Patents by Inventor John A. Connor
John A. Connor 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).
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Publication number: 20210158629Abstract: An image rendering method the steps of, for a view of a virtual model having a locus of interest, performing flexible scale rasterisation with a first bin distribution for a luminance channel, and mapping the results to a first pixel space; performing flexible scale rasterisation with a second bin distribution for chrominance channels, and mapping the results to a second pixel space; and outputting an image based upon the luminance and chrominance results mapped to the first and second pixel spaces; where the second bin distribution includes larger bins than the first bin distribution in a region outside the locus of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2020Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Mark Jacobus Breugelmans, Patrick John Connor
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Patent number: 11016562Abstract: A user input system for controlling a viewpoint within displayed content includes a user profile obtaining unit operable to obtain a user profile having information about head motion and eye motion for a user, an input unit operable to receive user inputs relating to a change in viewpoint within displayed content, the user inputs including the user's head motion, and a viewpoint modification unit operable to modify the viewpoint in the displayed content in dependence upon received inputs and the user profile, where the modification to the viewpoint includes a greater motion than the head motion received as an input.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Andrew William Walker, Richard James Forster, Matthew William Sanders, Patrick John Connor, Jessica Rose Grant, Hans-Werner Gellersen, Ludwig Sidenmark
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Publication number: 20200410644Abstract: An eye tracking system for tracking one or more of a user's eyes includes an closed-eye detector operable to detect when a user has closed one or more of their eyes, an eye tracker operable to detect an eye orientation in dependence upon a measured deformation of an eyelid corresponding to the an eye that has been detected to be shut, and an image renderer operable to render a foveated image for display in response to the detected eye orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Patrick John Connor
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Publication number: 20200406131Abstract: A controller for determining a displacement of a control stick and an applied pressure on the control stick comprises at least a first control stick, one or more sensors configured to sense a pressure applied to at least one control stick and to generate corresponding pressure information, first circuitry configured to receive displacement information associated with a physical displacement of the control stick, second circuitry configured to receive from one or more of the sensors pressure information associated with the pressure applied to the control stick, and third circuitry configured to determine the displacement of the control stick and the applied pressure on the control stick; wherein at least a first sensor is configured to sense the pressure applied when the physical displacement of the control stick reaches a displacement limit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2018Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Simon Mark Benson, Sharwin Winesh Raghoebardajal, Patrick John Connor
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Publication number: 20200372933Abstract: A method of capturing free viewpoint content at a location includes recording video on each of a plurality of portable video recording devices at the location; each portable video recording device detecting a wireless synchronisation signal transmitted at the location; and each portable video recording device periodically adding a timestamp to its respective recorded video; where the timestamp is responsive to the detected wireless synchronisation signal, thereby enabling synchronisation of a plurality of recorded videos responsive to the timestamps.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Patrick John Connor, Timothy Bradley, Andrew William Walker
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Publication number: 20200279405Abstract: A data generation system for generating data representing content to be displayed includes: a content dividing unit operable to divide content to be displayed into a plurality of polyhedra and generate polyhedron position information, an intersection detecting unit operable to generate intersection information that describes the intersection of one or more surfaces within the content with the plurality of polyhedra, a polyhedron classifying unit operable to classify each of the polyhedra in dependence upon the intersection information, the classification indicating the properties of the surface within the respective polyhedra, and a data generating unit operable to generate data comprising the polyhedron position information and the polyhedron classification information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2018Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Patrick John Connor
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Publication number: 20200246693Abstract: A head-mountable display (HMD) for use with a processing device, the HMD comprising a display unit for displaying image content to the user, and a directional airflow unit operable to generate a directional airflow in accordance with control data corresponding to an appropriate airflow for content to be displayed on the HMD.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2018Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Patrick John Connor, Simon Mark Benson
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Publication number: 20200175751Abstract: An image generation system includes a region of interest identifying unit operable to identify a region of interest within a piece of content, the piece of content comprising one or more objects, and an image generation unit operable to generate an image for display comprising one or more of the one or more objects such that objects at a different visual depth to the region of interest are present in the generated image at a lower quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Patrick John CONNOR
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Publication number: 20200081526Abstract: A user input system for controlling a viewpoint within displayed content includes a user profile obtaining unit operable to obtain a user profile having information about head motion and eye motion for a user, an input unit operable to receive user inputs relating to a change in viewpoint within displayed content, the user inputs including the user's head motion, and a viewpoint modification unit operable to modify the viewpoint in the displayed content in dependence upon received inputs and the user profile, where the modification to the viewpoint includes a greater motion than the head motion received as an input.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Andrew William Walker, Richard James Forster, Matthew William Sanders, Patrick John Connor, Jessica Rose Grant, Hans-Werner Gellersen, Ludwig Sidenmark
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Publication number: 20200073345Abstract: An integrated solution strategy that integrates multiple domains together in a seamless and standardized way for increasing a user's control over facilities and equipment. This integrated approach can lead to a reduction of energy usage, more efficient energy usage, increased safety, health, and security of a facility and its occupants, optimized production in industrial settings, and associated and other economic advantages. Accurate, reliable information about a facility or equipment is essential to making timely, informed decisions. Enhanced automation provides a reliable means of collecting and assembling a variety of operating data and archiving that data into a central database for evaluation, reporting, forecasting, and negotiation with resource marketers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Philippe Delorme, Vincent Petit, James Simonelli, Barry Coflan, Scott Henneberry, Ronald Schoop, Jean-Louis Bergerand, Gregory Allen Thompson, Cyril Perducat, Philip E. London, John Connor
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Publication number: 20190377191Abstract: A head-mountable display device includes: a display element observable by a user; an image generator operable to generate an image for display by the display element; a plurality of ultrasound transducers, the ultrasound transducers being operable and arranged to emit ultrasound signals towards at least a first eye of the user when the head-mountable display is being worn by the user; one or more sensors operable and arranged to detect reflections of the emitted ultrasound signals; an eye imaging unit operable to generate a representation of the user's eye based on the ultrasound signals received at the one or more sensors; and an eye position detector configured to detect the position of the eye relative to the position of the head-mountable display device based on the representation, the eye position detector being configured to detect whether the position of the eye is offset from a desired position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Colin Jonathan Hughes, Oliver Hume, Patrick John Connor
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Patent number: 10429804Abstract: An integrated solution strategy that integrates multiple domains together in a seamless and standardized way for increasing a users control over facilities and equipment. This integrated approach can lead to a reduction of energy usage, more efficient energy usage, increased safety, health, and security of a facility and its occupants, optimized production in industrial settings, and associated and other economic advantages. Accurate, reliable information about a facility or equipment is essential to making timely, informed decisions. Enhanced automation provides a reliable means of collecting and assembling a variety of operating data and archiving that data into a central database for evaluation, reporting, forecasting, and negotiation with resource marketers.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.Inventors: Philippe Delorme, Vincent Petit, James Simonelli, Barry Coflan, Scott Henneberry, Ronald Schoop, Jean-Louis Bergerand, Gregory Allen Thompson, Cyril Perducat, Philip E. London, John Connor
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Patent number: 10431054Abstract: A processing system adapted for use in a gaming environment is configured to detect when a user might accidentally drop an input device, such as a handheld game controller. The processing system includes an input device, a processing unit and a warning unit. The input device has one or more pressure sensors operable to sense pressure inputs from a user. The processing unit is operable to identify an imminent dropping of the input device from measurements obtained by the pressure sensors. And the warning unit is operable to provide a warning to the user when the processing unit identifies an imminent drop of the input device.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe LimitedInventors: Simon Mark Benson, Sharwin Winesh Raghoebardajal, Patrick John Connor
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Patent number: 10238622Abstract: The invention provides methods of treatment that prevent the onset of Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) in a subject, or which reduce the severity of TLE in a subject, by administering a NKCC1 inhibitor to the subject after the subject has suffered from an insult known to precipitate TLE.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2010Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Inventors: Wolfgang S. Mueller, John A. Connor, Steven Peterson, Denis Bragin
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Publication number: 20180342135Abstract: A processing system adapted for use in a gaming environment is configured to detect when a user might accidentally drop an input device, such as a handheld game controller. The processing system includes an input device, a processing unit and a warning unit. The input device has one or more pressure sensors operable to sense pressure inputs from a user. The processing unit is operable to identify an imminent dropping of the input device from measurements obtained by the pressure sensors. And the warning unit is operable to provide a warning to the user when the processing unit identifies an imminent drop of the input device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Simon Mark Benson, Sharwin Winesh Raghoebardajal, Patrick John Connor
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Patent number: 9567331Abstract: Provided herein are novel small molecule pyridomyrimidone viral inhibitor agents of Formula (I), such as 4-acetyl-2,3,7,8-tetrahydro-3-phenylpyrido[1,2-f]pyrimidin-1-one, and methods of using pharmaceutical or therapeutic compositions comprising such viral inhibitor agents of Formula (I) in inhibiting and treating viral infections including orthopox and retroviral infections. Methods of synthesizing such agents are also provided herein.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2012Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Trustees of Boston UniversityInventors: Scott E. Schaus, Lauren Brown, John Connor, Ken William Dower
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Publication number: 20150309495Abstract: An integrated solution strategy that integrates multiple domains together in a seamless and standardized way for increasing a users control over facilities and equipment. This integrated approach can lead to a reduction of energy usage, more efficient energy usage, increased safety, health, and security of a facility and its occupants, optimized production in industrial settings, and associated and other economic advantages. Accurate, reliable information about a facility or equipment is essential to making timely, informed decisions. Enhanced automation provides a reliable means of collecting and assembling a variety of operating data and archiving that data into a central database for evaluation, reporting, forecasting, and negotiation with resource marketers.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2015Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventors: Philippe Delorme, Vincent Petit, James Simonelli, Barry Coflan, Scott Henneberry, Ronald Schoop, Jean-Louis Bergerand, Gregory Allen Thompson, Cyril Perducat, Philip E. London, John Connor
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Patent number: 9076111Abstract: An integrated solution strategy that integrates multiple domains together in a seamless and standardized way for increasing a users control over facilities and equipment. This integrated approach can lead to a reduction of energy usage, more efficient energy usage, increased safety, health, and security of a facility and its occupants, optimized production in industrial settings, and associated and other economic advantages. Accurate, reliable information about a facility or equipment is essential to making timely, informed decisions. Enhanced automation provides a reliable means of collecting and assembling a variety of operating data and archiving that data into a central database for evaluation, reporting, forecasting, and negotiation with resource marketers.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2010Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.Inventors: Philippe Delorme, Vincent Petit, James Simonelli, Barry Coflan, Scott Henneberry, Ronald Schoop, Jean-Louis Bergerand, Gregory Allen Thompson, Cyril Perducat, Philip E. London, John Connor
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Patent number: 9041208Abstract: A laminate interconnect structure includes a core material and at least one additional layer adjacent the core material, a first electrically conductive via formed in the core material, and a second electrically conductive via formed in the core material, coaxial with the first electrically conductive via and separated from the first electrically conductive via by a non-conductive material.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Adam Gallegos, Mark Hinton, Nurwati Suwendi Devnani, John Connor
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Patent number: D837566Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Posture & Purpose, LLCInventors: Patricia Connors, Daniel John Connors