Richard W Mcdaniel

US Patent:

7505817, Mar 17, 2009

Filed:

Mar 5, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/809155

Inventors:

Richard Gary McDaniel - Oakland CA, US
Daniel Conrad Benson - Seattle WA, US
Steven Michael Schofield - Berkeley CA, US
Frank Dittrich Schiller - Erlangen, DE

Assignee:

Siemens Technology-to-Business Center, LLC - Berkeley CA

International Classification:

G05B 11/01
G05B 15/00
G05B 19/42
G06F 9/44

US Classification:

700 18, 700 17, 700 83, 700 86, 717106, 717107, 717108, 717109

Abstract:

A system for programming automation by demonstration where a control program may be created or modified through the process of demonstrating desired behavior using graphical representations (or widgets) of physical, programming, and user interface elements. Widgets have state, or properties, and may also have inherent events associated with them or indirect events that are generated through the demonstration process. The general process of demonstration consists of providing several individual example behaviors. Complete behavior, and thus the resultant code, is generated through inferencing from a number of individual example behaviors. The process of programming automation by demonstration reduces the complexity of the programming task and thereby greatly simplifies the workload of the control programmer, allowing the programmer to concentrate more on the specific automation application at hand rather than on the particulars of the programming language or tools. The invention may be applied to a wide range of automation applications, from home and building automation to industrial automation, and may be practiced by novice and expert-level users.

US Patent:

7586490, Sep 8, 2009

Filed:

Apr 20, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/111168

Inventors:

Richard McDaniel - Oakland CA, US

Assignee:

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Munich

International Classification:

G06T 11/20

US Classification:

345441, 345419, 345629, 382181, 382173

Abstract:

Systems, methods and computer program code for three-dimensional sketching may comprise, according to some embodiments, receiving input from a computer-augmented surface such as a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) of a tablet computer, recording the input as “digital ink”, and interpreting the ink to convert the drawing into a three-dimensional sketch model.

US Patent:

8004539, Aug 23, 2011

Filed:

Apr 20, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/111293

Inventors:

Richard McDaniel - Oakland CA, US
Daniel Benson - Berkeley CA, US

Assignee:

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - München

International Classification:

G09G 5/00

US Classification:

345619, 345650, 345661, 345676

Abstract:

Systems, methods and computer program code for improved graphical parameter definition may comprise, (i) receiving, by a graphical editing tool, a command associated with a graphical editing operation directed to performing a transformation to a graphical object, wherein the transformation is associated with changing a value of a first parameter of the graphical object, (ii) displaying, by the graphical editing tool, a transformation object associated with the transformation, wherein the transformation object comprises a second parameter comprising a value associated with the transformation, and wherein the value of the first parameter of the graphical object is related to the value of the second parameter, (iii) receiving, by the graphical editing tool, an indication associated with defining the transformation object as a new parameter of the graphical object, and (iv) defining, by the graphical editing tool, the transformation object as the new parameter of the graphical object.

US Patent:

56340192, May 27, 1997

Filed:

Jun 6, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/468833

Inventors:

Srinivasa R. Koppolu - Redmond WA
C. Douglas Hodges - Redmond WA
Barry B. MacKichan - Bainbridge Island WA
Richard McDaniel - Pittsburgh PA
Rao V. Remala - Woodinville WA
Antony S. Williams - Redmond WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 1500
G06F 700

US Classification:

395335

Abstract:

A computer method and system for interacting with a containee object contained within a container object. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the container object has a container application with a container window environment that has container resources for interacting with the container object. The containee object has a server application with a server window environment with server resources for interacting with the containee object. The method of the present invention displays the container window environment on a display device. A user then selects the containee object. In response to selecting the containee object, the method integrates a plurality of the server resources with the displayed container window environment. When a user then selects a server resource, the method invokes the server application to process the server resource selection. Conversely, when a user selects a container resource, the method invokes the container application to process the container resource selection.

US Patent:

20190060149, Feb 28, 2019

Filed:

Aug 22, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/108695

Inventors:

- Kalamazoo MI, US
Sarah Mynhier - Seattle WA, US
Adam Dudycha - Paw Paw MI, US
Bryce Porter - Grand Rapids MI, US
Richard L. Mcdaniel - Constantine MI, US
Brian J. Tessmer - Kalamazoo MI, US
Connor F. St. John - Kalamazoo MI, US
Donald S. Strum - Princeton NJ, US
Matthew Schmitt - Skillman NJ, US
William Robert Parcells - Princeton NJ, US

Assignee:

Stryker Corporation - Kalamazoo MI

International Classification:

A61G 7/10
A61G 7/05

Abstract:

A patient transport system comprising a patient support apparatus and a wheeled accessory. The wheeled accessory comprises an accessory base and at least two legs radially extending outwardly from the accessory base. The legs are spaced apart from one another to define an accommodation space between two legs. The patient support apparatus comprises a patient support base, and wheels coupled to the patient support base. The patient support apparatus further comprises an accessory coupler capable of releasably securing the wheeled accessory to the patient support apparatus, the accessory coupler movable relative to the patient support base into first and second positions. The accessory base and the patient support apparatus are configured such that at least one of the wheels is at least partially nested within the accommodation space when the wheeled accessory is secured to the accessory coupler and the accessory coupler is in the first position.