Patents by Inventor Simon Charles

Simon Charles 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: 10470473
    Abstract: A method of storing potatoes comprises storing a plurality of endodormant or ecodormant potatoes in a first gaseous environment including carbon dioxide in an amount of from greater than the amount of carbon dioxide present in atmospheric air to up to 5 mol % based on the composition of the first gaseous environment; and in a subsequent storage step storing the potatoes in a second gaseous environment including carbon dioxide in an amount of from 0.03 to 2 mol % based on the composition of the second gaseous environment, the first and second gaseous environments having different carbon dioxide contents. The method may comprise: monitoring the dormancy of the potatoes; in response to eye movement of a potato, changing the first gaseous environment to a second gaseous environment; maintaining a level of carbon dioxide in the second gaseous environment below a selected threshold to control sugar content of the potatoes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: FRITO-LAY TRADING COMPANY GMBH
    Inventors: Leon A. Terry, Simon Charles McWilliam, Brian Robert Meyer
  • Publication number: 20190337946
    Abstract: Triazolopyridine compounds that are inhibitors of JAK kinase, such as JAK1, compositions containing these compounds and methods for treating diseases mediated by a JAK kinase. In particular, provided are compounds of formula (I), stereoisomers, tautomers, solvates, prodrugs or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, where R1a, R1b, R1c, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, adjuvant or vehicle, methods of using the compound or composition in therapy, for example, for treating a disease or condition mediated by a JAK kinase in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Charles Goodacre, Nicholas Charles Ray, Mark Edward Zak, Yun-Xing Cheng, Wei Li
  • Publication number: 20190322661
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (00A) and methods of use as Janus kinase inhibitors are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Edward Zak, Nicholas Charles Ray, Simon Charles Goodacre, Rohan Mendonca, Terry Kellar, Yun-Xing Cheng, Wei Li, Po-wai Yuen
  • Patent number: 10452133
    Abstract: A technique is described herein for using a parent computing device and at least one companion computing device to simultaneously interact with an environment. In one implementation, the parent computing device progressively builds parent map information through its interaction with the environment. The technique leverages the parent map information to identify a current pose of the companion computing device. In one case, for instance, the parent computing device sends the parent map information to the companion computing device, and the companion computing device determines its current pose based on the parent map information in conjunction with sensor information collected by the companion computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Quentin Simon Charles Miller, Jeffrey Alan Kohler
  • Patent number: 10451439
    Abstract: A system determines the transmission strength of the magnetic field signal. The magnetic field signal is transmitted from a first magnetic-sensor device to a second magnetic-sensor device. The system then determines a first projected distance between the first magnetic-sensor device and the second magnetic-sensor device. Based at least in part on the first projected distance, the system calculates an adjusted transmission strength for the magnetic field signal. The system then causes the first magnetic-sensor device to transmit an adjusted magnetic field signal. The adjusted magnetic field signal comprises the adjusted transmission strength. The system receives, from the second magnetic-field device, the adjusted magnetic field signal. Based at least in part upon the received adjusted magnetic field signal, the system, computes a first pose of the first magnetic-sensor device in relation to the second magnetic-sensor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Quentin Simon Charles Miller, Scott Francis Fullam, Lev Cherkashin, Steven James Velat
  • Patent number: 10345903
    Abstract: A method of detecting eye location for a head-mounted display system includes directing positioning light to an eye of a user and detecting the positioning light reflected from the eye of the user. The method further includes determining a distance between the eye and a near-eye optic of the head-mounted display system based on attributes of the detected positioning light, and providing feedback for adjusting the distance between the eye and the near-eye optic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Steve Robbins, Scott C. McEldowney, Xinye Lou, David D. Bohn, Quentin Simon Charles Miller, David Nister, Gerhard Schneider, Christopher Maurice Mei, Nathan Ackerman
  • Publication number: 20190202822
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) and (II), or a stereoisomer, tautomer, solvate, prodrug or salt thereof, and methods of use as Janus kinase inhibitors are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Charles GOODACRE, Mark ZAK, F. Anthony ROMERO, Yun-Xing CHENG, Limin CHENG, Rongbao HUA
  • Publication number: 20190187779
    Abstract: A technique is described herein for determining a pose of at least one mobile controller. The technique involves using a transmitter to initially emit a magnetic field and/or electromagnetic radiation at an elevated-power level, with respect to a normal-use power level. A receiver detects the magnetic field and/or electromagnetic radiation, to provide received signals. A tracking component determines the pose of the controller based on the received signals. Thereafter, the technique transmits the magnetic field and/or electromagnetic radiation at the normal-use power level. In one implementation, a head-mounted display (HMD) uses the above-summarized technique to find the controller when the user initially dons the HMD. This is useful because the controller may be invisible to the user who dons the HMD because it is out-of-range with respect to the normal-use operating space of the HMD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventor: Quentin Simon Charles MILLER
  • Patent number: 10248191
    Abstract: An apparatus for dynamically determining a displacement of a target sensor in an electronic system is disclosed. The apparatus can comprise a non-line-of-sight sensor rigidly mounted on or proximate to the target sensor and configured to measure a parameter that varies with the displacement of the target sensor. The apparatus further can comprise at least one processor coupled to the non-line-of-sight sensor and configured to compute the displacement of the target sensor based on the parameter, and to compute an adjustment value based on the computed displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Damien McGee, Quentin Simon Charles Miller, Lev Cherkashin, Michael Samples, Drew Edward Steedly
  • Patent number: 10228561
    Abstract: An example see-through head-mounted display system includes a freeform prism and a display device configured to emit display light through the freeform prism to an eye of a user. The see-through head-mounted display system may also include an imaging device configured to receive gaze-detection light reflected from the eye and directed through the freeform prism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Steve Robbins, Scott McEldowney, Xinye Lou, David Nister, Drew Steedly, Quentin Simon Charles Miller, David D Bohn, James Peele Terrell, Jr., Andrew C. Goris, Nathan Ackerman
  • Publication number: 20190071404
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I): and salts thereof, and methods of use as Janus kinase inhibitors are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: James John Crawford, Mark Zak, Terry Kellar, Yun-Xing Cheng, Wei Li, F. Anthony Romero, Paul Gibbons, Guiling Zhao, Gregory Hamilton, Simon Charles Goodacre
  • Patent number: 10203781
    Abstract: In various embodiments, methods and systems for implementing integrated free space and surface inputs are provided. An integrated free space and surface input system includes a mixed-input pointing device for interacting and controlling interface objects using free space inputs and surface inputs, trigger buttons, pressure sensors, and haptic feedback associated with the mixed-input pointing device. Free space movement data and surface movement data are tracked and determined for the mixed-input pointing device. An interface input is detected for the mixed-input pointing device transitioning from a first input to a second input, such as, from a free space input to a surface input or from the surface input to the free space input. The interface input is processed based on accessing the free space movement data and the surface movement data. An output for the interface input is communicated from the mixed-input pointing device to interact and control an interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Anatolie Gavriliuc, Shawn Crispin Wright, Jeffrey Alan Kohler, Quentin Simon Charles Miller, Scott Francis Fullam, Sergio Paolantonio, Michael Edward Samples, Anthony James Ambrus
  • Publication number: 20180327402
    Abstract: Provided are triazolopyridine compounds that are inhibitors of JAK kinase, such as JAK1, compositions containing these compounds and methods for treating diseases mediated by a JAK kinase. In particular, provided are compounds of formula (I), stereoisomers, tautomers, solvates, prodrugs or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, where R1a, R1b, R1c, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, adjuvant or vehicle, methods of using the compound or composition in therapy, for example, for treating a disease or condition mediated by a JAK kinase in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Charles Goodacre, Nicholas Charles Ray, Mark Edward Zak, Yun-Xing Cheng, Wei Li
  • Publication number: 20180305355
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (00A) and methods of use as Janus kinase inhibitors are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Edward Zak, Nicholas Charles Ray, Simon Charles Goodacre, Rohan Mendonca, Terry Kellar, Yun-Xing Cheng, Wei Li, Po-wai Yuen
  • Publication number: 20180308684
    Abstract: A method of producing graphene or other two-dimensional material such as graphene including heating the substrate held within a reaction chamber to a temperature that is within a decomposition range of a precursor, and that allows two-dimensional crystalline material formation from a species released from the decomposed precursor; establishing a steep temperature gradient (preferably >1000° C. per meter) that extends away from the substrate surface towards an inlet for the precursor; and introducing precursor through the relatively cool inlet and across the temperature gradient towards the substrate surface. The steep temperature gradient ensures that the precursor remains substantially cool until it is proximate the substrate surface thus minimizing decomposition or other reaction of the precursor before it is proximate the substrate surface. The separation between the precursor inlet and the substrate is less than 100 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Paragraf Ltd.
    Inventor: Simon Charles Stewart THOMAS
  • Patent number: 10078367
    Abstract: Embodiments are described herein for determining a stabilization plane to reduce errors that occur when a homographic transformation is applied to a scene including 3D geometry and/or multiple non-coplanar planes. Such embodiments can be used, e.g., when displaying an image on a head mounted display (HMD) device, but are not limited thereto. In an embodiment, a rendered image is generated, a gaze location of a user is determined, and a stabilization plane, associated with a homographic transformation, is determined based on the determined gaze location. This can involve determining, based on the user's gaze location, variables of the homographic transformation that define the stabilization plane. The homographic transformation is applied to the rendered image to thereby generate an updated image, and at least a portion of the updated image is then displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ashraf Ayman Michail, Roger Sebastian Kevin Sylvan, Quentin Simon Charles Miller, Alex Aben-Athar Kipman
  • Patent number: 10069341
    Abstract: An inductively powered sensor system includes a primary conductive path 100 capable of being energised to provide an electromagnetic field in a defined space 1. An inductive power pick-up 120 is associated with a sensor 124 and is capable of receiving power from the field to supply the sensor 124. The system includes a first sensing means to sense the power available to the pick-up 120 and control means to increase or decrease the power available to the sensor dependant on the sensed power available. A method of inductively powering a sensor, an inductively powered sensor and an animal enclosure including one or more primary conductive path of an inductive power supply are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Auckland Uniservices Limited
    Inventors: Simon Charles Malpas, Aiguo Hu, David Budgett
  • Patent number: 10053451
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are estrogen receptor modulators. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the compounds described herein, as well as methods of using such estrogen receptor modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that are mediated or dependent upon estrogen receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharada Labadie, Jun Liang, Daniel Fred Ortwine, Xiaojing Wang, Birong Zhang, Nicholas D. Smith, Steven P. Govek, Mehmet Kahraman, Andiliy G. Lai, Johnny Y. Nagasawa, Simon Charles Goodacre, Nicholas Charles Ray
  • Publication number: 20180214343
    Abstract: A case includes a pocket for hermitically storing medical device(s) and medicine. The case may include a manual or motorized pump that can generate vacuum pressure within the pocket to thermally insulate the pocket from the atmosphere to minimize temperature fluctuations within the pocket. The case may also include a cooling and/or heating system to control the temperature within the pocket within a desired range to prolonging the potency and the life expectancy of the drug, such as epinephrine, stored within the pocket. The case may also be equip with a communication device that can link with user's mobile device so that in case of an emergency, the communication device can alert the mobile device, which can then notify emergency personal for assistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventor: Simon Charles Cantor
  • Publication number: 20180180448
    Abstract: A system determines the transmission strength of the magnetic field signal. The magnetic field signal is transmitted from a first magnetic-sensor device to a second magnetic-sensor device. The system then determines a first projected distance between the first magnetic-sensor device and the second magnetic-sensor device. Based at least in part on the first projected distance, the system calculates an adjusted transmission strength for the magnetic field signal. The system then causes the first magnetic-sensor device to transmit an adjusted magnetic field signal. The adjusted magnetic field signal comprises the adjusted transmission strength. The system receives, from the second magnetic-field device, the adjusted magnetic field signal. Based at least in part upon the received adjusted magnetic field signal, the system, computes a first pose of the first magnetic-sensor device in relation to the second magnetic-sensor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Quentin Simon Charles Miller, Scott Francis Fullam, Lev Cherkashin, Steven James Velat