Patents by Inventor David M. Wadsworth

David M. Wadsworth 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).

  • Patent number: 12002164
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for authoring and presenting 3D presentations. Generally, an augmented or virtual reality device for each author, presenter and audience member includes 3D presentation software. During authoring mode, one or more authors can use 3D and/or 2D interfaces to generate a 3D presentation that choreographs behaviors of 3D assets into scenes and beats. During presentation mode, the 3D presentation is loaded in each user device, and 3D images of the 3D assets and corresponding asset behaviors are rendered among the user devices in a coordinated manner. As such, one or more presenters can navigate the scenes and beats of the 3D presentation to deliver the 3D presentation to one or more audience members wearing augmented reality headsets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Darren Alexander Bennett, David J. W. Seymour, Charla M. Pereira, Enrico William Guld, Kin Hang Chu, Julia Faye Taylor-Hell, Jonathon Burnham Cobb, Helen Joan Hem Lam, You-Da Yang, Dean Alan Wadsworth, Andrew Jackson Klein
  • Patent number: 5647972
    Abstract: A method of processing a cracked gas feedstream containing hydrogen and C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 and heavier hydrocarbons is described using a relatively low pressure as compared to conventional cryogenic separation processes. At pressures below 27 bars, the feedstream is dried and cooled in a series of steps to initially separate out essentially all of the C.sub.6 and heavier hydrocarbons forming a vapor stream containing the hydrogen, the C.sub.1 to C.sub.3 hydrocarbons and at least some of the C.sub.4 and C.sub.5 hydrocarbons. The C.sub.4 and C.sub.5 components act as an absorption liquid to lower the light ends partial pressure permitting the condensation of C.sub.2 and C.sub.3 components at higher temperature levels and permitting the operation at lower pressures. The vapor stream is then further cooled and separated in another series of steps and processed in a demethanizer column in a manner to provide a high pressure hydrogen and methane overhead product and a high recovery of C.sub.2 and C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: ABB Lummus Global Inc.
    Inventors: Steven I. Kantorowicz, Stephen J. Stanley, David M. Wadsworth, Rene C. L. Warner
  • Patent number: 5502971
    Abstract: A low pressure cryogenic process is disclosed for recovering C.sub.2 and heavier hydrocarbons and particularly olefins from a refinery offgas containing hydrogen, methane, nitrogen oxide in addition to the C.sub.2 and heavier hydrocarbons. The conventional high pressures are eliminated and the temperatures are maintained higher than the temperature at which nitrated gums can form while still maintaining high olefin recovery. The feed is deethanized or depropanized to remove the C.sub.4 and heavier hydrocarbons at a temperature above the nitrated gum formation temperature. The overhead is then demethanized in a column using an enriching zone above the rectifying zone with a feed of C.sub.2 or heavier paraffins between these two zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: ABB Lummus Crest Inc.
    Inventors: Frank D. McCarthy, Stephen J. Stanley, David M. Wadsworth