Patents by Inventor Stefan Michael Ross

Stefan Michael Ross 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: 7119493
    Abstract: A controller for use with a multi-segment electroluminescent display 1. Control signals C1–CN control a plurality of half H-bridges H and Hc, the terminals of the half H-bridges being connected respectively to ground and to a high voltage DC supply 9. One of said half H-bridges provides a common output Vcommon and the remaining H-bridges provide drive voltages V1–VN for the segments of the display. The H bridges are driven by an oscillator 14 so that an AC voltage is selectively applied to the segments of the display. A power supply 24 provides a predetermined amount of power per unit area of the display. This is controlled by an area summation engine 22 having a segment data input, a segment counter and a memory containing area data corresponding to the segment(s) of the display. Based on the input from the segment data input, the area(s) of the segment(s) that are to be lit are obtained from the memory and summed to provide the total area to be lit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Pelikon Limited
    Inventors: Christopher James Newton Fryer, Stefan Michael Ross
  • Patent number: 7075240
    Abstract: A controller 2 is provided for use with a multi-segment electroluminescent display 1. Control signals C1–C5 control a plurality of half H-bridges H1–H5, the terminals of the half H-bridges being connected respectively to ground 10 and to a high voltage DC supply 9 so that the half H-bridges each provide an AC voltage. One of said half H-bridges provides a common output Vcommon and the remaining H-bridges provide drive voltages V1–V4 for the segments of the display. During each cycle, the controller 2 causes the drive outputs V1–V4 to either be in phase or in anti-phase with the common output Vcommon. This selectively turns the segments on and off at a rate much higher than the human eye can perceive. The brightness of the segments is controlled by varying the proportion of the time that each segment is illuminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Pelikon Limited
    Inventors: Christopher James Newton Fryer, Stefan Michael Ross