Patents by Inventor Peter Bruce
Peter Bruce 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: 8436986Abstract: An apparatus (10) for assessment, evaluation and grading of gemstones has a stage (11) upon which a gemstone may be supported, the stage being enclosed in a housing (15) that is impervious to light. At least one light source (14) located in the housing is adapted to project incident light onto the gemstone. There are means for rotating and tilting the stage so as to vary the orientation of the gemstone to the incident light. A digital camera (16) is located in the housing adjacent the or each light source and is adapted to take images of the gemstone based on reflection and/or refraction of the incident light. There are also information processing means for calibrating and analyzing the images, with the information processing means being programmed with an instruction set for color calibrating the images and then analyzing the color calibrated images by segmentation and histogram measurement.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2008Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Opal Producers Australia LimitedInventors: Graham Alfred Hornabrook, Stuart Norman Marchant, Rodney Herbert Lummis, Kathryn Elizabeth Primmer, Peter Bruce Sutton, Angus Nelson Hornabrook, Leanne Bischof, Ryan Lagerstrom, Volker Hilsenstein, Robert George Imrie
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Patent number: 8428084Abstract: A cellular communication system (100) is arranged to support a single cell identifier reuse pattern using a first communication. Management logic (146) comprises broadcast mode logic (150) arranged to support a common cell identifier reuse pattern for broadcast transmissions amongst a cluster of communication cells using a second communication. A plurality of wireless serving communication units are operably coupled to the management logic. At least one wireless communication unit comprises logic arranged to support a unicast communication using a first communication cell identifier and logic arranged to support broadcast communication using a common cell identifier (215) to be used by the wireless communication unit in receiving broadcast communication across the cluster of communication cells.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Nvidia CorporationInventors: Vishakan Ponnampalam, Peter Bruce Darwood
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Patent number: 8428083Abstract: A time division duplex (TDD) cellular communication system (100) is arranged to support both uplink and downlink communication allocated for unicast time division duplex (TDD) communication that uses a single cell identifier reuse pattern. The TDD cellular communication system (100) comprises a plurality of wireless serving communication units operably coupled to management logic. The TDD cellular communication system (100) further comprises management logic (146) arranged to partition time domain physical resources such that unicast communication using the single cell identifier reuse pattern is supported in a first portion of the time domain physical resource and a broadcast communication using a common cell identifier (215) reuse pattern for broadcast communications is supported in a second portion of the time domain physical resource.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Nvidia CorporationInventors: Vishakan Ponnampalam, Peter Bruce Darwood
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Patent number: 8428085Abstract: A cellular communication system (100) comprises management logic (146) having broadcast mode logic (150) arranged to support a common cell identifier reuse pattern for broadcast transmissions amongst a cluster of communication cells. A plurality of wireless serving communication units is operably coupled to the management logic. At least one wireless communication unit comprises a receiver for receiving a broadcast signal from both a first serving wireless communication unit and a second serving wireless communication unit wherein both the first serving wireless communication unit and second serving wireless communication unit use a common cell identifier (215) reuse pattern for broadcast transmissions to be used by the at least one wireless communication unit in receiving broadcast communication across the cluster of communication cells.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Nvidia CorporationInventors: Vishakan Ponnampalam, Peter Bruce Darwood
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Patent number: 8374619Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for allocating spectrum in a wireless communication system that supports simultaneously at least a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation. Logic is arranged for determining a proportion of spectrum required for the wireless communication unit to operate simultaneously in both the first mode of operation and the second mode of operation. Logic for allocating spectrum allocates a temporary guard band between a first portion of spectrum for the first mode of operation and a second portion of spectrum for the second mode of operation for use while the wireless communication unit operates simultaneously in the first mode of operation and second mode of operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2010Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Nvidia CorporationInventors: Alan Edward Jones, Peter Bruce Darwood, Paul Howard
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Publication number: 20130032077Abstract: A marine anchor (1, 40, 40A, 40B, 40C) for deep embedment in a seabed soil (2) including a fluke member (4, 41) and a shank member (7, 49) and means (12, 62, 62A) for constraining a load application point thereon (13, 15, 63, 63A, 65) to lie in first and second directions from a centroid (9,46) of said fluke member (4, 41) forming, with respect to a fore-and-aft direction (10, 47) of the fluke member (4, 41), an acute forward-opening angle (A) and an acute rearward-opening angle (C) respectively whereby said marine anchor (1, 40, 40A, 40B, 40C) can be pulled rearward to bury deeply in a rearward bury deeply in a forward direction (F).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2011Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: BRUPAT LIMITEDInventor: Peter Bruce
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Patent number: 8280385Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for allocating spectrum in a wireless communication system that supports simultaneously at least a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation. Logic is arranged for determining a proportion of spectrum required for the wireless communication unit to operate simultaneously in both the first mode of operation and the second mode of operation. Logic for allocating spectrum allocates a temporary guard band between a first portion of spectrum for the first mode of operation and a second portion of spectrum for the second mode of operation for use while the wireless communication unit operates simultaneously in the first mode of operation and second mode of operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2007Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Nvidia CorporationInventors: Alan Edward Jones, Peter Bruce Darwood, Paul Howard
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Publication number: 20120101055Abstract: A patient suffering from an endobronchial infection is treated by administering to the patient for inhalation a dose of less than about 4.0 ml of a nebulized aerosol formulation comprising from about 60 to about 200 mg/ml of an aminoglycoside antibiotic, such as tobramycin, in a physiologically acceptable carrier in a time period of less than about 10 minutes. Unit dose devices for storage and delivery of the aminoglycoside antibiotic formulations are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Inventors: Robert John Speirs, Barbara Ann Schaeffler, Peter Bruce Challoner
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Publication number: 20110310246Abstract: An apparatus (10) for assessment, evaluation and grading of gemstones has a stage (11) upon which a gemstone may be supported. The stage is enclosed in a housing (15) that is impervious to light. There is at least one light source (14) located in the housing which is adapted to project incident light onto the gemstone. Means for rotating and tilting the stage so as to vary the orientation of the gemstone to the incident light are also present. A digital camera (16) is located in the housing adjacent the or each light source and is adapted to take images of the gemstone based on reflection and/or refraction of the incident light. The apparatus also includes information processing means for calibrating and analysing the images. The information processing means is programmed with instruction sets for assessing one or more of colour, cut, clarity, scintillation, brilliance, lustre, dispersion and sheen. The gemstone is supported upon the stage by securing means (17) engaging the gemstone at its bottom surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2009Publication date: December 22, 2011Inventors: Graham Alfred Hornabrook, Stuart Marchant, Rodney Herbert Lummis, Kathryn Elizabeth Primmer, Peter Bruce Sutton, Robert George Imrie, Leanne Bishop, Ryan Lagerstrom, Volker Hilsenstein
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Publication number: 20110244876Abstract: A cellular communication system (100) is arranged to support a single cell identifier reuse pattern using a first communication. Management logic (146) comprises broadcast mode logic (150) arranged to support a common cell identifier reuse pattern for broadcast transmissions amongst a cluster of communication cells using a second communication. A plurality of wireless serving communication units are operably coupled to the management logic. At least one wireless communication unit comprises logic arranged to support a unicast communication using a first communication cell identifier and logic arranged to support broadcast communication using a common cell identifier (215) to be used by the wireless communication unit in receiving broadcast communication across the cluster of communication cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: IPWIRELESS, INC.Inventors: Vishakan Ponnampalam, Peter Bruce Darwood
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Publication number: 20110243042Abstract: A cellular communication system comprises a first communication network arranged to use a single cell identifier reuse pattern; a second communication network comprising a cluster of communication cells and arranged to use a common cell identifier reuse pattern for broadcast transmissions. The cellular communication system further comprises management logic (146) having broadcast mode logic (150) operably coupled to at least the second communication network; and a plurality of wireless serving communication units operably coupled to the management logic. The broadcast mode logic (150) applies the same common cell identifier to be used by the plurality of wireless serving communication units in transmitting broadcast communications across the cluster of communication cells in the second network.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: IPWIRELESS, INC.Inventors: Vishakan Ponnampalam, Peter Bruce Darwood
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Publication number: 20110243041Abstract: A time division duplex (TDD) cellular communication system (100) is arranged to support both uplink and downlink communication allocated for unicast time division duplex (TDD) communication that uses a single cell identifier reuse pattern. The TDD cellular communication system (100) comprises a plurality of wireless serving communication units operably coupled to management logic.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: IPWIRELESS, INC.Inventors: Vishakan PONNAMPALAM, Peter Bruce DARWOOD
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Patent number: 8031380Abstract: The invention claimed is a novel front feed document imaging device input tray which accommodates varying types and widths of media by providing front feed capability in a single tray attachment, and which tray can pivot out of the way of the document path by virtue of torsion springs when the user wishes to alternate media types. The input tray may be locked into position depending upon the user's requirements.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2008Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Visioneer, Inc.Inventor: Peter Bruce Patterson
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Publication number: 20110235613Abstract: A cellular communication system (100) comprises management logic (146) having broadcast mode logic (150) arranged to support a common cell identifier reuse pattern for broadcast transmissions amongst a cluster of communication cells. A plurality of wireless serving communication units is operably coupled to the management logic. At least one wireless communication unit comprises a receiver for receiving a broadcast signal from both a first serving wireless communication unit and a second serving wireless communication unit wherein both the first serving wireless communication unit and second serving wireless communication unit use a common cell identifier (215) reuse pattern for broadcast transmissions to be used by the at least one wireless communication unit in receiving broadcast communication across the cluster of communication cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: IPWIRELESS, INC.Inventors: Vishakan Ponnampalam, Peter Bruce Darwood
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Patent number: 7986712Abstract: A cellular communication system comprises a management function having a broadcast mode function; a plurality of wireless serving communication units operably coupled to the management function; and a plurality of wireless subscriber communication units receiving signals from respective wireless serving communication units in an uni-cast mode of operation on a frequency channel comprising a plurality of downlink transmission resources. The broadcast mode function applies a common cell identifier associated with broadcast transmissions from the plurality of wireless serving communication units thereby signalling to the plurality of wireless subscriber communication units that part or all of the transmission resource is to be configured or re-configured for broadcast mode of operation.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2006Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: IPWireless, Inc.Inventors: Vishakan Ponnampalam, Peter Bruce Darwood
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Patent number: 7986973Abstract: An antenna for communicating with mobile devices in a land-based cellular communication system via an antenna beam having a width, azimuth angle and downtilt angle. The antenna includes: a two dimensional array of radiating elements (31-34); and a feed network (35-39) from a feed line to the radiating elements. The feed network includes: downtilt phase shifting means (35,36) for varying the phase of signals supplied to or received from the radiating elements so as to vary the downtilt angle of the antenna beam; azimuth phase shifting (38,39) means for varying the phase of signals supplied to or received from the radiating elements so as to vary the azimuth angle of the antenna beam; and beam width adjustment means (37) for varying the power or phase of signals supplied to or received from the radiating elements so as to vary the width of the antenna beam.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2009Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Andrew LLCInventors: Daniel Rhodes, Andrew Thomas Gray, Arthur George Roberts, Peter Bruce Graham
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Patent number: 7899496Abstract: An antenna for communicating with mobile devices in a land-based cellular communication system via an antenna beam having a width, azimuth angle and downtilt angle. The antenna includes: a two dimensional array of radiating elements (31-34); and a feed network (35-39) from a feed line to the radiating elements. The feed network includes: downtilt phase shifting means (35,36) for varying the phase of signals supplied to or received from the radiating elements so as to vary the downtilt angle of the antenna beam; azimuth phase shifting (38,39) means for varying the phase of signals supplied to or received from the radiating elements so as to vary the azimuth angle of the antenna beam; and beam width adjustment means (37) for varying the power or phase of signals supplied to or received from the radiating elements so as to vary the width of the antenna beam.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2001Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Andrew LLCInventors: Daniel Rhodes, Andrew Thomas Gray, Arthur George Roberts, Peter Bruce Graham
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Publication number: 20110005518Abstract: A patient suffering from an endobronchial infection is treated by administering to the patient for inhalation a dose of less than about 4.0 ml of a nebulized aerosol formulation comprising from about 60 to about 200 mg/ml of an aminoglycoside antibiotic, such as tobramycin, in a physiologically acceptable carrier in a time period of less than about 10 minutes. Unit dose devices for storage and delivery of the aminoglycoside antibiotic formulations are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Inventors: Robert John Speirs, Barbara Ann Schaeffler, Peter Bruce Challoner
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Patent number: 7838552Abstract: Nebivolol has been shown to be beneficial in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases such hypertension, congestive heart failure, arterial stiffness and endothelial dysfunction. The present invention features a pharmaceutical composition comprising nebivolol and at least one other active agent, wherein the at least one other active agent is a cardiovascular agent.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2005Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Forest Laboratories Holdings LimitedInventors: Eric Davis, John P. O'Donnell, Peter Bruce Bottini, Andrew Shaw, R. Preston Mason
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Publication number: 20100278084Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for allocating spectrum in a wireless communication system that supports simultaneously at least a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation. Logic is arranged for determining a proportion of spectrum required for the wireless communication unit to operate simultaneously in both the first mode of operation and the second mode of operation. Logic for allocating spectrum allocates a temporary guard band between a first portion of spectrum for the first mode of operation and a second portion of spectrum for the second mode of operation for use whilst the wireless communication unit operates simultaneously in the first mode of operation and second mode of operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: IPWIRELESS, INC.Inventors: Alan Edward Jones, Peter Bruce Darwood, Paul Howard