Patents by Inventor Mark Paterson

Mark Paterson 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: 12155665
    Abstract: Methods and system for monitoring and assessing employee moods are disclosed. A proposed enterprise employee monitoring system includes surveillance cameras, a facial recognition module, an emotional analyzer module, and an employee database. The surveillance cameras capture image data including employee individuals within the enterprise. The facial recognition module identifies the individuals in the image data, and the emotional analyzer module determines an emotional state of the individuals based upon the image data. The employee database stores employee information and the emotional state information from the emotional analyzer module, based upon the identification performed by the facial recognition module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Alexander Ainsworth, Ian C. Westmacott, Martin J. Donaghy, Derek Boyes, Terry Neill, John McKenna, Anne Gallagher, Mark Paterson, Ashish Italiya
  • Publication number: 20210201269
    Abstract: Methods and system for employee monitoring and business rule and quorum compliance monitoring are disclosed. A proposed system includes one or more tracking systems for tracking movement of individuals in an enterprise, databases of business rules and operations schedules, and a business rules validation system for determining whether compliance with the business rules based on the operations schedule and the movement of the individuals in the enterprise has been achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Peter Alexander Ainsworth, Ian C. Westmacott, Martin J. Donaghy, Derek Boyes, Terry Neill, John McKenna, Anne Gallagher, Mark Paterson, Ashish Italiya
  • Publication number: 20210201610
    Abstract: Methods and system for distributed cameras and demographics analysis are disclosed. In one embodiment, the enterprise security system includes a tracking system for tracking individuals within the enterprise, surveillance cameras that capture image data including the individuals within the enterprise, a physical classifier module for determining physical characteristics of the individuals in the image data, and a security integration system for determining whether the tracked individuals match the physical characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Peter Alexander Ainsworth, Ian C. Westmacott, Martin J. Donaghy, Derek Boyes, Terry Neill, John McKenna, Anne Gallagher, Mark Paterson, Ashish Italiya
  • Publication number: 20210196169
    Abstract: Methods and system for monitoring and assessing employee moods are disclosed. A proposed enterprise employee monitoring system includes surveillance cameras, a facial recognition module, an emotional analyzer module, and an employee database. The surveillance cameras capture image data including employee individuals within the enterprise. The facial recognition module identifies the individuals in the image data, and the emotional analyzer module determines an emotional state of the individuals based upon the image data. The employee database stores employee information and the emotional state information from the emotional analyzer module, based upon the identification performed by the facial recognition module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Peter Alexander Ainsworth, Ian C. Westmacott, Martin J. Donaghy, Derek Boyes, Terry Neill, John McKenna, Anne Gallagher, Mark Paterson, Ashish Italiya
  • Publication number: 20200344238
    Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling access to enterprise resources based on tracking are disclosed. In one implementation, an enterprise security system includes one or more tracking systems, an information technology (IT) system, and a security integration system (SIS). The one or more tracking systems track movement of individuals throughout the enterprise. The SIS blocks access to the computer resources based on the tracked movement of the individuals within the enterprise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Alexander Ainsworth, Ian C. Westmacott, Martin J. Donaghy, Derek Boyes, Terry Neill, John McKenna, Anne Gallagher, Mark Paterson, Ashish Italiya
  • Patent number: 7824237
    Abstract: A water propulsion unit having an intake housing, a pump housing and an outlet with two spaced apart counter rotating impellers being located in the pump housing. The impeller blades on one impeller have an opposite pitch to the blades of the second impeller. The impellers are configured so that one of the impellers will impart less energy to the water as it passes the blades of the impeller than the second impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Propeller Jet Limited
    Inventors: Paul Mark Paterson, Barry John Davies
  • Patent number: 7566251
    Abstract: A propulsion or pumping device which includes two counter-rotating shafts (3, 4) each carrying at least one impeller (7, 8), wherein each impeller (7, 8) can deflect by a predetermined amount in directions substantially perpendicular t to the longitudinal axis of the shaft (3, 4) on which the impeller (7, 8) is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Propeller Jet Limited
    Inventors: Paul Mark Paterson, Barry John Davies
  • Publication number: 20090022576
    Abstract: A water propulsion unit having an intake housing, a pump housing and an outlet with two spaced apart counter rotating impellers being located in the pump housing. The impeller blades on one impeller have an opposite pitch to the blades of the second impeller. The impellers are configured so that one of the impellers will impart less energy to the water as it passes the blades of the impeller than the second impeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: PROPELLER JET LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Mark PATERSON, Barry John Davies
  • Patent number: 7448926
    Abstract: A water propulsion unit having an intake housing, a pump housing and an outlet with two spaced apart counter rotating impellers being located in the pump housing. The impeller blades on one impeller have an opposite pitch to the blades of the second impeller. The impellers are configured so that one of the impellers will impart less energy to the water as it passes the blades of the impeller than the second impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Propeller Jet Limited
    Inventors: Paul Mark Paterson, Barry John Davies
  • Publication number: 20080200082
    Abstract: A propulsion or pumping device which includes two counter-rotating shafts (3, 4) each carrying at least one impeller (7, 8), wherein each impeller (7, 8) can deflect by a predetermined amount in directions substantially perpendicular t to the longitudinal axis of the shaft (3, 4) on which the impeller (7, 8) is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Paul Mark Paterson, Barry John Davies
  • Publication number: 20050033716
    Abstract: A geographic information system includes a data model server, and computer software executing on a computer server. The data model server includes a business data model and a spatial data model. The business data model includes business attribute data, and the spatial data model includes spatial attribute data associated with the business attribute data. One of the data models includes meta-data defining relationships between the data. The computer software includes a GIS engine in communication with the data models. The GIS engine is configured to manipulate the data attributes in accordance with a user request, and to render the manipulated data on the client terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Alex Ambroz, David Young, Guy Paterson, Ian Mosley, Mark Paterson