Patents by Inventor Christopher Nigel Smith

Christopher Nigel Smith 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: 7155240
    Abstract: A method of determining the position of a target comprising the steps of: providing a transmitter or a plurality of transmitters to transmit a signal to the target, providing a receiver or a plurality of receivers to receive signals reflected from said target. Determining the time of arrival information of said reflected signal at the or each receiver; using information pertaining to the position of the or each receiver and/or the or each transmitter and with the information obtained determining the target position. Preferably the signal includes a modulated or coded portion unique to the transmitter; and said signal portion is associated with the or each particular transmitter by virtue of said signal portion. The signal maybe a mobile phone transmission, DAB, digital TV, digital Radio or digital satellite transmissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Roke Manor Research Limited
    Inventors: Simon John Atkinson, Adam Alexander Baker, Bryan Stephen Rickett, Christopher Nigel Smith, Robert John Weedon
  • Patent number: 6724278
    Abstract: An arrangement for multi-standard duplex filtering for mobile terminals in a telecommunications system. The arrangement includes a substrate on which a first array of filter elements and a second array of filter elements are formed. The filter elements have different frequency bands in accordance with mobile telecommunications standards. The first array filters an incoming signal received from an antenna and provides an output at port in accordance with a matched frequency band of one of the standards. The second array filters a signal to be applied to port in accordance with a matched frequency band of one of the standards prior to transmission through antenna. The filter elements may comprise surface acoustic wave devices formed on a single substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Roke Manor Research Limited
    Inventor: Christopher Nigel Smith