Patents by Inventor Christopher Wright

Christopher Wright has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220409326
    Abstract: A system for controlling a medical image capture device during surgery is provided, the system including circuitry configured to acquire first image data from the medical image capture device, the first image data being of an appearance of a surgical scene at a first instance of time; determine, based on a predicted appearance of the surgical scene based on the first image data at a second instance of time after the first instance of time, one or more desired image capture properties of the medical image capture device; and control the medical image capture device at a third instance of time, the third instance of time being between the first instance of time and the second instance of time, in accordance with the one or more desired image capture properties of the medical image capture device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Bernadette ELLIOTT-BOWMAN, Akinori KAMODA, Yohei KURODA
  • Publication number: 20220363371
    Abstract: A wing tip device having a first wing tip device element for attaching at a first wing tip device element root to a tip of an aircraft wing, and a second wing tip device element extending from a second wing tip device element root to a second wing tip device element tip, the second wing tip device element root outboard, when viewed in the wing planform direction, of the first wing tip device element root; the first wing tip device element having a first wing tip device element leading edge and a first wing tip device element trailing edge, and the second wing tip device element having a second wing tip device element leading edge and a second wing tip device element trailing edge; and a fairing between the first and second wing tip device element which extends aft from the second wing tip device element trailing edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Ben COMMIS, Christopher Wright
  • Patent number: 11496698
    Abstract: According to various, but not necessarily all, embodiments there is provided an apparatus comprising means for: capturing or causing capture of an image of an object using a rolling shutter having an aperture width and shutter scan speed; during the image capture, projecting or causing projection of electromagnetic radiation with a fixed-spatial, time-variable distribution onto the object, wherein the time-variable distribution of the projected electromagnetic radiation, the aperture width of the rolling shutter, and the shutter scan speed of the rolling shutter, are such that adjustment of one or more of these would not decrease a proportion of projected electromagnetic radiation captured which is directly reflected from a surface of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Christopher Wright, Wai Lau
  • Publication number: 20220350867
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is disclosed. The apparatus may comprise means for receiving video data representing a video recording of at least one input made by a user at a user device; receiving audio data representing an audio recording of at least one audio input made by the user at the user device; determining whether there is a correspondence between the at least one input represented in the video data and the at least one audio input represented in the audio data; and providing verification based on the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Harry Cronin, William Schnabel, Christopher Wright, Phil Catton
  • Publication number: 20220342454
    Abstract: Dust mitigation techniques are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first component coupled in a movable relationship with a second component. The first component or the second component includes a recess accessible through an aperture. The apparatus also includes a brush disposed at the aperture and comprising fibers configured to prevent intrusion of dust into the recess. The apparatus also includes a vibration device configured to deliver a vibrational stimulus to the brush, wherein the vibration device activates a dust collection mode in response to a first movement of the first component relative to the second component and activates a dust shedding mode in response to a second movement of the first component relative to the second component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Harry Cronin, Phil Catton, William Schnabel
  • Patent number: 11475718
    Abstract: A notification can be generated to notify a user of a value of a first parameter of a vehicle. Generating the notification includes identifying a second parameter based on an association of the second parameter with the first parameter; comparing the value of the first parameter to a first threshold value and a second threshold value; and generating the notification notifying the user of the value of the first parameter based on a value of the second parameter if the value of the first parameter is between the first and second thresholds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew John Murray, Torsten Gerhardt, Ian Sutherland Wright, Christopher Wright, Daniel Tauber
  • Patent number: 11472356
    Abstract: A vehicle control system for a vehicle, the vehicle control system comprising a controller, wherein the controller has an activatable secondary parked mode in which the controller automatically controls a plurality of components of the vehicle, each component also being controllable by a corresponding user control, and activation of the secondary parked mode changes the state of each component from an in-use state to a parked state when the vehicle attends a delivery or collection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew John Murray, Ian Sutherland Wright, Torsten Gerhardt, Christopher Wright, Daniel Tauber
  • Publication number: 20220329718
    Abstract: Examples of the disclosure relate to at least apparatus, methods, and computer programs, configured to control capture of two images of an area, across which a pulse propagates, using different shutter scanning directions. Either the images are converted into pulse-phase maps of the area and a pulse-phase difference map obtained which identifies differences between the pulse-phase maps of the area, or a colour difference map is obtained which identifies differences between the two images and the colour difference map is converted into a pulse-phase difference map. A shutter-time difference map is obtained which identifies differences between capture times of corresponding locations in the two images. Using the shutter-time difference map, the pulse-phase difference map is corrected to obtain a map of pulse-phase changes which have occurred over a duration of a shutter scan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Harry Cronin, Phil Catton, William Schnabel
  • Publication number: 20220317456
    Abstract: According to various, but not necessarily all, embodiments there is provided an apparatus comprising means for binocularly displaying visual content as a first image directed towards a first eye of a user and as a second image directed towards a second eye of the user. The first image comprises a first area in which a blue spectral component of the visual content is reduced as compared to a corresponding first area of the second image. The second image comprises a second, different area in which a blue spectral component of the visual content is reduced as compared to a corresponding second area of the first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Matthew LAWRENSON, David DUFFY, Timothy BEARD
  • Publication number: 20220308155
    Abstract: According to various, but not necessarily all, embodiments there is provided an apparatus comprising means for: obtaining a position of a user device; locating one or more surfaces providing one or more putative reflection points for a non-line-of-sight (NLOS) path between the user device and a wearable device; conditional upon locating the one or more surfaces, causing ranging signals to be exchanged between the user device and the wearable device to determine a relative position of the wearable device with respect to the user device; determining, from at least the relative position and position of the user device, data that enables calibration of one or more sensors of the wearable device; and causing transmission of the data to the wearable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Harry Cronin, Christopher Wright, Phil Catton
  • Publication number: 20220308223
    Abstract: Examples of the disclosure relate to an apparatus for enabling LiDAR measurements. The apparatus comprises means for detecting relative movement between at least one object and at least one LiDAR device wherein the at least one LiDAR device is configured to provide a measurement location projection pattern. The apparatus also comprises means for predicting a location of at least one area of interest of the at least one object relative to the at least one LiDAR device at a given time and adding a delay to transmission of the measurement location projection pattern. The delay is added so that one or more measurement locations of the measurement location projection pattern are incident on the at least one area of interest of the at least one object at the given time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: William SCHNABEL, Christopher WRIGHT, Harry CRONIN, Phil CATTON
  • Publication number: 20220309769
    Abstract: Examples of the disclosure relate to apparatus, methods and computer programs for calibrating machine learning systems by using images captured by an imaging device. The apparatus can comprise means for: enabling at least one of a first device or second device to display one or more calibration images, the first device comprising an embedded machine learning system wherein the one or more calibration images are for calibrating the embedded machine learning system. The apparatus can also comprise means for controlling an imaging device to capture, at least part of, the one or more calibration images, wherein the imaging device is provided within the first device, and using the one or more calibration images captured by the imaging device to calibrate the embedded machine learning system of the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Harry Cronin, Christopher Wright, William Schnabel, Phil Catton
  • Publication number: 20220301535
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described for detecting a pre-event signature based on sensor data, wherein the pre-event signature is indicative of a prediction of a first event; determining an event masking action corresponding to the first event; and causing performance, in response to the detection of the pre-event signature, of the event masking action for masking the first event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, David DUFFY, Harm CRONIE
  • Publication number: 20220279312
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program for receiving a first message, wherein the first message is sent by a sender to a recipient; determining a plurality of locations of the intended recipient, wherein the plurality of locations comprise at least a current location and one or more predicted future locations of the recipient; obtaining location feature data for one or more locations of the plurality of locations of the recipient; and determining at least one message delivery location for the first message based on at least a message intent of the first message and the location feature data, wherein the at least one message delivery location is selected from the plurality of locations of the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Timothy BEARD, David DUFFY
  • Publication number: 20220277678
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program is described comprising: determining a configuration of a reconfigurable screen of a user device; identifying potentially problematic sources of reflection from a scene around a user device based, at least in part, on the determined configuration; and compensating for said potentially problematic sources of reflection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Harry Cronin, Christopher WRIGHT, Phil CATTON, William SCHNABEL
  • Publication number: 20220270275
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product estimate the depth to objects within a scene that is captured by first and second cameras of a mobile terminal. A method includes determining, based upon an image including an eye of a user captured by a first camera of a mobile terminal and an image of a scene captured by a second camera of the mobile terminal, two or more angles of a geometric shape defined by the eye, the mobile terminal and an object of the scene. Based upon the image captured by the first camera, the method also determines a first distance from the first camera to the eye. The method further estimates the depth to the object in the scene relative to the mobile terminal based upon the first distance and one or more angles of the geometric shape defined by the eye, the mobile terminal and the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Harry CRONIN, Phil CATTON
  • Patent number: 11395627
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for: obtaining a predicted breathing sequence of a user; obtaining a first time when it is predicted that a first media content will be rendered to the user; obtaining a desired breathing phase for consuming the first media content; and causing at least one stimulus to be provided to the user, the at least one stimulus configured to cause a changed breathing sequence instead of the predicted breathing sequence, wherein the desired breathing phase in the changed breathing sequence is temporally shifted towards the first time as compared to the desired breathing phase in the predicted breathing sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Christopher Wright, Timothy Beard, David Duffy
  • Patent number: 11388230
    Abstract: To more appropriately perform a consensus processing regarding update of a peer-to-peer database. There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an acquiring unit that acquires a value indicating an influence of a user; and a consensus processing unit that performs consensus processing regarding update of a P2P database on the basis of the value indicating the influence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Matthew Lawrenson, Christopher Wright, Jan Jasper van den Berg
  • Patent number: 11357388
    Abstract: A medical imaging system including: imaging circuitry configured to capture an image; a defractive filter array mounted over the sensor circuitry and a separation device configured to adjust the distance between the defractive filter array and the sensor circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Lawrenson, Christopher Wright, Naoyuki Hirota
  • Patent number: RE49366
    Abstract: Systems are provided for logging transactions in heterogeneous networks that include a combination of one or more instrumented components and one or more non-instrumented components. The instrumented components are configured to generate impersonated log records for the non-instrumented components involved in the transaction processing hand-offs with the instrumented components. The impersonated log records are persisted with other log records that are generated by the instrumented components in a transaction log that is maintained by a central logging system to reflect a complete flow of the transaction processing performed on the object, including the flow through the non-instrumented component(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David Christopher Wright, Arijit Chatterjee, Qingqing Yuan, Praveen Kumar Barli, Basaveshwar S. Hiremath, Nosheen M. Syed, Autumn Lee Johnson