Ronald M Fish

US Patent:

6536670, Mar 25, 2003

Filed:

Mar 15, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/526710

Inventors:

Joel R. Postman - Santa Clara CA
George B. Miller - Hingham MA
Ronald C. Fish - Morgan Hill CA

Assignee:

PSC Scanning, Inc. - Eugene OR

International Classification:

G06K 1900

US Classification:

235487, 235492

Abstract:

A variety of PC card interfaces to interface from many different types of input devices to Personal Digital Assistants or palmtop computers through PCMCIA slots. The disclosed interfaces can receive data in undecoded format from laser based, wand based or CCD based barcode scanning engines, decode the data to alphanumeric characters and pass the decoded data to the PDA via the PCMCIA 68 pin bus. Other PC card based interfaces are also disclosed which can accept input data in the form of ASCII or EBCDIC characters from virtually any type of input device which a standard serial or parallel output or custom output bus and input that data to the PDA through the PCMCIA bus. Some embodiments use programmed general purpose microprocessors to decode undecoded barcode scan data on the PC card. Other embodiments use custom-programmed, commercially available barcode decoding chips to decode incoming undecoded barcode scan data. Some embodiments of PC card interfaces sample undecoded barcode scan signals and pass the samples to the host through the PCMCIA bus for decoding by a suitably programmed host computer.

US Patent:

6923377, Aug 2, 2005

Filed:

Feb 11, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/365713

Inventors:

Joel R. Postman - Palo Alto CA, US
George B. Miller - Hingham MA, US
Ronald C. Fish - Morgan Hill CA, US

Assignee:

PSC Inc. - Eugene OR

International Classification:

G06K019/00

US Classification:

235487, 235486, 235475, 235380

Abstract:

A variety of PC card interfaces to interface from many different types of input devices to Personal Digital Assistants or palmtop computers through PCMCIA slots. The disclosed interfaces can receive data in undecoded format from laser based, wand based or CCD based barcode scanning engines, decode the data to alphanumeric characters and pass the decoded data to the PDA via the PCMCIA pin bus. Other PC card based interfaces are also disclosed which can accept input data in the form of ASCII or EBCDIC characters from virtually any type of input device which a standard serial or parallel output or custom output bus and input that data to the PDA through the PCMCIA bus. Some embodiments use programmed general purpose microprocessors to decode undecoded barcode scan data on the PC card. Other embodiments use custom-programmed, commercially available barcode decoding chips to decode incoming undecoded barcode scan data. Some embodiments of PC card interfaces sample undecoded barcode scan signals and pass the samples to the host through the PCMCIA bus for decoding by a suitably programmed host computer.

US Patent:

7023867, Apr 4, 2006

Filed:

Apr 11, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/546976

Inventors:

Joon Suk Park - San Jose CA, US
Charles Arnold Lasswell - Olathe KS, US
Paul K. Lee - Fremont CA, US
Gregory J. Schultz - San Jose CA, US
Ronald Craig Fish - Morgan Hill CA, US

Assignee:

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

H04L 12/28
H04L 12/56

US Classification:

370419, 370362, 370364, 370359, 370353, 370354, 370355, 370356

Abstract:

A PBX system using an unmodified personal computer as the host server and using expansion slots to couple one or more switch cards to the system bus, and, optionally including a network interface card to couple the PBX system to other client computers running telephony enabled applications to control the PBX via a local area network. The switch card(s) are each coupled to a chain of one or more port expansion units that do not consume expansion slots. Each PEU contains a DSP and a microcontroller, an FPGA and port interface circuitry to interface to POTS CO lines, extension telephone lines, T1 lines or PRI lines. The personal computer is programmed with a PBX process that controls operations of the overall system and may also be programmed with conventional voice mail applications or integrated voice response and other applications to implement various telephony functions such as recording voice mail or prompt callers to input DTMF tones indicating what they want to do. Each chain of PEUs is coupled to the switch card and the PBX process by a TDMA bus and a packet switched bus. Distributed processing by the DSPs and microcontrollers in the PEUs to do tone generation, tone recognition, and a host of other functions offloads much of the work from the host.

US Patent:

20040172658, Sep 2, 2004

Filed:

Dec 8, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/731310

Inventors:

Selim Shlomo Rakib - Cupertino CA, US
Ronald Fish - Morgan Hill CA, US

International Classification:

H04N007/18
H04N007/173

US Classification:

725/120000, 725/119000, 725/078000, 725/082000, 725/111000

Abstract:

A gateway for coupling a local area network coupled to a plurality of peripheral devices at a customer premises to one or more external networks that deliver analog signals bearing analog video such as regularly scheduled CATV, terrestial or satellite C-band broadcasts, or modulated with digital video-on-demand data, or IP packets bearing IP telephony data or data from the internet. The preferred construction is modular so that single expansion modules to interface only to DSL lines or only to a satellite dish or only to HFC, or some combination thereof may be added as needed. The gateway may be a standalone circuit also with hardwired interfaces to one or more external network types. The incoming analog signals are either digitized, compressed and distributed on the local area network or the digital data thereon is recovered and packetized as an IP packet if not already so packetized and distributed via a router process to the device that requested the data via the local area network.

US Patent:

20100288569, Nov 18, 2010

Filed:

May 15, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/454346

Inventors:

Ronald Craig Fish - Los Gatos CA, US

International Classification:

B60W 10/26
B60W 20/00

US Classification:

180 6529, 180 6521

Abstract:

A very light, very small ( lane width) carbon fiber composite hull, single passenger (or two passenger in tandem F18 cockpit style) Formula-One-form-factor, flex-fuel, plug-in hybrid with swappable battery packs. The battery pack not being used will be charged by a home charging station that uses solar panels during the day and a computer to control the charge and which completes the charge from the grid at night or at low demand times to even out the load on the grid. The flex fuel engine may only drive a generator like in the case of the Chevy Volt and will run on ethanol, compressed natural gas or gasoline. The car will have very low drag as the Formula One front and rear aerodynamic wings will be extended to cover the open wheels to reduce vortices. These wings will also be covered with solar panels to provide partial trickle charge while the car is in the sun while parked at work etc.

US Patent:

20140057610, Feb 27, 2014

Filed:

Dec 1, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/691780

Inventors:

Julia OLINCY - Dallas CA, US
Ronald Craig FISH - Los Gatos CA, US

International Classification:

H04W 4/16

US Classification:

4554141

Abstract:

A cell phone with software to provide options to auto-respond to incoming text message or phone calls with a pre-stored text message or audio message. In some embodiments, the auto-response text message can be one selected by the user from among a plurality of pre-stored text messages. In other embodiments, the user can also choose an auto-response audio message to play to callers. In some embodiments, the cell system makes a determination of the speed at which cell phones in the system are moving for at least phones to which incoming text messages or phone calls are directed, and automatically determines whether or not to send an automated response message. In some embodiments, the cell phone makes a determination of its speed and asks the user if he or she wants to auto-respond to incoming texts or calls or both if moving at driving speed.

US Patent:

56642318, Sep 2, 1997

Filed:

Apr 29, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/236630

Inventors:

Joel Robert Postman - Santa Clara CA
David Peter Bergen - Mountain View CA
Ronald Craig Fish - Morgan Hill CA

Assignee:

TPS Electronics - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06K 710
G06K 300
G06K 305

US Classification:

395893

Abstract:

There is disclosed a variety of PC Card interfaces to interface from many different types of input devices to Personal Digital Assistants or palmtop computers through PCMCIA slots. The disclosed interfaces can receive data in undecoded format from laser based, wand based or CCD based barcode scanning engines, decode the data to alphanumeric characters and pass the decoded data to the PDA via the PCMCIA 68 pin bus. Other PC Card based interfaces are also disclosed which can accept input data in the form of ASCII or EBCDIC characters from virtually any type of input device which a standard serial or parallel output or custom output bus and input that data to the PDA through the PCMCIA bus.

US Patent:

56713746, Sep 23, 1997

Filed:

Apr 25, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/428692

Inventors:

Joel R. Postman - Santa Clara CA
George B. Miller - Hingham MA
Ronald C. Fish - Morgan Hill CA

Assignee:

TPS Electronics - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

H01J 1300

US Classification:

395309

Abstract:

A variety of PC card interfaces to interface from many different types of input devices to Personal Digital Assistants or palmtop computers through PCMCIA slots. The disclosed interfaces can receive data in undecoded format from laser based, wand based or CCD based barcode scanning engines, decode the data to alphanumeric characters and pass the decoded data to the PDA via the PCMCIA 68 pin bus. Other PC card based interfaces are also disclosed which can accept input data in the form of ASCII or EBCDIC characters from virtually any type of input device which a standard serial or parallel output or custom output bus and input that data to the PDA through the PCMCIA bus. Some embodiments use programmed general purpose microprocessors to decode undecoded barcode scan data on the PC card. Other embodiments use custom-programmed, commercially available barcode decoding chips to decode incoming undecoded barcode scan data. Some embodiments of PC card interfaces sample undecoded barcode scan signals and pass the samples to the host through the PCMCIA bus for decoding by a suitably programmed host computer.