Patents by Inventor Piers Andrew

Piers Andrew 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: 9324995
    Abstract: An apparatus including a substrate and an active material, the substrate including an open interconnected wall structure of electrically conductive material having one or more pores, the open interconnected wall structure providing the substrate upon which the active material is supported, wherein the active material includes an electrically insulating lithium-based compound configured for use in generating and/or storing electrons, and wherein the open interconnected wall structure is configured to act as a charge collector for the generated and/or stored electrons through which an electrical path for the electrons is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Teuvo Tapani Ryhanen, Di Wei, Peter Andrew Matthews, Piers Andrew
  • Patent number: 9324508
    Abstract: An apparatus including first and second electrodes separated by an electrolyte, at least one of the first and second electrodes including an actuating substrate configured to undergo reversible deformation during actuation, wherein reversible deformation of the actuating substrate causes a decrease in the internal resistance of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Zoran Radivojevic, Di Wei, Samiul Haque, Piers Andrew
  • Publication number: 20160072332
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a separator/electrolyte assembly; a first energy storage portion disposed on a first surface of the separator/electrolyte assembly; a second energy storage portion disposed on a second surface of the separator/electrolyte assembly; a first metallized piezoelectric film disposed on the first energy storage portion; and a second metallized piezoelectric film disposed on the second energy storage portion. When a force is applied to the first metallized piezoelectric film, a piezoelectric effect converts mechanical strain into electric potential and each energy storage portion stores the energy converted in the first energy storage portion and the second energy storage portion for subsequent discharge from the first energy portion and the second energy storage portion to an electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Yinglin Liu, Zoran Radivojevic, Piers Andrew, Darryl Cotton
  • Patent number: 9251966
    Abstract: An apparatus, the apparatus including first and second circuit boards, and an electrolyte, the first and second circuit boards each including a capacitive element, wherein the apparatus is configured such that a chamber is defined between the first and second circuit boards with the capacitive elements contained therein and facing one another, the chamber including the electrolyte, and wherein the apparatus is configured to store electrical charge when a potential difference is applied between the capacitive elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Markku Rouvala, Yinglin Liu, Piers Andrew, Pritesh Hiralal, Haolan Wang, Gehan Amaratunga
  • Patent number: 9202639
    Abstract: An apparatus including a layer of electrically conductive material with an open interconnected wall structure of electrically conductive material formed thereon, the open interconnected wall structure having a gyroid structure including one or more open pores into which an active material for use in generating and/or storing electrical charge can be deposited, wherein the layer of electrically conductive material and the open interconnected wall structure together form a charge collector which provides an electrical path from the active material for the generated and/or stored electrical charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Di Wei, Yinglin Liu, Piers Andrew, Markku Rouvala, Chris Bower, Teuvo Tapani Ryhanen
  • Patent number: 9195350
    Abstract: An apparatus including a first sensor configured to couple capacitively to a stylus when said stylus is in proximity to the first sensor, capacitive coupling between the first sensor and the stylus configured to generate a first touch input signal to enable detection of a first touch input; and a layer configured to couple capacitively to the stylus when said stylus is in proximity to the layer, capacitive coupling between the layer and the stylus configured to provide haptic feedback, wherein the layer is positioned adjacent the first sensor, the positioning resulting in capacitive cross-coupling between the first sensor and the layer, and wherein the layer includes a first aperture configured to reduce the capacitive cross-coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Zoran Radivojevic, Paul Beecher, Chris Bower, Piers Andrew, Darryl Cotton, Samiul Haque
  • Publication number: 20150332867
    Abstract: An apparatus, the apparatus including first and second circuit boards, and an electrolyte, the first and second circuit boards each including a capacitive element, wherein the apparatus is configured such that a chamber is defined between the first and second circuit boards with the capacitive elements contained therein and facing one another, the chamber including the electrolyte, and wherein the apparatus is configured to store electrical charge when a potential difference is applied between the capacitive elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Markku Rouvala, Yinglin Liu, Piers Andrew, Pritesh Hiralal, Haolan Wang, Gehan Amaratunga
  • Patent number: 9158371
    Abstract: An apparatus including a body configured for resilient contortion from a neutral equilibrium shape by a user, the body having an exterior surface that resiliently contorts in response to user actuation and defines at least part of an exterior surface of the apparatus; and electronic circuitry including at least a processor and a display, controlled by the processor on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Piers Andrew, Teppo Tapani Jokinen, Lotta Maaria Partanen, Jarkko Tapio Saunamaki, Qifeng Yan, Mikko Anttilainen, Okan Ogeturk, Lassi Kaikkonen, Antti Salo
  • Patent number: 9110507
    Abstract: Apparatus including a first surface electrode and an arrangement of second insulated surface electrodes; a display configured to display an image; and a controller configured to apply a potential difference between the first surface electrode and the arrangement of second insulated surface electrodes and configured to control at least a variation in the applied potential difference in dependence upon the displayed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Zoran Radivojevic, Chris Bower, Paul Beecher, Piers Andrew
  • Patent number: 9110545
    Abstract: An apparatus including a plurality of adjacent repeated base units, each base unit formed from an active electrode of first, second and third touch sensor arrays, the first, second and third touch sensor arrays each including a plurality of active electrodes connected to a respective common terminal of the touch sensor array, wherein each base unit includes an active electrode of the second touch sensor array interlaced between an active electrode of the first touch sensor array and an active electrode of the third touch sensor array such that a swipe touch gesture applied to two or more adjacent active electrodes of the apparatus generates signalling at the respective common terminals of the corresponding touch sensor arrays which allows the direction of the swipe touch gesture to be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Zoran Radivojevic, Paul Beecher, Chris Bower, Piers Andrew, Darryl Cotton, Samiul Haque, Michael Astley, Markus Ahonen
  • Patent number: 9099252
    Abstract: An electrode, the electrode including a conducting layer configured to act, in use, as a charge collector to provide an electrical path for generated and/or stored charge through the conducting layer; a barrier layer, the barrier layer configured to cover a portion of a surface of said conducting layer such that, when the electrode is in contact with an electrolyte, the electrolyte is prevented from substantially contacting and corroding the conducting layer at the covered portion; and an active electrode element configured for use in generation and/or storing charge, the active electrode element positioned in a non-covered portion in electrical contact with the conducting layer to prevent the electrolyte from substantially contacting and corroding the conducting layer in the non-covered portion and to also be exposed to said electrolyte to allow for the generation and/or storage of charge and provide the generated/stored charge to the conducting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies OY
    Inventors: Yinglin Liu, Pritesh Hiralal, Markku Rouvala, Piers Andrew, Tapani Ryhanen
  • Patent number: 9063568
    Abstract: Apparatus including a first surface electrode and an arrangement of second insulated surface electrodes; a display configured to display an image; and a controller configured to apply a potential difference between the first surface electrode and the arrangement of second insulated surface electrodes and configured to control at least a variation in the applied potential difference in dependence upon the displayed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Zoran Radivojevic, Chris Bower, Paul Beecher, Piers Andrew
  • Patent number: 9051493
    Abstract: The present invention may relate to provision of a mechanism to join together the various substrate layers of a flexible display with optically clear adhesives that permit improved flexibility of the substrate layer stack and may also optically guide images to locations on a display surface that are not aligned with the display layer of a substrate layer stack. Embodiments of the present invention may provide for an improved user interface which may include enhanced flexibility and enhanced optical characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Chris Bower, Mark Allen, Darryl Cotton, Piers Andrew
  • Patent number: 9024909
    Abstract: An apparatus including a capacitance touch sensor arrangement configured to have a variable capacitance that varies when a user finger touches the capacitance touch sensor arrangement; and at least one variable resistor sensor integrated within the capacitance touch sensor arrangement wherein the variable resistor sensor has a variable resistance that varies with a sensed parameter; the apparatus including an input configured to receive an input signal including a time varying component and an output configured to provide an output signal that depends upon both the capacitance of the capacitance touch sensor arrangement and the resistance of the variable resistance sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Richard White, Jani Kivioja, Darryl Cotton, Samiul Md Haque, Piers Andrew, Tapani Ryhanen
  • Publication number: 20140355117
    Abstract: A display protector for use with a heat source, the display protector including one or more transparent fluid incident regions and one or more fluid driver regions, wherein the display protector is configured to guide a fluid incident upon one or more of the transparent fluid incident regions away to one or more of the fluid driver regions to facilitate driving of the fluid from the one or more fluid driver regions by heat supplied by the heat source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Chris BOWER, Mark Allen, Paul Beecher, IIkka Niemela, Zoran Radivojevic, Piers Andrew
  • Patent number: 8895864
    Abstract: An apparatus and method wherein the apparatus includes a deformable substrate; a conductive portion; and at least one support configured to couple the conductive portion to the deformable substrate so that the conductive portion is spaced from the deformable substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Darryl Cotton, Samiul Md Haque, Piers Andrew
  • Publication number: 20140315084
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, apparatus is provided comprising first and second electrodes, first and second current collectors, an electrolyte, and a first contact layer; wherein the electrolyte is configured to separate the first and second electrodes; and wherein the first contact layer is configured to form an electrical contact between the first current collector and the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Yinglin LIU, Mark Allen, Piers Andrew
  • Publication number: 20140295150
    Abstract: The present invention may relate to provision of a mechanism to join together the various substrate layers of a flexible display with optically clear adhesives that permit improved flexibility of the substrate layer stack and may also optically guide images to locations on a display surface that are not aligned with the display layer of a substrate layer stack. Embodiments of the present invention may provide for an improved user interface which may include enhanced flexibility and enhanced optical characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Chris Bower, Mark Allen, Darryl Cotton, Piers Andrew
  • Patent number: 8824704
    Abstract: An apparatus including a microphone; and a recording system including the microphone. The recording system includes a vibration bridge configured to couple the microphone to an apparatus chassis to receive surface vibrations when the apparatus chassis is coupled to a surface so as to create a file comprising surface texture information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Zoran Radivojevic, Paul Beecher, Chris Bower, Piers Andrew
  • Patent number: 8823542
    Abstract: Apparatus includes an actuator configured to provide vibrational movement of the apparatus in a first plane or having a component in the first plane, and a traction part configured to support a portion of the apparatus on a surface, a plane of the surface being perpendicular to the first plane, the traction part being configured to transform the vibrational movement of the apparatus into movement of the portion of the apparatus in a direction along the surface, the direction of the movement being predetermined by an orientation of the traction part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Zoran Radivojevic, Piers Andrew