Patents by Inventor Geoffrey Walker

Geoffrey Walker 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: 20120227189
    Abstract: A laundry machine configured to supply a first amount of water to the wash tub wherein a wash plate can be oscillated such that clothes items directly above and in contact with the impeller are frictionally dragged in a oscillatory manner with the wash chamber while continuing to oscillate said wash plate, an additional supply of water is added to said wash tub such that as cloth items lost frictional engagement with the wash plate, the cloth items continue to move along an inverse toroidal rollover path at higher water levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: ANNA KATHRYN DUNCAN, ERIN LOUISE HALL, GEOFFREY WALKER, GERALD DAVID DUNCAN, FLAVIO E. BERNARDINO, MARY ELLEN ZEITLER, DAVID WAYNE CARR
  • Publication number: 20120218256
    Abstract: A method of generating a recommended depth value for use in displaying a graphics item over a three dimensional video is described. The method includes at a headend: receiving a three dimensional video including video frames; analyzing a sequence of said video frames in turn to produce a sequence of depth maps, each depth map in the sequence of depth maps being associated with timing data relating that depth map to a corresponding video frame in the sequence of video frames, each depth map including depth values, each depth value representing a depth of a pixel location in its corresponding video frame; selecting a region of depth maps in the sequence of depth maps; analyzing said region of the depth maps in the sequence of depth maps to identify a furthest forward depth value for said region in the sequence of depth maps; and transmitting the furthest forward depth value as the recommended depth value for the region to a display device and region information describing the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Kevin A. Murray, Simon John Parnall, Ray Taylor, James Geoffrey Walker
  • Publication number: 20120189285
    Abstract: A method and system for broadcasting content, is described, the method and system facilitating simultaneous recording of multiple programs on a digital video recorder (DVR), the method and system including providing a plurality of content items, dividing each one of the plurality of content items into a multiplicity of chunks, each one of the chunks including at least one reference frame, for each one of the chunks determining a location of each reference frame included in the chunk, creating a chunk index of locations of each reference frame included in the chunk, creating a chunk file including the chunk and the chunk index, and inserting the chunk file in a data stream, such that no chunk file including a chunk from a particular content item is adjacent to a second chunk file including a chunk from the same particular content item, and broadcasting using a transmission bitrate greater than the bitrate of the data stream in a single channel in a multiplexed broadcast service, wherein the chunks files in the
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: NDS Limited
    Inventors: Alex Ashley, Pete Rai, Trevor Smith, Ray Taylor, James Geoffrey Walker, Kevin A. Murray
  • Publication number: 20120017647
    Abstract: A laundry machine configured to supply a first amount of water to the wash tub wherein a wash plate can be oscillated such that clothes items directly above and in contact with the impeller are frictionally dragged in a oscillatory manner with the wash chamber while continuing to oscillate said wash plate, an additional supply of water is added to said wash tub such that as cloth items lost frictional engagement with the wash plate, the cloth items continue to move along an inverse toroidal rollover path at higher water levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: ANNA KATHRYN DUNCAN, ERIN LOUISE HALL, GEOFFREY WALKER, GERALD DAVID DUNCAN, FLAVIO E. BERNARDINO, MARY ELLEN ZEITLER, DAVID WAYNE CARR
  • Publication number: 20120023543
    Abstract: A system for displaying electronic program guide information about a plurality of video items on a screen, the system including a display module to display a plurality of pages layering into the screen, each of the pages including a plurality of graphical panels associated with the video items, and a user input module to receive a user input to turn at least one of the pages such that the at least one page is peeled away from other ones of the pages in order to bring the graphical panels of the at least one page in or out of view, wherein the display module is operative to show the turning of the at least one page bringing the at least one page in or out of view. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: NDS Limited
    Inventors: Ian Shelton, James Geoffrey Walker, Kevin Murray, Michael Costello, Neil Cormican, Anita Chandra, Nicholas Ashton Hall
  • Patent number: 8069466
    Abstract: A system for displaying electronic program guide information about a plurality of video items on a screen, the system including a display module to display a plurality of pages layering into the screen, each of the pages including a plurality of graphical panels associated with the video items, and a user input module to receive a user input to turn at least one of the pages such that the at least one page is peeled away from other ones of the pages in order to bring the graphical panels of the at least one page in or out of view, wherein the display module is operative to show the turning of the at least one page bringing the at least one page in or out of view. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: NDS Limited
    Inventors: Ian Shelton, James Geoffrey Walker, Kevin Murray, Michael Costello, Nicholas Ashton Hall
  • Patent number: 8028550
    Abstract: A laundry machine configured to supply a first amount of water to the wash tub wherein a wash plate can be oscillated such that clothes items directly above and in contact with the impeller are frictionally dragged in a oscillatory manner with the wash chamber while continuing to oscillate said wash plate, an additional supply of water is added to said wash tub such that as cloth items lost frictional engagement with the wash plate, the cloth items continue to move along an inverse toroidal rollover path at higher water levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Anna Kathryn Duncan, Erin Louise Hall, Geoffrey Walker, Gerald David Duncan, Flavio E. Bernardino, Mary Ellen Zeitler, David Wayne Carr
  • Publication number: 20110107799
    Abstract: A laundry machine configured to supply a first amount of water to the wash tub wherein a wash plate can be oscillated such that clothes items directly above and in contact with the impeller are frictionally dragged in a oscillatory manner with the wash chamber while continuing to oscillate said wash plate, an additional supply of water is added to said wash tub such that as cloth items lost frictional engagement with the wash plate, the cloth items continue to move along an inverse toroidal rollover path at higher water levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Anna Kathryn Duncan, Erin Louise Hall, Geoffrey Walker, Gerald David Duncan, Flavio E. Bernardino, Mary Ellen Zeitler, David Wayne Carr
  • Patent number: 7874187
    Abstract: A laundry machine configured to supply a first amount of water to the wash tub wherein a wash plate can be oscillated such that clothes items directly above and in contact with the impeller are frictionally dragged in a oscillatory manner with the wash chamber while continuing to oscillate said wash plate, an additional supply of water is added to said wash tub such that as cloth items lost frictional engagement with the wash plate, the cloth items continue to move along an inverse toroidal rollover path at higher water levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignees: Whirlpool Corporation, Fisher & Paykel
    Inventors: Anna Kathryn Duncan, Erin Louise Hall, Geoffrey Walker, Gerald David Duncan, Flavio E. Bernardino, Mary Ellen Zeitler, David Wayne Carr
  • Publication number: 20100225742
    Abstract: An interactive method includes receiving background video including a multiplicity of video frames, at least one of the multiplicity of video frames include a plurality of sub-pictures, each of the plurality of sub-pictures representing an alternative background (1200), and switching between a first sub-picture of the plurality of sub-pictures and a second sub-picture of the plurality of sub-pictures (1210).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Ian R. SHELTON, Michael B. Costello, Ronnie Israel Dan, Nicholas Thexton, Nicholas Ashton Hall, James Geoffrey Walker, Stuart P. Ashby, Neil Cormican, Rahul Chakkara
  • Patent number: 7752648
    Abstract: An interactive method includes receiving, at a display device, background video including a multiplicity of video frames, at least one of the multiplicity of video frames including a plurality of sub-pictures, each of the plurality of sub-pictures representing an alternative background, and switching, at the display device, between a first sub-picture of the plurality of sub-pictures and a second sub-picture of the plurality of sub-pictures. Related apparatus and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: NDS Limited
    Inventors: Ian R Shelton, Michael B Costello, Ronnie Dan, Nicholas Thexton, Nicholas Ashton Hall, James Geoffrey Walker, Stuart P Ashby, Neil Cormican, Rahul Chakkara
  • Publication number: 20100146077
    Abstract: A method of providing information about video content to a client is disclosed. The method includes: receiving a request from a client requesting information about video content, the request including an internet protocol address of the client; establishing (a) a geographic location of the client from the internet protocol address; and (b) a time of the request; identifying one or more content providers available in the geographic location; in dependence on the one or more content providers and the time, retrieving information about the video content from a database; and providing the information to the client. Related apparatus and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: NDS Limited
    Inventors: Colin John Davies, James Geoffrey Walker, Nicholas Thexton, Simon John Parnall
  • Publication number: 20100138865
    Abstract: A method of presenting content to a viewer is described. The method includes: receiving a schedule of content at a client operable by the viewer, the schedule of content including a directed graph, the directed graph including a plurality of nodes, wherein each node in the plurality of nodes is connected to one or more other nodes in the plurality of nodes by one or more paths, wherein each path represents content presentable to the viewer; traversing the directed graph by following a route between nodes and along paths of the directed graph, wherein at each node the client determines a path to follow according to state information accessible by the client; and presenting content to the viewer as each path is followed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: NDS Limited
    Inventors: Pete Rai, Colin John Davies, Simon John Parnall, Ian Bastable, Kevin Murray, Peter Gibbs, Miles Davis, James Geoffrey Walker, Ray Taylor
  • Publication number: 20100118941
    Abstract: A system comprising a decoder arrangement to decode a plurality of video sequences including a first video sequence and a second video sequence, each of the video sequences including a plurality of frames including a first plurality of reference frames and a second plurality of non-reference frames, a selector operationally connected to the decoder arrangement, the selector being operative to select which of the video sequences is outputted to a display device for display, wherein during at least some of the time while the decoder arrangement is decoding the second video sequence which is selected for output to the display device, the decoder arrangement is operative to selectively decode the first video sequence, and then the selector is operative to switch to selecting the first video sequence for outputting to the display device for display. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: NDS Limited
    Inventors: Ray Taylor, Ian R. Shelton, Kevin A. Murray, James Geoffrey Walker
  • Publication number: 20100043028
    Abstract: A system for preparing data and video sequences to enable a viewer to scroll content in a plurality of directions including a first and second direction, the content including at least one element in motion, the system including a video sequence preparation module to prepare the video sequences including a first and second video sequence, each video sequence including still images, each still image including at least part of the content, at least some of the still images including the at least one element, the video sequences being prepared such that playing the first and second video sequence effects scrolling the content in the first and second direction, respectively, and a switchover determination module to prepare the data including corresponding switchover points in the video sequences for switching between the video sequences and therefore for switching the direction of scrolling by the viewer. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Neil Cormican, Colin John Davies, James Geoffrey Walker
  • Publication number: 20090300673
    Abstract: A content sharing system, for implementation in a requesting peer, to receive at least a part of a chunk from a serving peer, the chunk being part of a content item, the requesting peer being operationally connected to a plurality of peers including the serving peer via a communications network, the content item being media content originally broadcast in a media stream by a Headend to at least some of the peers, the system including a metadata module to receive chunk metadata identifying the location of the chunk based on an identifier in the media stream originally broadcast by the Headend, a content transfer module to request the at least part of the chunk from the serving peer based on the chunk metadata, and receive the at least part of the chunk from the serving peer. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: NDS Limited
    Inventors: Franck Bachet, Alex Ashley, Trevor Smith, James Geoffrey Walker, Nicholas Ashton Hall, David Poupon, Nigel Smith
  • Publication number: 20090249393
    Abstract: A system for displaying electronic program guide information about a plurality of video items on a screen, the system including a display module to display a plurality of pages layering into the screen, each of the pages including a plurality of graphical panels associated with the video items, and a user input module to receive a user input to turn at least one of the pages such that the at least one page is peeled away from other ones of the pages in order to bring the graphical panels of the at least one page in or out of view, wherein the display module is operative to show the turning of the at least one page bringing the at least one page in or out of view. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: NDS Limited
    Inventors: Ian Shelton, James Geoffrey Walker, Kevin Murray, Michael Costello, Neil Cormican, Anita Chandra, Nicholas Ashton Hall
  • Publication number: 20090208180
    Abstract: A method of controlling revelation of one or more metadata items is disclosed. Each of the one or more metadata items is associated with one or more parts of an audio-visual data stream (101). The method comprises: for a given one or more parts (103, 105) of the audio-visual data stream (101), revealing one or more metadata items (113, 115, 117) associated with the given one or more parts (103, 105) of the audio-visual data stream (101) only after the given one or more parts (103, 105) of the audio-visual data stream (101) have been accessed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: NDS Limited
    Inventors: Stuart Ashby, Colin John Davies, Simon John Parnall, James Geoffrey Walker, David John White
  • Publication number: 20070101772
    Abstract: A laundry machine configured to supply a first amount of water to the wash tub wherein a wash plate can be oscillated such that clothes items directly above and in contact with the impeller are frictionally dragged in a oscillatory manner with the wash chamber while continuing to oscillate said wash plate, an additional supply of water is added to said wash tub such that as cloth items lost frictional engagement with the wash plate, the cloth items continue to move along an inverse toroidal rollover path at higher water levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Anna Duncan, Erin Hall, Geoffrey Walker, Gerald Duncan, Flavio Bernardino, Mary Zeitler, David Carr
  • Patent number: 5968564
    Abstract: A molded container top 140 has engravings 145 formed by an embossing 108. The core 120 withdrawn from the cavity 102 and a retaining ring 110 holds the hot molded part 140 in the cavity 102. The molded part 140 shrinks away from the cavity 102 and is pushed out of the cavity 102 by an ejector 105. The part 140 has no witness lines on its circumferential skirt 142.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Kord Products Limited
    Inventors: Ralph William Welsh, Geoffrey Walker