Patents by Inventor David John Roberts
David John Roberts 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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Publication number: 20240115104Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning implement that includes a melamine-formaldehyde foam. The melamine-formaldehyde foam includes from about 0.1 to about 5 weight % of at least one linear polymer with a number average molecular weight Mn in the range from 500 to 10,000 g/mol. Additionally the present invention encompasses processes for making and methods for cleaning hard surfaces with a cleaning implement according to the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: David John PUNG, Megan Showell ROBERTS, Johann Martin SZEIFERT
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Publication number: 20240085700Abstract: The display device of the present invention includes, in the following order toward a viewer: a display panel; a semi-transparent mirror; a Pancharatnam-Berry lens configured to cause one-handed circularly polarized light incident thereon that is left-handed circularly polarized light or right-handed circularly polarized light to converge while causing opposite-handed circularly polarized light incident thereon to diverge; and a circularly polarized light-selective reflector.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: MATTIA SIGNORETTO, DAVID JAMES MONTGOMERY, PETER JOHN ROBERTS, Naru USUKURA, Manabu DAIO
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Patent number: 11614152Abstract: The description is directed broadly to a locking differential, comprising; a pair of rotating bevel gears engaged with one another via at least one pinion gear rotatably supported within a carrier; a locking member disposed within the carrier and engagable with each of the bevel gears, the locking member being movable between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, such that in the unlocked configuration the locking member allows free rotation of the bevel gears in engagement with the at least one pinion gear to equalise torque between a first bevel gear and a second bevel gear of the pair, and in the locked configuration the locking member locks the first bevel gear to the carrier and locks the second bevel gear to the carrier, simultaneously, to prevent relative movement therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Inventors: Anthony David Roberts, David John Roberts
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Publication number: 20220178433Abstract: The description is directed broadly to a locking differential, comprising; a pair of rotating bevel gears engaged with one another via at least one pinion gear rotatably supported within a carrier; a locking member disposed within the carrier and engagable with each of the bevel gears, the locking member being movable between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, such that in the unlocked configuration the locking member allows free rotation of the bevel gears in engagement with the at least one pinion gear to equalise torque between a first bevel gear and a second bevel gear of the pair, and in the locked configuration the locking member locks the first bevel gear to the carrier and locks the second bevel gear to the carrier, simultaneously, to prevent relative movement therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2018Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Anthony David ROBERTS, David John ROBERTS
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Publication number: 20150189903Abstract: A potato chip comprising a cooked potato slice and from 5 to 20 wt % oil based on the weight of the potato chip, wherein the oil comprises a first oil portion within the cooked potato slice and a second oil portion on the surface of the cooked potato slice, the second oil portion comprising no more than 0.2 wt % of the weight of the potato chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2012Publication date: July 9, 2015Inventors: Michael Alfred James Spurr, Naomi Jane Clark, David John Roberts, Oliver Herbert, Richard Andrew Bailey, Brian Richard Newberry, Barbara Louise Warburg, Lindsay Anne Dobson, Paul Fredrick Tomlinson, Glynn R. Bartlett
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Patent number: 8901928Abstract: In a MRI system housed within a room there is provided a movable magnet and additional components for other procedures on the patient, a control system is provided for the relative movement of the magnet and components. This includes a plurality of magnetic field sensors mounted on the components for measuring the magnetic field at the location of the component and an optional camera positioning system so that the control system can estimate relative positions of the components relative to the magnet from the sensed field strengths from the set of sensors to avoid collisions during the movements.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2010Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Imris Inc.Inventors: Mark Alexiuk, Mehran Fallah-Rad, Gordon Scarth, Stephen G. Hushek, Kirk Maurice Champagne, Timothy James Hoeppner, David John Robert Weber
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Patent number: 8831956Abstract: In an interactive computer controlled display system with speech command input recognition and visual feedback including means for predetermining a plurality of speech commands for respectively initiating each of a corresponding plurality of system actions in combination with means for providing for each of the plurality of speech commands an associated set of speech terms, each term having relevance to its associated command. Also included are means responsive to a detected speech term having relevance to one of the speech commands for displaying a relevant command. The system preferably may display basic speech commands simultaneously along with relevant commands. The means for providing the associated set of speech terms may comprise a stored relevance table of universal speech input commands and universal computer operation terms conventionally associated with system actions initiated by the input commands, and means for relating operation terms of the system with terms in the relevance table.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Scott Anthony Morgan, David John Roberts, Craig Ardner Swearingen, Alan Richard Tannenbaum, Anthony C. C. Temple
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Publication number: 20140226584Abstract: Disclosed herein is an adaptive communications network and a method of adapting the network. The network comprises, at least a first and second base station operable to communicate with one another and with a plurality of mobile client platforms (MCPs), at least a first and second MCP, each provided with a communications module, a processing module, and a means of manoeuvring. The first MCP is provided with and operable to execute: a first initial route plan and a first initial communications plan for maintaining a communication link with either of the base stations. Further, the first MCP is operable to collect and transmit first situational awareness data. Similarly, the second MCP is provided with and operable to execute: a second initial route plan and a second initial communications plan for maintaining a communication link with at least one of the base stations, and is operable to collect and transmit second situational awareness data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLCInventors: Elizabeth Jane Cullen, Richard Norman Herring, David John Robert Robson
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Publication number: 20130041670Abstract: In an interactive computer controlled display system with speech command input recognition and visual feedback including means for predetermining a plurality of speech commands for respectively initiating each of a corresponding plurality of system actions in combination with means for providing for each of the plurality of speech commands an associated set of speech terms, each term having relevance to its associated command Also included are means responsive to a detected speech term having relevance to one of the speech commands for displaying a relevant command. The system preferably may display basic speech commands simultaneously along with relevant commands. The means for providing the associated set of speech terms may comprise a stored relevance table of universal speech input commands and universal computer operation terms conventionally associated with system actions initiated by the input commands, and means for relating operation terms of the system with terms in the relevance table.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Scott Anthony Morgan, David John Roberts, Craig Ardner Swearingen, Alan Richard Tannenbaum, Anthony Christopher Courtney Temple
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Patent number: 8275617Abstract: In an interactive computer controlled display system with speech command input recognition and visual feedback, implementations are provided for predetermining a plurality of speech commands for respectively initiating each of a corresponding plurality of system actions in combination with implementations for providing for each of said plurality of commands, an associated set of speech terms, each term having relevance to its associated command. Also included are implementations for detecting speech command and speech terms. The system provides an implementation responsive to a detected speech command for displaying said command, and an implementation responsive to a detected speech term having relevance to one of said commands for displaying the relevant command. The system further comprehends an interactive implementation for selecting a displayed command to thereby initiate a system action; this selecting implementation is preferably through a speech command input.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1998Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Scott Anthony Morgan, David John Roberts, Craig Ardner Swearingen, Alan Richard Tannenbaum, Anthony Christopher Courtney Temple
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Publication number: 20120112747Abstract: In a MRI system housed within a room there is provided a movable magnet and additional components for other procedures on the patient, a control system is provided for the relative movement of the magnet and components. This includes a plurality of magnetic field sensors mounted on the components for measuring the magnetic field at the location of the component and an optional camera positioning system so that the control system can estimate relative positions of the components relative to the magnet from the sensed field strengths from the set of sensors to avoid collisions during the movements.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Inventors: Mark Alexiuk, Mehran Fallah-Rad, Gordon Scarth, Stephen G. Hushek, Kirk Maurice Champagne, Timothy James Hoeppner, David John Robert Weber
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Patent number: 7206747Abstract: A speech recognition system which does not switch modes of operation when interpreting speech queries, such as help queries, or receiving actual spoken commands. The system handles both concurrently and seamlessly in the same operation mode. The present invention is directed to an interactive computer controlled display system with speech recognition comprising an implementation for predetermining a plurality of speech commands each associated with a corresponding plurality of system actions in combination with an implementation for concurrently detecting speech commands and speech queries for locating commands. There is also provided an implementation responsive to a detected speech command for carrying out the system action corresponding to the command, and an implementation responsive to a detected speech query for attempting to locate commands applicable to said query.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1998Date of Patent: April 17, 2007Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Scott Anthony Morgan, David John Roberts, Craig Ardner Swearingen, Alan Richard Tannenbaum
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Patent number: 6937984Abstract: The present invention provides a solution for users of voice recognition systems who still need visual feedback in order to confirm the accuracy of spoken commands but need to operate in a “hands-off” mode with respect to computer input. In an interactive computer controlled display system with speech command input recognition, the present invention provides a system for confirming the recognition of a command by first predetermining a plurality of speech commands for respectively designating each of a corresponding plurality of system actions and providing means for detecting such speech commands. There also are means responsive to a detected speech command for displaying said command for a predetermined time period, during which time the user may give a spoken command to stop the system action designated by said displayed command. In the event that said system action is not stopped during said predetermined time period, the system action designated by said displayed command will be executed.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1998Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Scott Anthony Morgan, David John Roberts, Craig Ardner Swearingen, Alan Richard Tannenbaum
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Patent number: 6271842Abstract: A system, method and computer program are provided for viewer navigation within a virtual reality three-dimensional workspace containing functional three-dimensional objects which are capable of being moved and environmental three-dimensional objects which have stationary positions in the workspace. Navigation from an initial viewpoint interface in the virtual reality workspace to a subsequent viewpoint is carried out by the viewer selecting an environmental object whereupon the system responds by shifting the viewpoint to a subsequent position in the workspace.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 1997Date of Patent: August 7, 2001Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Didier Daniel Claude Bardon, Richard Edmond Berry, Scott Harlan Isensee, David John Roberts
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Patent number: 6256030Abstract: A method, system and program for navigating within any compound graphical object in a graphical user interface presented on a display. The compound graphical object has an arbitrary number of hierarchically ranked levels. First, the system determines whether a command to move within the compound object was issued from a pointing device or from a keyboard device. If issued from a pointing device, a lowest level object in the compound object is found which encompasses a hot-spot of a pointer icon controlled by the pointing device. The level to which the lowest level object belongs is made active. If the selection command was issued from a keyboard device, a next object in the compound object is selected, the next object being established by the keyboard user command and other information such as the relative hierarchical and spatial positions of the current and next objects.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1996Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.Inventors: Richard Edmond Berry, Susan Faye Henshaw, David John Roberts
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Patent number: 6229779Abstract: A physical play-in-place case for housing and playing a media disc, such as an audio compact disc (CD). The case comprises a base, a shell attached to the base defining a cavity for receiving a CD, the shell further having a landing portion defining a spine area extending substantially along a common side of the base and the shell, and a cover hinged to the base along the spine area. Playback controls are located at the landing portion of the shell and extend into the spine area. At least one audio output device is located in the shell. A track/time display can also be located at the landing portion of the shell. In a further embodiment, a graphic display panel is attached to the cover, and may be viewed when the cover is in the closed position. A touch screen may be operatively combined with the graphic display panel. The case can be fabricated in the same size as conventional CD jewel cases, i.e., with dimensions no greater than about 14 cm×12.5 cm×10 cm.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1998Date of Patent: May 8, 2001Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Richard Edmond Berry, Scott Anthony Morgan, John Martin Mullaly, David John Roberts, Craig Ardner Swearingen, Anthony Christopher Courtney Temple
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Viewer interactive object with multiple selectable face views in virtual three-dimensional workplace
Patent number: 6226001Abstract: A system, method and computer program are provided for presenting to a viewer at a display interface, a virtual 3D workspace containing virtual 3D objects and viewer interactive means for navigating in said workspace. Each object in the workspace has a plurality of face views associated with it. Viewer interactive means are provided for selecting one of the face views. A predetermined face view is presented in the absence of a viewer selection.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 1997Date of Patent: May 1, 2001Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Didier Daniel Claude Bardon, Richard Edmond Berry, Scott Harlan Isensee, John Martin Mullaly, David John Roberts -
Patent number: 6222537Abstract: A user interface builder provides support for creation of customized user interfaces, enabling users to associate images, animation, sound clips and other media with specific predefined states of a user interface control. A set of object classes for each control predefined within the user interface builder include a first class defining the functional behavior and a comprehensive state model for the control, and a second class which encapsulates property attributes which may be set by a user to be associated with specific states of the control. In particular, desired graphics images, audio and animation sequences can be associated with a control via simple GUI interaction, avoiding the need for an interface creator to write code for standard interface control functions and so enabling easy creation of interfaces with semantic consistency and customized appearance.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1998Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Andrew John Smith, David Clark, David John Roberts, Paul Jonathan Englefield, Raymond Trainer, Vanessa Donnelly
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Patent number: 6192343Abstract: A speech recognition system which interprets speech queries such as help queries and presents a list of relevant proposed commands sorted in order based upon relevance of the commands. The system organizes the displayed commands being prompted to the user through probability determining means which for each of a predetermined plurality of speech commands store an associated set of speech terms, each term having relevance to its associated command combined with means responsive to a speech query for determining the probability of speech terms from said set in said query, and means responsive to said probability determining means for prompting the user with a displayed sequence of commands sorted based upon said probability of speech terms associated with said commands. When such a sorted command is selected, the system has means responsive to a speech command for carrying out the system action corresponding to the command.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1998Date of Patent: February 20, 2001Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Scott Anthony Morgan, David John Roberts, Craig Ardner Swearingen, Alan Richard Tannenbaum
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Patent number: 6121971Abstract: A method and system for providing visual hierarchy of task groups and related viewpoints of a three dimensional display of a computer system is disclosed. The method and system comprises providing a group of task related objects and positioning an object within an associated viewpoint when the object is to be utilized. In the present invention each task group is composed of objects related to a particular user task. Associated with each task group is a viewpoint in the 3D space. The visual organization of task groups and associated viewpoints allows the user to traverse the task-object hierarchy smoothly, seeing more or less of the surrounding task context as desired.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1997Date of Patent: September 19, 2000Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Richard Edmond Berry, Scott Harlan Isensee, David John Roberts, Didier Daniel Bardon