Patents by Inventor Mark Joseph Semple

Mark Joseph Semple 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).

  • FLEXIBLE TRACKER SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20180256282
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for tracking the position of one or more connected rigid bodies using markers attached to the rigid bodies by flexible connectors. Systems based on this method are comprised of flexible connectors, a position tracking system and a data processing algorithm to determine the positions and orientations of the rigid bodies. Variations in the methods of attachment of the flexible connectors, the means by which flexibility in the connector is produced, and in the layout of the markers are presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Antony J. HODGSON, Mark Joseph SEMPLE
  • Flexible tracker systems
    Patent number: 10010381
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for tracking the position of one or more connected rigid bodies using markers attached to the rigid bodies by laterally compliant connectors. Systems based on this method are comprised of laterally compliant connectors, a position tracking system and a data processing algorithm to determine the positions and orientations of the rigid bodies. Variations in the methods of attachment of the laterally compliant connectors, the means by which lateral compliance in the connector is produced, and in the layout of the markers are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventors: Antony John Hodgson, Mark Joseph Semple
  • Flexible Optical Tracker
    Publication number: 20160354153
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for tracking the position of one or more connected rigid bodies using markers attached to the rigid bodies by flexible connectors. Systems based on this method are comprised of flexible connectors, a position tracking system and a data processing algorithm to determine the positions and orientations of the rigid bodies. Variations in the methods of attachment of the flexible connectors, the means by which flexibility in the connector is produced, and in the layout of the markers are presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Antony John Hodgson, Mark Joseph Semple