Patents by Inventor Gordon Wilson

Gordon Wilson 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).

  • Patent number: 10814947
    Abstract: A buoyancy control device having a back panel and including at least one flotation bladder, which at least one flotation bladder is configured with the device for controllable inflation and deflation, and connected thereto a harness arrangement for securing the device to a body of a user, the device having a cylinder-mounting mechanism arranged to enable front or side mounting of at least one breathable gas cylinder is useful for snorkeling and diving or repeated diving from snorkeling. A particularly preferred configuration provides a lightweight device of less than 5 kg and an apparatus of no more than 10 kg whereby carriage to and from snorkeling and/or diving location is simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Gordon Wilson
  • Patent number: 10499029
    Abstract: A display device includes (a) a non-volatile memory containing corrective data for compensating input image data received; (b) display hardware receiving control and data signals for displaying an image; and (c) an image processing circuit that retrieves the corrective data from the non-volatile memory to generate the data signals for the display hardware, after applying the corrective data to each color component of each pixel in the input image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: CAPSO VISION INC
    Inventors: Kang-Huai Wang, Gordon Wilson
  • Publication number: 20190291833
    Abstract: A buoyancy control device having a back panel and including at least one flotation bladder, which at least one flotation bladder is configured with the device for controllable inflation and deflation, and connected thereto a harness arrangement for securing the device to a body of a user, the device having a cylinder-mounting mechanism arranged to enable front or side mounting of at least one breathable gas cylinder is useful for snorkeling and diving or repeated diving from snorkeling. A particularly preferred configuration provides a lightweight device of less than 5 kg and an apparatus of no more than 10 kg whereby carriage to and from snorkeling and/or diving location is simplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Gordon Wilson
  • Patent number: 10266158
    Abstract: An improved jack pad for supporting a jack foot having a foot plate includes a body having an upper surface and a lower surface joined by a side wall, and defining a recess configured for receiving the foot plate and having a retaining lip for securing the foot plate therein. The jack pad may provide for the drainage of water from the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: ORIGEN RV ACCESSORIES LTD.
    Inventors: Gordon Wilson, Devon Wilson, Warren Blatz
  • Patent number: 9621825
    Abstract: An integrated circuit for capturing panoramic image is disclosed. The integrated circuit comprises a plurality of pixel arrays fabricated on a common substrate, wherein each pixel array being positioned to capture an image to be projected thereon, and wherein the orientation of each pixel array is rotated to match with the orientation of the image projected thereon. The integrated circuit also includes readout circuits coupled to the pixel arrays for reading electrical signals corresponding to the images captured from the pixel arrays. In one embodiment, the plurality of pixel arrays corresponds to four pixel arrays and the orientation of said each pixel array is substantially 90° apart from a neighboring pixel array. The integrated circuit further comprises a timing and control circuit, wherein the timing and control circuit is for controlling said one or more readout circuits and the plurality of pixel arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: CAPSOVISION INC
    Inventors: Jiafu Luo, Kang-Huai Wang, Gordon Wilson
  • Publication number: 20160325974
    Abstract: An improved jack pad for supporting a jack foot having a foot plate includes a body having an upper surface and a lower surface joined by a side wall, and defining a recess configured for receiving the foot plate and having a retaining lip for securing the foot plate therein. The jack pad may further comprise means for the drainage of water from the pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: GORDON WILSON, DEVON WILSON, WARREN BLATZ
  • Patent number: 9307233
    Abstract: A method characterizes manufacturing imperfections in a camera and variations in its operating environment to allow images captured by the camera to be compensated for these defects. The method includes: (a) illuminating a field of view of the optical elements under a controlled condition; (b) exposing multiple images onto the image sensor under the controlled condition; (c) extracting from the multiple images parameter values for pixels of the image sensor; and (d) compensating images taken subsequently in the camera using the parameter values. The controlled condition includes an external light source for illumination, and the image sensor is sensitive to color components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Capso Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Kang-Huai Wang, Gordon Wilson
  • Publication number: 20150373288
    Abstract: A display device includes (a) a non-volatile memory containing corrective data for compensating input image data received; (b) display hardware receiving control and data signals for displaying an image; and (c) an image processing circuit that retrieves the corrective data from the non-volatile memory to generate the data signals for the display hardware, after applying the corrective data to each color component of each pixel in the input image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Kang-Huai Wang, Gordon Wilson
  • Publication number: 20150237241
    Abstract: A capsule endoscope having a folded optical imager resting upon a coverglass overlying a sensor such that such that the sensor is substantially at the image plane of the imager and an image may be formed on the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: CAPSOVISION INC.
    Inventors: Gordon WILSON, Mark WANG
  • Publication number: 20150163482
    Abstract: A method characterizes manufacturing imperfections in a camera and variations in its operating environment to allow images captured by the camera to be compensated for these defects. The method includes: (a) illuminating a field of view of the optical elements under a controlled condition; (b) exposing multiple images onto the image sensor under the controlled condition; (c) extracting from the multiple images parameter values for pixels of the image sensor; and (d) compensating images taken subsequently in the camera using the parameter values. The controlled condition includes an external light source for illumination, and the image sensor is sensitive to color components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Kang-Huai Wang, Gordon Wilson
  • Patent number: 9007478
    Abstract: A method characterizes manufacturing imperfections in a camera and variations in its operating environment to allow images captured by the camera to be compensated for these defects. The method includes: (a) illuminating a field of view of the optical elements under a controlled condition; (b) exposing multiple images onto the image sensor under the controlled condition; (c) extracting from the multiple images parameter values for pixels of the image sensor; and (d) compensating images taken subsequently in the camera using the parameter values. The controlled condition includes an external light source for illumination, and the image sensor is sensitive to color components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Capso Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Kang-Huai Wang, Gordon Wilson
  • Patent number: 8773500
    Abstract: An in vivo image capturing system includes a capsule, and a camera encased within the capsule and configured to capture through a transparent window of the capsule, a view outside the capsule. The system includes a light source enclosed within the capsule and a reflector configured to reflect a ray of light from the light source, away from the camera. Wherever incoming image rays and outgoing illuminating light rays intersect at a common point on any surface of the transparent window, an angle between an outgoing illuminating light ray and a surface normal exceeds an angle between an incoming image ray and the surface normal such that a reflection of the outgoing illuminating light ray from said any surface is not within a field of view (FOV) of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Capso Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon Wilson, Kang-Huai Wang
  • Patent number: 8717413
    Abstract: An imaging system having a folded optical axis that is accomplished through the effect of a first lens group, a prism, and a second lens group wherein a second surface of the prism is a mirror wherein the folded imaging system exhibits a horizontal field of view (HFOV) greater than 160 degrees and a vertical field of view (VFOV) greater than 80 degrees. Further aspects include a conjugate ratio of the lenses to be substantially 5.47 and a ratio of the entire lens focal length to the focal length of the first lens to be substantially ?0.309.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Capso Vision Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon Wilson, Mark Wang
  • Publication number: 20140077569
    Abstract: The invention is a telescopic pole with a locking mechanism to be utilized as a footrest in hot tubs. The invention works by extending said pole in length to reach from one wall to the opposite wall of a hot tub by engaging said locking mechanism said pole is locked to said length +½? said locked pole is then wedged into place between said hot tub walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventor: Daniel Gordon Wilson
  • Publication number: 20130302163
    Abstract: Connecting rotors in rotary machines, particularly turbines, is generally described. Some aspects of the invention provide for a simplified attachment rotors to each other and/or other components of a turbine assembly, such as, drive shaft, using friction fit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Wilson Solarpower Corporation
    Inventors: David Gordon Wilson, Dan Brown, William Dean Treece
  • Patent number: 8576970
    Abstract: A PLL circuit (1a, 1b) for generating a pixel-clock signal based on a hsync signal. The PLL circuit comprises a phase-frequency detector arranged to receive the hsync signal and a frequency divided pixel-clock signal, and generate up and down signals based on the hsync signal and the frequency-divided pixel-clock signal. A charge pump (20) is arranged to generate an output signal based on the up and down signals and a loop filter (30) is arranged to generate a frequency-control signal based on the output signal of the charge pump (20). Furthermore, a VCO (40a, 40b) is arranged to generate an oscillating signal and adjust the frequency of the oscillating signal in response to the frequency-control signal. The VCO (40a, 40b) is adapted to have a tuning range with a center frequency which is larger than or equal to 4 GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: CSR Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Graham R. Leach, Gordon A. Wilson, Rolf Sundblad
  • Patent number: 8511688
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment disclosed herein relates to an articulatable sealing device. The device includes a plurality of seal elements each of which is urgable against a seal-surface, a fixing member tightenable about a perimeter of the seal elements, and a retractor in operable communication with the plurality of seal elements and able to move the plurality of seal elements in a desired direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David Gordon Wilson, Jon M. Ballou
  • Patent number: 8405711
    Abstract: A method is provided for characterizing manufacturing variations in a camera and imperfections in its operating environment to allow images captured by the camera to be compensated for these defects. In one embodiment, a method for characterizing a camera includes: (a) illuminating a field of view of the optical elements under a controlled condition; (b) exposing multiple images onto the image sensor under the controlled condition; (c) extracting parameter values of a model for the image provided on the image sensor from the multiple images; and (d) compensating images taken subsequently in the camera using the parameter values. The objects in the field of view may have a predetermined color, contrast or pattern. In one instance, the controlled condition includes an external light source for illuminating the field of view, and the image sensor is sensitive to a plurality of color components. The field of view may be illuminated at a predetermined light intensity for each of the color components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Capso Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Kang-Huai Wang, Gordon Wilson
  • Publication number: 20130015666
    Abstract: Improved wind turbine. The turbine includes a rotor supporting a plurality of blades for receiving wind, and means are provided for supporting magnets or high-permeability iron to rotate with the blades and located at the periphery of the blade tips. Stator stricture is located proximate to the blade tips to interact with the magnets or iron to generate electricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: David Gordon Wilson
  • Patent number: D737959
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: CapsoVision Inc.
    Inventor: Gordon Wilson