 1902

360133, 360 69, 369291

A data storage disk having a latent illuminance discrimination marker for determining whether the data storage disk is suitable for use in a disk drive. A light source illuminates the marker and the marker emits illuminance, preferably as phosphorescence. A detector detects the emitted illuminance, and a predetermined characteristic of the marker in the frequency domain is determined. The frequency domain response may be either a phase response or an amplitude response, or both. The frequency domain response provides identification of different types or generations of data storage disks or provides a secure keying mechanism for authorized access to proprietary software.

6770395, Aug 3, 2004

Oct 10, 2001

09/974263

Anil Vasudeo Virkar - Salt Lake City UT
David W. Prouse - Salt Lake County UT
Paul C. Smith - Salt Lake City UT

Materials and Systems Research, Inc. - Salt Lake City UT

H01M 802

429 34, 429 30, 429 32, 429 40

A metallic interconnect for use in planar solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stacks with metal gauzes disposed in border pieces at the cathodes and anodes providing the electrical conduction between the cell and an interconnect foil and also providing structure for directing gas across the cell surface.

7075309, Jul 11, 2006

Mar 7, 2005

10/906786

Paul Samuel Smith - West Valley City UT, US

Livewire Test Labs, Inc. - Salt Lake City UT

G01R 31/08

324535, 324534

A system () and method to locate an anomaly () of a conductor () is provided. The system () uses a test set () to inject a test signal () into the conductor () at a location (P) and a probe () to detect the test signal () at a second location (P). A communication link () between the probe () and the test set () has a predetermined propagation delay (D), from which the system () can calculate a propagation delay (D) of the conductor () between the test set () and the probe (), and a propagation delay (D) between the probe () and the anomaly (). By varying the location (P) of the probe () until the propagation delay (D) between the probe () and the anomaly () is substantially zero, the precise location (P) of the anomaly () may be determined. The propagation velocity (V) of the conductor () may also be determined. The physical distance (L) between the probe () and the anomaly (), and hence the precise location (P) of the anomaly (), again may be determined.

6297924, Oct 2, 2001

Nov 13, 1998

9/191889

Fred C. Thomas - Ogden UT
Todd L. Graves - Garland UT
Todd R. Shelton - Syracuse UT
Paul Smith - Salt Lake City UT

Iomega Corporation - Roy UT

G11B 1518

360 69

A system and method which is used to identify and discriminate the type of data storage cartridge that has been inserted into a disk drive. A system for identifying a type of data storage cartridge having a marker comprises a light source for emitting light to illuminate the marker, a first photodetector for measuring a first intensity of light received from the marker, a second photodetector for measuring a second intensity of light received from the marker; and a microprocessor for determining the type of data storage cartridge responsive to said first intensity and said second intensity. The determination is made responsive to a comparison of the first and second intensities. An optical detection mechanism is provided so that it can be ascertained with near certainty that an inserted object is an appropriate disk cartridge of a certain type or generation. Sensor comparison (e. g. , subtraction or division) is used to distinguish between objects that return light directionally to its source and objects that return light diffusely.

2007009, May 3, 2007

Oct 31, 2005

11/263610

Paul Smith - Salt Lake City UT, US

H03M 7/34

341051000

The present invention provides lossless, static defined-word compression without a tree structure or recursion, thereby reducing the use of processing resources and memory. The efficiency of the present invention does not decrease when the message probability distribution is highly skewed, and the present invention does not limit the length of codewords. Pursuant to the teachings of the present invention compression efficiency can reach within 1% of the theoretical minimum entropy. The present invention also naturally provides decompression without storing codewords in the translation table, providing a more compact translation table.

7250772, Jul 31, 2007

Aug 4, 2005

11/198900

Cynthia Furse - Salt Lake City UT, US
Paul Smith - West Valley City UT, US

University of Utah Research Foundation - Salt Lake City UT

G01R 31/11, G01R 23/16

324534, 324533, 702 76, 702124

A method of characterizing a signal path includes (i) generating a reference spread-spectrum signal; (ii) coupling the reference spread-spectrum signal into the signal path while the signal path is carrying an operational signal; (iii) receiving a reflected spread-spectrum signal from the signal path generated in response to the reference spread-spectrum signal; and (iv) correlating the reflected spread-spectrum signal with the reference spread-spectrum signal to produce a correlation result corresponding to a characteristic of the signal path.

2001005, Dec 20, 2001

Jun 4, 2001

09/873824

Paul Smith - West Valley UT, US

H04B003/46, H01H031/02

324/541000

A system and method that detects and locates defects in solid insulation is disclosed. The system and method solves difficult detection and location problems, such as when the break is not close enough to another exposed conductor to fail a high-voltage breakdown test. The system tests insulated conductors using a high-voltage breakdown tester, a connection integrity tester capable of identifying unintended connections, a means of connecting the tester to the conductors, and an inflatable bladder that causes a conductive material attached to the two testers to conform to the shape of the conductor. The inflatable bladder may be used as part of a gas or liquid dispensing system for enhancing the effectiveness of the test.