Patents by Inventor Simon John

Simon John 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).

  • Controlling a display device
    Patent number: 10885313
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure relate to methods for controlling a display device. In one such example, data representing a result of an eyewear detection operation is obtained. Dependent on the obtained data, a control signal is outputted to adjust a display parameter of the display device. Performing the eyewear detection operation comprises receiving image data representing a user of the display device, and processing the image data using object recognition to determine whether or not the user is wearing eyewear of a predetermined type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: Apical Ltd., Arm Limited
    Inventors: Daren Croxford, Simon John Craske
  • Optical pressure treatment through electrical stimulation
    Patent number: 10870004
    Abstract: An arrangement for reducing intraocular pressure includes a pulse signal source, a probe coupling, and at least one electrode. The probe coupling is configured to be supported on a portion of a living eye. The electrodes are supported on the probe coupling. The electrodes are operably coupled to receive a pulse signal from the pulse signal source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignees: Purdue Research Foundation, The Jackson Laboratory
    Inventors: Pedro Irazoqui, Simon John, Alex Kokini, Adam Willats, Alexander Chelminski, Matt Matuscak, Gabriel Simon
  • Machinable metal matrix composite and method for making the same
    Patent number: 10851020
    Abstract: A metal matrix composite comprises and/or consists of a uniform distribution of calcined ceramic particles having an average particle size of between 0.30 and 0.900 microns and a metal or alloy uniformly distributed with the ceramic particles and wherein the ceramic particles include oxides of two separate metals selected from the group consisting of Al, Li, Be, Pb, Fe, Ag, Au, Sn, Mg, Ti, Cu, and Zn, and in which said ceramic particles comprise at least 15 volume percent of the metal matrix sintered together and wherein said metal-matrix being machinable with a high speed steel (HSS) bit for greater than about one minute without excessive wear to the bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: DSC MATERIALS LLC
    Inventors: Frank V Nolfi, Jr., Simon John Barnes, William John Frederick Morgan
  • FET operational temperature determination by field plate resistance thermometry
    Patent number: 10855230
    Abstract: Thermally-sensitive structures and methods for sensing the temperature in a region of a FET during device operation are described. The region may be at or near a region of highest temperature achieved in the FET. Metal resistance thermometry (MRT) can be implemented with gate or source structures to evaluate the temperature of the FET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon John Mahon, Allen W. Hanson, Bryan Schwitter, Chuanxin Lian, Rajesh Baskaran, Frank Gao
  • INTEGRATED CHANNEL DIODE
    Publication number: 20200373424
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a vertical drift region over a drain contact region, abutted on opposite sides by RESURF trenches. A split gate is disposed over the vertical drift region. A first portion of the split gate is a gate of an MOS transistor and is located over a body of the MOS transistor over a first side of the vertical drift region. A second portion of the split gate is a gate of a channel diode and is located over a body of the channel diode over a second, opposite, side of the vertical drift region. A source electrode is electrically coupled to a source region of the channel diode and a source region of the MOS transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Boguslaw Kocon, Simon John Molloy, John Manning Savidge Neilson, Hideaki Kawahara
  • FLUID COLLECTION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200345903
    Abstract: Fluid collection apparatuses and methods of use in negative pressure therapies are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Gordon Maurice SELBY, Simon John WEDDELOW, Lawrence Mark BAKER
  • Serialization and database methods for tubulars and oilfield equipment
    Patent number: 10825008
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus identify downhole equipment and correlate input data with the equipment to improve planning and/or inventory operations. For some embodiments, oilfield equipment or tubular goods such as drill pipe include a shaped recess along an outer circumference for receiving a tag cartridge by shrink fitting. Once tagged, detector system configurations at pipe yards may facilitate logging the presence and location of each drill pipe and correlating specific data, such as inspection data, to each drill pipe. Further, this correlation populates a database utilized to achieve other business functions such as forecasting number of additional drill pipe needed to purchase, invoicing customers according to actual tracked wear/use of the drill pipe being returned, and providing well or job specific drill string population using known history pipe joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Steven Griggs, Patrick M. Ljungdahl, Stephen Sarradet, Larry Williams, Matthew G. Miller, Simon John Harrall, Tuong Thanh Le
  • Medium high voltage MOSFET device
    Patent number: 10811533
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a medium voltage MOSFET having a vertical drain drift region between RESURF trenches containing field plates which are electrically coupled to a source electrode of the MOSFET. A split gate with a central opening is disposed above the drain drift region between the RESURF trenches. A two-level LDD region is disposed below the central opening in the split gate. A contact metal stack makes contact with a source region at lateral sides of the triple contact structure, and with a body contact region and the field plates in the RESURF trenches at a bottom surface of the triple contact structure. A perimeter RESURF trench surrounds the MOSFET. A field plate in the perimeter RESURF trench is electrically coupled to the source electrode of the MOSFET. An integrated snubber may be formed in trenches formed concurrently with the RESURF trenches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Christopher Boguslaw Kocon, Hideaki Kawahara, Simon John Molloy, Satoshi Suzuki, John Manning Savidge Neilson
  • Hybrid control and cooling module with independently removable cooling section for a network device
    Publication number: 20200315067
    Abstract: A network device includes a shelf configured to support interface cards on a front side; a control module including a first frame and a printed circuit board disposed to the first frame, wherein the control module is configured to connect on a rear side of the shelf; and a cooling module including a second frame and cooling fans disposed to the second frame, wherein the second frame is configured slidingly connect to the first frame on the rear side of the shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Simon John Shearman, Anthony Mayenburg, Michael Bishop
  • FET operational temperature determination by gate structure resistance thermometry
    Patent number: 10790787
    Abstract: Thermally-sensitive structures and methods for sensing the temperature in a region of a FET during device operation are described. The region may be at or near a region of highest temperature achieved in the FET. Metal resistance thermometry (MRT) can be implemented with gate or source structures to evaluate the temperature of the FET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: MACOM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Simon John Mahon, Allen W. Hanson, Chuanxin Lian, Frank Gao, Rajesh Baskaran, Bryan Schwitter
  • CITRATE SALT OF THE COMPOUND (S)-4-((S)-3-FLUORO-3-(2-(5,6,7,8-TETRAHYDRO-1,8-NAPHTHYDRIN-2-YL)ETHYL)PYRROLIDIN-1-YL)-3-(3-(2-METHOXYETHOXY)PHENYL) BUTANOIC ACID
    Publication number: 20200291017
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound which is (S)-4-((S)-3-Fluoro-3-(2-(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-1, 8-naphthyridin-2-yl)ethyl)pyrrolidin-1-yl)-3-(3-(2-methoxyethoxy)phenyl) butanoic acid (1:1) citrate salt, pharmaceutical compositions including such compound, and to the use of such compound in therapy, including in the treatment of a disease or condition for which an ?vJ36 integrin antagonist is indicated, and in particular idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Tim BARRETT, Richard Jonathan Daniel HATLEY, Simon John Fawcett MACDONALD, Paula SAKLATVALA, Sing Yuen Eric TSE
  • TRANSPORTATION BASE LOAD UNITIZER
    Publication number: 20200283209
    Abstract: A transportation base load unitizer for unitizing a load on a transportation base, such as a pallet. The unitizer comprises at least one elastic section and at least one protection section for providing greater protection to a load on a transportation base than the at least one elastic section. The unitizer is configured such that, in use, the unitizer holds together as a unit and protects a load on a transportation base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Simon John Garrett, Andrew Ronald Garrett
  • Branch instruction
    Patent number: 10768938
    Abstract: A data processing system provides a branch forward instruction (BF) which has programmable parameters specifying a branch target address to be branched to and a branch point identifying a program instruction following the branch forward instruction which, when reached, is followed by a branch to the branch target address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: ARM Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Christopher Grocutt, Richard Roy Grisenthwaite, Simon John Craske, François Christopher Jacques Botman, Bradley John Smith
  • Method and apparatus for actuating downhole tools
    Patent number: 10753177
    Abstract: A method of actuating at least one of a plurality of downhole tools connected to at least one hydraulic fluid line is disclosed. The method includes the steps of:— a) providing each of the downhole tools with a control unit comprising a timer which permits fluid communication between the at least one hydraulic fluid line and the downhole tool during a window of time; and b) controlling the pressure in the at least one hydraulic fluid line for at least a sufficient period of time required to at least actuate the said downhole tool, wherein the said sufficient period of time coincides at least partially with the said window of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel George Purkis, Paul Lincoln Smith, Simon John Harrall
  • Program loop control
    Patent number: 10747536
    Abstract: A data processing system provides a loop-end instruction for use at the end of a program loop body specifying an address of a beginning instruction of said program loop body. Loop control circuitry (1000) serves to control repeated execution of the program loop body upon second and subsequent passes through the program loop body using loop control data provided by the loop-end instruction without requiring the loop-end instruction to be explicitly executed upon each pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: ARM Limited
    Inventors: Alasdair Grant, Thomas Christopher Grocutt, Simon John Craske
  • APPARATUS HAVING PROCESSING PIPELINE WITH FIRST AND SECOND EXECUTION CIRCUITRY, AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20200257531
    Abstract: A processing pipeline may have first and second execution circuits having different performance or energy consumption characteristics. Instruction supply circuitry may support different instruction supply schemes with different energy consumption or performance characteristics. This can allow a further trade-off between performance and energy efficiency. Architectural state storage can be shared between the execute units to reduce the overhead of switching between the units. In a parallel execution mode, groups of instructions can be executed on both execute units in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Richard GREENHALGH, Simon John CRASKE, Ian Michael CAULFIELD, Max John BATLEY, Allan John SKILLMAN, Antony John PENTON
  • Integrated channel diode
    Patent number: 10741684
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a vertical drift region over a drain contact region, abutted on opposite sides by RESURF trenches. A split gate is disposed over the vertical drift region. A first portion of the split gate is a gate of an MOS transistor and is located over a body of the MOS transistor over a first side of the vertical drift region. A second portion of the split gate is a gate of a channel diode and is located over a body of the channel diode over a second, opposite, side of the vertical drift region. A source electrode is electrically coupled to a source region of the channel diode and a source region of the MOS transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Christopher Boguslaw Kocon, Simon John Molloy, John Manning Savidge Neilson, Hideaki Kawahara
  • Hybrid control and cooling module with independently removable cooling section for a network device
    Patent number: 10729037
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a hybrid control and cooling module with an independently removable cooling section for a network device. A control module for a network device includes a frame. A printed circuit board is disposed on the frame. Connectors are configured to operably connect the printed circuit board to mid-plane connectors of a shelf of a network device. A control module mounting system is disposed on the frame and is configured to slidably mount the control module to a shelf of a network device. A cooling module guidance system is disposed on the frame and is configured to slidably mount thereon a cooling module for a network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Simon John Shearman, Anthony Mayenburg, Michael Bishop
  • Hybrid control and cooling module with independently removable cooling section for a network device
    Publication number: 20200236813
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a hybrid control and cooling module with an independently removable cooling section for a network device. A control module for a network device includes a frame. A printed circuit board is disposed on the frame. Connectors are configured to operably connect the printed circuit board to mid-plane connectors of a shelf of a network device. A control module mounting system is disposed on the frame and is configured to slidably mount the control module to a shelf of a network device. A cooling module guidance system is disposed on the frame and is configured to slidably mount thereon a cooling module for a network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Simon John Shearman, Anthony Mayenburg, Michael Bishop
  • AUGMENTED REALITY IN-APPLICATION ADVERTISEMENTS
    Publication number: 20200219319
    Abstract: Described are systems and methods for dynamically generating advertisements for presentation in an application executing on a client device, such as an application executing on a smart phone or tablet of a user. The described systems and methods select content items of specific content types based on determined user preference for content types as well as the device capabilities and access permissions of the application through which the advertisement is to be presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: James Lashmar, Helen Maxwell, Justin Nield, Gavin McNicholl, Matthew John Cotton, Simon John Crowhurst, Brett King