Patents by Inventor Robert Symons
Robert Symons 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: 9894468Abstract: Communications apparatus has a short range wireless radio frequency communicator (1301a) capable of at least one of seeking to initiate short range communication by transmitting an RF signal and of responding to such initiation so that communication between two short range wireless radio frequency communicators occurs when an antenna of a short range wireless radio frequency communicator seeking to initiate communication by transmitting an RF signal is in range of or comes into range of the antenna of another short range wireless radio frequency communicator responsive to such initiation so that the magnetic field of the RF signal transmitted by the short range wireless radio frequency communicator seeking to initiate communication is inductively coupled to the antenna of the short range wireless radio frequency communicator responsive to such initiation to enable communication of at least one of power and data between the short range wireless radio frequency communicators.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: NXP USA, INC.Inventors: Robert Brown, Peter Robert Symons
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Publication number: 20160234631Abstract: Communications apparatus has a short range wireless radio frequency communicator (1301a) capable of at least one of seeking to initiate short range communication by transmitting an RF signal and of responding to such initiation so that communication between two short range wireless radio frequency communicators occurs when an antenna of a short range wireless radio frequency communicator seeking to initiate communication by transmitting an RF signal is in range of or comes into range of the antenna of another short range wireless radio frequency communicator responsive to such initiation so that the magnetic field of the RF signal transmitted by the short range wireless radio frequency communicator seeking to initiate communication is inductively coupled to the antenna of the short range wireless radio frequency communicator responsive to such initiation to enable communication of at least one of power and data between the short range wireless radio frequency communicators.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: Broadcom Europe LimitedInventors: Robert BROWN, Peter Robert SYMONS
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Patent number: 9301337Abstract: A Near Field Communication (NFC) device has a short range wireless radio frequency communicator capable of seeking to initiate short range communication by transmitting an RF signal and of responding to such initiation so that communication between two short range wireless radio frequency communicators occurs when in range. The NFC device also has a high data rate data communicator for communicating directly with another high data rate data communicator to receive and transmit data when the short range wireless radio frequency communicator has communicated with another in-range short range wireless radio frequency communicator.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2006Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Broadcom Europe LimitedInventors: Robert Brown, Peter Robert Symons
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Patent number: 9143202Abstract: A NFC communicator or NFC communications enabled device has a data store to store data, a coupler to couple inductively with the magnetic field of a radio frequency signal and a signal generator to supply a radio frequency signal to the coupler. A modulator is provided to modulate a radio frequency signal in accordance with data and a demodulator is provided to extract data from a modulated radio frequency signal inductively coupled to the coupler. A controller enables the NFC communicator or NFC communications enabled device both to initiate near field radio frequency communication with another near field RF communicator and to respond to near field radio frequency communication initiated by another near field RF communicator. The NFC communicator or NFC communications enabled device also has a power deriver that derives power from a radio frequency signal inductively coupled to the coupler to charge a chargeable power supply.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Broadcom Europe LimitedInventor: Peter Robert Symons
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Patent number: 8432293Abstract: A NFC communicator or NFC communications enabled device (1 or 2 or 100a) has a data store (108) to store data, a coupler (17 or 32 or 102) to couple inductively with the magnetic field of a radio frequency signal and a signal generator (109) to supply a radio frequency signal to the coupler. A modulator (110) is provided to modulate a radio frequency signal in accordance with data and a demodulator (114) is provided to extract data from a modulated radio frequency signal inductively coupled to the coupler. A controller (107) enables the NFC communicator or NFC communications enabled device both to initiate near field radio frequency communication with another near field RF communicator and to respond to near field radio frequency communication initiated by another near field RF communicator. The NFC communicator or NFC communications enabled device also has a power deliver (19 or 34 or 103) that derives power from a radio frequency signal inductively coupled to the coupler to charge a chargeable power supply.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2006Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Innovision Research & Technology PLCInventor: Peter Robert Symons
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Patent number: 7881665Abstract: A NFC communicator or NFC communications enabled device (100) has a data store (108) to store data, an inductive coupler (102) to couple inductively with the magnetic field of a radio frequency signal and a signal supplier (109) to supply a radio frequency signal to the inductive coupler. A modulator (110) is provided to modulate a radio frequency signal in accordance with data and a demodulator (114) is provided to extract data from a modulated radio frequency signal inductively coupled to the coupler. A controller (107) enables the NFC communicator or NFC communications enabled device both to initiate near field radio frequency communication with another near field RF communicator and to respond to near field radio frequency communication initiated by another near field RF communicator.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2006Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Innovision Research & Technology PLCInventor: Peter Robert Symons
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Patent number: 7469838Abstract: A detectable component has a first inductive coupler (L;M) adapted to couple inductively to a second inductive coupler (L1) of a detection apparatus when the detectable component is in range of or coupled to the detection apparatus. The first inductive coupler has a resistive component (M) with a resistance that varies with magnetic field to cause modulation of a carrier signal supplied to the second inductive coupler of the detection apparatus, the detectable component having a characteristic signature that enables the detectable component to be distinguished by the detection apparatus from other such detectable components having different characteristic signatures.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2004Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Brewster Kaleidoscope LLCInventors: Colin Philip Brooks, David Bernard Mapleston, Peter Robert Symons, Andrew David White
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Publication number: 20080272889Abstract: A NFC communicator or NFC communications enabled device (1 or 2 or 100a) has a data store (108) to store data, a coupler (17 or 32 or 102) to couple inductively with the magnetic field of a radio frequency signal and a signal generator (109) to supply a radio frequency signal to the coupler. A modulator (110) is provided to modulate a radio frequency signal in accordance with data and a demodulator (114) is provided to extract data from a modulated radio frequency signal inductively coupled to the coupler. A controller (107) enables the NFC communicator or NFC communications enabled device both to initiate near field radio frequency communication with another near field RF communicator and to respond to near field radio frequency communication initiated by another near field RF communicator. The NFC communicator or NFC communications enabled device also has a power deliver (19 or 34 or 103) that derives power from a radio frequency signal inductively coupled to the coupler to charge a chargeable power supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2006Publication date: November 6, 2008Applicant: INNOVISION RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY PLCInventor: Peter Robert Symons
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Publication number: 20080246667Abstract: A NFC communicator or NFC communications enabled device (100) has a data store (108) to store data, an inductive coupler (102) to couple inductively with the magnetic field of a radio frequency signal and a signal supplier (109) to supply a radio frequency signal to the inductive coupler. A modulator (110) is provided to modulate a radio frequency signal in accordance with data and a demodulator (114) is provided to extract data from a modulated radio frequency signal inductively coupled to the coupler A controller (107) enables the NFC communicator or NFC communications enabled device both to initiate near field radio frequency communication with another near field RF communicator and to respond to near field radio frequency communication initiated by another near field RF communicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2006Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: Innovision Research & Technology PLCInventor: Peter Robert Symons
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Publication number: 20060007655Abstract: An integrated liquid cooling device for electronic components addresses the need for efficient cooling created by ever increasing power densities of electronic components. The integrated liquid cooling device has a housing thermally connected to the electronic component, cooling liquid contained in the housing, a motor immersed in the cooling liquid and mounted to the housing, an impeller driven by the motor, and cooling surfaces on the exterior of the housing. The motor driven impeller creates a turbulent flow in the cooling liquid, which rapidly transfers heat from the electronic component and distributes it throughout the interior of the housing. The cooling surfaces on the exterior of the housing dissipate this heat, either by free or forced convection, into the surrounding environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2004Publication date: January 12, 2006Inventor: Robert Symons
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Publication number: 20060007656Abstract: An integrated liquid cooling device for electronic components addresses the need for efficient cooling created by ever increasing power densities of electronic components. The integrated liquid cooling device has a housing enclosing the electronic component, cooling liquid contained in the housing, a motor immersed in the cooling liquid and mounted to the housing, an impeller driven by the motor, and cooling surfaces on the exterior of the housing. The motor driven impeller creates a turbulent flow in the cooling liquid and a high velocity liquid flow over the electronic component, which rapidly transfers heat from the electronic component and distributes it throughout the interior of the housing. The cooling surfaces on the exterior of the housing dissipate this heat, either by free or forced convection, into the surrounding environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2005Publication date: January 12, 2006Inventor: Robert Symons
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Publication number: 20040037437Abstract: A directional micro-phone is disclosed which comprises a microphone array (3) having a plurality of microphone elements (4,5,12,13) of which the element (4) is a rear element and the other elements arc forward elements. A processor (19,31) is connected to the elements. The processor can be a hardware processor for processing signals or it can be a software controlled system for processing signals. The processor one of the forward elements (5,12,13) and thereafter establishes a window of opportunity for receipt of the wave at the rear element (4). The window of opportunity is set such that only waves emanating from a particular direction will arrive in that time frame, thereby enabling acoustic waves from that direction to the process by the microphone and other waves from different directions eliminated. The angle of arc of the microphone from which acoustic waves are received and processed can be set by changing the size of the window of opportunity t3-t2.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2003Publication date: February 26, 2004Inventors: Ian Robert Symons, Ian William Taig
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Patent number: D934683Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: F.D.S. Manufiacturing CompanyInventors: Kevin Tyrel Stevenson, Michael Cecil Francis Newman, Robert Symons, Steve Kwon
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Patent number: D971724Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: F.D.S. Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Kevin Tyrel Stevenson, Michael Cecil Francis Newman, Robert Symons, Steve Kwon