Patents by Inventor Ian David

Ian David 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: 10699277
    Abstract: A mobile computing device having at least one processor and at least one memory, together providing a first execution environment and a second execution environment logically isolated from the first execution environment, the mobile computing device comprising: a first application executable within the first execution environment; a second trusted application executable within the second execution environment; and a secure communications channel between the first application and the second trusted application, wherein the second trusted application is configured to generate one or more data items and to provide the one or more data items to the first application via the secure communications channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Patrik Smets, Axel Cateland, Ian David Alan Maddocks, David Anthony Roberts
  • Publication number: 20200200933
    Abstract: One or more first sensors may be configured to sense seismic signals and one or more second sensors may be configured to sense electromagnetic crosstalk signals. The second sensors are not responsive to the seismic signals. The data from the first and second sensors may be recorded as first data and second data, respectively. The first data may be modified based on the second data to remove the electromagnetic crosstalk noise form the seismic data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Geir Andre Motzfeldt Drange, Ian David Sorby
  • Publication number: 20200176683
    Abstract: A method of analyzing film on a substrate comprises receiving surface profile data obtained from measurements of a plurality of discrete regions on a substrate, the plurality of discrete regions comprising one or more film layers; extracting a plurality of parameters from the received surface profile data, the plurality of parameters comprising one or more parameters of the one or more film layers of each of the plurality of discrete regions, wherein the extracting is based on a predetermined pattern for the plurality of the discrete regions on the substrate; and displaying a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Kateeva, Inc.
    Inventors: Doris Pik-Yu CHUN, Ian David PARKER
  • Patent number: 10670337
    Abstract: A hand-portable drying apparatus and method for use in a damp or waterlogged room, the apparatus including a housing having a carrying handle, the housing containing first and second airflow ducts arranged generally parallel to each other and having respective air inlet and air outlet ends, the apparatus further including means to force air through the ducts and to selectively heat it in at least one of the ducts, and valve means within the housing to selectively direct air from the first duct to the second duct whereby to move air from within the room received by the first duct back to the room via the second duct or to expel air from the room via the first duct to outside the room and draw in fresh air from outside the room via the second duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: DBK DAVID + BAADER GMBH
    Inventors: Jonathan Jayne, Pawel Tomasz Turek, Ashley Charles Norman, Richard Ralph Halstead, Ian David Hopkin
  • Publication number: 20200167766
    Abstract: There is provided a computer-implemented method of authenticating an interaction carried out between a mobile device and a gateway, the method being carried out by an authentication system remote from the mobile device and the gateway. The method comprises the steps of: receiving one or more first data items from the gateway, the one or more first data items including dynamic data corresponding to one or more second data items uniquely identifying the interaction, wherein one of the second data items corresponds to a portion of a counter value associated with the interaction; and extracting the counter value portion from the dynamic data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Mastercard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Ian David Alan Maddocks, Alan Johnson, David Anthony Roberts
  • Patent number: 10619721
    Abstract: A drivetrain assembly for a wind turbine includes a main shaft, a bearing operatively coupled to an end of the main shaft, a bearing housing surrounding the bearing, and a gearbox having, at least, a ring gear. The ring gear is positioned adjacent to the bearing housing and includes an outer circumferential surface. The drivetrain assembly also includes at least one flexible member arranged at an interface between the bearing housing and the ring gear. As such, the flexible member(s) is configured to reduce vibrations generated by the gearbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Ian David Wilson
  • Patent number: 10608182
    Abstract: A method of analyzing film on a substrate may comprise receiving three-dimensional data obtained from measurements of a plurality of pixels on a substrate, the plurality of pixels comprising one or more film layers; extracting a plurality of parameters based on the received three-dimensional data, the plurality of parameters comprising at least an average thickness for the film layers of the pixels, one or more area aperture ratios for the film layers of the pixels, and a pitch between pixels, wherein the extraction is based on a predetermined pattern for the pixels on the substrate; displaying a user interface comprising a graphical representation of one or more of the parameters for the one or more film layers of the one or more of the pixels; and dynamically modifying the graphical representation of the one or more parameters in response to user input of the displayed user interface, the dynamically modifying causing the displayed graphical images to appear as continuously changing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Kateeva, Inc.
    Inventors: Doris Pik-Yiu Chun, Ian David Parker
  • Publication number: 20200085309
    Abstract: A system or device includes a member structure, a plurality of flexible members, and a plurality of tips disposed at ends of the flexible members. The member structure includes an ultrasonic emitter configured to emit an ultrasonic imaging signal. The plurality of flexible members are coupled to the member structure. The plurality of tips are disposed at ends of the flexible members. At least one tip of the plurality of tips includes an image sensor configured to receive an infrared exit signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Craig Newswanger, Mary Lou Jepsen, Ian David O'Donnell
  • Patent number: 10583112
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and to their use in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property (No. 2) Limited
    Inventors: Stephen John Atkinson, Emmanuel Hubert Demont, Lee Andrew Harrison, Alexander G. Preston, Jonathan Thomas Seal, Ian David Wall, Robert J. Watson, James Michael Woolven
  • Publication number: 20200062634
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: conveying a glass web from a source toward a destination in a transport direction; scoring the glass web in a width direction thereof to product a score line having a plurality of separated score segments, thereby defining a section of the glass web between the score line and leading edge of the glass web; supporting the glass web such that an increasing portion of the section of the glass web becomes cantilevered as the glass web is conveyed such that the portion of the section of the glass web is sufficiently large to generate stress in the respective score segments and drive respective cracks through the thickness of the glass web; and permitting the section of the glass web to separate from the glass web along the score line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Robertson Dewhurst BOOTH, Douglas Edward BRACKLEY, Michael Vincent FICARRA, Andrew Peter KITTLESON, Gautam Narendra KUDVA, Eric Lee MILLER, Ian David Tracy
  • Publication number: 20200065672
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing reinforcement learning for a deep learning network are disclosed. A reinforcement learning process that provides deep exploration is provided by a bootstrap that applied to a sample of observed and artificial data to facilitate deep exploration via a Thompson sampling approach.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Ian David Moffat Osband, Benjamin Van Roy
  • Patent number: 10570047
    Abstract: A method of continuously processing glass ribbon having a thickness ?0.3 mm. The method includes providing a glass processing apparatus having a first processing zone, a second processing zone and a third processing zone. The glass ribbon is continuously fed from the first processing zone, through the second processing zone to the third processing zone. The feed rate of the glass ribbon is controlled through each processing zone using a global control device. A first buffer zone is provided between the first processing zone and the second processing zone in which the glass substrate is supported in a first catenary between two, spaced-apart, payoff positions. A second buffer zone is provided between the second processing zone and the third processing zone in which the glass substrate is supported in a second catenary between two, spaced-apart, payoff positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Tomohiro Aburada, Jeffrey Robert Amadon, Douglas Edward Brackley, Gautam Narendra Kudva, Gary Edward Merz, Eric Lee Miller, Michael Yoshiya Nishimoto, Ian David Tracy, Matthew Daniel Trosa, Rui Zhang
  • Patent number: 10532838
    Abstract: A receptacle for a consumable material, such as a wire spool 2, to be loaded into a machine, such as a wire tying machine 18, comprises first and second indicating means 6, 12 for identifying the receptacle, wherein one of the indicating means 6 is separable from the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Husqvarna AB
    Inventors: Graham Frank Barnes, Ian David Coles
  • Publication number: 20200011335
    Abstract: A vacuum pump, vacuum pump arrangement and method are disclosed. The vacuum pump comprises: at least one rotor; and a stator, an inlet for receiving gas during operation; and an exhaust for exhausting the gas. The vacuum pump comprises a shaft extending through a centre of said pump and comprising a plate mounted on an end of the shaft towards the inlet. The vacuum pump comprises control circuitry configured to control an axial position of the plate, a change in axial position of the plate providing a change in inlet conductance of gas to the vacuum pump. The plate is mounted such that it extends beyond the inlet in at least some axial positions of the rotor such that the plate is not on the same side of the inlet as the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Ian David Stones, Christopher Mark Bailey
  • Publication number: 20200009140
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyridyl derivatives which are bromodomain inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and the use of the compounds or the compositions in the treatment of various diseases or conditions
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen John ATKINSON, Emmanuel Hubert DEMONT, Lee Andrew HARRISON, Etienne LEVERNIER, Alexander G. PRESTON, Jonathan Thomas SEAL, Ian David WALL, Robert J. WATSON, James Michael WOOLVEN
  • Publication number: 20190393052
    Abstract: Described is a semiconductor substrate stack, comprising: a plurality of semiconductor substrates arranged in a stack in which the semiconductor substrates include opposing facing surfaces, wherein the facing surfaces of adjacent semiconductor substrates are separated by a gap, each semiconductor substrate having an edge surface at an exposed edge of the stack. A spacer is attached to one of the facing surfaces of each of the at least one of the semiconductor substrates and extends between adjacent semiconductor substrates to define the gap and mask a central portion of each respective semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Ian David JULAND, Douglas RITCHIE, Graeme HARRIS
  • Publication number: 20190389759
    Abstract: A method of continuously processing glass ribbon having a thickness?0.3 mm. The method includes providing a glass processing apparatus having a first processing zone, a second processing zone and a third processing zone. The glass ribbon is continuously fed from the first processing zone, through the second processing zone to the third processing zone. The feed rate of the glass ribbon is controlled through each processing zone using a global control device. A first buffer zone is provided between the first processing zone and the second processing zone in which the glass substrate is supported in a first catenary between two, spaced-apart, payoff positions. A second buffer zone is provided between the second processing zone and the third processing zone in which the glass substrate is supported in a second catenary between two, spaced-apart, payoff positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Tomohiro Aburada, Jeffrey Robert Amadon, Douglas Edward Brackley, Gautam Narendra Kudva, Gary Edward Merz, Eric Lee Miller, Michael Yoshiya Nishimoto, Ian David Tracy, Matthew Daniel Trosa, Rui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190381010
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyrazole derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and the use of the compounds or the compositions in the treatment of various diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen John ATKINSON, Emmanuel Hubert DEMONT, Lee Andrew HARRISON, Gemma Michele LIWICKI, Simon Christopher Cranko LUCAS, Alexander G. PRESTON, Jonathan Thomas SEAL, Ian David WALL, Robert J. WATSON
  • Patent number: 10494289
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: conveying a glass web from a source toward a destination in a transport direction; scoring the glass web in a width direction thereof to produce a score line having a plurality of separated score segments, thereby defining a section of the glass web between the score line and a leading edge of the glass web; supporting the glass web such that an increasing portion of the section of the glass web becomes cantilevered as the glass web is conveyed such that the portion of the section of the glass web is sufficiently large to generate stress in the respective score segments and drive respective cracks through the thickness of the glass web; and permitting the section of the glass web to separate from the glass web along the score line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Robertson Dewhurst Booth, Douglas Edward Brackley, Michael Vincent Ficarra, Andrew Peter Kittleson, Gautam Narendra Kudva, Eric Lee Miller, Ian David Tracy
  • Publication number: 20190359572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and to their use in therapy
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen John ATKINSON, Helen Elizabeth AYLOTT, Anthony William James COOPER, Emmanuel Hubert DEMONT, Lee Andrew HARRISON, Thomas George Christopher HAYHOW, Matthew J. LINDON, Alexander G. PRESTON, Jonathan Thomas SEAL, Ian David WALL, Robert J. WATSON, James Michael WOOLVEN