Patents by Inventor David Sharp

David Sharp 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: 20210162685
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of an object 4 from a fibre and or fabric reinforced composite material 12 comprising at least a first layer of a proof coating 10, a first matrix, and one or more fibre and or fabric reinforcement materials, characterised in that the manufacture steps comprise a) creating a first layer of the proof coating 10, b) laying up a mixture of the fibre and or fabric reinforcement material and the composite matrix form a composite element 12, in which (i) step (a) is performed first with the first layer of the proof coating 10 being applied to a mould 2 or support, followed by step (b) with layup being performed on a surface of the first layer of the proof coating 10 of step (a); or (ii) step (b) is performed first with layup being performed on a mould 2 or support, followed by step (a) with the first layer of the proof coating 10 being applied to at least one surface of the composite element 12 of step (b) characterised in that the proof coating 10 is comprised of a second matrix having disp
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: William Weaver, Matthew David Sharp, Gaven Johnson, Antony Xavier Gallafent
  • Patent number: 11025979
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product embodiments for a crowd sourced indexing and/or searching of content. An embodiment operates by receiving one or more requests for content from one or more media devices, each request comprising content identifier information that identifies the content, determining whether crowd sourced content index information has been generated for the content, transmitting a response to the one or more media devices of the one or more media devices, in response to the one or more requests, the response comprising content location information and a content indexing request, and receiving content index information for the content identified by the content identifier information from the one or more media devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Roku, Inc.
    Inventor: David Sharp
  • Patent number: 11004667
    Abstract: A portable ion mobility spectrometry apparatus (1) for detecting an aerosol and a method for using the apparatus. The apparatus comprises an ion mobility spectrometer (3); a portable power source (5) carried by the apparatus for providing power to the apparatus (1); an inlet (7) for collecting a flow of air to be tested by the spectrometer (3); a heater (4) configured to heat the air to be tested to vapourise an aerosol carried by the air and a controller (2) configured to control the spectrometer (3) to obtain samples from the heated air, wherein the controller is configured to increase a heat output from the heater (4) for a selected time period before obtaining samples from the heated air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SMITHS DETECTION-WATFORD LIMITED
    Inventors: David Sharp, Alastair Clark, William Munro, Paul Arnold, John Fitzgerald, David Cutmore, Rod Wilson
  • Publication number: 20210114811
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for a load handling system such that direction change of a transporting device is more easily and quickly realised. A transporting device includes an omnidirectional driving unit, and is arranged to transport a container, the container being stored in a facility. The facility is arranged to store the container in a plurality of stacks, a plurality of pathways being arranged in cells so as to form a grid-like structure above the stacks, the transporting device being arranged to operate on the grid-like structure and to be driven in a first direction and/or second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Ocado Innovation Limited
    Inventors: Sean CLARK, David SHARP
  • Patent number: 10971111
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product embodiments for providing a representation to a connected device. An embodiment operates by recognizing a new device connected to a display device, collecting device fingerprint information from the new device, and requesting a device class representation information determined based on the device fingerprint information. Another embodiment operates by receiving device fingerprint information from a display device via a network connection, wherein the device fingerprint information is collected from a device connected to a display device, and providing device class representation information to the display device via the network connection, when the device class representation information corresponding to the device fingerprint information is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Roku, Inc.
    Inventors: David Sharp, Jeff Bush, Jim Funk, Wim Michiels, Dale Luck
  • Publication number: 20210079231
    Abstract: A composition comprising a carrier medium, a first corrosion inhibitor, and a second corrosion inhibitor having a barrier mechanism. The first corrosion inhibitor comprises at least one of an ion exchanged pigment, a silica, a calcium exchanged silica, an oxyaminophosphate salt of magnesium, and/or a mixture of an organic amine, a phosphoric acid and/or an inorganic phosphate and a metal oxide and/or a metal hydroxide, and the second corrosion inhibitor comprises one or more 2D material platelets in which the 2D material platelets comprise: nanoplates of one or more 2D materials and or nanoplates of one or more layered 2D materials and or graphite flakes in which the graphite flakes have one nanoscale dimension and 35 or less layers of atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: William Weaver, Lynn Chikosha, Gaven Johnson, Matthew David Sharp
  • Publication number: 20210080560
    Abstract: A device can determine its position in a communications system. A scalable solution permits multiple devices to be used in one area without detrimental effect on the accuracy or latency of the position determining. The communications system includes a first base station arranged to transmit a first signal to a second base station arranged receive the first signal and transmit a second signal to the first base station in response The first base station is arranged to receive the second signal and transmit a third signal to the second base station in response to the second signal. delay time measuring unit, round trip time measuring unit, a base station timings unit and a calculating unit are used to calculate a first time difference of arrival based on a first round trip time, first delay time, second round trip time and a second delay time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Ocado Innovation Limited
    Inventors: David SHARP, Joseph ZAMMIT
  • Publication number: 20210040331
    Abstract: A composition suitable for coating a metallic substrate that is susceptible to corrosion is disclosed. The composition comprises a carrier medium and graphene platelets in which the graphene platelets comprise between 0.002 wt % and 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: William Weaver, Matthew David Sharp, Gaven Johnson
  • Publication number: 20210037535
    Abstract: A communication system for communication between one or more terminal units includes: a communication manager that is configured to define and manage one or more adjustable communication links for efficient bandwidth utilization, wherein the one or more communication links are adjustable by the communication manager adjusting the bandwidth of each of the one or more communication links, the frequency bands utilized by each of the one or more communication links, and the latency for each of the one or more communication links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Richard STEPHENS, Fraser Murray EDWARDS, Montague Fraser BARLOW, Adam Nikolai GREEN, David SHARP
  • Patent number: 10894961
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for inhibiting or treating metastasis based on discoveries regarding Kif19 and Cep192. Methods and compositions are provided for enhancing wound healing, treating fibrosis, reducing scarring and treating nerve pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Inventors: David Sharp, Brian O'Rourke
  • Patent number: 10876821
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for accurately and safely directing the movement of shooting range targets, and more specifically, to provide self-calibration and synchronicity to programmable target carriers and automatically resetting targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: ACTION TARGET INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Green, Cory Haflett, Tim Hakala, David Sharp, Christopher Hess, Devin Anderson
  • Publication number: 20200399060
    Abstract: A control unit is provided to improve positioning of transporting devices to thereby allow transporting devices to be driven at faster speeds and/or accelerations with minimal positional errors allowing for a reduction in the spacing between transporting devices. A control unit is arranged to control movement of at least one transporting device for containers stored in a facility having a plurality of pathways arranged in cells so as to form a grid-like structure above the stacks which extends in a first direction and in a second direction. The control unit includes a receiving unit arranged to receive information from a first sensor mounted on the at least one transporting device, and a calculating unit arranged to calculate a position of the at least one transporting device based on the receiPved information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Ocado Innovation Limited
    Inventors: Matthew WHELAN, David SHARP, David BROWN
  • Publication number: 20200362463
    Abstract: A composition suitable for coating a metallic substrate that is susceptible to corrosion is disclosed. The composition comprises a carrier medium, 2D material/graphitic platelets, and one or both of conductive carbon black particles and carbon nanotubes, in which the 2D material/graphitic platelets comprise nanoplates of one or more 2D materials and or nanoplates of one or more layered 2D materials and or graphite flakes in which the graphite flakes have one nanoscale dimension and 25 or less layers, the conductive carbon black particles have a mean particle size in the range of 1 nm to 1000 nm, and the carbon nanotubes are single or multiwalled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: William Weaver, Matthew David Sharp, Gaven Johnson
  • Publication number: 20200324971
    Abstract: A storage system as disclosed can maximize storage capacity whilst remaining scalable. A transporting device is arranged to form a cluster with a reconfigurable physical topology. A transporting device can cooperate with a portion of a surface, and with at least one other transporting device in a cluster with a reconfigurable physical topology. An item receiving space and a relocating unit permit relocation of the transporting device within the cluster by way of interaction with the portion of the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew John INGRAM-TEDD, David SHARP, Joseph ZAMMIT, Ben THOMAS, Sean CLARK, Graham DEACON
  • Patent number: 10805933
    Abstract: A communication system for communication between one or more terminal units includes: a communication manager that is configured to define and manage one or more adjustable communication links for efficient bandwidth utilization, wherein the one or more communication links are adjustable by the communication manager adjusting the bandwidth of each of the one or more communication links, the frequency bands utilized by each of the one or more communication links, and the latency for each of the one or more communication links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Richard Stephens, Fraser Murray Edwards, Montague Fraser Barlow, Adam Nikolai Green, David Sharp
  • Publication number: 20200296167
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic and digital building block system includes modular electronic building modules that can be electrically coupled together to create various different electronic devices. In addition to physical electronic modules, the system can include digital building blocks to further enhance and integrate the functions of an assembled bit-system that can be created/assembled by a user of the block electronic building system. The digital building blocks are not a physical module, but digital content or other software or cloud applications that can be represented as virtual digital blocks, and that can interface with the physical modules. The digital blocks can provide integration between the functionality of the physical building blocks and functionality of computer-based and/or web-based applications, programs and systems. The electronic and digital building block system can include a system program and a visualizer that can be viewed on the display of a computer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Aya BDEIR, Alin COSMANESCU, Sean SCHUMER, Stanley OKRASINSKI, Andrew TERGIS, Kristin SALOMON, Edward BEAR, Julio LIRIANO, David NEWTON, John PERKINS, David SHARP, Sameer MORE, Paul ROTHMAN
  • Patent number: 10776750
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed of operating a plurality of fulfillment centres, including a large fulfillment centre and a small fulfillment centre, each of the fulfillment centres being configured to fulfil customer orders. A first product and a second product are received at the large fulfillment centre. Desired quantities of the first and second products are picked at the large fulfillment centre for packing into a container, wherein the desired quantities include at least one of: quantities ordered by at least one customer to be fulfilled at the large fulfillment centre or the small fulfillment centre, and quantities predicted to be ordered by at least one customer and to be fulfilled at the small fulfillment centre.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Sverker Lindbo, James Waddilove, Andy Ingram-Tedd, Timothy Deighton Steiner, David Sharp, Evan Innis
  • Publication number: 20200277602
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for inhibiting or treating metastasis based on discoveries regarding Kif19 and Cep192. Methods and compositions are provided for enhancing wound healing, treating fibrosis, reducing scarring and treating nerve pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
    Inventors: David SHARP, Brian O'ROURKE
  • Publication number: 20200269522
    Abstract: A composite moulding material (10) comprising a fibrous layer (12) and a graphene/graphitic material (14) applied to the fibrous layer (12) at one or more localised regions (R1, R2, R3, R4) over a surface (16) of the fibrous layer (12) characterised in that the graphene/graphitic material (14) is comprised of graphene nanoplates, graphene oxide nanoplates, reduced graphene oxide nanoplates, bilayer graphene nanoplates, bilayer graphene oxide nanoplates, bilayer reduced graphene oxide nanoplates, few-layer graphene nanoplates, few-layer graphene oxide nanoplates, few-layer reduced graphene oxide nanoplates, graphene/graphitic nanoplates of 6 to 14 layers of carbon atoms, graphite flakes with nanoscale dimensions and 40 or less layers of carbon atoms, graphite flakes with nanoscale dimensions and 25 to 30 layers of carbon atoms, graphite flakes with nanoscale dimensions and 25 to 35 layers of carbon atoms, graphite flakes with nanoscale dimensions and 20 to 35 layers of carbon atoms, or graphite flakes with nan
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Nigel Ashley BLATHERWICK, Matthew David SHARP, Kevin Andrew YEOMANS, William WEAVER
  • Publication number: 20200247611
    Abstract: An object handling coordination system includes a plurality of transporting vessels arranged as a three-dimensional cluster of transporting vessels. The plurality of transporting vessels is addressable and the cluster has a self-reconfigurable physical topology. A relocatable transporting vessel is configured to be relocatable within the. A motion control system is configured to determine a path from a start location of the relocatable transporting vessel within the cluster to a destination location within the cluster and arranged to execute movement of the relocatable transporting vessel within the cluster using the determined path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Ocado Innovation Limited
    Inventors: David SHARP, Joseph ZAMMIT, Richard WATKINS, Michael CAMPBELL