Patents by Inventor Anthony M. Jones

Anthony M. Jones 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: 20190087876
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a consumer display system that may include the use of a main gauge, sometimes resembling a digital gasoline gauge of a vehicle, such that the main gauge displays an analog and/or digital value to comport with an overall score derived from user input into a plurality of categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Anthony M. Jones
  • Publication number: 20160364775
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a consumer display system that may include the use of a main gauge, sometimes resembling a digital gasoline gauge of a vehicle, such that the main gauge displays an analog and/or digital value to comport with an overall score derived from user input into a plurality of categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventor: Anthony M. Jones
  • Patent number: 7711938
    Abstract: A pipeline video decoder and decompression system handles a plurality of separately encoded bit streams arranged as a single serial bit stream of digital bits and having separately encoded pairs of control codes and corresponding data carried in the serial bit stream. The pipeline system employs a plurality of interconnected stages to decode and decompress the single bit stream, including a start code detector. When in a search mode, the start code detector searches for a specific start code corresponding to one of multiple compression standards. The start code detector responding to the single serial bit stream generates control tokens and data tokens. A respective one of the tokens includes a plurality of data words. Each data word has an extension bit which indicates a presence of additional words therein. The data words are thereby unlimited in number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Inventors: Adrian P Wise, Martin W Sotheran, William P Robbins, Anthony M Jones, Helen R Finch, Kevin J Boyd, Anthony Peter J Claydon
  • Publication number: 20100007572
    Abstract: A phased array antenna includes a substrate and an array of antenna unit cells formed on the substrate. Each antenna unit cell comprises first and second sets of coupled dipole antenna elements that are orthogonal to each other and provide dual polarization. A member is positioned at each antenna unit cell between each of the dipole antenna elements in each polarization to eliminate scan blindness without reducing broadside (non-scanned) array gain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony M. JONES, Christopher TRENT
  • Patent number: 7420519
    Abstract: The slot-mode antenna includes an array of slot antenna units carried by a substrate, and each slot antenna unit having a pair of patch antenna elements arranged in laterally spaced apart relation about at least one central feed position. Adjacent patch antenna elements of adjacent slot-mode antenna units have respective spaced apart edge portions with predetermined shapes and relative positioning to provide increased capacitive coupling therebetween. The spaced apart edge portions may be continuously or periodically interdigitated to provide the increased capacitive coupling therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy E. Durham, Anthony M. Jones, Sean C. Ortiz, Chris Synder, Griffin K. Gothard
  • Patent number: 7408520
    Abstract: The slot-mode antenna includes an array of slot antenna units carried by a substrate, and each slot antenna unit has a pair of patch antenna elements arranged in laterally spaced apart relation about at least one central feed position. Adjacent patch antenna elements of adjacent slot-mode antenna units include respective spaced apart edge portions defining gaps therebetween, and a capacitive coupling layer or plates overlap the respective spaced apart edge portions to provide increased capacitive coupling therebetween. The capacitive coupling layer may include continuous or periodic capacitive coupling plates along each gap defined by the respective spaced apart edge portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy E. Durham, Anthony M. Jones, Sean C. Ortiz, Chris Synder, Griffin K. Gothard
  • Patent number: 7408519
    Abstract: The dual-polarization antenna with a slot pattern can produce vertical polarized energy near the horizon and can scan to near grazing angles. The dual-polarization, slot-mode antenna includes an array of dual-polarization, slot-mode, antenna units carried by a substrate, and each dual-polarization, slot-mode antenna unit having at least four patch antenna elements arranged in spaced apart relation about a central feed position. Adjacent patch antenna elements of adjacent dual-polarization, slot-mode antenna units have respective spaced apart edge portions defining gaps therebetween. Capacitive coupling plates are adjacent the gaps and overlap the respective spaced apart edge portions to provide increased capacitive coupling therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy E. Durham, Anthony M. Jones, Griffin K. Gothard, Sean Ortiz
  • Patent number: 7230986
    Abstract: A pipeline video decoder and decompression system handles a plurality of separately encoded bit streams arranged as a single serial bit stream of digital bits and having separately encoded pairs of control codes and corresponding data carried in the serial bit stream. The pipeline system employs a plurality of interconnected stages to decode and decompress the single bit stream, including a start code detector. When in a search mode, the start code detector searches for a specific start code corresponding to one of multiple compression standards. The start code detector responding to the single serial bit stream generates control tokens and data tokens. A respective one of the tokens includes a plurality of data words. Each data word has an extension bit which indicates a presence of additional words therein. The data words are thereby unlimited in number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Discovision Associates
    Inventors: Adrian P Wise, Martin W Sotheran, William P Robbins, Anthony M Jones, Helen R Finch, Kevin J. Boyd, Anthony Peter J Clayton
  • Patent number: 7221322
    Abstract: The dual-polarization, slot-mode antenna includes an array of dual-polarization, slot-mode, antenna units carried by a substrate, with each dual-polarization, slot-mode antenna unit having at least four patch antenna elements arranged in spaced apart relation about a central feed position. Adjacent patch antenna elements of adjacent dual-polarization, slot-mode antenna units include respective spaced apart edge portions having predetermined shapes and relative positioning to provide increased capacitive coupling therebetween. The respective spaced apart edge portions may be continuously or periodically interdigitated to provide the increased capacitive coupling therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy E. Durham, Anthony M. Jones, Griffin K. Gothard, Sean Ortiz
  • Patent number: 7149811
    Abstract: A pipeline video decoder and decompression system handles a plurality of separately encoded bit streams arranged as a single serial bit stream of digital bits and having separately encoded pairs of control codes and corresponding data carried in the serial bit stream, A reconfigurable decode and parser processing means positioned in certain of the stages is responsive to a recognized control token and reconfigures a particular stage to handle an identified data token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Discovision Associates
    Inventors: Adrian P Wise, Martin W Sotheran, William P Robbins, Anthony M Jones, Helen R Finch, Kevin J Boyd, Anthony Peter J Claydon
  • Patent number: 7095783
    Abstract: A pipeline video decoder and decompression system handles a plurality of separately encoded bit streams arranged as a single serial bit stream of digital bits and having separately encoded pairs of control codes and corresponding data carried in the serial bit stream. The pipeline system employs a plurality of interconnected stages to decode and decompress the single bit stream, including a start code detector. When in a search mode, the start code detector searches for a specific start code corresponding to one of multiple compression standards. The start code detector responding to the single serial bit stream generates control tokens and data tokens. A respective one of the tokens includes a plurality of data words. Each data word has an extension bit which indicates a presence of additional words therein. The data words are thereby unlimited in number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Discovision Associates
    Inventors: Martin W Sotheran, William P Robbins, Anthony M Jones, Helen R Finch, Kevin J Boyd, Anthony Peter J Claydon, Adrian P Wise
  • Patent number: 7084827
    Abstract: An antenna includes a substrate, and an array of dipole antenna elements on the substrate. Each dipole antenna element includes a medial feed portion and a pair of legs extending outwardly therefrom. Adjacent legs of adjacent dipole antenna elements include respective spaced apart end portions with impedance coupling therebetween. An impedance matching layer is adjacent a side of the array of dipole antenna elements opposite the substrate. The impedance matching layer includes an array of spaced apart conductive elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Roger W. Strange, Anthony M. Jones, Timothy E. Durham, Randy E. Boozer, Dieter L. Gum
  • Patent number: 6977623
    Abstract: A phased array antenna includes a substrate, and a patterned conductive layer is on the substrate. The patterned conductive layer defines a plurality of slotted dipole antenna elements each having a medial feed portion associated therewith. Each slotted dipole antenna element includes a pair of slotted legs extending outwardly from the medial feed portion. Pairs of adjacent slotted legs of adjacent slotted dipole antenna elements include respective spaced apart end portions having predetermined shapes and relative positioning to provide increased inductive coupling between the adjacent slotted dipole antenna elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy E. Durham, Anthony M. Jones, Sean Ortiz, Griffin K. Gothard
  • Patent number: 6956532
    Abstract: A multiband phased array antenna includes a substrate, and dipole element arrays extending outwardly from an imaginary center point on the substrate. Each dipole element array includes dipole antenna elements arranged in end-to-end relation and having a dipole size different than a dipole size of dipole antenna elements of at least one other dipole element array. A ground plane is adjacent the dipole element arrays, and a spacing between the dipole element arrays and the ground plane is different between the dipole element arrays having different size dipole antenna elements. The ground plane has a plateau shape for providing the different spacing between the dipole element arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy E. Durham, Mark Vanstrum, Anthony M. Jones, Griffin K. Gothard
  • Patent number: 6954179
    Abstract: A phased array antenna includes a substrate, and dipole element arrays extending outwardly from an imaginary center point on the substrate. Each dipole element array includes dipole antenna elements arranged in an end-to-end relation and has different dipole sizes for dipole antenna elements in a direction extending outwardly from the imaginary center point. The different spacing between the ground plane and the dipole element arrays increases from the imaginary center point towards an edge of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy E. Durham, Griffin K. Gothard, Anthony M. Jones
  • Patent number: 6950930
    Abstract: A pipeline video decoder and decompression system handles a plurality of separately encoded bit streams arranged as a single serial bit stream of digital bits and having separately encoded pairs of control codes and corresponding data carried in the serial bit stream. The pipeline system employs a plurality of interconnected stages to decode and decompress the single bit stream, including a start code detector. When in a search mode, the start code detector searches for a specific start code corresponding to one of multiple compression standards. The start code detector responding to the single serial bit stream generates control tokens and data tokens. A respective one of the tokens includes a plurality of data words. Each data word has an extension bit which indicates a presence of additional words therein. The data words are thereby unlimited in number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Discovision Associates
    Inventors: Adrian P Wise, Martin W Sotheran, William P Robbins, Anthony M Jones, Helen R Finch, Kevin J Boyd, Anthony Peter J Claydon
  • Patent number: 6943748
    Abstract: A phased array antenna includes a substrate, and dipole element arrays extending in concentric rings about an imaginary center point on the substrate. Each dipole element array includes dipole antenna elements arranged in an end-to-end relation and having a dipole size different than a dipole size of dipole antenna elements of at least one other dipole element array. A ground plane is adjacent the dipole element arrays, and a spacing between the dipole element arrays and the ground plane is different between the dipole element arrays having different size dipole antenna elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy E. Durham, Griffin K. Gothard, Anthony M. Jones
  • Patent number: 6910125
    Abstract: A pipeline video decoder and decompression system handles a plurality of separately encoded bit streams arranged as a single serial bit stream of digital bits and having separately encoded pairs of control codes and corresponding data carried in the serial bit stream. The pipeline system employs a plurality of interconnected stages to decode and decompress the single bit stream, including a start code detector. When in a search mode, the start code detector searches for a specific start code corresponding to one of multiple compression standards. The start code detector responding to the single serial bit stream generates control tokens and data tokens. A respective one of the tokens includes a plurality of data words. Each data word has an extension bit which indicates a presence of additional words therein. The data words are thereby unlimited in number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Discovision Associates
    Inventors: Adrian P. Wise, Martin W. Sotheran, William P. Robbins, Anthony M. Jones, Anthony Peter John Claydon, Kevin Boyd, Helen R. Finch
  • Patent number: 6903703
    Abstract: A multiband phased array antenna includes a substrate, and dipole element arrays extending outwardly from an imaginary center point on the substrate. Each dipole element array includes dipole antenna elements arranged in an end-to-end relation and having a dipole size different than a dipole size of dipole antenna elements of at least one other dipole element array. A ground plane is adjacent the dipole element arrays and has a different spacing therefrom in an outward direction from the imaginary center point. The different spacing between the ground plane and the dipole element arrays increases from the imaginary center point towards an edge of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy E. Durham, Anthony M. Jones, Mark Vanstrum, Griffin K. Gothard
  • Patent number: D768167
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Inventors: Anthony M Jones, Omari J Wicker