Patents by Inventor Nigel Lloyd William Helyer

Nigel Lloyd William Helyer 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).

  • Authoring system
    Patent number: 7068290
    Abstract: An authoring system and authoring method to assigning a real geo-spatial position to sensory-effect data representing virtual sensations, including a virtual sound sensation. The system includes an author interface for displaying a representation of a real geo-space, means for accepting the sensory-effect data, and means for an author to assign the virtual sensory effect data to a location within the displayed representation corresponding to a real location within the geo-space, such that a user has the sensation of the virtual sound coming from the location assigned for the sensory-effect data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Lake Technology Limited
    Inventors: Stephen James Bennett, Richard James Cartwright, Nigel Lloyd William Helyer, Roger David Butler