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Patent No. 5926874

Automatic Bed Maker

An automatic bed maker which uses the expansion of inflatable bladder to straighten, align, and tuck-in bed-cover assembly.

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Examiner: Johns, Andrew W.


Primary examiner statistics: 1621 patents; average approval time: 1620 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 197 patents; average approval time: 753 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8073190 3D textured objects for virtual viewpoint animations
7596283 Fast parametric non-rigid image registration based on feature cor...
7489797 Method and apparatus for fragile watermarking
7463754 Adaptive probabilistic visual tracking with incremental subspace ...
7463761 Systems and methods for creating and viewing three dimensional vi...
7460700 Image processing method and computer-readable recording medium co...
7457475 Edge detecting apparatus, noise eliminating apparatus, edge detec...
7454043 Image processing unit and method of associating stored images wit...
7454044 Volume visualization using tissue mix
7454086 Techniques for positioning images in electronic documents
7454033 Quantization-based data hiding employing calibration and locally ...
7450768 Apparatus and method for processing image data based on object mo...
7450762 Method and arrangement for determining an object contour
7447332 Image distribution system of surveillance camera with privacy pro...
7447347 Method and system for retaining MICR code format
7447345 System and method for generating PET-CT images
7447341 Methods and systems for computer aided targeting
7447340 Device and method for automatically producing a thermal recoil re...
7447333 Video and audio monitoring for syndromic surveillance for infecti...
7444035 Better picture for inexpensive cameras
7444005 Apparatus and method for using optical mouse engine to determine ...
7440585 Autonomous vehicle and motion control therefor
7440583 Watermark information detection method
7440609 Method of segmenting a three-dimensional structure
7436983 Image recognition apparatus and image recognition program
7436990 Blood flow dynamic analyzer and its method, and image diagnostic ...
7436976 Digital watermarking systems and methods
7436984 Method and system for stabilizing video data
7433448 Method for the production of a corrected x-ray image data set
7433500 Method for recognizing digital fingerprints by distortion and com...
7433491 Method and apparatus for associating identifiers with content
7426291 Apparatus and method for binarizing images of negotiable instrume...
7424128 Electronic watermark embedding apparatus, electronic watermark em...
7424153 Shape priors for level set representations
7424139 Virtual cosmetic and reconstructive systems, methods, and apparat...
7424132 Embedding hidden auxiliary code signals in media
7424167 Tide filtering for video surveillance system
7418111 Methods and apparatus to process media
7415131 Method and system for image processing
7415144 Cell observation device and cell observation method

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
5878158 Ridge-valley minutia associator for fingerprints
5638462 Method and apparatus for recognizing graphic forms on the basis o...
5617481 Address reading apparatus and address printing apparatus using ma...
5610993 Method of co-centering two images using histograms of density cha...
5610999 Image processing apparatus and method that adds correction signal...
5604819 Determining offset between images of an IC
5600731 Method for temporally adaptive filtering of frames of a noisy ima...
5588072 Method and apparatus for selecting blocks of image data from imag...
5588050 Method and apparatus for performing color conversion
5586197 Image searching method and apparatus thereof using color informat...
5583952 Method and apparatus for representing an image by iteratively ...
5581633 Method and apparatus for segmenting a character and for extractin...
5579416 Character processing apparatus for selectively modifying a font p...
5577130 Method and apparatus for determining the distance between an imag...
5574803 Character thinning using emergent behavior of populations of comp...
5574798 Visual presentation system which determines length of time to pre...
5566244 Method of inspecting a workpiece surface including a picturing sy...
5563963 Digital image noise reduction of luminance and chrominance based ...
5563964 Method and apparatus for processing a plurality of designated are...
5563956 Apparatus for filing data used for identifying an individual and ...
5561724 Method conducting smoothing processing in a linear direction havi...
5559900 Compression of signals for perceptual quality by selecting freque...
5559895 Adaptive method and system for real time verification of dynamic ...
5557684 System for encoding image data into multiple layers representing ...
5555312 Automobile apparatus for road lane and vehicle ahead detection an...
5555555 Apparatus which detects lines approximating an image by repeatedl...
5555107 Image processing apparatus for judging a color using spatial freq...
5553170 High speed image processing system having a preparation portion a...
5553172 Electronic image pickup apparatus having movable focus screen and...
5553160 Method and apparatus for dynamically selecting an image compressi...
5553155 Low cost method employing time slots for thwarting fraud in the p...
5553156 Signature recognition apparatus which can be trained with a reduc...
5553161 Copy reproduction apparatus for screen printing with color correc...
5550935 Method for multiframe Wiener restoration of noisy and blurred ima...
5544255 Method and system for the capture, storage, transport and authent...
5544258 Automatic tone correction of images using non-linear histogram pr...
5537493 Apparatus for compressing image data employing entropy encoding o...
5535290 Method and apparatus for limiting the number of a compressed outp...
5535289 Method for reducing noise in energy subtraction images
5533143 Method for determining the orientation in which an object was pla...
 
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