公开(公告)号：US5212269A

公开(公告)日：1993-05-18

申请号：US680717

申请日：1991-03-25

申请人： John Fischer ,  Ronald Henry ,  James Hoover ,  Geoffrey Lindsay ,  John Stenger-Smith ,  Andrew P. Chafin

发明人： John Fischer ,  Ronald Henry ,  James Hoover ,  Geoffrey Lindsay ,  John Stenger-Smith ,  Andrew P. Chafin

IPC分类号： C08G63/685 ,  G02F1/361

CPC分类号： G02F1/3616 ,  C08G63/6852

摘要： Processible chromophoric polymers having nonlinear optical properties and wherein the chromophore is present in and is a part of the polymer backbone, including substantially all of the monomer or repeat units, with the dipole moments pointing in the same direction (head-to-tail) along the polymer backbone. Such polymers include phenylene, phenylene vinylene, stilbenylene, phenyl piperdine, and coumarin polymers.

摘要翻译： 具有非线性光学性质的可发色发色聚合物，其中发色团存在于聚合物主链中并且是聚合物主链的一部分，包括基本上所有的单体或重复单元，偶极矩指向相同方向（头对尾） 聚合物骨架。 这些聚合物包括亚苯基，亚苯基亚乙烯基，亚苯基亚苯基，苯基哌啶和香豆素聚合物。

公开(公告)号：US5247055A

公开(公告)日：1993-09-21

申请号：US856437

申请日：1992-03-20

申请人： John D. Stenger-Smith ,  Ronald Henry ,  James Hoover ,  Geoffrey Lindsay ,  John Fischer ,  Kenneth J. Wynne

发明人： John D. Stenger-Smith ,  Ronald Henry ,  James Hoover ,  Geoffrey Lindsay ,  John Fischer ,  Kenneth J. Wynne

IPC分类号： C08F2/06 ,  C08F2/38 ,  C08G63/52 ,  C08G63/685 ,  C08G69/04 ,  C08G73/06 ,  H01L41/193

CPC分类号： H01L41/193 ,  C08G63/52 ,  C08G63/6854 ,  C08G69/04 ,  C08G73/0627

摘要： The present invention discloses new polymers which can assume an accordion-like conformation of the backbone. These polymers are prepared by the copolymerization of two difuntional, chemically precoupled precursors to chromophoric units. The resulting polymers have a head-to-head, tail-to-tail topology (a syndioregic arrangement of rigid units along the polymer backbone), and the molecular units are designed to fold into an "accordion" conformation. This useful microstructure (a three-dimensional conformation) forms spontaneously (self-assembles); or, it can be brought about by field-assisted processing. Films and fibers of these polymers have useful second-order nonlinear optical properties, and may be used for the modulation and switching of optical communications signals.

摘要翻译： 本发明公开了可以承担骨架的手风琴状构象的新型聚合物。 这些聚合物通过将两种分散的化学预键合的前体共聚合到发色单元来制备。 所得聚合物具有头对头，尾至尾拓扑（沿着聚合物主链的刚性单元的同步排列），并且分子单元被设计成折叠成“手风琴”构型。 这种有用的微结构（三维构象）自发形成（自组装）; 或者可以通过现场辅助处理来实现。 这些聚合物的膜和纤维具有有用的二阶非线性光学性质，并且可以用于光通信信号的调制和切换。

公开(公告)号：US5273436A

公开(公告)日：1993-12-28

申请号：US792952

申请日：1991-11-15

申请人： Weston Lord ,  James Hoover ,  George Forman

发明人： Weston Lord ,  James Hoover ,  George Forman

IPC分类号： G09B23/08 ,  G09B25/00 ,  A63H33/08

CPC分类号： A63F7/3622 ,  G09B23/08

摘要： A changeable grid system kit for constructing three-dimensional toy and scale model designs, including a base component fabricated of a tough, resilient material, slots formed in the top face of the base, and slats which are insertable into the slots. The invention is designed to ensure that there is little or no loss in the tight fit between the slats and the base material after repeated insertion and removal of the slats. The base material is selected so as to avoid fracturing or splintering caused by repeated use or incidental contact. One such material is a closed-cell crosslinked polyethylene foam. In one embodiment of the invention, the base component is placed vertically such that the slats extend from the slots to form quasi-horizontal surfaces. In this orientation the present invention may be used as an educational tool to illustrate such physical principles as gravity, friction, and the like. A ball may be rolled down pathways created by insertion of the slats into the slots in a variety of configurations, thereby illustrating the principles noted and encouraging experimentation by the student.

摘要翻译： 一种用于构建三维玩具和缩放模型设计的可变网格系统套件，包括由韧性弹性材料制成的基座部件，形成在基座的顶面中的槽，以及可插入槽中的板条。 本发明旨在确保在重复插入和移除板条之后，板条和基材之间的紧密配合几乎没有损失或没有损失。 选择基材以避免由于重复使用或偶然接触而导致的断裂或分裂。 一种这样的材料是闭孔交联聚乙烯泡沫。 在本发明的一个实施例中，基部部件垂直放置，使得板条从槽延伸以形成准水平表面。 在这种取向中，本发明可以用作教育工具来说明诸如重力，摩擦等的物理原理。 一个球可以滚下通过以各种配置将板条插入槽中而产生的路径，从而说明了学生所注意到的原理并鼓励实验。

公开(公告)号：US20130306724A1

公开(公告)日：2013-11-21

申请号：US13476836

申请日：2012-05-21

申请人： Lawrence Korb ,  James Hoover

发明人： Lawrence Korb ,  James Hoover

IPC分类号： G07C13/00

CPC分类号： G07C13/00

摘要： Methods, systems, and devices are described for electronically correcting votes made on voter-marked paper ballots. An optical scan system may image a paper ballot and allow vote modification by the voter following the imaging. Such a modification may be necessary, for example, if a voter has improperly voted (e.g., voted for two candidates for one office), if a definitive determination of the intention to cast a vote cannot be made (e.g., partially filed-in bubble associated with a candidate, erasure, stray marks), if a write-in candidate is included on the ballot, or if a voter has changed their mind or otherwise wishes to cast a different vote than initially indicated. After correction, the corrected ballot may be re-imaged.

摘要翻译： 描述了电子方式，系统和设备，用于更正在选民标记的纸张选票上进行的投票。 光学扫描系统可以成像纸张投票，并允许投票者在成像之后进行投票修改。 例如，如果选民投票不当（例如，为一个办事处的两名候选人投票），则可能需要进行这种修改，如果无法确定投票意向的决定（例如，部分提交的泡沫 与候选人相关联，擦除，流浪痕），如果在投票中包括写入候选人，或者如果选民已经改变主意或者以其他方式希望投出与最初指示的不同的投票。 校正后，可以重新成像校正后的投票。

公开(公告)号：US20120259681A1

公开(公告)日：2012-10-11

申请号：US13525208

申请日：2012-06-15

申请人： John Poulos ,  James Hoover ,  Nick Ikonomakis ,  Goran Obradovic

发明人： John Poulos ,  James Hoover ,  Nick Ikonomakis ,  Goran Obradovic

IPC分类号： G07C13/00 ,  G06Q10/00

CPC分类号： G07C13/00 ,  G06Q20/382 ,  G06Q20/401

摘要： A system, method and computer program for tabulating votes and creating an audit trail is provided. A ballot processing device may include a paper feed mechanism, a computer, a ballot processing application loaded on the computer, and a digital scanning device linked to the computer. The ballot processing application may process the digital image to establish a series of processing results defining one or more voting results for the paper ballot, and also an audit trail. The ballot processing application may process the digital image to define the voting results based on criteria established by election officials, including ambiguous mark criteria. The audit trail enables election officials to verify that particular paper ballots have been processed correctly in accordance with these criteria.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于列表票和创建审计追踪的系统，方法和计算机程序。 投票处理装置可以包括进纸机构，计算机，加载在计算机上的投票处理应用程序，以及连接到计算机的数字扫描装置。 投票处理应用程序可以处理数字图像以建立一系列处理结果，定义纸张投票的一个或多个投票结果，以及审计跟踪。 投票处理应用程序可以处理数字图像，以根据选举官员确定的标准来界定投票结果，包括歧义标记标准。 审计跟踪使选举官员能够根据这些标准来验证特定的纸张选票是否已正确处理。

公开(公告)号：US20120232963A1

公开(公告)日：2012-09-13

申请号：US13463536

申请日：2012-05-03

申请人： John Poulos ,  James Hoover ,  Nick Ikonomakis ,  Goran Obradovic

发明人： John Poulos ,  James Hoover ,  Nick Ikonomakis ,  Goran Obradovic

IPC分类号： G07C13/00

CPC分类号： G07C13/00 ,  G06Q20/382 ,  G06Q20/401

摘要： A system, method and computer program for tabulating votes and creating an audit trail is provided. A ballot processing device is integrated with a ballot box. The ballot processing device includes a paper feed mechanism, a computer, a ballot processing application loaded on the computer, and a digital scanning device linked to the computer. The ballot processing application provides instructions to the computer to initiate the digital scanning device to scan a paper ballot fed into the paper feed mechanism so as to create a digital image of the paper ballot. The ballot processing application also processes the digital image to establish a series of processing results defining one or more voting results for the paper ballot, and also an audit trail. The ballot processing application processes the digital image to define the voting results based on criteria established by election officials. The audit trail enables election officials to verify that particular paper ballots have been processed correctly in accordance with these criteria.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于列表票和创建审计追踪的系统，方法和计算机程序。 投票处理装置与投票箱结合在一起。 投票处理装置包括进纸机构，计算机，加载在计算机上的投票处理应用程序，以及连接到计算机的数字扫描装置。 选票处理应用程序向计算机提供指令以启动数字扫描装置以扫描馈送到进纸机构中的纸张投票，以便创建纸张投票的数字图像。 选票处理应用程序还处理数字图像以建立一系列处理结果，定义纸张投票的一个或多个投票结果，以及审计跟踪。 投票处理应用程序处理数字图像，根据选举官员确定的标准来界定投票结果。 审计跟踪使选举官员能够根据这些标准来验证特定的纸张选票是否已正确处理。

公开(公告)号：US08844813B2

公开(公告)日：2014-09-30

申请号：US13476836

申请日：2012-05-21

申请人： Lawrence Korb ,  James Hoover

发明人： Lawrence Korb ,  James Hoover

IPC分类号： G07C13/00

CPC分类号： G07C13/00

摘要： Methods, systems, and devices are described for electronically correcting votes made on voter-marked paper ballots. An optical scan system may image a paper ballot and allow vote modification by the voter following the imaging. Such a modification may be necessary, for example, if a voter has improperly voted (e.g., voted for two candidates for one office), if a definitive determination of the intention to cast a vote cannot be made (e.g., partially filed-in bubble associated with a candidate, erasure, stray marks), if a write-in candidate is included on the ballot, or if a voter has changed their mind or otherwise wishes to cast a different vote than initially indicated. After correction, the corrected ballot may be re-imaged.

摘要翻译： 描述了电子方式，系统和设备，用于更正在选民标记的纸张选票上进行的投票。 光学扫描系统可以成像纸张投票，并允许投票者在成像之后进行投票修改。 例如，如果选民投票不当（例如，为一个办事处的两名候选人投票），则可能需要进行这种修改，如果无法确定投票意向的决定（例如，部分提交的泡沫 与候选人相关联，擦除，流浪痕），如果在投票中包括写入候选人，或者如果选民已经改变主意或者以其他方式希望投出与最初指示的不同的投票。 校正后，可以重新成像校正后的投票。

公开(公告)号：US20120259680A1

公开(公告)日：2012-10-11

申请号：US13525187

申请日：2012-06-15

申请人： John Poulos ,  James Hoover ,  Nick Ikonomakis ,  Goran Obradovic

发明人： John Poulos ,  James Hoover ,  Nick Ikonomakis ,  Goran Obradovic

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G07C13/00 ,  G06Q20/382 ,  G06Q20/401

摘要： A system, method and computer program for tabulating votes and creating an audit trail is provided. A ballot processing device may include a paper feed mechanism, a computer, a ballot processing application loaded on the computer, and a digital scanning device linked to the computer. The ballot processing application may process the digital image to establish a series of processing results defining one or more voting results for the paper ballot, and also an audit trail. The ballot processing application may process the digital image to define the voting results based on criteria established by election officials, including ambiguous mark criteria. The audit trail enables election officials to verify that particular paper ballots have been processed correctly in accordance with these criteria.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于列表票和创建审计追踪的系统，方法和计算机程序。 投票处理装置可以包括进纸机构，计算机，加载在计算机上的投票处理应用程序，以及连接到计算机的数字扫描装置。 投票处理应用程序可以处理数字图像以建立一系列处理结果，定义纸张投票的一个或多个投票结果，以及审计跟踪。 投票处理应用程序可以处理数字图像，以根据选举官员确定的标准来界定投票结果，包括歧义标记标准。 审计跟踪使选举官员能够根据这些标准来验证特定的纸张选票是否已正确处理。

公开(公告)号：US09870666B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-16

申请号：US13463536

申请日：2012-05-03

申请人： John Poulos ,  James Hoover ,  Nick Ikonomakis ,  Goran Obradovic

发明人： John Poulos ,  James Hoover ,  Nick Ikonomakis ,  Goran Obradovic

IPC分类号： G07C13/00 ,  G06Q20/38 ,  G06Q20/40

CPC分类号： G07C13/00 ,  G06Q20/382 ,  G06Q20/401

摘要： A system, method and computer program for tabulating votes and creating an audit trail is provided. A ballot processing device may include a paper feed mechanism, a computer, a ballot processing application loaded on the computer, and a digital scanning device linked to the computer. The ballot processing application may process the digital image to establish a series of processing results definning one or more voting results for the paper ballot, and also an audit trail. The ballot processing application may process the digital image to define the voting results based on criteria established by election officials, including ambiguous mark criteria. The audit trail enables election officials to verify that particular paper ballots have been processed correctly in accordance with these criteria.

公开(公告)号：US08913787B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-16

申请号：US13470091

申请日：2012-05-11

申请人： James Hoover ,  Justin Bales ,  Steven Bennett ,  Eric Coomer ,  Sean Dean ,  Geneice Mathews ,  Benjamin Rice

发明人： James Hoover ,  Justin Bales ,  Steven Bennett ,  Eric Coomer ,  Sean Dean ,  Geneice Mathews ,  Benjamin Rice

IPC分类号： G06K9/00

CPC分类号： G06K9/00442 ,  G06T11/60 ,  G06T2207/10004 ,  G07C13/00

摘要： Methods, systems, and devices are described for adjudicating votes made on voter-marked paper ballots. Voter-marked paper ballots may be scanned to obtain optical image data of the voter-marked paper ballots. The optical image may be analyzed to determine the votes contained in the ballot for tabulation purposes. One or more votes on the ballot may be identified as requiring adjudication by an election official. Adjudication information, according to various embodiments, is appended to the optical images of the voter-marked paper ballots such that the image of the ballot and the image of the adjudication information may be viewed in an optical image. The optical image may be stored in a file format that allows the ballot image and the appended adjudication information to be viewed using readily available image viewers.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于裁决在选民标记的纸张选票上进行的投票的方法，系统和装置。 可以扫描选票标记的纸张选票，以获得选民标记的纸张选票的光学图像数据。 可以分析光学图像以确定用于列表目的的投票中所包含的投票。 投票中的一票或多票可能被确定为要求由选举官员进行裁决。 根据各种实施例的裁决信息被附加到选民标记纸投票的光学图像，使得投票的图像和裁决信息的图像可以在光学图像中观看。 光学图像可以以允许使用容易获得的图像观看者来查看投票图像和附加的裁决信息的文件格式来存储。