Patents by Inventor Peter Robert Thomas

Peter Robert Thomas 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).

  • Touch screens
    Patent number: 8363025
    Abstract: A touch screen control system comprising a touch screen having first and second conductive layers arranged to be brought together by touching of the screen. A detection system is arranged to detect a contact position at which the screen is touched by monitoring electrical signals from at least one of the layers. The system further comprises an antenna, and the detection system includes a proximity sensing signal generator arranged to generate a proximity sensing signal to be transmitted between the antenna and the first layer via a user of the system. The detection system is further arranged to receive the transmitted proximity sensing signal and determine therefrom the distance between a part of the user and the touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Jaguar Cars Limited
    Inventors: Richard Dean Parkinson, Carl Anthony Pickering, Ian Richard Thorp, Colin John Wilson, Peter Robert Thomas
  • TOUCH SCREENS
    Publication number: 20110141041
    Abstract: A touch screen control system comprising a touch screen having first and second conductive layers arranged to be brought together by touching of the screen. A detection system is arranged to detect a contact position at which the screen is touched by monitoring electrical signals from at least one of the layers. The system further comprises an antenna, and the detection system includes a proximity sensing signal generator arranged to generate a proximity sensing signal to be transmitted between the antenna and the first layer via a user of the system. The detection system is further arranged to receive the transmitted proximity sensing signal and determine therefrom the distance between a part of the user and the touch screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: JAGUAR CARS LIMITED
    Inventors: Richard Dean Parkinson, Carl Anthony Pickering, Ian Thorp, Colin John Wilson, Peter Robert Thomas
  • Touch screens
    Patent number: 7852323
    Abstract: A touch screen control system comprising a touch screen (14) having first (50) and second conductive layers (52) arranged to be brought together by touching of the screen (14). A detection system (20, 30) is arranged to detect a contact position at which the screen (14) is touched by monitoring electrical signals from at least one of the layers (50, 52). The system further comprises an antenna (26), and the detection system includes a proximity sensing signal generator arranged to generate a proximity sensing signal to be transmitted between the antenna (26) and the first layer (50) via a user (40) of the system. The detection system is further arranged to receive the transmitted proximity sensing signal and determine therefrom the distance between a part (46) of the user and the touch screen (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Jaguar Cars Limited
    Inventors: Richard Dean Parkinson, Carl Anthony Pickering, Ian Thorp, Colin John Wilson, Peter Robert Thomas
  • Touch Screens
    Publication number: 20080231603
    Abstract: A touch screen control system comprising a touch screen (14) having first (50) and second conductive layers (52) arranged to be brought together by touching of the screen (14). A detection system (20, 30) is arranged to detect a contact position at which the screen (14) is touched by monitoring electrical signals from at least one of the layers (50, 52). The system further comprises an antenna (26), and the detection system includes a proximity sensing signal generator arranged to generate a proximity sensing signal to be transmitted between the antenna (26) and the first layer (50) via a user (40) of the system. The detection system is further arranged to receive the transmitted proximity sensing signal and determine therefrom the distance between a part (46) of the user and the touch screen (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Richard Dean Parkinson, Carl Anthony Pickering, Ian Richard Thorp, Colin John Wilson, Peter Robert Thomas
  • Hair dryer
    Patent number: D1026311
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Wei Phang Lim, Callum Wright, Nathan Andrew Thomas, James Robert Alexander Fisher, Gerald Eng, Graeme McPherson, Simon Brian McNamee, Edward Sebert Maurice Shelton, Stephen Benjamin Courtney, Peter David Gammack, Leanne Joyce Garner, Laura Anne Howard