Patents by Inventor Ian Jordan

Ian Jordan 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: 20050094101
    Abstract: A light box (10) with a viewing aperture contains sources of illumination (22, 28) which can be adjusted and set to simulate different lighting situations and conditions. An observable image on a trolley (40) is movable towards and away from the observer (14) and also transversely to the line of sight of the observer. Movement is effected by stepping motors (36 and 38). Measurements are made of the response of the observer to movement of the image consequent on changes in the parameters affecting the observer's perception of the image. A comparative assessment can thus be made of the effect of changing the illumination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventor: Ian Jordan
  • Publication number: 20030223036
    Abstract: Apparatus and a corresponding method for the diagnosis and alleviation of symptoms of visually induced physiological defects and/or pathological conditions is provided. A plurality of narrow-band light sources are combined to constitute a colour controllable lamp. A method for adjusting the settings of this lamp permits the optimum illumination for a particular subject to be found, whilst the latter carries out a task such as reading or writing. By use of the lamp to simulate the expected visual stimulus, to which the subject would be exposed if provided with viewing aids such as tinted spectacles and the like, an optimal selection from a database of such aids may be made or a new formulation defined. Inter alia, the symptoms of visual dyslexia, macular degeneration and visually induced migraine may be alleviated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: John Douglas Anderson, Ian Jordan, Graham Stewart Brandon Street, Shane William Thornton
  • Publication number: 20020093624
    Abstract: A visual tracking device comprises a light screening member having a relatively high light transmission region and a relatively low light transmission region substantially surrounding the relatively high light transmission region. By means of this arrangement, text, symbols or other markings underlying the high light transmission region are readily discernable and text, symbols and other markings underlying the low light transmission region are less readily discernable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventor: Ian Jordan