Patents by Inventor Duncan Estcourt Ward

Duncan Estcourt Ward 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).

  • Visual presentation system
    Patent number: 9189885
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying a 2D representation of a 3D world on an image plane of a simulator. The image plane defines a fixed viewing region of the replica environment of the simulator and also corresponds to a view observed by an operator of the simulator. The method includes the steps of determining a head position of the operator of the replica environment and modifying a viewing volume of the 3D world based on the head position of the operator while keeping the image plane constant to form a modified viewing volume. The 2D representation based on the modified viewing volume is then generated and displayed on the image plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Duncan Estcourt Ward, David John Lannan
  • VISUAL PRESENTATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120281002
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying a 2D representation of a 3D world on an image plane of a simulator. The image plane defines a fixed viewing region of the replica environment of the simulator and also corresponds to a view observed by an operator of the simulator. The method includes the steps of determining a head position of the operator of the replica environment and modifying a viewing volume of the 3D world based on the head position of the operator while keeping the image plane constant to form a modified viewing volume. The 2D representation based on the modified viewing volume is then generated and displayed on the image plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Duncan Estcourt Ward, David John Lannan