Patents by Inventor Gareth Hugh Loudon

Gareth Hugh Loudon 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).

  • Limb Shield
    Publication number: 20130254965
    Abstract: A limb shield is disclosed for shielding a limb of a wearer against impacts. The shield comprises a shell having a first shell portion and a second shell portion, the first portion comprising a substantially rigid portion, the second portion being reconfigurable between a retracted configuration in which the shield is configured to conform substantially with the contours of the limb to hold the shield in place upon the limb, and an extended configuration in which the shield is configured to receive the limb. The second portion is further resiliently biased to the retracted configuration and is arranged to extend around at least a portion of a periphery of the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Rikoset Ltd
    Inventors: Balraj Dhaliwal, Gareth Hugh Loudon, Peter William McCarthy
  • Recognition process
    Patent number: 6891971
    Abstract: A recognition process for handwritten characters, including generating sub-segments representing at least one character stroke, the sub-segments each having a boundary enclosing the at least one stroke of the sub-segment, merging the sub-segments when the distance between centroids of the sub-segments are less than a predetermined threshold, and generating segments representing possible characters from the sub-segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignees: Apple Computer, Inc., Laboratories for Information Technology
    Inventors: Gareth Hugh Loudon, Tai Hou Tng, Hong Chen
  • Recognition process
    Publication number: 20030086611
    Abstract: A recognition process for handwritten characters, including generating sub-segments representing at least one character stroke, the sub-segments each having a boundary enclosing the at least one stroke of the sub-segment, merging the sub-segments when the distance between centroids of the sub-segments are less than a predetermined threshold, and generating segments representing possible characters from the sub-segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Gareth Hugh Loudon, Tai Hou Tng, Hong Chen