Patents by Inventor Nigel Pearce
Nigel Pearce 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: 8115734Abstract: There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2010Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Promethean Ltd.Inventors: Nigel Pearce, Peter Unsworth
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Patent number: 8115733Abstract: There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2010Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Promethean Ltd.Inventors: Nigel Pearce, Peter Unsworth
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Patent number: 8072438Abstract: There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2010Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Promethean LimitedInventors: Nigel Pearce, Peter Unsworth
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Patent number: 8068093Abstract: There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2010Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Promethean HouseInventors: Nigel Pearce, Peter Unsworth
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Patent number: 8054301Abstract: There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2010Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Promethean Ltd.Inventors: Nigel Pearce, Peter Unsworth
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Publication number: 20110050611Abstract: There is disclosed a method of controlling a computer system, which computer system is adapted to receive inputs from an interactive display surface and one or more other input devices, the computer system being further adapted to display images on the interactive display surface and a further display surface, the interactive display surface and the further display surface forming a contiguous desktop display for the computer system, the method comprising: receiving input data from the one or more input devices, wherein a foreground application is determined in dependence upon the input data from the one or more input devices; receiving input data from the interactive display surface, wherein the input data from the interactive display surface does not affect the determination of the foreground application.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: PROMETHEAN LIMITEDInventor: Nigel PEARCE
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Publication number: 20110050610Abstract: There is disclosed a method for controlling a computer system, which computer system is adapted to receive touch data and non-touch data, the method comprising the steps of: receiving input data from an interactive display surface; and selectively delivering the input data from the interactive display surface to an interface of an operating system of the computer system as either touch data or non-touch data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: PROMETHEAN LIMITEDInventors: Nigel PEARCE, Pierre BURGHGRAEVE
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Publication number: 20110016435Abstract: There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2010Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: Promethean LimitedInventors: Nigel Pearce, Peter Unsworth
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Publication number: 20100321345Abstract: There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: PROMETHEAN LIMITEDInventors: Nigel Pearce, Peter Unsworth
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Publication number: 20100321294Abstract: There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: PROMETHEAN LIMITEDInventors: Nigel Pearce, Peter Unsworth
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Publication number: 20100315338Abstract: There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: PROMETHEAN LIMITEDInventors: Nigel Pearce, Peter Unsworth
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Publication number: 20100318944Abstract: There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: PROMETHEAN LIMITEDInventors: Nigel Pearce, Peter Unsworth
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Publication number: 20100295779Abstract: There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: PROMETHEAN LIMITEDInventors: Nigel Pearce, Peter Unsworth
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Publication number: 20100295784Abstract: There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: PROMETHEAN LIMITEDInventors: Nigel Pearce, Peter Unsworth
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Publication number: 20100289741Abstract: There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: PROMETHEAN LIMITEDInventors: Nigel Pearce, Peter Unsworth
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Publication number: 20100289742Abstract: There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: PROMETHEAN LIMITEDInventors: Nigel Pearce, Peter Unsworth
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Publication number: 20100211902Abstract: There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2007Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: PROMETHEAN LIMITEDInventors: Peter Unsworth, Nigel Pearce
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Publication number: 20100132034Abstract: There is provided a method of controlling a computer system of an interactive display system, comprising: predetermining one or more positions on an interactive display of the interactive display system; displaying an image representing the predetermined one or more positions; receiving data identifying one or more detected positions selected on the interactive display; comparing the detected positions and the predetermined positions, wherein in dependence on a match the computer system registers the interactive display with the computer systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2009Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: PROMETHEAN LIMITEDInventors: Nigel Pearce, Paul Painter, Lee Nelson