公开(公告)号：US20060025739A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-02

申请号：US11005684

申请日：2004-12-07

申请人： Joseph DiPalma ,  Adrienne Loyd ,  Marie Mathews ,  Kristi Bryant ,  Garry Woltman ,  Sarah Wilkes ,  Sheila Heyrman ,  James Clark ,  Brian Thomas ,  Laura Walker ,  Shelley Rasmussen ,  Steven Nielsen ,  Mark Ingle ,  Richard Rothe ,  Richard Hantke

发明人： Joseph DiPalma ,  Adrienne Loyd ,  Marie Mathews ,  Kristi Bryant ,  Garry Woltman ,  Sarah Wilkes ,  Sheila Heyrman ,  James Clark ,  Brian Thomas ,  Laura Walker ,  Shelley Rasmussen ,  Steven Nielsen ,  Mark Ingle ,  Richard Rothe ,  Richard Hantke

IPC分类号： A61F13/15

CPC分类号： A61F13/5514 ,  A61F13/5513 ,  A61F2013/8497

摘要： The present invention provides a personal care product including a wrapper having at least one free edge, an absorbent personal care article and a sensory cue providing indicia as to the location of the free edge. In one embodiment, the wrapper is a wrapper component and has a first panel, a back panel and a second panel, where the first panel is connected to the back panel and the second panel is connected to the back panel at an opposite end from where the first panel is connected to the back panel. The second panel having a free edge positioned adjacent the first panel, wherein the second panel has a first set of sensory attributes which terminate at the free edge of the second panel and the first panel has a second set of sensory attributes which are adjacent the free edge of the second panel. In the present invention, at least one attribute from the first set of sensory attributes or at least one attribute from the second set of attributes is different from attributes from the other set. The different attribute provides a contrast between the second panel and the first panel, and this contrast provides a sensory cue providing clear indicia as to the location of the free edge of the second panel. Also provided is a method of using the personal care product and wrapper. The sensory cue can also be used to direct a user as to how to open the wrapper.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供一种个人护理产品，其包括具有至少一个自由边缘的包装物，吸收性个人护理制品和提供关于自由边缘位置的标记的感官提示。 在一个实施例中，包装物是包装部件，并且具有第一面板，后面板和第二面板，其中第一面板连接到后面板，并且第二面板在与其相对的端部连接到后面板 第一个面板连接到后面板。 所述第二面板具有邻近所述第一面板定位的自由边缘，其中所述第二面板具有终止于所述第二面板的自由边缘处的第一组感觉属性，并且所述第一面板具有与所述第二面板相邻的第二组感官属性 第二个面板的边缘。 在本发明中，来自第一组感官属性的至少一个属性或来自第二组属性的至少一个属性与来自另一组的属性不同。 不同的属性提供第二面板和第一面板之间的对比度，并且该对比度提供感官提示，以提供关于第二面板的自由边缘的位置的清楚标记。 还提供了使用个人护理产品和包装物的方法。 感官提示也可以用于指导用户如何打开包装。

公开(公告)号：US20050131370A1

公开(公告)日：2005-06-16

申请号：US10732821

申请日：2003-12-10

申请人： Richard Hantke ,  Peter Gebhardt ,  Jennifer Pozniak ,  Steven Nielsen

发明人： Richard Hantke ,  Peter Gebhardt ,  Jennifer Pozniak ,  Steven Nielsen

IPC分类号： A61F13/15 ,  A61F13/20

CPC分类号： A61F13/551

摘要： An individually wrapped absorbent article package includes an absorbent article placed in a wrapper material folded into a pouch. The pouch may have an opening flap. The wrapper material includes a nonwoven material in at least a border region thereof such that upon the wrapper material being folded into the pouch, portions of the border region of nonwoven material are facing and define a seal zone along sides of the pouch. A frangible seal is formed in the seal zone between the facing borders of nonwoven material. The seal has a seal strength of between about 20 grams-force and about 60 grams-force and an opening noise level of less than about 60 db.

摘要翻译： 单独包装的吸收制品包装件包括放置在折叠成袋子的包装材料中的吸收制品。 袋可以具有开口翼片。 包装材料至少在其边界区域中包括非织造材料，使得在包装材料被折叠到袋中时，非织造材料的边界区域的部分面向并限定沿袋的侧面的密封区域。 在非织造材料的相对边界之间的密封区域中形成易碎的密封。 密封件的密封强度在约20克力和约60克力之间，开口噪音水平小于约60分贝。

公开(公告)号：US09646353B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-09

申请号：US12703322

申请日：2010-02-10

申请人： Steven Nielsen ,  Curtis Chambers ,  Jeffrey Farr

发明人： Steven Nielsen ,  Curtis Chambers ,  Jeffrey Farr

IPC分类号： G06Q10/00 ,  G06Q50/08 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G01C15/00

CPC分类号： G06Q50/08 ,  G01C15/00 ,  G06Q10/063 ,  H04L67/18

摘要： Methods, apparatus, and systems for providing information regarding a locate and/or marking operation to identify a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility within a dig area. At least one notification indicating a status of the locate and/or marking operation is electronically transmitted and/or stored so as to inform at least one party associated with requesting the operation (a “requesting party,” e.g., an excavator, a property owner, a facility owner, a regulatory authority, a damage investigator, etc.) of the status of the operation. In one aspect, a requesting party may designate a preferred format, content, and/or method of receiving notifications regarding the locate and/or marking operation. In another aspect, a computer-generated GUI is provided to facilitate submission of requests, generation of “virtual white line” images to indicate one or more dig areas on a digital image of a work site, and/or selection of notifications and preferences for same. In yet another aspect, a requesting party may provide an acknowledgement of receipt (e.g., a “return receipt”) for one or more received notifications.

公开(公告)号：US09124780B2

公开(公告)日：2015-09-01

申请号：US13236162

申请日：2011-09-19

申请人： Steven Nielsen ,  Curtis Chambers ,  Jeffrey Farr ,  Jack M. Vice

发明人： Steven Nielsen ,  Curtis Chambers ,  Jeffrey Farr ,  Jack M. Vice

IPC分类号： H04N7/18 ,  H04N5/232 ,  B65D83/20 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  B05B12/08

CPC分类号： H04N7/183 ,  B05B12/084 ,  B65D83/203 ,  G06Q10/0833

摘要： Marking material is dispensed onto a target surface using a marking device, and one or more images are captured by one or more camera systems attached to the marking device. The image(s) is/are analyzed to determine tracking information indicative of the a motion or an orientation of the marking device. The tracking information is analyzed to determine marking information relating to the dispensed marking material. In one example, the image(s) is/are analyzed to obtain an optical flow plot indicative of a path on the target surface traversed by the marking device. One or more reference plots respectively representing a plurality of reference marking patterns are compared to one or more portions of the optical flow plot to identify at least one reference marking pattern that substantially matches the portion(s) of the optical flow plot.

摘要翻译： 使用标记装置将标记材料分配到目标表面上，并且一个或多个图像由附接到标记装置的一个或多个相机系统捕获。 分析图像以确定指示标记装置的运动或取向的跟踪信息。 分析跟踪信息以确定与分配的标记材料相关的标记信息。 在一个示例中，分析图像以获得指示由标记装置穿过的目标表面上的路径的光学流程图。 将分别表示多个参考标记图案的一个或多个参考图与光学流程图的一个或多个部分进行比较，以识别基本上与光学流程图的部分匹配的至少一个参考标记图案。

公开(公告)号：US09046621B2

公开(公告)日：2015-06-02

申请号：US12818189

申请日：2010-06-18

申请人： Steven Nielsen ,  Curtis Chambers ,  Jeffrey Farr

发明人： Steven Nielsen ,  Curtis Chambers ,  Jeffrey Farr

IPC分类号： G01V3/10 ,  G01V3/08 ,  G01V3/15

CPC分类号： G01V3/08 ,  G01V3/15

摘要： In connection with a locate operation to detect a presence or absence of an underground facility, a magnetic field from an underground facility is detected, and one or more signals also are obtained that are indicative of one or more environmental conditions in an environment in which the underground facility is detected. The signal(s) indicative of the environmental condition(s) are compared to a target value or range of values to determine if an out-of-tolerance condition exists.

摘要翻译： 关于检测地下设施的存在或不存在的定位操作，检测到来自地下设施的磁场，并且还获得指示在环境中的一个或多个环境条件的一个或多个信号，其中 检测到地下设施。 将指示环境条件的信号与目标值或值的范围进行比较，以确定是否存在超出容限的条件。

公开(公告)号：US08902251B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-02

申请号：US13193337

申请日：2011-07-28

申请人： Steven Nielsen ,  Curtis Chambers ,  Jeffrey Farr

发明人： Steven Nielsen ,  Curtis Chambers ,  Jeffrey Farr

IPC分类号： G09G5/00 ,  G06Q50/08 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  G06Q50/26 ,  G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： G06Q50/08 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  G06Q30/01 ,  G06Q50/26

摘要： Managing information relating to a locate and/or marking operation to detect and/or mark a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility. At least one electronic manifest corresponding to the locate and/or marking operation is generated based on first information relating to the locate and/or marking operation. The at least one electronic manifest includes image information documenting performance of the locate and/or the marking operation. At least one limited access file comprising second information relating to the at least one electronic manifest or the image information is generated, and the at least one limited access file and/or information relating to the at least one limited access file is electronically transmitted and/or stored to facilitate selective/limited access to or viewing of the electronic manifest(s).

摘要翻译： 管理与定位和/或标记操作相关的信息以检测和/或标记至少一个地下设施的存在或不存在。 基于与定位和/或标记操作相关的第一信息生成与定位和/或标记操作相对应的至少一个电子清单。 所述至少一个电子清单包括记录定位和/或标记操作的性能的图像信息。 生成包括与至少一个电子清单或图像信息有关的第二信息的至少一个受限访问文件，并且至少一个受限访问文件和/或与至少一个受限访问文件有关的信息被电子传送和/ 或存储以便于选择/限制地访问或查看电子清单。

公开(公告)号：US08805640B2

公开(公告)日：2014-08-12

申请号：US13017880

申请日：2011-01-31

申请人： Steven Nielsen ,  Curtis Chambers ,  Jeffrey Farr ,  Tony Davani

发明人： Steven Nielsen ,  Curtis Chambers ,  Jeffrey Farr ,  Tony Davani

IPC分类号： G01K1/00

CPC分类号： G06F1/1632 ,  G06F1/1635 ,  G06F3/048

摘要： A docking station to dock locating equipment (e.g., marking devices, locate devices, combined locate and marking devices) may be communicatively coupled to and/or equipped with a mobile/portable device (e.g., a mobile phone, personal digital assistant or other portable computing device) that provides processing, electronic storage, electronic display, user interface, communication facilities and/or other functionality (e.g., GPS-enabled functionality) for the docking station. A mobile/portable device may be mechanically and/or electrically coupled to the docking station. The mobile/portable device may provide redundant, shared and/or backup functionality for the docking station to enhance robustness. In one example, the mobile/portable device itself serves as a docking station for the locating equipment.

摘要翻译： 用于对接定位设备（例如，标记设备，定位设备，组合定位和标记设备）的对接站可以通信地耦合到和/或配备有移动/便携式设备（例如，移动电话，个人数字助理或其他便携式设备 计算设备），其为对接站提供处理，电子存储，电子显示，用户界面，通信设施和/或其他功能（例如，启用GPS的功能）。 移动/便携式设备可以机械地和/或电耦合到对接站。 移动/便携式设备可以为对接站提供冗余，共享和/或备份功能以增强鲁棒性。 在一个示例中，移动/便携式设备本身用作定位设备的坞站。

公开(公告)号：US08766638B2

公开(公告)日：2014-07-01

申请号：US12818199

申请日：2010-06-18

申请人： Steven Nielsen ,  Curtis Chambers ,  Jeffrey Farr

发明人： Steven Nielsen ,  Curtis Chambers ,  Jeffrey Farr

IPC分类号： G01V3/10

CPC分类号： G01V3/08 ,  G01V3/15

摘要： In a locate operation to detect a presence or absence of at least one underground facility using a locate device, an applied signal is transmitted to the at least one underground facility, and/or a magnetic field emitted from the at least one underground facility is detected. Based on the indication of the location provided by a location tracking system, environmental information is obtained regarding at least one environmental condition of an environment in which the locate device is used, and logged into local memory of the locate device.

摘要翻译： 在使用定位装置检测至少一个地下设施的存在或不存在的定位操作中，将所施加的信号传送到所述至少一个地下设施，和/或从所述至少一个地下设施发射的磁场被检测到 。 基于由位置跟踪系统提供的位置的指示，获得关于使用定位设备的环境的至少一个环境条件并登录到定位设备的本地存储器的环境信息。

公开(公告)号：US08620572B2

公开(公告)日：2013-12-31

申请号：US12859394

申请日：2010-08-19

申请人： Steven Nielsen ,  Curtis Chambers ,  Jeffrey Farr

发明人： Steven Nielsen ,  Curtis Chambers ,  Jeffrey Farr

IPC分类号： G01C21/00

CPC分类号： G01S5/04 ,  G01S5/0284 ,  G01S5/12 ,  G01S13/46 ,  G01S2013/468

摘要： Methods, apparatus and systems for determining the location of a marking device during performance of a marking operation using triangulation are described. The marking device may be of the type used to mark the presence or absence of underground facilities and may include a marking material dispenser to dispense marking material as an indicator. The marking device may include a transmitter which transmits a signal received by a receiving system including two or more receiving devices at separate locations. Triangulation algorithms may then be used to determine the location of the marking device relative to the receiving system.

摘要翻译： 描述了使用三角测量在执行标记操作期间确定标记装置的位置的方法，装置和系统。 标记装置可以是用于标记地下设施的存在或不存在的类型，并且可以包括标记材料分配器以分配标记材料作为指示器。 标记装置可以包括发射机，其在分开的位置处发送由包括两个或更多个接收装置的接收系统接收的信号。 然后可以使用三角测量算法来确定标记装置相对于接收系统的位置。

公开(公告)号：US20130182009A1

公开(公告)日：2013-07-18

申请号：US13792686

申请日：2013-03-11

申请人： Steven Nielsen ,  Curtis Chambers ,  Jeffrey Farr

发明人： Steven Nielsen ,  Curtis Chambers ,  Jeffrey Farr

IPC分类号： G09G5/377

CPC分类号： G09G5/377 ,  G01C15/02 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G09B29/006 ,  G09B29/10

摘要： A digital image (e.g., a facility map, an aerial/satellite image, an engineering drawing) is displayed on a display device of a locate receiver used to detect a presence or absence of an underground facility. Image data used to generate the image is selected based on information obtained from a ticket associated with a locate operation for which the locate receiver is used, and geographic information indicative of a location of the locate receiver. Based on a strength of a magnetic field received by an RF antenna of the locate receiver, one or more electronic markings representing a detected presence of the underground facility are overlaid on the displayed digital image.

摘要翻译： 在用于检测地下设施的存在或不存在的定位接收器的显示装置上显示数字图像（例如，设施图，空中/卫星图像，工程图）。 用于生成图像的图像数据基于从与使用定位接收机的定位操作相关联的票据获得的信息以及指示定位接收机的位置的地理信息来选择。 基于由定位接收器的RF天线接收到的磁场的强度，表示检测到的地下设施的存在的一个或多个电子标记被覆盖在所显示的数字图像上。