Patents by Inventor Edward Colby
Edward Colby 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: 11753781Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes a roadway stud control system including a local stud control system positioned along a first section of a roadway, a plurality of roadway studs, each roadway stud disposed on a surface of the first section of the roadway and communicably coupled to the local stud control system, wherein the local stud control system is configured to communicate a control signal to control at least one aspect of the plurality of roadway studs.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: MZC Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Harriet Anderson Langford, A. Philip Langford, Alan J. Anderson, John Picard, Allison Kelly Beaton, Glenn Le Faou, Laura Churcher, James Salisbury, Marie Buda, Edward Colby, Andy Milton
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Publication number: 20210292982Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes a roadway stud control system including a local stud control system positioned along a first section of a roadway, a plurality of roadway studs, each roadway stud disposed on a surface of the first section of the roadway and communicably coupled to the local stud control system, wherein the local stud control system is configured to communicate a control signal to control at least one aspect of the plurality of roadway studs.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Harriet Anderson Langford, A. Philip Langford, Alan J. Anderson, John Picard, Allison Kelly Beaton, Glenn Le Faou, Laura Churcher, James Salisbury, Marie Buda, Edward Colby, Andy Milton
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Patent number: 11028543Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes a roadway stud control system including a local stud control system positioned along a first section of a roadway, a plurality of roadway studs, each roadway stud disposed on a surface of the first section of the roadway and communicably coupled to the local stud control system, wherein the local stud control system is configured to communicate a control signal to control at least one aspect of the plurality of roadway studs.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: MZC Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Harriet Anderson Langford, A. Philip Langford, Alan J. Anderson, John Picard, Allison Kelly Beaton, Glenn Le Faou, Laura Churcher, James Salisbury, Marie Buda, Edward Colby, Andy Milton
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Publication number: 20200199832Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes a roadway stud control system including a local stud control system positioned along a first section of a roadway, a plurality of roadway studs, each roadway stud disposed on a surface of the first section of the roadway and communicably coupled to the local stud control system, wherein the local stud control system is configured to communicate a control signal to control at least one aspect of the plurality of roadway studs.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Harriet Anderson Langford, A. Philip Langford, Alan J. Anderson, John Picard, Allison Kelly Beaton, Glenn Le Faou, Laura Churcher, James Salisbury, Marie Buda, Edward Colby, Andy Milton
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Patent number: 10671650Abstract: System and method for damage avoidance in an excavation area include: receiving an excavation area and an excavation depth; accessing a database of a plurality of utility assets to identify a buried utility asset within the excavation area and the excavation depth; retrieving information from the database for the identified buried utility asset; fusing the buffer zone associated with the buried utility asset and the depth of the buried utility asset to obtain a latitude buffer zone for the buried utility asset; comparing the latitude buffer zone for the buried utility asset and the excavation depth; identifying a party responsible for the buried utility asset; and automatically transmitting an electronic notification to the party responsible for the buried utility asset.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: PROSTAR GEOCORP, INC.Inventors: Nelson Page Tucker, Daniel Edward Colby, Peter James Lynch Forster, William Steven Slusarenko
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Patent number: 10577763Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes a roadway stud control system including a local stud control system positioned along a first section of a roadway, a plurality of roadway studs, each roadway stud disposed on a surface of the first section of the roadway and communicably coupled to the local stud control system, wherein the local stud control system is configured to communicate a control signal to control at least one aspect of the plurality of roadway studs.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: MZC Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Harriet Anderson Langford, A. Philip Langford, Alan J. Anderson, John Picard, Allison Kelly Beaton, Glenn Le Faou, Laura Churcher, James Salisbury, Marie Buda, Edward Colby, Andy Milton
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Patent number: 10132839Abstract: An electricity meter comprises a conductor having a substantially planar surface; and a carrier for carrying a sensor component for enabling detection of current flowing in the conductor, wherein the carrier is spaced from the planar surface of the conductor by an arrangement of at least three spacing elements. The spacing elements may project from the carrier or from the substantially planar surface of the conductor.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2014Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: SENTEC LTDInventors: Andrew Dames, Robert Davidson, Edward Colby
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Publication number: 20180305876Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes a roadway stud control system including a local stud control system positioned along a first section of a roadway, a plurality of roadway studs, each roadway stud disposed on a surface of the first section of the roadway and communicably coupled to the local stud control system, wherein the local stud control system is configured to communicate a control signal to control at least one aspect of the plurality of roadway studs.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: Harriet Anderson Langford, A. Philip Langford, Alan J. Anderson, John Picard, Allison Kelly Beaton, Glenn Le Faou, Laura Churcher, James Salisbury, Marie Buda, Edward Colby, Andy Milton
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Patent number: 9684016Abstract: A current sensor comprises a first component comprising plural coils. Each coil comprises one or more turns printed on at least one planar surface of a respective substrate, and the planes of the coils are parallel to one another and are perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first component. A second component comprises soft magnetic material and has first and second planar faces that are at opposite ends of the first component and are arranged perpendicularly to and are intersected by the longitudinal axis of the first component.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2012Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Sentec Ltd.Inventors: Andrew Nicholas Dames, Matthew Emmanuel Storkey, Hilary Meanwell, Edward Colby
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Publication number: 20170161302Abstract: System and method for damage avoidance in an excavation area include: receiving an excavation area and an excavation depth; accessing a database of a plurality of utility assets to identify a buried utility asset within the excavation area and the excavation depth; retrieving information from the database for the identified buried utility asset; fusing the buffer zone associated with the buried utility asset and the depth of the buried utility asset to obtain a latitude buffer zone for the buried utility asset; comparing the latitude buffer zone for the buried utility asset and the excavation depth; identifying a party responsible for the buried utility asset; and automatically transmitting an electronic notification to the party responsible for the buried utility asset.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2017Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Nelson Page Tucker, Daniel Edward Colby, Peter James Lynch Forster, William Steven Slusarenko
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Patent number: 9619573Abstract: Method for calculating tolerance zones for utility assets includes: receiving data about a point, a line, or an area related to a location of an utility asset in a region; receiving information about said utility asset in the region from one or more databases, wherein the received information includes two or more of a type of the utility asset, a location of the utility asset, an accuracy of the location of the utility asset, accuracy requirements for the utility asset, accuracy requirements for the region, and a map tile accuracy; calculating a tolerance zone for said utility asset in the region based on the accuracy requirements for the utility asset and one or more of said accuracy of the location of the utility asset, accuracy requirements for the region, and the map tile accuracy; and transmitting the tolerance zone to a remote device.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: PROSTAR GEOCORP, INC.Inventors: Nelson Page Tucker, Daniel Edward Colby, Peter James Lynch Forster, William Steven Slusarenko
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Publication number: 20160084886Abstract: An electricity meter comprises a conductor having a substantially planar surface; and a carrier for carrying a sensor component for enabling detection of current flowing in the conductor, wherein the carrier is spaced from the planar surface of the conductor by an arrangement of at least three spacing elements. The spacing elements may project from the carrier or from the substantially planar surface of the conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Andrew Dames, Robert Davidson, Edward Colby
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Patent number: 8890509Abstract: A sensor for use in detecting a time-varying current in a conductor (106) comprises plural sets of two oppositely-configured sensor elements (104-1 . . . 104-6) arranged around a sensing volume having a central axis, the sensor elements (104-1A, 104-1B) of each set being provided substantially in a common plane that does not intersect the central axis, and each set having a different common plane, the sensor elements of each set being arranged such that a normal (N) of their common plane at a point between central parts of sensor elements lies on a plane (P) that is radial to the central axis of the sensing volume.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2010Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Sentec Ltd.Inventors: Andrew Dames, Matthew Storkey, Edward Colby, Oliver Burstall
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Publication number: 20140280277Abstract: Method for calculating tolerance zones for utility assets includes: receiving data about a point, a line, or an area related to a location of an utility asset in a region; receiving information about said utility asset in the region from one or more databases, wherein the received information includes two or more of a type of the utility asset, a location of the utility asset, an accuracy of the location of the utility asset, accuracy requirements for the utility asset, accuracy requirements for the region, and a map tile accuracy; calculating a tolerance zone for said utility asset in the region based on the accuracy requirements for the utility asset and one or more of said accuracy of the location of the utility asset, accuracy requirements for the region, and the map tile accuracy; and transmitting the tolerance zone to a remote device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: GLOBAL PRECISION SOLUTIONS, LLP.Inventors: Nelson Page Tucker, Daniel Edward Colby, Peter James Lynch Forster, William Steven Slusarenko
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Publication number: 20140125321Abstract: A current sensor comprises a first component comprising plural coils. Each coil comprises one or more turns printed on at least one planar surface of a respective substrate, and the planes of the coils are parallel to one another and are perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first component. A second component comprises soft magnetic material and has first and second planar faces that are at opposite ends of the first component and are arranged perpendicularly to and are intersected by the longitudinal axis of the first component.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: Sentec Ltd.Inventors: Andrew Nicholas Dames, Matthew Emmanuel Storkey, Hilary Meanwell, Edward Colby
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Publication number: 20130297084Abstract: Control of supplying power to a storage device is performed based on carbon emission strength or a power rate. A battery center 13 that constitutes a storage device 11 performs radio communication with a gateway 4 and is controlled by the gateway 4. The gateway 4 collects a measured value of power consumed by electric appliances in a home and obtains the carbon emission strength in real time. A solar panel 9 is provided and a battery of the storage device 11 is charged with an output of the solar panel. The battery is also charged with direct current power obtained from power from outside. The power is stored in the storage device 11 based on the carbon emission strength by charging control.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Eiichiro Kubota, Antonio Avitabile, Constantino Mariella, Christopher Rutherford, Edward Colby, Nicholas Bailey, Alexander Knill, Harshul Mehta
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Publication number: 20130214608Abstract: To solve problems arising when a power conditioner equivalent to that connected to a solar panel is connected to a power storage device. Direct-current power generated by the solar panel 9 is supplied to a DC-DC converter 51 and output as a predetermined direct-current voltage. The output voltage of the converter 51 is supplied to a DC-AC inverter 52. Direct-current power generated by the power storage device 11 is supplied to a DC-DC converter 55. Predetermined direct-current power from the converter 55 is supplied to a DC-AC inverter 56. Alternating-current power output by the inverter 56 is supplied to an alternating-current power system at home. The converter 55 is configured to have two output voltages. The first output voltage is a standby voltage. The second voltage is a voltage at which the inverter 56 starts power supply to outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Eiichiro Kubota, Antonio Avitabile, Costantino Mariella, Christopher Rutherford, Edward Colby, Nicholas George Bailey, Alexander Charles Knill, Harshul Deepak Mehta
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Publication number: 20130118271Abstract: A system for processing a signal from a sensor is described. The system comprises an analog-to-digital converter. The system is configured to vary a sampling rate of said analog-to-digital converter dependent on an expected shape of the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: SENTEC LTD.Inventors: Edward Colby, Matthew Storkey, David Healy, Konstantin Stefanov
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Publication number: 20120146620Abstract: A sensor for use in detecting a time-varying current in a conductor (106) comprises plural sets of two oppositely-configured sensor elements (104-1 . . . 104-6) arranged around a sensing volume having a central axis, the sensor elements (104-1A, 104-1B) of each set being provided substantially in a common plane that does not intersect the central axis, and each set having a different common plane, the sensor elements of each set being arranged such that a normal (N) of their common plane at a point between central parts of sensor elements lies on a plane (P) that is radial to the central axis of the sensing volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: SENTEC LTDInventors: Andrew Dames, Matthew Storkey, Edward Colby, Oliver Burstall
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Patent number: 7653010Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, there is disclosed a method of operating a wireless mesh network. The method comprises: seeding the network from a first node; allocating a network address to each member node of the network to form a tree-like structure of the nodes, such that the network address is reversibly derived from the network address of the member node from which it is derived in the tree-like structure; and mapping out cross-branch network connections between nodes that are determined not to be immediate neighbour nodes according to the addresses of the tree-like structure. Further related system embodiments are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2004Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Casient LimitedInventors: Tim Ensor, Matthew Storkey, Simon Shakespeare, Edward Colby