Patents by Inventor Leonard H. Poll
Leonard H. Poll 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: 7345676Abstract: An electronic device has a touch sensitive surface (14) for entering text. The text is stored in memory (20) in a vector graphics format, preferably without carrying out character recognition.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2003Date of Patent: March 18, 2008Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electrnics N.V.Inventors: Leonard H. Poll, David C. Yule
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Patent number: 6912579Abstract: In a system for controlling an apparatus having a dedicated user interface, where parts of the dedicated user interface communicate with each other using a dedicated user interface message protocol, the system comprises a browser adapted to display a generic user interface, to issue requests due to user interaction with the generic user interface and to accept notifications comprising data or events. A translation system is configured to receive issued requests, to translate the requests and to communicate them using the dedicated user interface message protocol to one of the parts of the dedicated user interface, and to receive communications from the parts of the dedicated user interface using the dedicated user interface message protocol, to translate the communications into notifications and to pass them to the browser.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2000Date of Patent: June 28, 2005Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Nigel J. Byrnes, Leonard H. Poll
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Patent number: 6496116Abstract: A portable location alarm device is provided which allows a user to preset an alarm event to occur when the device arrives at a pre-determined location. The alarm event alerts the user by audible, visual or vibrating means. The alarm device determines it's actual location using GPS data. In one embodiment the user bookmarks particular locations while physically present at a given location. Part of the bookmarking process involves the device simultaneously receiving GPS data that describes the physical location. The user can subsequently set an alarm event for any bookmarked location without the need for the device to carry large databases, for example of the type cross-referencing place names to mapping co-ordinates.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2002Date of Patent: December 17, 2002Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Jonathan Farringdon, Leonard H. Poll, Armando S. Valdes
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Publication number: 20020089421Abstract: A portable location alarm device is provided which allows a user to preset an alarm event to occur when the device arrives at a pre-determined location. The alarm event alerts the user by audible, visual or vibrating means. The alarm device determines it's actual location using GPS data. In one embodiment the user bookmarks particular locations while physically present at a given location. Part of the bookmarking process involves the device simultaneously receiving GPS data that describes the physical location. The user can subsequently set an alarm event for any bookmarked location without the need for the device to carry large databases, for example of the type cross-referencing place names to mapping co-ordinates.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2002Publication date: July 11, 2002Applicant: U. S. Philips CorporationInventors: Jonathan Farringdon, Leonard H. Poll, Armando S. Valdes
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Patent number: 6392548Abstract: A portable location alarm device is provided which allows a user to pre-set an alarm event to occur when the device arrives at a pre-determined location. The alarm event alerts the user by audible, visual or vibrating means. The alarm device determines its actual location using GPS data. In one embodiment the user bookmarks particular locations while physically present at a given location. Part of the bookmarking process involves the device simultaneously receiving GPS data that describes the physical location. The user can subsequently set an alarm event for any bookmarked location without the need for the device to carry large databases, for example of the type cross-referencing place names to mapping co-ordinates.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2000Date of Patent: May 21, 2002Assignee: U.S. Philips CorporationInventors: Jonathan Farringdon, Leonard H. Poll, Armando S. Valdes
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Publication number: 20010040986Abstract: A memory aid device is worn by a user to provide the user with memory cues. In a preferred arrangement the apparatus captures images of people that the user encounters. A face recognition process compares the face in the captured image with faces already held in storage means which have been captured previously. On establishing a face match, the previously captured image is displayed to the user on a display in the form of a wrist worn display, a head-up display or the like. The captured images have a field of view which is such that the backdrop and any foreground objects are also included. Aspects of the previously captured image such as a familiar backdrop, foreground objects or the fact that a person is wearing summer clothes all act as visual memory cues for the user to assist them in memory recall.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2001Publication date: November 15, 2001Applicant: KONINLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Jonathan Farringdon, Leonard H. Poll, Armando S. Valdes
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Publication number: 20010005865Abstract: In a system for controlling an apparatus having a dedicated user interface, where parts of the dedicated user interface communicate with each other using a dedicated user interface message protocol, the system comprises a browser adapted to display a generic user interface, to issue requests due to user interaction with the generic user interface and to accept notifications comprising data or events. A translation system is configured to receive issued requests, to translate the requests and to communicate them using the dedicated user interface message protocol to one of the parts of the dedicated user interface, and to receive communications from the parts of the dedicated user interface using the dedicated user interface message protocol, to translate the communications into notifications and to pass them to the browser.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2000Publication date: June 28, 2001Applicant: U.S. Philips CorporationInventors: Nigel J. Byrnes, Leonard H. Poll
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Publication number: 20010005171Abstract: A portable location alarm device is provided which allows a user to preset an alarm event to occur when the device arrives at a pre-determined location. The alarm event alerts the user by audible, visual or vibrating means. The alarm device determines it's actual location using GPS data. In one embodiment the user bookmarks particular locations while physically present at a given location. Part of the bookmarking process involves the device simultaneously receiving GPS data that describes the physical location. The user can subsequently set an alarm event for any bookmarked location without the need for the device to carry large databases, for example of the type cross-referencing place names to mapping co-ordinates.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2000Publication date: June 28, 2001Applicant: U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION.Inventors: Jonathan Farringdon, Leonard H. Poll, Armando S. Valdes