Patents by Inventor Ian Edward Charles ROGERS

Ian Edward Charles 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).

  • IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO PWM SYNCHRONISATION
    Publication number: 20220141357
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of synchronising an image sensor with a PWM driver operable to drive an arrangement associated with the image sensor, wherein at least one synchronisation signal produced by the image sensor is used to reset the PWM driver and the at least one synchronisation signal is delayed before being used to reset the PWM driver such that the switching on or off of the at least one synchronisation signal occurs at a defined time in relation to a sensitive period of the image sensor's operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Easton, Paul Windle, Ian Edward Charles Rogers, Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown, Christopher Richard Avery
  • PWM screening in a camera
    Patent number: 10866382
    Abstract: A miniature camera having an image sensor; an actuator which includes conductive components capable of conducting a pulse width modulation drive signal for driving the actuator; and a screening component located between the conductive components of the actuator and the image sensor, the screening component being electrically isolated from the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Cambridge Mechatronics Limited
    Inventors: James Howarth, Andrew Benjamin David Brown, Igor Gotlibovych, Robin Eddington, Ian Edward Charles Rogers, Nicholas Henry Reddall
  • PWM SCREENING IN A CAMERA
    Publication number: 20190250366
    Abstract: A miniature camera having an image sensor; an actuator which includes conductive components capable of conducting a pulse width modulation drive signal for driving the actuator; and a screening component located between the conductive components of the actuator and the image sensor, the screening component being electrically isolated from the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: James Howarth, Andrew Benjamin David Brown, Igor Gotlibovych, Robin Eddington, Ian Edward Charles Rogers, Nicholas Henry Reddall
  • Adapting an optical image stabilizer on a camera
    Patent number: 9124805
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems of adapting an optical image stabilizer (OIS) for a camera, the methods comprising acquiring an image of the scene; obtaining image context associated with the image of the scene; selecting a mode of operating the OIS based on the obtained image context; and, applying the OIS using the selected mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Guillaume Grandin, Yun Seok Choi, Robert Francis Lay, Ian Edward Charles Rogers
  • ADAPTING AN OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZER ON A CAMERA
    Publication number: 20140139694
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems of adapting an optical image stabilizer (OIS) for a camera, the methods comprising acquiring an image of the scene; obtaining image context associated with the image of the scene; selecting a mode of operating the OIS based on the obtained image context; and, applying the OIS using the selected mode of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas Guillaume GRANDIN, Yun Seok CHOI, Robert Francis LAY, Ian Edward Charles ROGERS