Patents by Inventor Neil Eric Carlyle

Neil Eric Carlyle 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).

  • Representing a plurality of independent data items
    Patent number: 8495520
    Abstract: The method represents a plurality of independent data items. The method first assigns a multi-dimensional iconic representation to each data item, then alters at least one dimension of each iconic representation according to a change in a corresponding state of the corresponding data item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Farhad Fuad Islam, Neil Eric Carlyle, Margaret Hanna
  • Displaying EPG information on a digital television
    Patent number: 7721311
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for displaying a plurality of objects on a display (105). Each object has at least a first attribute and a second attribute. The method sets a range of first attributes to be displayed. A set of objects is then displayed having the same second attribute on a radial line of an ellipse based on a comparison between the range and the first attribute of the objects. Desirably the method is used for displaying information regarding a plurality of broadcast programs on the display, each broadcast program having attributes comprising at least time of transmission and channel of transmission. In that implementation a display period is set. The method then compares the time of broadcast transmission of one or more programs with the display period and then displays (eg. 600) information regarding a set of programs (602, 604, 606) having the same channel of transmission (eg. 12) on at least one radial line of an ellipse, based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Julie Rae Kowald, Neil Eric Carlyle, Joseph Anthony Thurbon, Margaret Hanna
  • Representing a plurality of independent data items
    Publication number: 20030169303
    Abstract: The method represents a plurality of independent data items. The method first assigns (1240) a multi-dimensional iconic representation to each said data item, then alters (1240) at least one dimension of each iconic representation according to a change in a corresponding state of the corresponding data item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Farhad Fuad Islam, Neil Eric Carlyle, Margaret Hanna
  • Method and apparatus for orientating a set of finite n-dimensional space curves
    Patent number: 6459431
    Abstract: An undirected graph is generated based on a set of finite n-dimensional space curves. One or more traversal modulations are selected and a directed graph is created by traversing the edges of the undirected graph and determining a direction, either a forward direction or a reverse direction, for each edge in accordance with the selected traversal modulations. The method then re-orientates the set of finite n-dimensional space curves in accordance with the directed graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Cameron Bolitho Browne, Michael Richard Arnold, Neil Eric Carlyle