Patents by Inventor Christopher Watkins
Christopher Watkins 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: 11378414Abstract: An aircraft includes a display, a support system, and an avionics system. The support system includes at least one operable component, where at least one of the support system and the at least one operable component is configured to operate with an operating value falling within a predefined normal operating range. The avionics system is programmed to: calculate a rate of change of a value of at least one of the support system and the at least one operable component; determine whether the value will exit a predetermined normal operating range within a predetermined time based on the rate of change of the value; and indicate on the display that the value is expected to exit the predetermined normal operating range. The avionics system can leverage this function to declutter displays, and then present additional information to the crew when a value is trending out of range.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Gulfstream Aerospace CorporationInventors: Nicholas Kershaw, Kristin Medin, Christopher Watkins, Jeffrey Hausmann
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Patent number: 10876856Abstract: Aircraft, computing devices, and Head-Up Displays (HUDs) are provided. An aircraft includes an avionics system with a display screen and a controller. The display screen is configured to present an image arrangement that is visible to a user. The controller is configured to generate curved tapes in the image arrangement to convey flight values to the user. The curved tapes are configured to direct an eye of the user to a portion of the image arrangement. The controller is further configured to roll the curved tapes three-dimensionally based on changes to flight values of the aircraft to provide peripheral indication of changes to flight values when the flight values are changing.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Gulfstream Aerospace CorporationInventors: Justin Maas, Christopher Watkins
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Publication number: 20190265067Abstract: An aircraft system is associated with operation of the aircraft and includes a control component selectable between a first state and a second state. Manipulating the control component between the first state and the second state changes an operation of the aircraft system. The processor is in electronic communication with the control component, the display, and the input device. The processor is programmed to: determine whether an event associated with the aircraft system has occurred; retrieve, from an electronic aircraft manual, crew guidance that includes a crew action to manipulate the control component in response to the event; generate a graphical representation of the crew guidance and the control component; generate a selector on the graphical representation for the control component to be manipulated by the crew action; and manipulate the control component in response to selection of the selector at the input device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Christopher Watkins, Jeff Hausmann, Nicholas Kershaw, Kristin Medin
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Publication number: 20190265066Abstract: An aircraft includes a display, a support system, and an avionics system. The support system includes at least one operable component, where at least one of the support system and the at least one operable component is configured to operate with an operating value falling within a predefined normal operating range. The avionics system is programmed to: calculate a rate of change of a value of at least one of the support system and the at least one operable component; determine whether the value will exit a predetermined normal operating range within a predetermined time based on the rate of change of the value; and indicate on the display that the value is expected to exit the predetermined normal operating range. The avionics system can leverage this function to declutter displays, and then present additional information to the crew when a value is trending out of range.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Nicholas Kershaw, Kristin Medin, Christopher Watkins
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Publication number: 20190212168Abstract: Aircraft, computing devices, and Head-Up Displays (HUDs) are provided. An aircraft includes an avionics system with a display screen and a controller. The display screen is configured to present an image arrangement that is visible to a user. The controller is configured to generate curved tapes in the image arrangement to convey flight values to the user. The curved tapes are configured to direct an eye of the user to a portion of the image arrangement. The controller is further configured to roll the curved tapes three-dimensionally based on changes to flight values of the aircraft to provide peripheral indication of changes to flight values when the flight values are changing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2019Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Justin Maas, Christopher Watkins
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Patent number: 9383740Abstract: A system wherein control of a safety-critical system operation is effected by sending a plurality of keywords via a low integrity communication path.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2011Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLCInventors: Simon Grant Bennett, Nicholas Andrew Belcher, David Parker, Kevin Challis, David Christopher Watkins, Gary Robert Watkins
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Patent number: 8432472Abstract: A camera includes memory for storing one or more stored images each with at least a day and month of capture; a processor which, based on the stored images, determines which day and month at least an image was captured; and a display that displays only the day and month on which at least an image was captured along with a visual indicator of whether a plurality of images was captured on the displayed day and month.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2009Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Timothy J. White, Alison Boncha, John Christopher Hahn, Christopher Watkins
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Publication number: 20120303145Abstract: A system wherein control of a safety-critical system operation is effected by sending a plurality of keywords via a low integrity transmission means.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLCInventors: Simon Grant Bennett, Nicholas Andrew Belcher, David Parker, Kevin Challis, David Christopher Watkins, Gary Robert Watkins
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Patent number: 8274592Abstract: A method for browsing a collection of digital images on a display screen with a touch screen user interface, comprising: forming an ordered sequence of digital images; entering an image review mode and displaying a first digital image from the ordered sequence of digital images on the display screen; initiating a sequential image display process in response to a user touching the touch screen, wherein the sequential image display process sequentially displays digital images in the ordered sequence of digital images on the touch screen until such time that the user stops touching the touch screen, wherein a time interval between the display of sequential images is specified by a scroll rate which is controlled responsive to the position that the user is touching the touch screen.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2009Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Christopher Watkins, Timothy J. White
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Publication number: 20110243397Abstract: A method for searching a collection of digital images on a display screen, comprising: entering an image review mode and displaying on the display screen a first digital image from the collection of digital images; designating a face contained in the first digital image by using an interactive user interface to indicate a region of the displayed first digital image containing the face; using a processor to execute an automatic face recognition algorithm to identify one or more additional digital images from the collection of digital images that contain the designated face; and displaying the identified one or more additional digital images on the display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2010Publication date: October 6, 2011Inventors: Christopher Watkins, Timothy J. White, Yasunobu Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20110149138Abstract: A method for browsing a collection of digital images on a display screen with a touch screen user interface, comprising: forming an ordered sequence of digital images; entering an image review mode and displaying a first digital image from the ordered sequence of digital images on the display screen; initiating a sequential image display process in response to a user touching the touch screen, wherein the sequential image display process sequentially displays digital images in the ordered sequence of digital images on the touch screen until such time that the user stops touching the touch screen, wherein a time interval between the display of sequential images is specified by a scroll rate which is controlled responsive to the position that the user is touching the touch screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventors: Christopher Watkins, Timothy J. White
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Publication number: 20110093775Abstract: A method for presenting images to a user on a display, the method comprising the steps of providing one or more stored images each with at least a day and month of capture; based on the stored images, determining which day and month at least an image was captured; and displaying only the day and month on which at least an image was captured; and a visual indicator of whether a plurality of images was captured on the displayed day and month.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventors: Timothy J. White, Alison Boncha, John Christopher Hahn, Christopher Watkins
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Publication number: 20110090367Abstract: A camera includes memory for storing one or more stored images each with at least a day and month of capture; a processor which, based on the stored images, determines which day and month at least an image was captured; and a display that displays only the day and month on which at least an image was captured along with a visual indicator of whether a plurality of images was captured on the displayed day and month.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventors: Timothy J. White, Alison Boncha, John Christopher Hahn, Christopher Watkins
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Publication number: 20060139705Abstract: A method of determining substrate and ink compatibility includes providing a test pattern having a range of ink loading levels and including test features corresponding to at least one of text and graphics; identifying a substrate; identifying an ink set; printing the test pattern on the identified substrate using the identified ink set; selecting an ink loading level for at least one of the at least one of text and graphics using the test pattern; and generating a tone scale transformation for one or more ink colors of the identified ink set using the selected ink loading level for at least one of the at least one of text and graphics, the selected ink loading level for the at least one of the at least one of text and graphics being dependent on the identified substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2005Publication date: June 29, 2006Inventors: Michael Piatt, Terry Wozniak, Christopher Watkins
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Patent number: 5740712Abstract: A punching device comprises a housing carrying a main punch body in the form of a plate mounted for rectilinear sliding movement, the punch body comprising a driving rack extending downwardly along each side, and a plurality of integral punch members projecting downwardly in a staggered array, the punch members being waisted. The device comprises an operating handle pivotally mounted on the housing carrying drive pinions engageable with the racks, so that by movement of the handle, the punch body may be raised and lowered. The punch body additionally carries auxiliary punch members, each being mounted on the punch body for longitudinal sliding movement relative thereto.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 1997Date of Patent: April 21, 1998Assignee: Acco-Rexel Group Services plc.Inventors: Stephen Christopher Watkins, Geoffrey Felton
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Patent number: 4202056Abstract: A toilet waterfall including a cover member arranged to fit on the open top of a flush tank of a conventional toilet and having a series of drip pans supported thereabove in superposed, staggered relationship so that water delivered upon flushing of the tank will be delivered through a suitable conduit to the uppermost drip pan to create a series of small waterfalls and another conduit for return of the water ultimately into the flush tank itself.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1976Date of Patent: May 13, 1980Inventor: Christopher A. Watkins