Patents by Inventor Graham Rogers
Graham Rogers 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: 11172651Abstract: A two-leash pet restraint comprises a main leash having a handle end and a collar connection end. The main leashing has a passageway oriented along a handle to collar connection end direction of a main leash. A command leash is partly disposed inside the main leash and is slidable within the main leash. The main leash has a command leash handle disposed outside the main leash toward the handle end and a part of the command leash is also disposed outside the main leash proximal to the collar connection end.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Inventor: Graham Roger Sanders
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Patent number: 9756318Abstract: A method is provided for processing image data for display by a multiple-view display device (24) so as to reduce the visibility of undesirable artefacts. Image pixel data are received (20, 21) representing the pixel brightnesses of respective images or sequences of images. The pixel data are processed (22) by applying a unidirectional filter. The processed pixel data for the images may then be interleaved (23) and supplied to the display device (24).Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2008Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Graham Roger Jones, Benjamin James Hammett, Teofilo Emidio De Campos
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Patent number: 9304342Abstract: A display device is provided that comprises a liquid crystal display panel (2) for displaying an image by spatial light modulation. The image is represented by a plurality of image elements each having an image data value (7). The display device further comprises a display controller (1) arranged to determine a signal voltage to be applied to the panel (2) for each image element in dependence upon its image data value (7) and a secondary data value (8) for the element, there being a predetermined mapping between the data values and the signal voltage. The secondary data values (8) are arranged to vary across the image so as to introduce variations in luminance as a result of the mapping. The mapping and secondary data values (8) are mutually arranged to take account of the signal voltage to on-axis luminance response of the panel (2) so that the luminance variations introduced on-axis tend to balance locally through spatial averaging to, and hence would not be perceivable by, an on-axis viewer (3).Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2008Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Benjamin John Broughton, Allan Evans, Paul Antony Gass, Graham Roger Jones, Andrew Kay, Harry Garth Walton, Takashi Yasumoto, Yoshimitsu Inamori, Kenji Maeda
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Publication number: 20150066728Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for making payments via a value system based upon one or more commodity assets. The system includes an arrangement for maintaining one or more accounts in the value system, wherein the accounts have associated therewith one or more commodity assets, and an arrangement for diminishing or enhancing the one or more commodity assets associated with the one or more accounts in response to payments or receipts into the one or more accounts respectively. The system for making payments further includes an arrangement for using market makers for relating values of the one or more commodity assets to one or more monetary currencies employed for making the payments or receipts, wherein the market makers have external authorization outside a banking system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: AUREUS LTDInventor: Graham Roger Newall
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Patent number: 8784163Abstract: Sanding apparatus comprises a rigid non-expanding cylindrical sanding drum (1) formed with splines on its outer surface (4) and a separate cylindrical cover (2) formed of elastomeric material fitted removably onto the drum and formed with splines on its inner surface (8) adapted to engage with the outer surface of the drum so as to be driven in rotation therewith. An abrasive tube (3) fits over the cover (2) and is gripped by the cover which expands radially when the apparatus is in operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2009Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Hire Technicians Group Ltd.Inventor: Mark Graham Rogers
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Patent number: 8739784Abstract: An inhaler for delivery of a powder-form inhalation formulation from a blister strip with a plurality of blister pockets is proposed. A flexible guiding element receives the used blisters strip.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2009Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices LimitedInventors: Stephen William Eason, Matthew Neil Sarkar, Graham Roger Gibbins, Ralf Thoemmes, Jessica Frentzel-Beyme, Jens Besseler, Timo Von Brunn
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Publication number: 20110207387Abstract: Sanding apparatus comprises a rigid non-expanding cylindrical sanding drum (1) formed with splines on its outer surface (4) and a separate cylindrical cover (2) formed of elastomeric material fitted removably onto the drum and formed with splines on its inner surface (8) adapted to engage with the outer surface of the drum so as to be driven in rotation therewith. An abrasive tube (3) fits over the cover (2) and is gripped by the cover which expands radially when the apparatus is in operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2009Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: HIRE TECHNICIANS GROUP LTDInventor: Mark Graham Rogers
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Publication number: 20110114088Abstract: An inhaler (1) for delivery of a powder-form inhalation formulation from a blister strip (2) with a plurality of blister pockets (3) is proposed. A flexible guiding element (20) receives the used blisters strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2009Publication date: May 19, 2011Inventors: Stephen William Eason, Matthew Neil Sarkar, Graham Roger Gibbins, Ralf Thoemmes, Jessica Frentzel-Beyme, Jens Besseler, Timo Von Brunn
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Patent number: 7837330Abstract: An adapter is provided for adapting an optical instrument, such as a camera (3) or a projector, to capture or display panoramic three-dimensional images. The adapter comprises a plurality of mirrors (1a, 1b, 1c), each of which has a reflective surface which is in the shape of a curved non-circular conic section rotated about an axis of symmetry (15a, 15b, 15c). The reflective surfaces have first foci which are spaced perpendicularly from a longitudinal axis of the adapter and which are angularly spaced around the longitudinal axis. For example, the conic section may be a hyperbola with first foci equidistantly spaced from the longitudinal axis and equiangularly spaced around 15b the longitudinal axis. The axes of symmetry (15a, 15b, 15c) of the mirrors (1a, 1b, 1c) converge to intersect the longitudinal axis at a point which is coincident with the front principal point of, for example, a camera lens (12).Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2006Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: David James Montgomery, Graham Roger Jones
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Patent number: 7789551Abstract: A device for blending materials and a bag for use in such devices. The device has at least one paddle for acting on a sample and a carrier against which a sample may be crushed by the paddle. The device is arranged to allow adjustment of the spacing between the paddle and carrier during operation. The bag is suitable for use in such a device but can be used in other devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2005Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Inventors: Stuart John Ray, Graham Roger Gibbins
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Publication number: 20100214324Abstract: A display device is provided that comprises a liquid crystal display panel (2) for displaying an image by spatial light modulation. The image is represented by a plurality of image elements each having an image data value (7). The display device further comprises a display controller (1) arranged to determine a signal voltage to be applied to the panel (2) for each image element in dependence upon its image data value (7) and a secondary data value (8) for the element, there being a predetermined mapping between the data values and the signal voltage. The secondary data values (8) are arranged to vary across the image so as to introduce variations in luminance as a result of the mapping. The mapping and secondary data values (8) are mutually arranged to take account of the signal voltage to on-axis luminance response of the panel (2) so that the luminance variations introduced on-axis tend to balance locally through spatial averaging to, and hence would not be perceivable by, an on-axis viewer (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2008Publication date: August 26, 2010Inventors: Benjamin John Broughton, Allen Evans, Paul Antony Gass, Graham Roger Jones, Andrew Kay, Harry Garth Walton, Takashi Yasumoto, Yoshimitsu Inamori, Kenji Maeda
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Publication number: 20100073466Abstract: A method is provided for processing image data for display by a multiple-view display device (24) so as to reduce the visibility of undesirable artefacts. Image pixel data are received (20, 21) representing the pixel brightnesses of respective images or sequences of images. The pixel data are processed (22) by applying a unidirectional filter. The processed pixel data for the images may then be interleaved (23) and supplied to the display device (24).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2008Publication date: March 25, 2010Inventors: Graham Roger Jones, Benjamin James Hammett, Teofilo Emidio De Campos
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Patent number: 7505061Abstract: An autostereoscopic display comprises a pixellated transflective spatial light modulator which is arranged to provide a visual indication to an observer of the amount of crosstalk caused by reflection of ambient illumination. The display comprises a rear parallax barrier between a backlight and the modulator. Part of the barrier is formed as a screen blocking transmitted light from a first region of the modulator so that the pixels in this region are visible only by reflection of ambient illumination. In a second region, the pixels are illuminated with both transmitted and reflected light. A controller sets the pixels of the first region to maximum intensity and the pixels of the second region to a fraction of the maximum intensity. The fraction corresponds, for example, to a maximum amount of crosstalk which is permissible for autostereoscopic viewing.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2003Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Graham Roger Jones, Adrian Marc Simon Jacobs, Grant Bourhill, David James Montgomery, Bronje Mary Musgrave
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Publication number: 20090034086Abstract: An adapter is provided for adapting an optical instrument, such as a camera (3) or a projector, to capture or display panoramic three-dimensional images. The adapter comprises a plurality of mirrors (1a, 1b, 1c), each of which has a reflective surface which is in the shape of a curved non-circular conic section rotated about an axis of symmetry (15a, 15b, 15c). The reflective surfaces have first foci which are spaced perpendicularly from a longitudinal axis of the adapter and which are angularly spaced around the longitudinal axis. For example, the conic section may be a hyperbola with first foci equidistantly spaced from the longitudinal axis and equiangularly spaced around 15b the longitudinal axis. The axes of symmetry (15a, 15b, 15c) of the mirrors (1a, 1b, 1c) converge to intersect the longitudinal axis at a point which is coincident with the front principal point of, for example, a camera lens (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2006Publication date: February 5, 2009Inventors: David James Montgomery, Graham Roger Jones
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Patent number: 7233347Abstract: A stereoscopic display controller supplies serial picture element data to a scanned stereoscopic display which comprises a plurality of picture elements. Each of the picture elements includes image data for M color components, while M is greater than one. The stereoscopic display controller includes: N memories, N being an integer greater than one; a memory controller arranged to write the picture element data for N different views of a three-dimensional image in the respective memories, and arranged to control reading of the memories in turn so that image data for consecutively scanned picture elements of the display are read from different ones of the memories; and a data reordering circuit coupled to outputs of the memories and arranged to reorder the image data for at least one of the color components.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2003Date of Patent: June 19, 2007Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Graham Roger Jones, Nicolas Steven Holliman
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Patent number: 7113632Abstract: A method of rectifying a stereoscopic image consisting of left and right captured images comprises determining left and right rectification transformations. According to one aspect of the invention, statistics of the parameters of the stereoscopic image capture device used to capture the left and right images are used in the determination of the left and/or right rectification transformation. According to another aspect of the invention, the left and right rectification transformations are constrained to correspond to a transformation to a virtual alignment to a parallel camera set-up. Once the left and right rectification transformations have been determined they are preferably used to rectify the left and right images to eliminate, or substantially eliminate, vertical disparity from the rectified image pair. The left and right rectified images may then be displayed on a stereoscopic display device for viewing by an observer, or they may alternatively be stored for later use.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2002Date of Patent: September 26, 2006Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Delman Lee, Graham Roger Jones
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Patent number: 6929369Abstract: An autostereoscopic display comprises an SLM which is controlled to provide an image display and a signal display. A parallax optic has a first portion which cooperates with the image display to form a plurality of viewing windows. A second portion of the parallax optic forms first and second images visible to an observer to allow the observer to distinguish between a desired orthoscopic viewing zone and undesirable viewing positions such as pseudoscopic positions. The pitch of parallax elements in the second portion is one and a half times the parallax element pitch in the first portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2003Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Graham Roger Jones
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Patent number: 6798406Abstract: A method of producing a stereo image of a (real or simulated) scene using at least one (real or simulated) camera, which creates the impression of being a 3D image when viewed on a display by a user, wherein the depth of the scene is mapped onto a maximum perceived depth of the image on the display, and the maximum perceived depth is chosen to provide comfortable viewing for the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2000Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Graham Roger Jones, Nicolas Steven Holliman, Delman Lee
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Publication number: 20040057016Abstract: An autostereoscopic display comprises an SLM which is controlled to provide an image display and a signal display. A parallax optic has a first portion which cooperates with the image display to form a plurality of viewing windows. A second portion of the parallax optic forms first and second images visible to an observer to allow the observer to distinguish between a desired orthoscopic viewing zone and undesirable viewing positions such as pseudoscopic positions. The pitch of parallax elements in the second portion is one and a half times the parallax element pitch in the first portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2003Publication date: March 25, 2004Inventor: Graham Roger Jones
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Patent number: D596432Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2008Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices LimitedInventors: Matthew Neil Sarkar, Roger William Clarke, Stephen William Eason, Graham Roger Gibbins