Patents by Inventor Terry Robin Southern

Terry Robin Southern 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: 10768725
    Abstract: A touch sensitive control system is disclosed, capable of providing touch activated control for use on substrate surfaces such as walls, flooring, doors, furniture, cabinetry, vehicles and machinery. The system may find particular application in large area substrates such as building walls, floors or ceilings, but may alternatively or additionally find application in any other non-active, non-electronic substrate such as furniture, cupboard doors or drawers, or tables for example. The touch sensitive system comprises at least one electrically active layer having at least one electrical property and configured to be applied to the substrate and an electronic controller. The electrically conductive active layer is configured to have an electrical connection with the electronic controller wherein a differentiated touch on the substrate disrupts the electrical property of the electrically active layer; and wherein the disruption is detected by the electronic controller to provide a control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Resene Paints Limited
    Inventors: Matthew John Van Der Werff, Zacharias Johannes Frank, Terry Robin Southern, Mark William Glenny
  • Patent number: 10721875
    Abstract: A light dosing system for promoting preferred characteristics in plants, the light dosing system configured to direct light onto a target area upon which the plant resides, the light dosing system including one or more light emitters positioned above the target area, a means for controlling one or more characteristics of the light emitted by the light emitters, a conveyor configured to alter the relative positions of the light emitters and the target area, and a lighting controller configured to read a media having a predefined dosage regime stored thereon for promoting the preferred characteristics of the plant, characterized in that the lighting controller is configured to alter one or more characteristics of the light emitted by the, or each, of the one or more light emitters onto the target area in accordance with the predefined dosage regime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: BIOLUMIC LIMITED
    Inventors: Jason John Wargent, Matthew John Van DerWerff, Terry Robin Southern
  • Publication number: 20190073072
    Abstract: A touch sensitive control system is disclosed, capable of providing touch activated control for use on substrate surfaces such as walls, flooring, doors, furniture, cabinetry, vehicles and machinery. The system may find particular application in large area substrates such as building walls, floors or ceilings, but may alternatively or additionally find application in any other non-active, non-electronic substrate such as furniture, cupboard doors or drawers, or tables for example. The touch sensitive system comprises at least one electrically active layer having at least one electrical property and configured to be applied to the substrate and an electronic controller. The electrically conductive active layer is configured to have an electrical connection with the electronic controller wherein a differentiated touch on the substrate disrupts the electrical property of the electrically active layer; and wherein the disruption is detected by the electronic controller to provide a control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew John Van Der Werff, Zacharias Johannes Frank, Terry Robin Southern, Mark William Glenny
  • Publication number: 20160345512
    Abstract: A light dosing system for promoting preferred characteristics in plants, the light dosing system configured to direct light onto a target area upon which the plant resides, the light dosing system including one or more light emitters positioned above the target area, a means for controlling one or more characteristics of the light emitted by the light emitters, a conveyor configured to alter the relative positions of the light emitters and the target area, and a lighting controller configured to read a media having a predefined dosage regime stored thereon for promoting the preferred characteristics of the plant, characterized in that the lighting controller is configured to alter one or more characteristics of the light emitted by the, or each, of the one or more light emitters onto the target area in accordance with the predefined dosage regime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Jason John Wargent, Matthew John Van DerWerff, Terry Robin Southern