Patents by Inventor Roger David Butler
Roger David Butler 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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Publication number: 20170090461Abstract: Method, system and calibration marker for calibrating a three-dimensional printer. The method includes the steps of providing an image of a calibration marker to the three-dimensional printer; forming a calibration marker based on the provided image by depositing toner material on a first substrate of the printer, the calibration marker having a feature size and being fully interconnected to impart structural integrity to the calibration marker, and having annular spectral energy concentrated at a radius determined by the feature size of the calibration marker, wherein the interconnectedness and feature size of the calibration marker enables the structural integrity of the calibration marker to be maintained during transfer; transferring the formed calibration marker from the first substrate to a second substrate of the printer; and calibrating the printer from a determination of distortion introduced to the calibration marker during the forming and the transferring of the calibration marker.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: ERIC WAI-SHING CHONG, PETER ALLEINE FLETCHER, ROGER DAVID BUTLER
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Patent number: 8848984Abstract: Disclosed is a method (160) for identifying potential tamper in a candidate document having content affected by noise. A candidate content value for each of a plurality of sub-regions of the candidate document and an original content value for each of a plurality of sub-regions of a corresponding original document are determined. The content values are desirably determined based on at least one characteristic of the content in the corresponding sub-region. The candidate content values (330) are associated with the corresponding original content values and a distribution of the candidate content values based on the corresponding original content values is determined. The method characterizes (340) the noise in the candidate document by determining an expected content value range based on the spread of a selected part of the distribution of candidate content values. The method can then identify (350) candidate content values outside the expected content value range as potential tamper.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Neil Yager, Roger David Butler, Junya Arakawa
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Publication number: 20120218284Abstract: Disclosed is a method (160) for identifying potential tamper in a candidate document having content affected by noise. A candidate content value for each of a plurality of sub-regions of the candidate document and an original content value for each of a plurality of sub-regions of a corresponding original document are determined. The content values are desirably determined based on at least one characteristic of the content in the corresponding sub-region. The candidate content values (330) are associated with the corresponding original content values and a distribution of the candidate content values based on the corresponding original content values is determined. The method characterises (340) the noise in the candidate document by determining an expected content value range based on the spread of a selected part of the distribution of candidate content values. The method can then identify (350) candidate content values outside the expected content value range as potential tamper.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Neil YAGER, Roger David BUTLER, Junya ARAKAWA
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Patent number: 8181850Abstract: A method of authenticating a first document (270) including content (271) and a barcode (272). The barcode (272) comprising barcode elements each having a predetermined form. A plurality of the barcode elements of the barcode are detected in a representation of the first document (270). A visual difference between each of the detected barcode elements and the predetermined form of the barcode element is determined. The barcode (272) is decoded to determine a second document. The first document (270) and the second document are compared based on the determined visual difference, in order to authenticate the first document (270).Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2010Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Roger David Butler, Alan Gordon Doubleday, Matthew Christian Duggan
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Publication number: 20110127321Abstract: A method of authenticating a first document (270) including content (271) and a barcode (272). The barcode (272) comprising barcode elements each having a predetermined form. A plurality of the barcode elements of the barcode are detected in a representation of the first document (270). A visual difference between each of the detected barcode elements and the predetermined form of the barcode element is determined. The barcode (272) is decoded to determine a second document. The first document (270) and the second document are compared based on the determined visual difference, in order to authenticate the first document (270).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2010Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: ROGER DAVID BUTLER, ALAN GORDON DOUBLEDAY, MATTHEW CHRISTIAN DUGGAN
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Patent number: 7068290Abstract: An authoring system and authoring method to assigning a real geo-spatial position to sensory-effect data representing virtual sensations, including a virtual sound sensation. The system includes an author interface for displaying a representation of a real geo-space, means for accepting the sensory-effect data, and means for an author to assign the virtual sensory effect data to a location within the displayed representation corresponding to a real location within the geo-space, such that a user has the sensation of the virtual sound coming from the location assigned for the sensory-effect data.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2001Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: Lake Technology LimitedInventors: Stephen James Bennett, Richard James Cartwright, Nigel Lloyd William Helyer, Roger David Butler
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Publication number: 20040051718Abstract: An authoring system for assigning geo-spatial position to sensory-effect data is disclosed. The sensory-effect data can include one or more of the group of alpha numeric data, image data, sound data, smell data, temperature data, humidity data, wind data, pressure date and light data. The alphanumeric data may comprise computer readable code for, in use, instructing the system to control presentation of the sound, image, smell, humidity, wind, pressure, or light data to an exposee. The authoring system may comprise a user interface on which the geo-space is represented, the interface being arranged in a manner such as to enable, in use, a user to assign the geo-spatial position to the data by placing and manipulating markers on the interface. The authoring system preferably comprises means for defining relationships between markers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2003Publication date: March 18, 2004Inventors: Stephen James Bennett, Richard James Cartwright, Nigel Lloyd Helyer, Roger David Butler