Patents by Inventor Duncan Gillies

Duncan Gillies 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: 20050105768
    Abstract: A method of analysing an image comprises carrying out eye tracking on an observer observing the image and applying factor analysis to the fixation regions to identify the underlying image attributes which the observer is seeking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Guang-Zhong Yang, Laura Dempere-Marco, Xiao Peng Hu, Duncan Gillies
  • Publication number: 20050045022
    Abstract: The present invention is a hand-held musical pipe wind instrument in which sound is produced by the vibration of a single reed and which replicates the relative scales and tone-hole arrangement employed on the Scottish Highland bagpipe chanter. In its most basic embodiment, this wind instrument consists of a saxophone reed and mouthpiece attached to the upper end of a tube and a flaring bell or sole attached to the lower end of the same tube. In this basic embodiment, the tube comprises a plurality of holes, known as tone-holes, disposed at locations along the length of the tube, which in playing are opened and closed successively in predetermined configurations to achieve changes in musical pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventor: Duncan Gillis