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).

  • Publication number: 20180180682
    Abstract: A mixed-reality system causes a magnetic transmission device to transmit a magnetic field signal. The mixed-reality system also causes a magnetic-field sensing device to determine a measurement of the magnetic field signal. The mixed-reality system then identifies, using one or more input devices, that a magnetically-interfering object is located within a same environment as both the magnetic transmission device and the magnetic-field sensing device. The mixed-reality system also determines one or more characteristics of magnetic field interference that the magnetically-interfering object is imparting on the magnetic transmission device or the magnetic-field sensing device. The mixed-reality system then computes an adjustment to a pose-estimation model based upon the one or more characteristics of magnetic field interference. The pose-estimation model is used to calculate a pose of at least one of the magnetic transmission device or the magnetic-field sensing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Quentin Simon Charles Miller, Scott Francis Fullam, Lev Cherkashin, Steven James Velat, Simon Skaria
  • Publication number: 20180164877
    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: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Quentin Simon Charles Miller, Jeffrey Alan Kohler
  • Publication number: 20180164878
    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: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Nicholas Damien McGee, Quentin Simon Charles Miller, Lev Cherkashin, Michael Samples, Drew Edward Steedly
  • Publication number: 20180162936
    Abstract: Binding members, e.g. human antibody molecules, which bind interleukin-6 (IL-6 ) and neutralise its biological effects. Use of binding members for IL-6 in medical treatment e.g. for treating inflammatory diseases and tumours associated with IL-6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Simon Charles Cruwys, Steven Godfrey Lane, Philip Mallinder
  • Patent number: 9980947
    Abstract: Described herein are tetrahydro-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-1-yl compounds with estrogen receptor modulation activity or function having the Formula I structure: and stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and with the substituents and structural features described herein. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the Formula I compounds, as well as methods of using such estrogen receptor modulators, alone and in combination with other therapeutic agents, for treating diseases or conditions that are mediated or dependent upon estrogen receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharada Labadie, Jun Liang, Daniel Fred Ortwine, Xiaojing Wang, Jason Zbieg, Birong Zhang, Simon Charles Goodacre, Nicholas Charles Ray, Jun Li
  • Publication number: 20180140942
    Abstract: Disclosed is a self-contained, pluggable tracking system that monitors six degree of freedom (“6DoF”) without external apparatus, e.g., visual tracking or magnetic. The tracking core can communicate with a host device and with an external computing device. The external computing device can display a virtual (“VR”) or augmented reality (“AR”) world. The VR or AR world may be supplemented by overlay displays positioned according to the shape of the host device as tracked by the tracking core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Quentin Simon Charles MILLER, Shawn Crispin WRIGHT, Jeffrey Alan KOHLER, Blake Carlton FARMER
  • Patent number: 9965827
    Abstract: A graphics processing system for processing polygons includes a cache with cache lines for storing data entries, each line having a tag for identifying the data stored in the line. The polygons have vertices with which pieces of vertex attribute data are associated. The system also includes processing circuitry which writes, to a line in a first set of lines, data entries associated with pieces of vertex attribute data. The pieces of vertex attribute data are associated with the vertices of a polygon. The processing circuitry also writes a tag including a polygon identifier to identify the polygon associated with the data entries to the line in the first set of lines, and writes, to a second set of lines of the cache, data entries associated with pieces of vertex attribute data. The processing circuitry also writes tags including vertex identifiers to the second set of lines to identify the vertices associated with the data entries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Arm Limited
    Inventors: Simon Charles, Andreas Engh-Halstvedt
  • Publication number: 20180086757
    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: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Charles Goodacre, Nicholas Charles Ray, Mark Edward Zak, Yun-Xing Cheng, Wei Li
  • Publication number: 20180051549
    Abstract: An erosion management system is configured to monitor erosion of a component of a mineral extraction system. The erosion management system includes a controller configured to receive feedback from a flow meter related to a flow rate of a production fluid flowing through the component. Additionally, the controller is configured to receive feedback from an erosion detector related to an amount of solids in the production fluid. The controller is configured to determine an erosion rate of the component based on the feedback from the flow meter and the feedback from the erosion detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventor: Simon Charles HOLYFIELD
  • Publication number: 20170371432
    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: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Anatolie Gavriliuc, Shawn Crispin Wright, Jeffrey Alan Kohler, Quentin Simon Charles Miller, Scott Francis Fullam, Sergio Paolantonio, Michael Edward Samples, Anthony James Ambrus
  • Patent number: 9845291
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are estrogen receptor modulators of Formula (I): and stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein SERMF is a selective estrogen receptor modulator fragment and with the substituents and structural features described herein. 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: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Liang, Daniel Fred Ortwine, Xiaojing Wang, Steven P. Govek, Mehmet Kahraman, Johnny Y. Nagasawa, Nicholas D. Smith, Simon Charles Goodacre, Nicholas Charles Ray
  • Patent number: 9810286
    Abstract: A reverse transmission system for a vehicle for engaging a reverse action on a normally forward action only engine transmission having a longitudinal orientation driveshaft output, the reverse transmission system comprising a gear rotatably connected to the longitudinal orientation driveshaft output of a normally forward action only engine transmission output; a shaft rotatably connected to the gear for transmitting power from the normally forward action only engine transmission output to the shaft; a chain sprocket connected to a chain drive and to the shaft for providing a transverse orientation output to the chain drive to change the direction of rotation of the driveshaft output, thereby for engaging the vehicle in the reverse action; and a reverse fork configured to actuate a reverse dog configured to slide upon the shaft to reversibly engage a reverse gear engaged to a first gear of the engine transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: 9158-7147 Quebec Inc.
    Inventors: Francois Garneau, Simon-Charles Chicoine, Maxime Gill
  • Patent number: 9804753
    Abstract: Various embodiments relating to selection of a user interface object displayed on a graphical user interface based on eye gaze are disclosed. In one embodiment, a selection input may be received. A plurality of eye gaze samples at different times within a time window may be evaluated. The time window may be selected based on a time at which the selection input is detected. A user interface object may be selected based on the plurality of eye gaze samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Ramsby, Tony Ambrus, Michael Scavezze, Abby Lin Lee, Brian Mount, Ian Douglas McIntyre, Aaron Mackay Burns, Russ McMackin, Katelyn Elizabeth Doran, Gerhard Schneider, Quentin Simon Charles Miller
  • Patent number: 9762325
    Abstract: An optical signal transmission apparatus (1) for a rotating antenna comprising a plurality of optical modulators (6) arranged for receiving a respective plurality of analog RF signals (5) and for modulating a respective plurality of optical signals therewith to produce a plurality of modulated analog optical signals (8). A plurality of opto-electrical converters (14) each converts a respective modulated analog optical signal (13) into an analog electrical signal. The plurality of optical modulators (6) are rotationally coupled in optical communication with the plurality of opto-electrical converters (14) via an optical rotary joint (10) including a reversion prism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: David John Aitken, Simon Charles Giles, Robert John Mark Longstone, Mohammed Nawaz, Andrew James Smith, Michael Andrew Scott
  • Publication number: 20170247986
    Abstract: A system including an additive management system configured to oversee hydrate formation in a hydrocarbon extraction system, the additive management system including a flow meter configured to measure a fluid flow rate, a first sensor configured to measure at least one of a fluid property and an environmental condition, and a chemical injection device configured to inject a hydrate inhibitor into a fluid flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Bryan A. BUSSELL, Peter HAYWARD, Ulrich KLEINE, Rolf RUSTAD, Harald SOLHEIM, Gro Merete ALENDAL, Simon Charles HOLYFIELD, Eric GRZELAK, Thomas David BAMBER
  • Patent number: 9746675
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device is disclosed, which includes an at least partially see-through display, a processor configured to detect a physical feature, generate an alignment hologram based on the physical feature, determine a view of the alignment hologram based on a default view matrix for a first eye of a user of the head-mounted display device, display the view of the alignment hologram to the first eye of the user on the at least partially see-through display, output an instruction to the user to enter an adjustment input to visually align the alignment hologram with the physical feature, determine a calibrated view matrix based on the default view matrix and the adjustment input, and adjust a view matrix setting of the head-mounted display device based on the calibrated view matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Quentin Simon Charles Miller, Drew Steedly, Denis Demandolx, Youding Zhu, Qi Kuan Zhou, Todd Michael Lyon
  • Publication number: 20170197915
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are estrogen receptor modulators of Formula (I): and stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein SERMF is a selective estrogen receptor modulator fragment and with the substituents and structural features described herein. 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: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Liang, Daniel Fred Ortwine, Xiaojing Wang, Steven P. Govek, Mehmet Kahraman, Johnny Y. Nagasawa, Nicholas D. Smith, Simon Charles Goodacre, Nicholas Charles Ray
  • Patent number: 9692583
    Abstract: According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a duplexer for a radio frequency antenna, comprising: a radio frequency signal transmitter port arranged for connection to a radio frequency signal transmitter; a radio frequency signal receiver port arranged for connection to a radio frequency signal receiver; a switch arranged selectively to adopt either one of: a first state which connects the transmitter port to a common input/output port of the switch arranged for connection to a radio frequency antenna; and a second state which connects the receiver port to the common input/output port; a switch control unit arranged to monitor radio frequency power at the common input/output port and to receive a transmission gate signal; wherein the switch control unit is arranged to control the switch to adopt the first state upon receipt of the transmission gate signal, and, subsequently, to control the switch to adopt the second state when the monitored radio frequency power falls below a thres
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: BAE Systems plc
    Inventors: David James Burnitt, Simon Charles Giles, Andrew Mark Steliou
  • Publication number: 20170177082
    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: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ashraf Ayman Michail, Roger Sebastian Kevin Sylvan, Quentin Simon Charles Miller, Alex Aben-Athar Kipman
  • Patent number: 9680338
    Abstract: An inductively powered sensor system includes a primary conductive path 100 capable of being energized 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: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Auckland Uniservices Limited
    Inventors: Simon Charles Malpas, Aiguo Hu, David Budgett