Patents by Inventor John Higham
John Higham 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).
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Patent number: 9546855Abstract: A line launcher (110) capable of firing a projectile (117) and an attached line (125) up to about 70 meters. It has a barrel (113) large enough for a resilient projectile attached to a line. It has a pre-charge chamber capable of storing a pressurized gas from a pressurized gas cartridge. A trigger mechanism vents the gases in this pre-charge chamber into the barrel to expel the projectile and line. Gas from the pressurized gas cartridge (e.g. a CO2 bulb) is released slowly enough to pressurize the pre-charge chamber but without the cartridge freezing as might occur if the gas was discharged directly from the cartridge into the barrel to directly propel the projectile.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2013Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: LINE LAUNCHER HOLDINGS LIMITEDInventors: Anthony John Higham, Kurt Laurence Scholz
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Publication number: 20150168115Abstract: A line launcher (110) capable of firing a projectile (117) and an attached line (125) up to about 70 metres. It has a barrel (113) large enough for a resilient projectile attached to a line. It has a pre-charge chamber capable of storing a pressurised gas from a pressurised gas cartridge. A trigger mechanism vents the gases in this pre-charge chamber into the barrel to expel the projectile and line. Gas from the pressurised gas cartridge (e.g. a CO2 bulb) is released slowly enough to pressurise the pre-charge chamber but without the cartridge freezing as might occur if the gas was discharged directly from the cartridge into the barrel to directly propel the projectile.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Anthony John Higham, Kurt Laurence Scholz
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Patent number: 8763957Abstract: Spacecraft transfer orbit operations include separating a spacecraft from a launch vehicle, while in a launch vehicle transfer orbit. The spacecraft includes a propulsion subsystem and a spacecraft controller that controls the spacecraft in a three-axis stabilized mode. With the spacecraft continuously in the three-axis stabilized mode, one or more orbit raising maneuvers are performed by firing either or both of a chemical thruster and an electric thruster firing. Any two consecutive orbit raising maneuvers are separated by a respective intervening coast period. While in the three-axis stabilized mode, the spacecraft does not rotate about any axis at a rate greater than 0.1 degree/sec and dumping of momentum stored in a reaction wheel system is avoided.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Space Systems/Loral, LLCInventors: John Higham, Scott Tilley
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Patent number: 8416080Abstract: An RFID cabinet for monitoring items having an RFID tag includes a cabinet having at least one locking front door. An RFID detector is used for monitoring each item placed within the cabinet and is located within the interior of the cabinet. A computer is coupled to the RFID cabinet and controls opening and closing of the front door and is configured to receive an input that identifies the user. In this way, the computer is configured to periodically record data read from the RFID tags by the RFID detector.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2009Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Omnicell, Inc.Inventor: John Higham
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Patent number: 7734369Abstract: A method for supplying items to dispensing units that hold at least one type of item and a record of inventory levels comprises periodically sending restocking information from the dispensing units over a network to a server computer. Ordering information is generated for the items to be restocked based on the restocking information. The ordering information is electronically sent to one or more supplier computers to order items to be restocked into the dispensing units.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2006Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: NexiantInventors: Peter Godlewski, John Higham
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Publication number: 20100079240Abstract: An RFID cabinet for monitoring items having an RFID tag includes a cabinet having at least one locking front door. An RFID detector is used for monitoring each item placed within the cabinet and is located within the interior of the cabinet. A computer is coupled to the RFID cabinet and controls opening and closing of the front door and is configured to receive an input that identifies the user. In this way, the computer is configured to periodically record data read from the RFID tags by the RFID detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: Omnicell, Inc.Inventor: John Higham
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Patent number: 7675421Abstract: An RFID cabinet for monitoring items having an RFID tag includes, a cabinet having at least one locking front door. An RFID detector is used for monitoring each item placed within the cabinet and is located within the interior of the cabinet. A computer is coupled to the RFID cabinet and controls opening and closing of the front door and is configured to receive an input that identifies the user. In this way, the computer is configured to periodically record data read from the RFID tags by the RFID detector.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2008Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Omnicell, Inc.Inventor: John Higham
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Patent number: 7554449Abstract: An automated reading system for associating an RFID tag and product information includes a conveyor belt for moving a product having an RFID tag and a bar code. The system also includes an RFID scanner and a bar code scanner for reading information on the product as it travels down the conveyor belt. A collecting device is used for receiving the product, and a computer having a database is used for recording the association between the RFID tag and the product information.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2007Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Omnicell, Inc.Inventor: John Higham
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Publication number: 20080173713Abstract: An RFID cabinet for monitoring items having an RFID tag includes a cabinet having at least one locking front door. An RFID detector is used for monitoring each item placed within the cabinet and is located within the interior of the cabinet. A computer is coupled to the RFID cabinet and controls opening and closing of the front door and is configured to receive an input that identifies the user. In this way, the computer is configured to periodically record data read from the RFID tags by the RFID detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2008Publication date: July 24, 2008Applicant: Omnicell, Inc.Inventor: JOHN HIGHAM
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Patent number: 7348884Abstract: An RFID for cabinet for monitoring items having an RFID tag includes a cabinet having at least one locking front door. An RFID detector is used for monitoring each item placed within the cabinet and is located within the interior of the cabinet. A computer is coupled to the RFID cabinet and controls opening and closing of the front door and is configured to receive an input that identifies the user. In this way, the computer is configured to periodically record data read from the RFID tags by the RFID detector.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2005Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: Omnicell, Inc.Inventor: John Higham
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Publication number: 20070285242Abstract: An automated reading system for associating an RFID tag and product information includes a conveyor belt for moving a product having an RFID tag and a bar code. The system also includes an RFID scanner and a bar code scanner for reading information on the product as it travels down the conveyor belt. A collecting device is used for receiving the product, and a computer having a database is used for recording the association between the RFID tag and the product information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2007Publication date: December 13, 2007Applicant: Omnicell, Inc.Inventor: John Higham
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Patent number: 7218231Abstract: An automated reading system for associating an RFID tag and product information includes a conveyor belt for moving a product having an RFID tag and a bar code. The system also includes an RFID scanner and a bar code scanner for reading information on the product as it travels down the conveyor belt. A collecting device is used for receiving the product, and a computer having a database is used for recording the association between the RFID tag and the product information.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2005Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Omnicell, Inc.Inventor: John Higham
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Publication number: 20070050272Abstract: A method for supplying items to dispensing units that hold at least one type of item and a record of inventory levels comprises periodically sending restocking information from the dispensing units over a network to a server computer. Ordering information is generated for the items to be restocked based on the restocking information. The ordering information is electronically sent to one or more supplier computers to order items to be restocked into the dispensing units.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2006Publication date: March 1, 2007Applicants: Omnicell, Inc., DispenseSource Inc.Inventors: Peter Godlewski, John Higham
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Patent number: 7072855Abstract: A method for supplying items to dispensing units that hold at least one type of item and a record of inventory levels comprises periodically sending restocking information from the dispensing units over a network to a server computer. Ordering information is generated for the items to be restocked based on the restocking information. The ordering information is electronically sent to one or more supplier computers to order items to be restocked into the dispensing units.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2000Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignees: Omnicell, Inc., DispenSource, Inc.Inventors: Peter Godlewski, John Higham
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Publication number: 20060022827Abstract: An RFID for cabinet for monitoring items having an RFID tag includes a cabinet having at least one locking front door. An RFID detector is used for monitoring each item placed within the cabinet and is located within the interior of the cabinet. A computer is coupled to the RFID cabinet and controls opening and closing of the front door and is configured to receive an input that identifies the user. In this way, the computer is configured to periodically record data read from the RFID tags by the RFID detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2005Publication date: February 2, 2006Applicant: Omnicell, Inc.Inventor: John Higham
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Publication number: 20060022826Abstract: An automated reading system for associating an RFID tag and product information includes a conveyor belt for moving a product having an RFID tag and a bar code. The system also includes an RFID scanner and a bar code scanner for reading information on the product as it travels down the conveyor belt. A collecting device is used for receiving the product, and a computer having a database is used for recording the association between the RFID tag and the product information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2005Publication date: February 2, 2006Applicant: Omnicell, Inc.Inventor: John Higham
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Patent number: 6311929Abstract: A spacecraft having a body, one or more appendages coupled thereto, and a controller that implements methods that rotate the one or more flexible appendages to point it (them) towards the Sun to reduce spacecraft attitude pointing disturbances and improves spacecraft attitude pointing. The steps of the one or more appendages are timed to deadbeat the disturbance imparted to the spacecraft body. Timing of the appendage steps may be such that the periodic disturbances are phased to substantially cancel each other, or phased to decrease the magnitude of the net disturbance. The present invention also cancels solar array slew disturbances. The present invention cancels predictable disturbance torques before they produce a pointing error, improving the spacecraft pointing performance.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1999Date of Patent: November 6, 2001Assignee: Space Systems/Loral, Inc.Inventors: Fatima Kazimi, Keith Reckdahl, Tung Liu, Yat Fai Leung, John Higham
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Patent number: 6012000Abstract: An onboard star tracking system is used to provide continuous attitude data based on a fixed star catalog. An orbital position reference for the sensed star data is estimated from uploaded data. The attitude is calculated based solely on the star sensor data referenced to the estimated orbital position and compared to mission attitude to generate an attitude adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 1998Date of Patent: January 4, 2000Assignee: Space Systems/Loral, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Joseph Holmes, Sun Hur-Diaz, Donald Gamble, John Higham