Patents by Inventor Ian R Thorp

Ian R Thorp 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).

  • Capacitive proximity sensor with user
    Patent number: 7545270
    Abstract: A sensing system for sensing the proximity of a part of a user to a control input, such as a control panel (14), for a vehicle subsystem (10), includes a transmitter (26) for transmitting a signal, a primary receivers (22) for receiving the signal via the user as a primary signal and a reference receiver (28) for receiving the signal via the user as a reference signal. One of the transmitter and primary receiver is associated with the user and the other with the control input (14). The reference receiver (28) is associated with the user and a controller (12) is provided to receive and process the primary and reference signals to provide a measure of the proximity between the part of the user and the control input (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Jaguar Cars Limited
    Inventors: Carl A Pickering, Ian R Thorp, Richard D Parkinson
  • Capacitive Proximity Sensor With User
    Publication number: 20080169936
    Abstract: A sensing system for sensing the proximity of a part of a user to a control input, such as a control panel (14), for a vehicle subsystem (10), includes a transmitter (26) for transmitting a signal, a primary receivers (22) for receiving the signal via the user as a primary signal and a reference receiver (28) for receiving the signal via the user as a reference signal. One of the transmitter and primary receiver is associated with the user and the other with the control input (14). The reference receiver (28) is associated with the user and a controller (12) is provided to receive and process the primary and reference signals to provide a measure of the proximity between the part of the user and the control input (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Carl A Pickering, Ian R Thorp, Richard D Parkinson