Patents by Inventor Peter Graham

Peter Graham 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).

  • Patent number: 7193538
    Abstract: A lossless encoder and decoder are provided for transmitting a multichannel signal on a medium such as DVD-Audio. The encoder accepts additionally a downmix specification and splits the encoded stream into two substreams, such that a two-channel decoder of meagre computational power can implement the downmix specification by decoding one substream, while a multichannel decoder can decode the original multichannel signal losslessly using both substreams. Further features provide for efficient implementation on 24-bit processors, for confirmation of lossless reproduction to the user, and for benign behaviour in the case of downmix specifications that result in overload. The principle is also extended to mixed-rate signals, where for example some input channels are sampled at 48 kHz and some are sampled at 96 kHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Graham Craven, Malcolm James Law, John Robert Stuart
  • Publication number: 20060244675
    Abstract: There is provided a cellular antenna allowing mechanical azimuth adjustment in combination with adjustment of one or more other antenna attribute such as electrical down tilt, electrical beam width or electrical azimuth adjustment. An integrated control arrangement is provided which can utilise either serial, wireless or RF feed lines to convey communications. A multiband embodiment provides azimuth adjustment for both bands by utilising mechanical and electrical azimuth adjustment. Systems incorporating such antennas and methods of controlling them are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Elliot, Martin Zimmerman, Kevin Linehan, Peter Graham, Peter Mailandt, Louis Meyer, Philip Sorells, Andrew Gray, Ching-Shun Yang
  • Publication number: 20060240153
    Abstract: A system and/or method enable making a pizza pie having an outer cheese portion. The system comprises a cutting tool and/or a cutting guide to enable formation of at least one opening at an outer crust region of a pizza pie to cause an inner cheese portion embedded within the outer crust to flow through the at least one opening, thereby forming the outer cheese portion at the upper surface of the outer crust. A cutting tool of the system comprises a rotatable disc with notches in its cutting surface to enable formation of the at least one opening in the outer crust. A cutting guide of the system comprises a generally disc shaped member with a support surface at its outer edge for supporting and guiding application of a cutting device against an outer crust region of a pizza dough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Todd Craig, Peter Graham, Jennifer Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20060240154
    Abstract: A pizza pie comprises a main portion, an outer portion, and an outer cheese portion. The main portion includes a base crust and a main cheese portion on top of the base crust. The outer portion includes an outer crust extending outwardly from the base crust of the main portion and an inner cheese portion contained within the outer crust. An outer cheese portion is disposed at an upper surface of the outer crust. The outer cheese portion is separate from, and spaced apart from, the main cheese portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Todd Craig, Peter Graham, Jennifer Nguyen
  • Patent number: 7048656
    Abstract: A spherical ball, for projection through the air to deviate from an expected trajectory, has a first hemisphere (12) and a second hemisphere (14). The surfaces (52, 54) of the first hemisphere (12) and the second hemisphere (14) are generally smooth, except for the provision of a simulated seam (53) which gives the ball the appearance of a baseball. An insert (40) of felt-like material is provided in the second hemisphere (14) with the surface of the insert (40) flush with the surface (54) of the hemisphere (14). When the ball is projected along the plane of the line (16) between the hemispheres (12, 14), it will deviate from that plane in the direction of the first hemisphere (12). The ball is manufactured by locating the insert (40) in a mould (60) and injecting polyurethane foam (64) into the mould (60) with the insert (40) bonding with the foam, (64).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Inventor: Peter Graham Litchfield
  • Patent number: 7038296
    Abstract: An electrical component structure (14) comprises a plurality of overlying substantially parallel layers (15, 16). Each layer (15, 16) provides a lattice (17, 20) comprising a first set of conductive tracks arranged substantially orthogonal to, and electrically connected with, a second set of conductive tracks. Conductive islands (18, 22) are located in windows of the lattices (17, 20), the conductive islands being electrically isolated from the tracks. The lattice (17, 20) of each layer (15, 16) is electrically connected to the conductive islands (22, 18) of the other adjacent layer (16, 15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Zarlink Semiconductor Limited
    Inventor: Peter Graham Laws
  • Patent number: 7011445
    Abstract: This invention relates to maximum/minimum thermometer of the type comprising an expansion liquid, a transfer liquid and indexes for recording the maximum and minimum temperatures. Described in particular are new transfer liquids designed to replace conventionally used mercury and new indexes suitable for use in the disclosed thermometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: S. Brannan & Sons, Ltd.
    Inventors: John Montgomery Hamilton, Peter Graham Perkins
  • Publication number: 20060027106
    Abstract: An apparatus for holding multiple pizzas includes a pan and an insert adapted to fit within the pan. The insert includes a plurality of sidewalls extending between a base of the insert and an upper portion of the insert, and the sidewalls generally surround a plurality of openings defined by the insert in the base. The insert is adapted to fit within the pan such that each of the multiple pizzas contacts a bottom of the pan and the sidewalls of the insert. A method of making multiple pizzas includes placing a support into a cooking vessel, placing dough across the support to form multiple dough portions, placing ingredients on the multiple dough portions to form multiple pizzas, and placing the support and the cooking vessel into a heating environment to bake the multiple pizzas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Todd Craig, Peter Graham, Homero Ortegon, Diana McCown
  • Publication number: 20060022026
    Abstract: An insert including a support panel, a first tab, and a second tab. The support panel defining a front edge, a back edge opposite the front edge, a first side edge extending between the front edge and the back edge, and a second side edge extending between the front edge and the back edge opposite the first side edge. The support panel is adapted to support a food product during cutting of the food product and during transfer of the food product to a container. The first tab extends along the first side edge of the support panel from the front edge only partially toward the back edge. The second tab extends along the second side edge of the support panel from the back edge only partially toward the front edge. Other inserts and trays and combinations including inserts or trays provide additional advantages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Jeffrey Yandian, Peter Graham
  • Publication number: 20060020884
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a web site, the method comprising: hosting a web site on a web server, the web site having at least one template page defined by a template, the template defining how content should be assembled into a page by a client's browser; the web server receiving a request for a template page from a client computer; the client's browser ascertains a content identifier on the basis of the request and sends the content identifier to a content server; the content server searching records of the content server to locate a set of content associated with the content identifier, formats it, and sends the set of content to the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventor: Peter Graham
  • Publication number: 20060010658
    Abstract: A snap fastener for use with fabrics comprising a flange having a cyclindical wall extending axially therefrom, the wall comprising a plurality of circumferentially extending engaging portions each engaging portion being separated from the next by a circumferentially extending non engaging portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Mark Bigley, Peter Graham, Gordon Burch, John Ransome
  • Publication number: 20050214415
    Abstract: A method of distributing fluid material on a food item includes providing a spreader having a shape substantially corresponding to the shape of the food item, and using the spreader to spread the fluid material evenly on the food item, edges of the spread fluid material being substantially parallel with and substantially evenly spaced from edges of the food item, the using occurring free of twisting, turning or rotation of the spreader or the food item. A spreader for spreading fluid material on a food item includes a handle and a bowl having a shape substantially corresponding to a shape of the food item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Todd Craig, Peter Graham
  • Publication number: 20050206575
    Abstract: A dual polarisation antenna comprising: one or more radiating elements (20); a pair of side walls (11,12) arranged on opposite sides of the radiating element(s); and one or more conductive isolating elements (44, 51, 70, 40, 41), each isolating element being at least partially supported by one or both of the side walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Peter Chadwick, Mathias Ehien, Peter Graham, Arthur Roberts
  • Publication number: 20040243620
    Abstract: A method for automatically tracking compliance in a clinical trials process involving one or more operations comprising selecting a container; associating an identifier with the container, the identifier having a unique signature data item thereon; reading the unique signature data item to a relational database; performing a first operation relating to the container; checking the performance of the first operation against a compliance standard; following the successful completion of the first operation, writing an associated compliance data item to the relational database; optionally performing one or more further operations relating to the container; and following the successful completion of each optional further operation or a package thereof, writing an associated compliance data item to the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Paul Laurence Carter, Stephen Day, Peter Graham Evans, Lesley Julia George
  • Patent number: 6821175
    Abstract: A field electron emission cathode is manufactured by depositing on an insulating substrate 300, by low resolution means, a sequence of a first conducting layer 301, a field emitting layer 302 and a second conducting layer 303 to form at least one cathode electrode. There is then deposited on the cathode electrode by low resolution means, a sequence of an insulating layer 304 and a third conducting layer 305, to form at least one gate electrode. The structure thus formed is then coated with a photoresist layer 306. The photoresist layer 306 is then exposed by high resolution means to form at least one group of emitting cells, the or each such group being located in an area of overlap between a cathode electrode and gate electrode. To complete the cells, the conducting and insulating layers 305, 304, 303 are etched sequentially to expose the field emitting layer 302 in the cells, and remaining areas of the photoresist layer 306 are removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Printable Fields Emitters Limited
    Inventors: Richard Allan Tuck, Peter Graham Adpar Jones
  • Publication number: 20040222494
    Abstract: An electrical component structure (14) comprises a plurality of overlying substantially parallel layers (15, 16). Each layer (15, 16) provides a lattice (17, 20) comprising a first set of conductive tracks arranged substantially orthogonal to, and electrically connected with, a second set of conductive tracks. Conductive islands (18, 22) are located in windows of the lattices (17, 20), the conductive islands being electrically isolated from the tracks. The lattice (17, 20) of each layer (15, 16) is electrically connected to the conductive islands (22, 18) of the other adjacent layer (16, 15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventor: Peter Graham Laws
  • Patent number: 6781482
    Abstract: An integrated circuit having a substrate and an LC tank circuit comprises an inductor with parallel capacitors. The capacitors include triple plate integrated capacitors having a highest metal plate, a common middle plate and a lowest metal plate. The lowest plate is connected to a virtual ground node. A control circuit element connected to the middle plate allows the resonant frequency of the tank circuit to be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Zarlink Semiconductor Limited
    Inventor: Peter Graham Laws
  • Patent number: 6774820
    Abstract: A lossless encoder and decoder are provided for transmitting a multichannel signal on a medium such as DVD-Audio. The encoder accepts additionally a downmix specification and splits the encoded stream into two substreams, such that a two-channel decoder of meagre computational power can implement the downmix specification by decoding one substream, while a multichannel decoder can decode the original multichannel signal losslessly using both substreams. Further features provide for efficient implementation on 24-bit processors, for confirmation of lossless reproduction to the user, and for benign behaviour in the case of downmix specifications that result in overload. The principle is also extended to mixed-rate signals, where for example some input channels are sampled at 48 kHz and some are sampled at 96 kHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Graham Craven, Malcolm James Law, John Robert Stuart
  • Patent number: 6760451
    Abstract: A prefilter (5) for an audio system comprising a loudspeaker (1) in a room (2), which corrects both amplitude and phase errors due to the loudspeaker (1) by a linear phase correction filter response and corrects the amplitude response of the room (2) whilst introducing the minimum possible amount of extra phase distortion by employing a minimum phase correction filter stage. A test signal generator (8) generates a signal comprising a periodic frequency sweep with a greater phase repetition period than the frequency repetition period. A microphone (7) positioned at various points in the room (2) measures the audio signal processed by the room (2) and loudspeaker (1), and a coefficient calculator (6) (e.g. a digital signal processor device) derives the signal response of the room and thereby a requisite minimum phase correction to be cascaded with the linear phase correction already calculated for the loudspeaker (1). Filter (5) may comprise the same digital signal processor as the coefficient calculator (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Inventors: Peter Graham Craven, Michael Anthony Gerzon
  • Patent number: D504056
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Pizza Hut, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Craig, Peter Graham