Patents by Inventor Richard Peter

Richard Peter 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).

  • Publication number: 20230348066
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to seating apparatus. In particular, the present application relates to an aircraft seat (1). The aircraft seat (1) includes a seat chassis (4) and a seat assembly (5). The seat assembly (5) has a seat pan (6) and a seat back (7). The seat pan (6) is mounted to the seat chassis (4) by a first pivoting connection (30) defining a seat pan pivot axis (Y1) about which the seat pan (6) pivots. The location of the seat pan pivot axis (Y1) is fixed relative to the seat chassis (4). At least one seat pan link (53-1) is provided for controlling pivoting of the seat pan (6) about said seat pan pivot axis (Y1). The at least one seat pan link (53-1) is coupled to the seat pan (6) in front of the seat pan pivot axis (Y1). The present disclosure also relates to an aircraft (2) including one or more of the aircraft seat (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Nicole Simpson, Jean Evans, Jeremy Smith, Brian Ward, Anthony Harcup, Richard Peter John Nicholas, Brad Becker
  • Patent number: 11792463
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method, in a video output device, for acquiring video data for outputting to a display. The method comprises subscribing to a multicast stream of a plurality of multicast streams. Each multicast stream is streamed from a video source and comprises video frame data corresponding to a portion of a video frame. The multicast stream to which the video output device subscribes comprises video frame data that is for display on a display associated with the video output device. The method then comprises receiving the video frame data that is for display on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TV ONE Limited
    Inventor: Richard Peter Disney Mallett
  • Patent number: 11784288
    Abstract: The disclosure describes various aspects of using optical elements monolithically integrated with light-emitting diode (LED) structures. In an aspect, a light emitting device includes a single LED structure having an active region and a single optical element disposed on the LED structure and configured to collimate and steer light emitted by the LED structure. One or more additional optical elements may also be disposed on the LED structure. In another aspect, a light emitting device may include multiple LED structures and a single optical element disposed on the multiple LED structures and configured to collimate and steer light emitted by the multiple LED structures. For each of these aspects, the LED structure(s) and the optical element(s) are made of a material that includes GaN, the LED structure(s) has a corresponding active region, and the LED structure(s) has a corresponding reflective contact disposed opposite to the optical element(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Leung, Miao-Chan Tsai, Sheila Hurtt, Gang He, Richard Peter Schneider, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11785301
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to assign viewers to media meter data are disclosed. An apparatus includes processor circuitry to execute computer readable instructions to at least: identify a candidate household from a plurality of second households to associate with a first household based on an analysis of a first duration of time first media was presented by a first media presentation device and a second duration of time second media was presented by second media presentation devices; match different ones of first panelists of the first household with matching ones of second panelists of the candidate household; and impute respective portions of the first duration of time to the different ones of the first panelists based on portions of the second duration of time for which the matching ones of the second panelists of the candidate household were exposed to the second media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Samantha M. Mowrer, Molly Poppie, Balachander Shankar, Ieok Hou Wong, Choongkoo Lee, Xiaoqi Cui, David J. Kurzynski, Richard Peters, Remy Spoentgen
  • Patent number: 11768050
    Abstract: A muzzle brake (20) for a gun tube (12) defining a bore (40) centred on a longitudinal axis (32). The muzzle brake (20) comprises a top plate (24) and a bottom plate (26). A first wall section (100), a second wall section (200) and a third wall section (300) extend from the top plate (24) to the bottom plate (26).The second wall section (200) extends from the first wall section (100) to a first baffle (220). The third wall section (300) extends from the second wall section (200) to a second baffle (320). The second wall section (200), top plate (24) and bottom plate (26) converge towards the longitudinal axis (32) and the first baffle (220), such that the second wall section (200), top plate (24), bottom plate (26) and first baffle (220) define a first compression cone (224).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventor: Richard Peter Lewin
  • Patent number: 11761609
    Abstract: Disclosed is a luminaire such as an LED downlight which is suitable for mounting in ceiling cavities of commercial environments. An example luminaire (200) comprises a light source (202) including an integral primary optic which is configured to transmit light toward a second optic (214). The second optic (214) is a lens configured to receive light from the light source (202) via the primary optic and transmit at least part of the received light toward a circular reflector (201). The circular reflector (201) is configured to direct light received from the second optic (214) away from the luminaire (204). A shape of the second optic (214) is interdependent with a shape of the circular reflector (201), and the shape of the second optic (214) and circular reflector (201) act in combination to transmit light away from the luminaire with a non-circular illuminance distribution (206).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: FORGE EUROPA LTD
    Inventors: Michael Christopher Worgan, David Gavin Scott-Maxwell, Richard Peter James Barton
  • Patent number: 11694605
    Abstract: A display system includes (i) a plurality of picture elements supported on a single semiconductor substrate and (ii) a backplane including electronic circuitry supported thereon and electronically connected with the picture elements. Each picture element includes a light steering optical element and an array of light emitting elements. The array of light emitting elements includes a first set, a second set, and a third set of inorganic LEDs that (i) are monolithically integrated on the single semiconductor substrate and (ii) emit, respectively, light at a first, a second, and a third wavelength, which are mutually distinct. The light steering optical element is configured for steering the light from the first set, second set, and third set of LEDs in a predetermined direction. The electronic circuitry is configured for individually driving each light emitting element of the array of light emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Gang He, Richard Peter Schneider, Jr., Andrew Victor Jones, James Richard Dodd, Jr., Joseph Hsiao-Tien Han
  • Patent number: 11673672
    Abstract: An aircraft seat including: a seat chassis; a seat assembly including a seat pan and a seat back; the seat pan being mounted to the seat chassis by a first pivoting connection defining a seat pan pivot axis about which the seat pan pivots, the first pivoting connection being configured such that the seat pan can pivot about the seat pan pivot axis without undergoing a related translational movement; the second pivoting connection defining a seat back pivot axis about which the seat back pivots; at least one seat pan link for controlling pivoting of the seat pan about said seat pan pivot axis; wherein the at least one seat pan link is coupled to the seat pan in front of the seat pan pivot axis; and at least one recline link connected to the seat back and the at least one seat pan link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Ipeco Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Nicole Simpson, Jean Evans, Jeremy Smith, Brian Ward, Anthony Harcup, Richard Peter John Nicholas, Brad Becker
  • Patent number: 11655037
    Abstract: A passenger seating arrangement for use in an aircraft cabin, the passenger seating arrangement comprising a column of seat units arranged in an inwardly facing herringbone. Each seat unit is configurable between a seating configuration and a flat-bed configuration. Each seat unit has an access opening for accessing the respective seat unit. At least one of the seat units is configurable into a disabled-access configuration in which an access opening is temporarily widened by moving part of a foot-receiving structure, for enabling a disabled passenger to access the seat unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED AIRLINES, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Peter John Nicholas, Ian Hamilton Dryburgh, John David Henry McKeever
  • Publication number: 20230139060
    Abstract: A valve actuator includes a motor, an AC power source, a DC braking system, and a control system. The control system is configured to control the AC power source to apply an AC voltage to the motor to drive a valve toward a closed position. The control system is configured to disconnect the AC voltage from the motor before the valve reaches the closed position. The control system is configured to control the DC braking system to apply a DC voltage to the motor to stop motion of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Matthew Bethea, Richard Peter Braun, Seth Axel Coady
  • Publication number: 20230110044
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to impute media consumption behavior are disclosed. An example system includes one or more media meters to obtain tuning data, one or more people meters to obtain viewing data, and one or more servers to, in response to a determination that a difference satisfies a first threshold, determine that a first subset of the tuning data associated with first panelist households having tuned to first media in a first area exhibits local bias, determine that a second subset of the viewing data associated with second panelist households having viewed the first media in the second area represents heavy viewing, and impute the second subset of the viewing data for the first subset of the tuning data in response to the second subset of the viewing data representing heavy viewing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: David J. Kurzynski, Balachander Shankar, Richard Peters, Jonathan Sullivan, Molly Poppie
  • Publication number: 20230084902
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to assign viewers to media meter data are disclosed. An apparatus includes processor circuitry to execute computer readable instructions to at least: identify a candidate household from a plurality of second households to associate with a first household based on an analysis of a first duration of time first media was presented by a first media presentation device and a second duration of time second media was presented by second media presentation devices; match different ones of first panelists of the first household with matching ones of second panelists of the candidate household; and impute respective portions of the first duration of time to the different ones of the first panelists based on portions of the second duration of time for which the matching ones of the second panelists of the candidate household were exposed to the second media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Samantha M. Mowrer, Molly Poppie, Balachander Shankar, Ieok Hou Wong, Choongkoo Lee, Xiaoqi Cui, David J. Kurzynski, Richard Peters, Remy Spoentgen
  • Publication number: 20230084391
    Abstract: A muzzle brake (20) for a gun tube (12) defining a bore (40) centred on a longitudinal axis (32). The muzzle brake (20) comprises a top plate (24) and a bottom plate (26). A first wall section (100), a second wall section (200) and a third wall section (300) extend from the top plate (24) to the bottom plate (26).The second wall section (200) extends from the first wall section (100) to a first baffle (220). The third wall section (300) extends from the second wall section (200) to a second baffle (320). The second wall section (200), top plate (24) and bottom plate (26) converge towards the longitudinal axis (32) and the first baffle (220), such that the second wall section (200), top plate (24), bottom plate (26) and first baffle (220) define a first compression cone (224).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventor: Richard Peter Lewin
  • Publication number: 20230015250
    Abstract: Disclosed is a luminaire such as an LED downlight which is suitable for mounting in ceiling cavities of commercial environments. An example luminaire (200) comprises a light source (202) including an integral primary optic which is configured to transmit light toward a second optic (214). The second optic (214) is a lens configured to receive light from the light source (202) via the primary optic and transmit at least part of the received light toward a circular reflector (201). The circular reflector (201) is configured to direct light received from the second optic (214) away from the luminaire (204). A shape of the second optic (214) is interdependent with a shape of the circular reflector (201), and the shape of the second optic (214) and circular reflector (201) act in combination to transmit light away from the luminaire with a non-circular illuminance distribution (206).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: FORGE EUROPA LTD
    Inventors: Michael Christopher WORGAN, David Gavin SCOTT-MAXWELL, Richard Peter James BARTON
  • Patent number: 11516543
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to assign viewers to media meter data are disclosed. An apparatus includes memory, and a processor to execute instructions to: determine first probabilities for first panelists in a first household based on a first number of minutes of first media presented by a first media presentation device monitored by a first meter, determine second probabilities for second panelists in a plurality of second households based on a second number of minutes of second media presented by second media presentation devices monitored by a plurality of second meters, compare the first probabilities and the second probabilities to identify a candidate household from the plurality of second households to associated with the first household, and impute respective portions of the first number of minutes to corresponding ones of the first panelists when monitored behavior of the candidate household matches monitored behavior of the first household.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Samantha M. Mowrer, Molly Poppie, Balachander Shankar, Ieok Hou Wong, Choongkoo Lee, Xiaoqi Cui, David J. Kurzynski, Richard Peters, Remy Spoentgen
  • Patent number: 11503370
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to impute media consumption behavior are disclosed. An example system includes one or more media meters to obtain tuning data, one or more people meters to obtain viewing data, and one or more servers to, in response to a determination that a difference satisfies a first threshold, determine that a first subset of the tuning data associated with first panelist households having tuned to first media in a first area exhibits local bias, determine that a second subset of the viewing data associated with second panelist households having viewed the first media in the second area represents heavy viewing, and impute the second subset of the viewing data for the first subset of the tuning data in response to the second subset of the viewing data representing heavy viewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: David J. Kurzynski, Balachander Shankar, Richard Peters, Jonathan Sullivan, Molly Poppie
  • Publication number: 20220321870
    Abstract: The disclosure describes various aspects of a partial light field display architecture. In an aspect, a light field display includes multiple picture elements (e.g., super-raxels), where each picture element includes a first portion having a first set of light emitting elements, where the first portion is configured to produce light outputs that contribute to at least one a two-dimensional (2D) view. Each picture element also includes a second portion including a second set of light emitting elements (e.g., sub-raxels) configured to produce light outputs (e.g., ray elements) that contribute to at least one three-dimensional (3D) view. The light field display also includes electronic means configured to drive the first set of light emitting elements and the second set of light emitting elements in each picture element. The light field display can also dynamically identify the first portion and the second portion and allocate light emitting elements accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Gang HE, Richard Peter SCHNEIDER, JR., Andrew Victor JONES, James Richard DODD, JR., Joseph Hsiao-Tien HAN
  • Patent number: 11368671
    Abstract: The disclosure describes various aspects of a partial light field display architecture. In an aspect, a light field display includes multiple picture elements (e.g., super-raxels), where each picture element includes a first portion having a first set of light emitting elements, where the first portion is configured to produce light outputs that contribute to at least one a two-dimensional (2D) view. Each picture element also includes a second portion including a second set of light emitting elements (e.g., sub-raxels) configured to produce light outputs (e.g., ray elements) that contribute to at least one three-dimensional (3D) view. The light field display also includes electronic means configured to drive the first set of light emitting elements and the second set of light emitting elements in each picture element. The light field display can also dynamically identify the first portion and the second portion and allocate light emitting elements accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: RAXIUM, INC.
    Inventors: Gang He, Richard Peter Schneider, Jr., Andrew Victor Jones, James Richard Dodd, Jr., Joseph Hsiao-Tien Han
  • Patent number: 11316028
    Abstract: Transistors are fabricated by forming a nitride-based semiconductor barrier layer on a nitride-based semiconductor channel layer and forming a protective layer on a gate region of the nitride-based semiconductor barrier layer. Patterned ohmic contact metal regions are formed on the barrier layer and annealed to provide first and second ohmic contacts. The annealing is carried out with the protective layer on the gate region. A gate contact is also formed on the gate region of the barrier layer. Transistors having protective layer in the gate region are also provided as are transistors having a barrier layer with a sheet resistance substantially the same as an as-grown sheet resistance of the barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Wolfspeed, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott T. Sheppard, Richard Peter Smith, Zoltan Ring
  • Publication number: 20220038541
    Abstract: Example apparatus disclosed herein determine a first candidate duration of a session based on a first difference between a first time associated with a first start ping and a second time associated with a first end ping, the first start ping and the first end ping identified from a plurality of pings based on a first partitioning scheme. Disclosed example apparatus also determine a second candidate duration of the session based on a second difference between a third time associated with a second start ping and a fourth time associated with a second end ping, the second start ping and the second end ping identified from the plurality of pings based on a second partitioning scheme. Disclosed example apparatus further select at least one of the first candidate duration or the second candidate duration to represent the session based on a demographics model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Denis Voytenko, Rachel Worth Olson, Elisabeth Weber, Richard Peters, Paul Chimenti, David J. Kurzynski