Patents by Inventor Guy Nicholas

Guy Nicholas 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: 20220405647
    Abstract: A typeface design system displays, using a typeface design interface, one or more control points for modifying one or more curves of a design that define an outline of an input character. The typeface design system accesses a machine-learning model trained to recognize the input character as a reference character. The typeface design system receives an input modifying the design including a change in position of an input control point of the one or more control points from a first position to a second position. The typeface design system determines, by the trained machine-learning model, that the reference character does not match the input character having the modified design based on determining that the second position is outside of a particular region defined by the machine-learning model. The typeface design system rejects the input and maintains the design of the input character as displayed prior to receiving the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas T. DONAHUE, Richard SINN, Allan M. YOUNG, Guy NICHOLAS
  • Patent number: 11488053
    Abstract: Certain embodiments involve automatically controlling modifications to typeface designs. For example, a typeface design application provides a design interface for modifying a design of an input character from a typeface. The typeface design application accesses a machine-learning model that is trained, using multiple training typefaces, to recognize the input character as a reference character. The typeface design application receives, via the design interface, an input modifying the design of the input character. The typeface design application determines that the machine-learning model cannot match the reference character to the input character having a modified design. The typeface design application outputs, via the design interface, an indicator that the input character having the modified design is not recognized as the reference character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: ADOBE INC.
    Inventors: Thomas T. Donahue, Richard Sinn, Allan M. Young, Guy Nicholas
  • Publication number: 20220143182
    Abstract: The present invention provides acoustically activated liposome compositions for use as drug delivery vehicles, and to methods for drug release and drug delivery for therapeutic applications including Parkinson's disease and epilepsy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO
    Inventors: John Noble James REYNOLDS, Eng Wui TAN, Brian Ian HYLAND, Guy Nicholas Louis JAMESON, Maung Mo Aung MYINT, Sean Marshall MACKAY, Jeffery Russell WICKENS
  • Patent number: 11260126
    Abstract: The present invention provides acoustically activated liposome compositions for use as drug delivery vehicles, and to methods for drug release and drug delivery for therapeutic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: University of Otago
    Inventors: John Noble James Reynolds, Eng Wui Tan, Brian Ian Hyland, Guy Nicholas Louis Jameson, Maung Mo Aung Myint, Sean Marshall Mackay, Jeffery Russell Wickens
  • Patent number: 10339680
    Abstract: A typeface processing application accesses a character skeleton, which has control points and curves defined by control points, and a character outline surrounding the character skeleton. The typeface processing application computes, for a design parameter of a design application, a graphics control dataset based on a particular control point. Doing so involves identifying a pair of control point positions and a pair of expansions of the character outline, where each position or expansion pair corresponds to a pair of design parameter values. The typeface processing application generates the graphics control dataset, which includes intermediate positions of the control point between the pair of positions and intermediate expansions of the character outline between the pair of expansions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas T. Donahue, Richard Sinn, Allan M. Young, Guy Nicholas
  • Publication number: 20190108662
    Abstract: A typeface processing application accesses a character skeleton, which has control points and curves defined by control points, and a character outline surrounding the character skeleton. The typeface processing application computes, for a design parameter of a design application, a graphics control dataset based on a particular control point. Doing so involves identifying a pair of control point positions and a pair of expansions of the character outline, where each position or expansion pair corresponds to a pair of design parameter values. The typeface processing application generates the graphics control dataset, which includes intermediate positions of the control point between the pair of positions and intermediate expansions of the character outline between the pair of expansions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas T. Donahue, Richard Sinn, Allan M. Young, Guy Nicholas
  • Publication number: 20190108159
    Abstract: Certain embodiments involve automatically controlling modifications to typeface designs. For example, a typeface design application provides a design interface for modifying a design of an input character from a typeface. The typeface design application accesses a machine-learning model that is trained, using multiple training typefaces, to recognize the input character as a reference character. The typeface design application receives, via the design interface, an input modifying the design of the input character. The typeface design application determines that the machine-learning model cannot match the reference character to the input character having a modified design. The typeface design application outputs, via the design interface, an indicator that the input character having the modified design is not recognized as the reference character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas T. Donahue, Richard Sinn, Allan M. Young, Guy Nicholas
  • Publication number: 20180236075
    Abstract: The present invention provides acoustically activated liposome compositions for use as drug delivery vehicles, and to methods for drug release and drug delivery for therapeutic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO
    Inventors: John Noble James REYNOLDS, Eng Wui TAN, Brian Ian HYLAND, Guy Nicholas Louis JAMESON, Maung Mo Aung MYINT, Sean Marshall MACKAY, Jeffery Russell WICKENS
  • Patent number: 6733360
    Abstract: The system includes a digital camera or similar CCD or CMOS device which transmits image data to a computing device. Changes such as motion, light or color are detected in various sectors or regions of the image. These changes are evaluated by software which generates output to an audio speaker and/or to an infra-red, radio frequency, or similar transmitter. The transmitter forms a link to a microprocessor based platform which includes remote microprocessor software. Additionally, the platform include mechanical connections upon which a robot can be built and into which the digital camera can be incorporated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Interlego AG
    Inventors: Mike Dooley, Soren Lund, Guy Nicholas, Allan Young
  • Publication number: 20020106965
    Abstract: The system includes a digital camera or similar CCD or CMOS device which transmits image data to a computing device. Changes such as motion, light or color are detected in various sectors or regions of the image. These changes are evaluated by software which generates output to an audio speaker and/or to an infra-red, radio frequency, or similar transmitter. The transmitter forms a link to a microprocessor based platform which includes remote microprocessor software. Additionally, the platform include mechanical connections upon which a robot can be built and into which the digital camera can be incorporated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Mike Dooley, Soren Lund, Guy Nicholas, Allan Young
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    Patent number: D535187
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.
    Inventors: Richard Anthony Clark, Fabio Corradini, Peter Drinka, Guy Nicholas Peter Harrison
  • Patent number: D393800
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventor: Guy Nicholas Peter Harrison
  • Patent number: D396187
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventor: Guy Nicholas Peter Harrison