Patents by Inventor Stephen J. Ward

Stephen J. Ward 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).

  • Publication number: 20220383559
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and non-transitory program storage devices are disclosed to provide for the application of color treatments and/or color normalization operations to digital assets (DAs) in a set of DAs that are to be displayed as part of a multimedia presentation. The determination of the color treatment may be based on comparing one or more characteristics of an audio media item associated with the set of DAs to a corresponding one or more characteristics of a plurality of predetermined color treatments. Color normalization may be applied to the set of DAs prior to the determined color treatment. Techniques disclosed herein may also determine one or more parameters for a multimedia presentation of the set of DAs based on a characteristic of the associated audio media item. The parameters for the multimedia presentation may comprise one or more of: preferred DA sequences, portions, clusters, layouts, themes, transition types, or transition durations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Jacques P. Gasselin de Richebourg, Sanaa Squalli, Etienne Guerard, Stephen J. Ward, Piotr J. Stanczyk, Graham R. Clarke
  • Patent number: 5222709
    Abstract: A vehicle seat suspension unit has a base frame mountable in a vehicle and seat support frame on which is mounted a vehicle seat. A scissor-arm assembly, with primary links and secondary links, interconnect the frames overlapping cam tracks, with cam profiles engaged by rollers attached to main springs anchored on the base frame. As the frames move towards each other, the main springs are extended as the rollers move along the cam tracks to apply a restoring force to the frames. A preload assembly has rocker arms, pivotally mounted on the cam tracks, with rollers bearing on the seat support frame and provided with preload springs. By adjustment of the cam tracks relative to the base frame, the preload and the main spring rate can be varied to suit the operator's weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Rosdon Engineering and Manufacturing Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Donald M. Culley, Jr., William J. S. Bailey, Stephen J. Ward