Patents by Inventor Jonathon David PENBERTHY

Jonathon David PENBERTHY 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: 9083808
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in a verbal communication between a speaker and at least one listener, where the speaker and the at least one listener are spatially separate from each other, the apparatus provides the listener with a sensory output associated with the identity of the speaker, the apparatus including an identification device including a vibration sensor for detecting vibrations associated with speech of the speaker, is configured to store identification data representative of the identity of the speaker or the identification device, is associable with the identity of the speaker, and, in response to detecting vibrations, transmits an identification signal comprising or generated from the stored identification data, and a display device operable to receive the identification signal and to generate from the received identification signal a sensory output indicating the identity of either or both of the speaker and the identification device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems Limited
    Inventors: Jonathon David Penberthy, Lucas William Partridge
  • Publication number: 20140314216
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in a verbal communication between a speaker and at least one listener, where the speaker and the at least one listener are spatially separate from each other, the apparatus provides the listener with a sensory output associated with the identity of the speaker, the apparatus including an identification device including a vibration sensor for detecting vibrations associated with speech of the speaker, is configured to store identification data representative of the identity of the speaker or the identification device, is associable with the identity of the speaker, and, in response to detecting vibrations, transmits an identification signal comprising or generated from the stored identification data, and a display device operable to receive the identification signal and to generate from the received identification signal a sensory output indicating the identity of either or both of the speaker and the identification device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: GE Aviation Systems Limited
    Inventors: Jonathon David PENBERTHY, Lucas William PARTRIDGE