Patents by Inventor Ian Thomas

Ian Thomas 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: 11383212
    Abstract: A device for mixing and dispensing a flowable material or mixture of materials, the device comprising a cup having a bottom with a protrusion having an opening; a plunger having a dispensing port and air vent holes; a plug; a nozzle; and, a lid. The plug can be associated with and plug the cup protrusion opening when the cup is being filled or mixed, or the plug can be associated with the plunger port to seal off the air vent holes when material is dispensed from the device. Also disclosed is a method of mixing and dispensing a flowable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: FLACKTEK, INC.
    Inventors: Ian Thomas LaRose, Matthew L. Gross, David Gale
  • Publication number: 20220214772
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for evaluating interactions with a user interface are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a set of mutation events specifying changes to the structure of a user interface that occurred during the user session, and generating user interface states specifying different structures of the user interface throughout the given user session. Based at least in part on the user interface states, playback data that present visual changes of the user interface corresponding to the set of mutation events that occurred during the user session are generated. Session activity data describing user interactions that occurred during the user session are also generated. At least a portion of the playback data and the session activity data are output to a requesting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Joel Grayson Webber, Stephanie Jill Brubaker, Hollis Bruce Johnson, Jr., Ian Thomas Rose, Scott Mitchell Voigt, Jaime Michael Yap, Joshua Calvin Teague
  • Publication number: 20220206299
    Abstract: A method is provided for adjusting a luminance profile of an image displayed on a look-through display to a user. The method comprises: determining a field of view of the user based on a spatial configuration of the user's head. Determining one or more lighting conditions in the field of view. Adjusting the luminance profile for the image based on the field of view, wherein, as a result of the adjusted luminance profile, the image is reconciled with the field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: IAN THOMAS MACKEN, RORY THOMAS ALEXANDER MILLS
  • Patent number: 11368290
    Abstract: A tracking device can use a permanent encryption key pair to encrypt a temporary private key that corresponds to a set of diversified temporary public keys. When a community mobile device subsequently detects the tracking device, the central tracking system provides a diversified temporary public key to the community mobile device. The community mobile device uses the diversified temporary public key to encrypt location data representative of a location of the community mobile device, and provides the encrypted location data to the central tracking system. When a user subsequently requests a location of the tracking device from the central tracking system, the central tracking system provides the encrypted temporary private key and the encrypted location data to a device of the user, and the device can decrypt the encrypted temporary private key using the permanent encryption key pair, and decrypt the encrypted location data using the decrypted temporary private key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Tile, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Klinkner, Josselin de la Broise, Ian Thomas Meyer
  • Publication number: 20220187605
    Abstract: A folded optical arrangement for use in a display, the display to transmit an image from an image plane to a user's eye, the arrangement providing a folded optical transmission path and comprising: a collimating element having a first optical element comprising a first plurality of optically powered surfaces; and a second optical element comprising at least one optically powered surfaces, the collimating element configured to receive light forming the image from an image source, and to collimate and output the light, wherein the first plurality of optically powered surfaces and the at least one optically powered surface of the second optical element are arranged to define a plurality of interfaces along the folded optical path and wherein a refractive index change at each interface is predetermined to control the direction of light passing through the or each interface, and wherein one surface of the first optical element and one surface of the second optical element are adjacent to one another and the adjace
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Rory Thomas Alexander Mills, Ian Thomas Macken
  • Publication number: 20220179217
    Abstract: A folded optical arrangement for use in a look-through display to transmit an image from an image plane to a user's eye, the arrangement providing a folded optical transmission path and comprising: an optical system having a first optical element comprising a first plurality of optically powered surfaces; and a second optical element comprising at least one optically powered surface, the optical system configured to receive light forming the image from an image source, and to focus the light to have an apparent optical focus between a predetermined distance and optical infinity and output the light; wherein the first plurality of optically powered surfaces and the at least one optically powered surface of the second optical element are arranged to define a plurality of interfaces along the folded optical path and wherein a refractive index change at each interface is predetermined to control the direction of light passing through the or each interface; and wherein one surface of the first optical element and
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Ian Thomas Macken, Jonathan Paul Freeman, Rory Thomas Alexander Mills
  • Publication number: 20220167616
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), 5 wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and G are as defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I), to their use for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Alan Joseph HENNESSY, Elizabeth Pearl JONES, Suzanna Jane DALE, Alexander William GREGORY, Ian Thomas Tinmouth HOULSBY, Yunas BHONOAH, Julia COMAS-BARCELO
  • Publication number: 20220117228
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and G are as defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I), to their use for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Alan Joseph HENNESSY, Elizabeth Pearl JONES, Suzanna Jane DALE, Alexander William GREGORY, Ian Thomas Tinmouth HOULSBY, Yunas BHONOAH, Julia COMAS-BARCELO
  • Publication number: 20220089543
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and G are as defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I), to their use for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Alan Joseph HENNESSY, Elizabeth Pearl JONES, Suzanna Jane DALE, Alexander William GREGORY, Ian Thomas Tinmouth HOULSBY, Yunas BHONOAH, Julia COMAS-BARCELO
  • Patent number: 11266085
    Abstract: The method of growing a biopolymer material employs incubation of a growth media comprised of nutritive substrate and a fungus in containers that are placed in a closed incubation chamber with air flows passed over each container while the chamber is maintained with a predetermined environment of humidity, temperature, carbon dioxide and oxygen. The air flows may be directed parallel or perpendicularly to the surfaces of the growth media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: ECOVATIVE DESIGN LLC
    Inventors: Jessie Hannah Kaplan-Bie, Lucy Elaine Greetham, Ian Thomas Bonesteel, Gavin Reim McIntyre
  • Publication number: 20220060338
    Abstract: A tracking device can use a permanent encryption key pair to encrypt one or more temporary encryption key pairs, which can then be provided to a central tracking system. When a community mobile device subsequently detects the tracking device, the central tracking system provides an encrypted temporary encryption key pair to the community mobile device. The community mobile device uses the encrypted temporary encryption key pair to encrypt location data representative of a location of the community mobile device, and provides the encrypted location data to the central tracking system. When a user subsequently requests a location of the tracking device from the central tracking system, the central tracking system provides the encrypted location data, and a device of the user can decrypt the encrypted temporary encryption key pair using the permanent encryption key pair, and can decrypt the location data using the decrypted temporary encryption key pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Rafael Marques Martins, Steven R. Klinkner, Josselin de la Broise, Ian Thomas Meyer
  • Publication number: 20220058417
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for generating a region of interest on a digital image of a sidewall of a tyre, the sidewall having one or more embossed and/or engraved markings, is provided. The method comprises generating a histogram of oriented gradients feature map of the digital image, inputting the histogram of oriented gradients feature map into a trained convolutional neural network, wherein said trained convolutional neural network is configured to output a first probability based on the input histogram of oriented gradients feature map that a region of pixels of the digital image contains the embossed and/or engraved markings, and if the first probability is at or above a first predetermined threshold, accepting said region of pixels as said region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Syed Wajahat Ali Shah Kazmi, Ian Thomas Nabney, George Vogiatzis, Alexander Paul Codd
  • Publication number: 20210395196
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and G are as defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I), to their use for controlling weeds, in particular in crops of useful plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
    Inventors: Alan Joseph HENNESSY, Elizabeth Pearl JONES, Suzanna Jane DALE, Alexander William GREGORY, Ian Thomas Tinmouth HOULSBY, Yunas BHONOAH, Julia COMAS-BARCELO, Philip Michael ELVES
  • Patent number: 11199939
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for evaluating interactions with a user interface are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a set of mutation events specifying changes to the structure of a user interface that occurred during the user session, and generating user interface states specifying different structures of the user interface throughout the given user session. Based at least in part on the user interface states, playback data that present visual changes of the user interface corresponding to the set of mutation events that occurred during the user session are generated. Session activity data describing user interactions that occurred during the user session are also generated. At least a portion of the playback data and the session activity data are output to a requesting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: FullStory, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Grayson Webber, Stephanie Jill Brubaker, Hollis Bruce Johnson, Jr., Ian Thomas Rose, Scott Mitchell Voigt, Jaime Michael Yap, Joshua Calvin Teague
  • Patent number: 11201748
    Abstract: A tracking device can use a permanent encryption key pair to encrypt one or more temporary encryption key pairs, which can then be provided to a central tracking system. When a community mobile device subsequently detects the tracking device, the central tracking system provides an encrypted temporary encryption key pair to the community mobile device. The community mobile device uses the encrypted temporary encryption key pair to encrypt location data representative of a location of the community mobile device, and provides the encrypted location data to the central tracking system. When a user subsequently requests a location of the tracking device from the central tracking system, the central tracking system provides the encrypted location data, and a device of the user can decrypt the encrypted temporary encryption key pair using the permanent encryption key pair, and can decrypt the location data using the decrypted temporary encryption key pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Tile, Inc.
    Inventors: Rafael Marques Martins, Steven R. Klinkner, Josselin de la Broise, Ian Thomas Meyer
  • Patent number: 11176858
    Abstract: There is provided an integrity monitor for a display system, the display system comprising an image source and a display. The integrity monitor comprises a controller configured to analyse sensed characteristics at one or more predetermined positions in an image area of the display system and to relate the sensed characteristics to predetermined characteristics of a stimulus, when injected into the system, thereby to determine the presence of a fault in the system. The sensed characteristics may be sensed optically or non-optically. The stimulus may be optical or non-optical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Colin Richard Mills, Ian Thomas Macken
  • Patent number: 11119792
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media can obtain a user interface (UI) component of a production system, wherein the UI component is associated with one or more properties. Each of the one or more properties can be mapped to a graphical user interface (GUI) element for display in a user interface of a design application. A value of a property of the one or more properties can be set based on user input from a GUI element associated with the property. A rendering of the UI component can presented in the user interface based on the set value of the property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Phannipha Arunyaangkul, Ian Thomas Andrew Obermiller, Rowland Lee Brown
  • Publication number: 20210208421
    Abstract: A modular wearable optics device including: at least one wearable support element; one or more active optical elements adapted in use to display an image to a user; one of a plurality of bridging elements selected to position or orientate the one or more active optical elements in a predetermined location based on one or more anthropometric characteristics of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Rory Thomas Alexander Mills, Ian Thomas Macken
  • Patent number: D954934
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Andrew David Mitchell, Ian Thomas Petherbridge, Ivan Richard Prince, Michael James Robert Leppard, Jeffrey Andrew Pipe, Louise Jane Rowe
  • Patent number: D954935
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Andrew David Mitchell, Ian Thomas Petherbridge, Ivan Richard Prince, Michael James Robert Leppard, Jeffrey Andrew Pipe, Louise Jane Rowe