Patents by Inventor Patrick Langdon

Patrick Langdon 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).

  • Apparatus and method for determining an intended target
    Patent number: 10719133
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a human-machine interaction method of determining an intended target of an object in relation to a user interface, comprising determining a three-dimensional location of the object at a plurality of time intervals, determining a metric associated with each of a plurality of items of the user interface, the metric indicative of the respective item being the intended target of the object, wherein the metric is determined based upon a model and the location of the object in three dimensions at the plurality of time intervals, and determining, using a Bayesian reasoning process, the intended target from the plurality of items of the user interface based on the metric associated with each of the plurality of items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Hardy, Lee Skrypchuk, Bashar Ahmad, Patrick Langdon, Simon Godsill
  • Apparatus and Method for Determining an Intended Target
    Publication number: 20180173314
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a human-machine interaction method of determining an intended target of an object in relation to a user interface, comprising determining a three-dimensional location of the object at a plurality of time intervals, determining a metric associated with each of a plurality of items of the user interface, the metric indicative of the respective item being the intended target of the object, wherein the metric is determined based upon a model and the location of the object in three dimensions at the plurality of time intervals, and determining, using a Bayesian reasoning process, the intended target from the plurality of items of the user interface based on the metric associated with each of the plurality of items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Hardy, Lee Skypchuk, Bashar Ahmad, Patrick Langdon, Simon Godsill