Patents by Inventor Simon Woollard

Simon Woollard 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: 11589183
    Abstract: During an initialization of a head pose tracker for a spatial audio system, a spatial audio ambience bed is rotated about a boresight vector to align the boresight vector with a center channel of the ambience bed. The boresight is computed using source device motion data and headset motion data. The ambience bed includes the center channel and one or more other channels. An ambience bed reference frame is aligned with a horizontal plane of a headset reference frame, such that the ambience bed is horizontally level with a user's ears. A first estimated gravity direction is fixed (made constant) in the ambience bed reference frame. During head pose tracking, the ambience bed reference frame is rolled about the boresight vector to align a second estimated gravity direction in the headset reference frame with the first estimated gravity direction fixed in the ambience bed reference frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoyuan Tu, Margaret H. Tam, Alexander Singh Alvarado, Johahn Leung, Simon Woollard
  • Publication number: 20210400420
    Abstract: During an initialization of a head pose tracker for a spatial audio system, a spatial audio ambience bed is rotated about a boresight vector to align the boresight vector with a center channel of the ambience bed. The boresight is computed using source device motion data and headset motion data. The ambience bed includes the center channel and one or more other channels. An ambience bed reference frame is aligned with a horizontal plane of a headset reference frame, such that the ambience bed is horizontally level with a user's ears. A first estimated gravity direction is fixed (made constant) in the ambience bed reference frame. During head pose tracking, the ambience bed reference frame is rolled about the boresight vector to align a second estimated gravity direction in the headset reference frame with the first estimated gravity direction fixed in the ambience bed reference frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaoyuan Tu, Margaret H. Tam, Alexander Singh Alvarado, Johahn Leung, Simon Woollard
  • Publication number: 20060090303
    Abstract: A fastener (1) for holding together a group (7) of documents comprises a foldable sheet of, for example, paper divided into at least one anchor portion (2) and at least one tab portion (3, 4). Attachment means such as repositional adhesive provide for attachment of those portions to at least the first and last documents of the group upon being folded around an edge of the group. To assist with this, the sheet is marked with at least one fold line to be aligned with at least one edge of the group upon attachment of the anchor portion to the first document in the group, prior to folding the tab portion around that edge of the group for attachment to the last document in the group. Preferred embodiments employ two mutually orthogonal fold lines that intersect at or outside the periphery of the fastener sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventor: Simon Woollard
  • Patent number: D502866
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Purple Communications, Limited
    Inventor: Simon Woollard