Patents by Inventor Peter Kennedy
Peter Kennedy 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: 8133580Abstract: The invention relates to an article comprising a coating, which coating comprises at least two layers, of which the inner layer is a primer layer, comprising a supporting polymer network which is composed of a supporting polymer selected from the group consisting of polyethers and polythioethers, including copolymers thereof, the supporting network optionally comprising a functional non-ionic hydrophilic polymer entangled in the supporting polymer network; and the outer layer is a functional layer comprising a functional non-ionic hydrophilic polymer and a polyelectrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2006Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.Inventors: Aylvin Jorge Angelo Athanasius Dias, Guido Joseph Elisabeth Hensen, Johannes Wilhelmus Belt, Marnix Rooijmans, Nicolaes Hubertus Maria De Bont, Edwin Peter Kennedy Currie
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Patent number: 7979257Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and methods for performing process simulation and structural analysis using a hybrid model. For example, a method of the invention automatically defines a hybrid solution domain by dividing a representation of a plastic component or mold cavity into two portions—a portion in which a simplified analysis may be conducted, and a portion in which a more complex analysis is required. The method may use as input any form of CAD data that describes the surface of a component or mold. Furthermore, the invention provides methods for simulating fluid flow within a mold cavity by automatically creating a hybrid solution domain, automatically discretizing the domain, and solving for the distribution of process variables within the solution domain.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Moldflow Netherlands LimitedInventors: Huagang Yu, Peter Kennedy
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Publication number: 20100259500Abstract: A computer implemented method for a touchscreen display is disclosed. The method includes presenting graphical information on the touchscreen display. The method further includes detecting a touch over the touchscreen display. The method also includes expanding an area of the touch screen display proximate the location of the touch.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Inventor: Peter Kennedy
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Patent number: 7760187Abstract: A computer implemented method for a touchscreen display is disclosed. The method includes presenting graphical information on the touchscreen display. The method further includes detecting a touch over the touchscreen display. The method also includes expanding an area of the touch screen display proximate the location of the touch.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2004Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Peter Kennedy
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Patent number: 7683888Abstract: A system and method for recognizing a signet and for performing an action associated with the signet. In one embodiment, the method includes generating a touch signal with a signet, the touch signal representing a particular signet pattern, recognizing the particular signet pattern, and performing an action associated with the particular signet pattern.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2004Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Peter Kennedy
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Publication number: 20100045627Abstract: A system and method for recognizing a signet and for performing an action associated with the signet, wherein the signet is an inanimate object. In one embodiment, the method includes generating a touch signal with a signet, the touch signal representing a particular signet pattern, recognizing the particular signet pattern, and performing an action associated with the particular signet pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: APPLE INC.Inventor: Peter KENNEDY
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Publication number: 20090169715Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrophilic coating formulation which when cured results in a hydrophilic coating, wherein the hydrophilic coating formulation comprises a copolymeric polyelectrolyte. The invention further relates to a hydrophilic coating, a lubricious coating, use of a copolymeric polyelectrolyte in a lubricious coating, an article, a medical device or component and a method of forming on a substrate a hydrophilic coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2006Publication date: July 2, 2009Inventors: Aylvin Jorge Angelo Anthanasius Dias, Guido Joseph Elisabeth Hensen, Johannes Wilhelmus Belt, Marnix Rooijmans, Nicolaes Hubertus Maria De Bont, Edwin Peter Kennedy Currie
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Publication number: 20090155575Abstract: The invention relates to an article comprising a coating, which coating comprises at least two layers, of which the inner layer is a primer layer, comprising a supporting polymer network which is composed of a supporting polymer selected from the group consisting of polyethers and polythioethers, including copolymers thereof, the supporting network optionally comprising a functional non-ionic hydrophilic polymer entangled in the supporting polymer network; and the outer layer is a functional layer comprising a functional non-ionic hydrophilic polymer and a polyelectrolyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2006Publication date: June 18, 2009Inventors: Aylvin Jorge Angelo Athanasius Dias, Guido Joseph Elisabeth Hensen, Johannes Wilhelmus Belt, Marnix Rooijmans, Nicolaes Hubertus Maria De Bont, Edwin Peter Kennedy Currie
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Publication number: 20080306455Abstract: This invention relates to an improved process for obtaining a cross-linked polymer coating on a surface. The invention also relates to coatings obtainable by that process and objects coated therewith. The invention also relates to medical devices comprising a coating, in particular to coils coated with an improved lubricious coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2005Publication date: December 11, 2008Inventors: Aylvin Jorge Angelo Athanasius Dias, Marnix Rooijmans, Victor Litvinov, Edwin Peter Kennedy Currie, Erwin Johannes Elisabeth Houben
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Publication number: 20080292776Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrophilic coating formulation which when cured results in a hydrophilic coating, wherein the hydrophilic coating formulation comprises a polyelectrolyte and a non-ionic hydrophilic polymer. The invention further relates to a coating system, a hydrophilic coating, a lubricious coating, use of a polyelectrolyte and a non-ionic hydrophilic polymer in a lubricious coating, an article, a medical device or component and a method of forming on a substrate a hydrophilic coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2006Publication date: November 27, 2008Inventors: Aylvin Jorge Angelo Athanasius Dias, Guido Joseph Elisabeth Hensen, Johannes Wilhelmus Belt, Marnix Rooijmans, Nicolaes Hubertus Marin De Bont, Edwin Peter Kennedy Currie
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Publication number: 20080221845Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and methods for performing process simulation and structural analysis using a hybrid model. For example, a method of the invention automatically defines a hybrid solution domain by dividing a representation of a plastic component or mold cavity into two portions—a portion in which a simplified analysis may be conducted, and a portion in which a more complex analysis is required. The method may use as input any form of CAD data that describes the surface of a component or mold. Furthermore, the invention provides methods for simulating fluid flow within a mold cavity by automatically creating a hybrid solution domain, automatically discretizing the domain, and solving for the distribution of process variables within the solution domain.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2007Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: Moldflow Ireland, Ltd.Inventors: Huagang Yu, Peter Kennedy
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Publication number: 20080017709Abstract: A dynamic inventory management method can include the step of attaching a location tag to a deployable asset. A mobile entity can be associated with the location tag. A tag scanner can scan for location tags within a range of the tag scanner. Data can be conveyed from the tag scanner to a communicatively linked inventory control system. The scanning and conveying steps can be repeated to dynamically update the inventory control system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2006Publication date: January 24, 2008Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Peter Kennedy
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Publication number: 20070220874Abstract: The present invention broadly comprises a stator and clutch assembly in a torque converter. The stator has a segment radially disposed between stator blades and a stator axis. The one-way clutch has a plate connected to a hub. The segment forms a portion of the clutch and the stator is axially displaceable to control operation of the clutch. A displacement element urges the stator in a first axial direction. The stator is arranged to move in a second axial direction, opposite the first axial direction, in response to pressure from fluid in the torque converter. In some aspects, the displacement element is selected from the group consisting of a coil spring and a wave spring. In some aspects, the one-way clutch is arranged to disengage when the stator is sufficiently displaced in the first direction and to engage when the stator is sufficiently displaced in the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2007Publication date: September 27, 2007Applicant: LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KGInventors: Jeffrey Hemphill, Michael Vansickle, Christian Huegel, Yannick Strub, J. Kevin Brown, Peter Kennedy
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Publication number: 20070120971Abstract: A system for generating video images and corresponding audio of multiple parties engaged in a video conference is provided. The system includes multiple voice transducers for receiving voice signals from the multiple parties and a video camera for capturing moving images of one of the multiple parties who is speaking. The system further includes a processor in communication with the voice transducers and video camera. The processor determines respective distances and angles between the party who is speaking and each of the multiple voice transducers. Additionally, the processor identifies a location of the party who is speaking relative to the video camera based on the determined respective distances and angles. Based on the identified location, the processor selects a portion of a video frame produced by video camera and processes the selected portion to mitigate optical distortion and generate an overall picture in which the party speaking does not appear unnaturally small relative to the overall picture.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2005Publication date: May 31, 2007Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Peter Kennedy
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Publication number: 20060161871Abstract: Proximity based systems and methods that are implemented on an electronic device are disclosed. The method includes sensing an object spaced away and in close proximity to the electronic device. The method also includes performing an action in the electronic device when an object is sensed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2005Publication date: July 20, 2006Applicant: Apple Computer, Inc.Inventors: Steve Hotelling, Duncan Kerr, Bas Ording, Jonathan Ive, Peter Kennedy, Anthony Fadell, Jeffrey Robbin
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Publication number: 20060161870Abstract: Proximity based systems and methods that are implemented on an electronic device are disclosed. The method includes sensing an object spaced away and in close proximity to the electronic device. The method also includes performing an action in the electronic device when an object is sensed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2005Publication date: July 20, 2006Applicant: Apple Computer, Inc.Inventors: Steve Hotelling, Brian Huppi, Joshua Strickon, Duncan Kerr, Bas Ording, Imran Chaudhri, Greg Christie, Jonathan Ive, Peter Kennedy, Anthony Fadell, Jeffrey Robbin
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Publication number: 20060022955Abstract: A computer implemented method for a touchscreen display is disclosed. The method includes presenting graphical information on the touchscreen display. The method further includes detecting a touch over the touchscreen display. The method also includes expanding an area of the touch screen display proximate the location of the touch.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2004Publication date: February 2, 2006Inventor: Peter Kennedy
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Publication number: 20050143124Abstract: Mobile terminal with ergonomic imaging functions. The present invention, by way of example embodiments, provides for a mobile terminal with ergonomic imaging or camera functions. A single display can be used, for example in portrait mode while terminal functions are being used and in landscape mode while imaging functions are being used. The change between the two orientations can be accomplished automatically. In some embodiments, the capability is also provided to process an image for assignment to a terminal function, where the image has at least one display attribute that makes it at least partly unsuitable for use with the terminal function. The processing may include resizing, cropping, and/or rotating the image. This processing can be accomplished for example, so that a landscape image can be viewed conveniently in a portrait orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2004Publication date: June 30, 2005Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS ABInventors: Peter Kennedy, Laurie Gray, Charles Hunt, Elisabeth Gibbons, David Middleton, James Cunningham, Stacy Smith, Amy Swanson, David Bates
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Publication number: 20040230411Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and methods for predicting properties of processed material by simulating the processing history of the material, by using a two-phase constitutive description of the material to characterize the morphology of the material as it is being processed, and by using this morphological characterization to predict values of properties of the material at any stage of processing. The property values may be used in a structural analysis of the processed part, in the design of the part, and/or in the design of the process for manufacturing the part.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2004Publication date: November 18, 2004Applicant: Moldflow Ireland Ltd.Inventors: Rong Zheng, Peter Kennedy, Roger Tanner
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Publication number: 20040210429Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and methods for performing process simulation and structural analysis using a hybrid model. For example, a method of the invention automatically defines a hybrid solution domain by dividing a representation of a plastic component or mold cavity into two portions—a portion in which a simplified analysis may be conducted, and a portion in which a more complex analysis is required. The method may use as input any form of CAD data that describes the surface of a component or mold. Furthermore, the invention provides methods for simulating fluid flow within a mold cavity by automatically creating a hybrid solution domain, automatically discretizing the domain, and solving for the distribution of process variables within the solution domain.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2004Publication date: October 21, 2004Applicant: Moldflow Ireland Ltd.Inventors: Huagang Yu, Peter Kennedy