Patents by Inventor Jeremy Stuart Michael Fox

Jeremy Stuart Michael Fox 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).

  • Method and apparatus for identifying documents
    Patent number: 7266231
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying a document (55). The method comprises exposing the document (55), such as a banknote, to infrared radiation; detecting infrared radiation reflected from a plurality of regions of the document (55) to generate at least one test pattern; determining if the or each test pattern satisfies a predetermined relationship with a predetermined pattern or patterns corresponding to a known document; and, if the predetermined relationship is satisfied, identifying the document (55) as being the same as the known document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: De La Rue International Limited
    Inventors: Bryan James Christophersen, Peter Dilwyn Evans, Jeremy Stuart Michael Fox, John Alan Skinner
  • Method and apparatus for identifying documents
    Publication number: 20040218800
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying a document (55). The method comprises exposing the document (55), such as a banknote, to infrared radiation; detecting infrared radiation reflected from a plurality of regions of the document (55) to generate at least one test pattern; determining if the or each test pattern satisfies a predetermined relationship with a predetermined pattern or patterns corresponding to a known document; and, if the predetermined relationship is satisfied, identifying the document (55) as being the same as the known document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Bryan James Christophersen, Peter Dilwyn Evans, Jeremy Stuart Michael Fox, John Alan Skinner