Patents by Inventor Mark Robson Humphries
Mark Robson Humphries 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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Patent number: 10113977Abstract: An apparatus for acquiring a two-dimensional image of an external surface of a three-dimensional object is described. The apparatus includes a conveyor for supporting and displacing the object, a camera for capturing images of portions of the object surface, and a friction member for rotating the object. The camera is configured to capture images corresponding to successive exposed portions of the object surface, and to sequentially capture the images as respective single frames. The apparatus further includes an electronic control unit adapted to read out a sub-frame from the single frame, store the sub-frame, and assemble successive sub-frames into an assembled frame corresponding to a two-dimensional image of a surface area of the object.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2017Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Capsugel Belgium NVInventors: Mark Robson Humphries, Paul Antony Merritt, Stefaan Jaak Vanquickenborne
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Publication number: 20170131221Abstract: An apparatus for acquiring a two-dimensional image of an external surface of a three-dimensional object is described. The apparatus includes a conveyor for supporting and displacing the object, a camera for capturing images of portions of the object surface, and a friction member for rotating the object. The camera is configured to capture images corresponding to successive exposed portions of the object surface, and to sequentially capture the images as respective single frames. The apparatus further includes an electronic control unit adapted to read out a sub-frame from the single frame, store the sub-frame, and assemble successive sub-frames into an assembled frame corresponding to a two-dimensional image of a surface area of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: Capsugel Belgium NVInventors: Mark Robson Humphries, Paul Antony Merritt, Stefaan Jaak Vanquickenborne
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Patent number: 9648720Abstract: A method including: attaching a plurality of conductive tracks to at least one surface of a substrate, depositing a coating comprising at least one halo-hydrocarbon polymer on the at least one surface of the substrate, and soldering through the coating.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2013Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Semblant Global LimitedInventors: Frank Ferdinandi, Rodney Edward Smith, Mark Robson Humphries
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Patent number: 9575011Abstract: An apparatus for acquiring a two-dimensional image of an external surface of a three-dimensional object is described. The apparatus includes a conveyor for supporting and displacing the object, a camera for capturing images of portions of the object surface, and a friction member for rotating the object. The camera is configured to capture images corresponding to successive exposed portions of the object surface, and to sequentially capture the images as respective single frames. The apparatus further includes an electronic control unit adapted to read out a sub-frame from the single frame, store the sub-frame, and assemble successive sub-frames into an assembled frame corresponding to a two-dimensional image of an unpeeled surface area of the object.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Capsugel Belgium NVInventors: Mark Robson Humphries, Paul Antony Merritt, Stefaan Jaak Vanquickenborne
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Publication number: 20160320313Abstract: An apparatus for acquiring a two-dimensional image of an external surface of a three-dimensional object is described. The apparatus includes a conveyor for supporting and displacing the object, a camera for capturing images of portions of the object surface, and a friction member for rotating the object. The camera is configured to capture images corresponding to successive exposed portions of the object surface, and to sequentially capture the images as respective single frames. The apparatus further includes an electronic control unit adapted to read out a sub-frame from the single frame, store the sub-frame, and assemble successive sub-frames into an assembled frame corresponding to a two-dimensional image of an unpeeled surface area of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: Capsugel Belgium NVInventors: Mark Robson Humphries, Paul Antony Merritt, Stefaan Jaak Vanquickenborne
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Patent number: 9414027Abstract: An apparatus for acquiring a two-dimensional image of an external surface of a three-dimensional object is described. The apparatus includes a conveyor for supporting and displacing the object, a camera for capturing images of portions of the object surface, and a friction member for rotating the object. The camera is configured to capture images corresponding to successive exposed portions of the object surface, and to sequentially capture the images as respective single frames. The apparatus further includes electronic control unit adapted to read out a sub-frame from the single frame, store said sub-frame, and assemble successive sub-frames into an assembled frame corresponding to a two-dimensional image of an unpeeled surface area of the object.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2011Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Capsugel Belgium NVInventors: Mark Robson Humphries, Paul Antony Merritt, Stefaan Jaak Vanquickenborne
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Patent number: 9055700Abstract: In some embodiments, a printed circuit board (PCB) comprises a substrate comprising an insulating material. The PCB further comprises a plurality of conductive tracks attached to at least one surface of the substrate. The PCB further comprises a multi-layer coating deposited on the at least one surface of the substrate. The multi-layer coating (i) covers at least a portion of the plurality of conductive tracks and (ii) comprises at least one layer formed of a halo-hydrocarbon polymer. The PCB further comprises at least one electrical component connected by a solder joint to at least one conductive track, wherein the solder joint is soldered through the multi-layer coating such that the solder joint abuts the multi-layer coating.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2009Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Semblant LimitedInventors: Mark Robson Humphries, Frank Ferdinandi, Rodney Edward Smith
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Patent number: 8646591Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for handling capsules in a capsule processing equipment. The invention also relates to capsule processing equipment, such as an inspection equipment or a capsule printing equipment that includes such an apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2009Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Capsugel Belgium NVInventors: Thomas Marcelina Louis De Ruijter, Nigel David Harrison, Martin Lawrence Hughes, Mark Robson Humphries, Paul Antony Merritt, Stefaan Jaak Vanquickenborne, Philip Jonathan West
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Patent number: 8618420Abstract: In some embodiments, a printed circuit board (PCB) comprises a substrate comprising an insulating material. The PCB further comprises a plurality of conductive tracks attached to at least one surface of the substrate. The PCB further comprises a multi-layer coating deposited on the at least one surface of the substrate. The multi-layer coating (i) covers at least a portion of the plurality of conductive tracks and (ii) comprises at least one layer formed of a halo-hydrocarbon polymer. The PCB further comprises at least one electrical component connected by a solder joint to at least one conductive track, wherein the solder joint is soldered through the multi-layer coating such that the solder joint abuts the multi-layer coating.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2011Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Semblant Global LimitedInventors: Mark Robson Humphries, Frank Ferdinandi, Rodney Edward Smith
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Publication number: 20130334292Abstract: A printed circuit board to which a localised solder connection is to be made, the surface of said printed circuit board having a continuous or non-continuous coating of a composition comprising a halo-hydrocarbon polymer at a thickness of from 1 nm to 10 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Inventors: Frank Ferdinandi, Rodney Edward Smith, Mark Robson Humphries
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Publication number: 20130307962Abstract: An apparatus for acquiring a two-dimensional image of an external surface of a three-dimensional object is described. The apparatus includes a conveyor for supporting and displacing the object, a camera for capturing images of portions of the object surface, and a friction member for rotating the object. The camera is configured to capture images corresponding to successive exposed portions of the object surface, and to sequentially capture the images as respective single frames. The apparatus further includes electronic control unit adapted to read out a sub-frame from the single frame, store said sub-frame, and assemble successive sub-frames into an assembled frame corresponding to a two-dimensional image of an unpeeled surface area of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2011Publication date: November 21, 2013Inventors: Mark Robson Humphries, Paul Antony Merritt, Stefaan Jaak Vanquickenborne
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Patent number: 8492898Abstract: A printed circuit board to which a localised solder connection is to be made, the surface of said printed circuit board having a continuous or non-continuous coating of a composition comprising a halo-hydrocarbon polymer at a thickness of from 1 nm to 10 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2008Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Semblant Global LimitedInventors: Frank Ferdinandi, Rodney Edward Smith, Mark Robson Humphries
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Publication number: 20120043391Abstract: A spray device for connection to a reservoir of fluid for spraying, the spray device includes a dosing chamber for holding fluid; a connector for fluidly connecting the dosing chamber to the reservoir; a piston moveable from a first end of the dosing chamber to a second end of the dosing chamber so as to draw into the dosing chamber fluid from the reservoir; a spring biasing the piston towards said first end; a plunger, actuable by a user, to move the piston towards said second end against the bias of the spring; a nozzle for spraying fluid; and a user-actuable valve for selectively fluidly connecting the dosing chamber to the nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Inventors: Mark Robson Humphries, Craig Harvey Nelson, Stuart Michael Ruan Jones, David Richard Stonehouse, Edwin Paul Earnshaw, Andrew Macleod
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Publication number: 20110253429Abstract: In some embodiments, a printed circuit board (PCB) comprises a substrate comprising an insulating material. The PCB further comprises a plurality of conductive tracks attached to at least one surface of the substrate. The PCB further comprises a multi-layer coating deposited on the at least one surface of the substrate. The multi-layer coating (i) covers at least a portion of the plurality of conductive tracks and (ii) comprises at least one layer formed of a halo-hydrocarbon polymer. The PCB further comprises at least one electrical component connected by a solder joint to at least one conductive track, wherein the solder joint is soldered through the multi-layer coating such that the solder joint abuts the multi-layer coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2009Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: Semblant Global LimitedInventors: Mark Robson Humphries, Frank Ferdinandi, Rodney Edward Smith
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Publication number: 20110222993Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for handling capsules in a capsule processing equipment. The invention also relates to capsule processing equipment, such as an inspection equipment or a capsule printing equipment that includes such an apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2009Publication date: September 15, 2011Inventors: Thomas Marcelina Louis De Ruijter, Nigel David Harrison, Martin Lawrence Hughes, Mark Robson Humphries, Paul Antony Merritt, Stefaan Jaak Vanquickenborne, Philip Jonathan West
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Publication number: 20110186334Abstract: In some embodiments, a printed circuit board (PCB) comprises a substrate comprising an insulating material. The PCB further comprises a plurality of conductive tracks attached to at least one surface of the substrate. The PCB further comprises a multi-layer coating deposited on the at least one surface of the substrate. The multi-layer coating (i) covers at least a portion of the plurality of conductive tracks and (ii) comprises at least one layer formed of a halo-hydrocarbon polymer. The PCB further comprises at least one electrical component connected by a solder joint to at least one conductive track, wherein the solder joint is soldered through the multi-layer coating such that the solder joint abuts the multi-layer coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: Semblant Global LimitedInventors: Mark Robson Humphries, Frank Ferdinandi, Rodney Edward Smith
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Publication number: 20110183057Abstract: A foaming device for a drink including a housing defining an internal volume for housing secondary liquid and a source of foaming gas. A nozzle communicates between the internal volume and an exterior of the housing and a plug seals the nozzle so as to prevent communication between the internal volume and the exterior of the housing. By releasing the plug, the secondary liquid can be released into the drink such that the foaming gas forms bubbles of secondary liquid in the drink and proteins/constituents within one or both of the primary liquid and the secondary liquid denature so as to create a stable foam.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2009Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: PA KNOWLEDGE LIMITEDInventors: Stuart Michael Ruan Jones, Mark Robson Humphries, David Morrison Russell
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Publication number: 20100025091Abstract: A printed circuit board to which a localised solder connection is to be made, the surface of said printed circuit board having a continuous or non-continuous coating of a composition comprising a halo-hydrocarbon polymer at a thickness of from 1 nm to 10 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2008Publication date: February 4, 2010Inventors: Frank Ferdinandi, Rodney Edward Smith, Mark Robson Humphries
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Patent number: 6393141Abstract: An apparatus for providing a two-dimensional image of a three-dimensional object illuminates the surface of the object using an illumination source. Portions of the surface are imaged through an aperture in a plate onto a portion of a matrix sensor. The object is rotated about its principle axis while being simultaneously translated, and, at the same time the aperture is also rotated. By synchronizing these translational and rotational movements, successive portions of the object surface can image onto respective successive portions of the matrix sensor, thereby providing an improve two-dimensional image of the surface of the object.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1998Date of Patent: May 21, 2002Assignee: Warner-Lambert CompanyInventors: Anthony James Cronshaw, Mark Robson Humphries, Christopher James Hodges, John Horace Fisher
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Patent number: 6275603Abstract: This invention provides a method and apparatus (100) for detecting small glass particles (12) in bottles (1) filled with beer (10). The beer (10) is caused to rotate with respect to the bottle (1), and successive images are obtained from the bottle by means of a CCD-camera (40) which is arranged such that its optical axis (41) makes an angle &agr; of about 135° with the axis (13) of the bottle (1), which is illuminated from below. The successive images are subtracted from each other to detect refracted light emanating from glass particles. These measurements are repeated a plurality of times. The invention thus offers an improvement in sensitivity and reliability of a detecting method. An apparatus (100) comprises a carousel (103) with a plurality of cameras dedicated to a single bottle. A system is described to reduce costs by having eight cameras share one image processing unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1998Date of Patent: August 14, 2001Assignee: Heineken Technical Services B.V.Inventors: Anthony James Cronshaw, Christopher James Hodges, Mark Robson Humphries, David Livingstone, Stephen Peter Woodall, Bernardus Cornelis Johannes Landman