Patents by Inventor Robert John Noble

Robert John Noble 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).

  • Natural language machine interface
    Patent number: 7062428
    Abstract: A user interface is provided for use with a machine which can use a number of natural language instructions to reach one of a plurality of possible machine states. In order to provide information to a user to enable them to more efficiently achieve the current machine state using natural language instructions, the current state of the machine is determined and used to generate information to inform the user of a natural language instruction which can be input to a machine to achieve the current state of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Wide Roeland Hogenhout, Robert John Noble
  • Natural language machine interface
    Publication number: 20010053969
    Abstract: A user interface is provided for use with a machine which can use a number of natural language instructions to reach one of a plurality of possible machine states. In order to provide information to a user to enable them to more efficiently achieve the current machine state using natural language instructions, the current state of the machine is determined and used to generate information to inform the user of a natural language instruction which can be input to a machine to achieve the current state of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventors: Wide Roeland Hogenhout, Robert John Noble