Patents by Inventor James TIDD

James TIDD 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: 20240134065
    Abstract: A method can include receiving satellite observations, determining GNSS corrections, monitoring the GNSS corrections, transmitting the GNSS corrections and monitor result, and determining a GNSS receiver positioning solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Philippe Brocard, Alex Parkins, Sébastien Carcanague, James Tidd
  • Publication number: 20240085567
    Abstract: A system or method for determining a satellite observation for a virtual reference station can include: determining a virtual reference station location, receiving a set of satellite observations at a reference station located at a reference station location, determining a first GNSS correction for the virtual reference station location and a second GNSS correction for the reference station location, and determining the satellite observation for the virtual reference station by combining the set of satellite observations, the first GNSS correction, and the second GNSS correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Anthony Mark Cole, Fergus MacPherson Noble, James Tidd, Sébastien Carcanague
  • Publication number: 20230184956
    Abstract: A system or method for determining a satellite observation for a virtual reference station can include: determining a virtual reference station location, receiving a set of satellite observations at a reference station located at a reference station location, determining a first GNSS correction for the virtual reference station location and a second GNSS correction for the reference station location, and determining the satellite observation for the virtual reference station by combining the set of satellite observations, the first GNSS correction, and the second GNSS correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Anthony Mark Cole, Fergus MacPherson Noble, James Tidd, Sébastien Carcanague
  • Publication number: 20210006329
    Abstract: A method for calculating a position of a mobile device relative to a selected reference station of a plurality of reference stations, the method comprising: receiving satellite signal measurements associated with a first reference station; receiving location signals from a plurality of satellites; tracking a baseline between the mobile device and the first reference station using the satellite signal measurements associated with the first reference station and the location signals to provide the position of the mobile device relative to the first reference station; sending a handover request, the handover request comprising the current position of the mobile device; receiving a handover message comprising integer ambiguities for a baseline between the first reference station and the second reference station; initialising tracking of a baseline between the mobile device and the second reference station using the integer ambiguities of the handover message; receiving satellite signal measurements associated wit
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: James TIDD, Jakob ALMQVIST, Isak TJERNBERG
  • Patent number: 4580231
    Abstract: A photocomposition system for composing typeface characters on a CRT display using a magnetic font disc formed of plural variable length character sectors wherein each sector includes successive storage cells containing all of the coded signals necessary to describe a single character image which signals may be retrieved and decoded for use by the CRT to create an optical image of the character. An optical scanner system is disclosed for optically determining the coordinate points on the boundary of an original character design for subsequent encoding into successive 3 bit binary codes representing successive end to end translational movements along the boundaries of the character design being encoded. The translational movements are selected from a subset of a total of 24 possible translational paths wherein the paths making up the subset is continually varying dependent on the general direction of the previous translational path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1986
    Assignee: Alphatype Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Tidd, Miles H. Tidd
  • Patent number: 4563747
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for photocomposing as, for example, phototypesetting utilize photographic film on a moving member such as a rotatable cylinder with an array of multitudinous light emitting diodes movable along the length of the cylinder to project to the film an image of graphic information to be recorded on the film. The array moves to scan the film with overlap between one scan and the next to merge images of one scan into images of the next scan with a minimum of discontinuity. Overlapping exposures from individual LEDs further increase sharpness of image and substantially eliminate variations from non-uniformities of the individual LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1986
    Assignee: Bedford Computer Corporation
    Inventor: James A. Tidd
  • Patent number: 4446491
    Abstract: A photocomposition system for composing typeface characters on a CRT display using a magnetic font disc formed of plural variable length character sectors wherein each sector includes successive storage cells containing all of the coded signals necessary to describe a single character image which signals may be retrieved and decoded for use by the CRT to create an optical image of the character. An optical scanner system is disclosed for optically determining the coordinate points on the boundary of an original character design for subsequent encoding into successive 3 bit binary codes representing successive end to end translational movements along the boundaries of the character design being encoded. The translational movements are selected from a subset of a total of 24 possible translational paths wherein the paths making up the subset is continually varying dependent on the general direction of the previous translational path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1984
    Assignee: Alphatype Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Tidd, Miles H. Tidd
  • Patent number: 4270172
    Abstract: A photocomposition system for composing typeface characters on a CRT display using a magnetic font disc formed of plural variable length character sectors wherein each sector includes successive storage cells containing all of the coded signals necessary to describe a single character image which signals may be retrieved and decoded for use by the CRT to create an optical image of the character. An optical scanner system is disclosed for optically determining the coordinate points on the boundary of an original character design for subsequent encoding into successive 3 bit binary codes representing successive end to end translational movements along the boundaries of the character design being encoded. The translational movements are selected from a subset of a total of 24 possible translational paths wherein the paths making up the subset is continually varying dependent on the general direction of the previous translational path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1981
    Assignee: Alphatype Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Tidd, Miles H. Tidd