Patents by Inventor Timothy Beard
Timothy Beard 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).
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Patent number: 11885970Abstract: According to various, but not necessarily all, embodiments there is provided an apparatus comprising means for binocularly displaying visual content as a first image directed towards a first eye of a user and as a second image directed towards a second eye of the user. The first image comprises a first area in which a blue spectral component of the visual content is reduced as compared to a corresponding first area of the second image. The second image comprises a second, different area in which a blue spectral component of the visual content is reduced as compared to a corresponding second area of the first image.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventors: Christopher Wright, Matthew Lawrenson, David Duffy, Timothy Beard
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Publication number: 20230298955Abstract: A region of a sealing part is effectively utilized. -A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a substrate, a sealing part, and a cavity region. The substrate included in this semiconductor device is disposed adjacent to a bottom surface of the semiconductor element. The sealing part included in this semiconductor device is formed in a shape that covers an upper surface that is a surface facing the bottom surface of the semiconductor element, and seals the semiconductor element. The cavity region included in this semiconductor device is a region disposed in the sealing part and formed with a cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicants: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Shigekazu ISHII, Bernadette ELLIOTT-BOWMAN, Christopher WRIGHT, Timothy BEARD, Matthew LAWRENSON, Hirotaka KOBAYASHI, Hiroyuki SHIGETA
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Patent number: 11744771Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, device (1) for enhancing the delivery of CPR to a patient. The device (1) comprises: a patient side (3) for engagement with the chest of the patient; and a user side (2) for engagement with the hands of a user delivering CPR to the patient. One or more of the surface of the patient side (3) and the surface of the user side (2) is at least partially formed of a material with variable contact characteristics configured to be controlled so as to regulate the lateral force distribution profile at the one or more of the surface of the patient side (3) and the surface of the user side (2) from a force applied to the device (1) by the user and transferred through the device (1) to the patient.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Timothy Beard, Christopher John Wright, David Duffy
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Publication number: 20230263060Abstract: Provided is a thermoelectric power generation module that uses a thermoelectric power generation element and, for example, improves the efficiency of thermoelectric power generation according to heat generated by a semiconductor component, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: KOSUKE HAREYAMA, CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT, MATTHEW LAWRENSON, BERNADETTE ELLIOTT-BOWMAN, TIMOTHY BEARD
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Patent number: 11672731Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, device (1) for enhancing the delivery of CPR to a patient. The device (1) comprises: a patient side (3) for engagement with the chest of the patient; and a user side (2) for engagement with the hands of a user delivering CPR to the patient; and an actuator configured to at least partially alter the external form of one or more of the patient side (3) and the user side (2) so as to regulate a shape profile of the one or more of the patient side (3) and the user side (2). According to other aspects, there is provided a control method for a cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, device and a computer program which, when executed on a computing device, carries out a control method for a cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, device.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Timothy Beard, Christopher John Wright, David Duffy
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Publication number: 20230075929Abstract: An object of the present technology is to prevent damage in a bonded portion between a semiconductor chip and a substrate in a semiconductor device in which the semiconductor chip is mounted on the substrate. A terminal is disposed between an electrode of an element and an electrode of a substrate on which the element is mounted, and electrically connects the electrode of the element and the electrode of the substrate. The terminal includes a plurality of unit lattices and a coupling portion. The unit lattices included in the terminal are formed by bonding a plurality of beams in a cube shape. The coupling portion included in the terminal couples adjacent unit lattices among the plurality of unit lattices.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: JO UMEZAWA, MATTHEW LAWRENSON, BERNADETTE ELLIOTT-BOWMAN, CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT, TIMOTHY BEARD
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Publication number: 20230049028Abstract: Damage to a joint part of a terminal of an electronic component mounted on a substrate is detected. The substrate includes a base material unit, a land, and a light detection unit. The land included in the substrate is arranged with a stress light emitting body configured to emit light in accordance with stress, includes a transparent member, and is joined with a terminal of an element arranged in the base material unit included in the substrate. The light detection unit included in the substrate is arranged between the base material unit and the land included in the substrate, and detects light from the stress light emitting body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2020Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: HIROHITO MIYAZAKI, YUJI NISHIDA, CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT, BERNADETTE ELLIOTT-BOWMAN, TIMOTHY BEARD
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Patent number: 11534366Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, device (1) for enhancing the delivery of CPR to a patient. The device (1) comprises: a patient side (3) for engagement with the chest of the patient; and a user side (2) for engagement with the hands of a user delivering CPR to the patient. One or more of the patient side (3) and the user side (2) is at least partially formed of a non-Newtonian fluid, the viscosity of which is configured to vary in response to the application of energy so as to regulate a force distribution profile of the device (1) from a force applied to the device (1) by the user and transferred through the device (1) to the patient. According to other aspects, there is provided a control method for a cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, device and a computer program which, when executed on a computing device, carries out a control method for a cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, device.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Timothy Beard, Christopher John Wright, David Duffy
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Publication number: 20220317456Abstract: According to various, but not necessarily all, embodiments there is provided an apparatus comprising means for binocularly displaying visual content as a first image directed towards a first eye of a user and as a second image directed towards a second eye of the user. The first image comprises a first area in which a blue spectral component of the visual content is reduced as compared to a corresponding first area of the second image. The second image comprises a second, different area in which a blue spectral component of the visual content is reduced as compared to a corresponding second area of the first image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Matthew LAWRENSON, David DUFFY, Timothy BEARD
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Publication number: 20220279312Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program for receiving a first message, wherein the first message is sent by a sender to a recipient; determining a plurality of locations of the intended recipient, wherein the plurality of locations comprise at least a current location and one or more predicted future locations of the recipient; obtaining location feature data for one or more locations of the plurality of locations of the recipient; and determining at least one message delivery location for the first message based on at least a message intent of the first message and the location feature data, wherein the at least one message delivery location is selected from the plurality of locations of the recipient.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Timothy BEARD, David DUFFY
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Publication number: 20220265510Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, device (1) for enhancing the delivery of CPR to a patient. The device (1) comprises: a patient side (3) for engagement with the chest of the patient; and a user side (2) for engagement with the hands of a user delivering CPR to the patient. One or more of the surface of the patient side (3) and the surface of the user side (2) is at least partially formed of a material with variable contact characteristics configured to be controlled so as to regulate the lateral force distribution profile at the one or more of the surface of the patient side (3) and the surface of the user side (2) from a force applied to the device (1) by the user and transferred through the device (1) to the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Timothy Beard, Christopher John Wright, David Duffy
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Publication number: 20220249320Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, device (1) for enhancing the delivery of CPR to a patient. The device (1) comprises: a patient side (3) for engagement with the chest of the patient; and a user side (2) for engagement with the hands of a user delivering CPR to the patient; and an actuator configured to at least partially alter the external form of one or more of the patient side (3) and the user side (2) so as to regulate a shape profile of the one or more of the patient side (3) and the user side (2). According to other aspects, there is provided a control method for a cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, device and a computer program which, when executed on a computing device, carries out a control method for a cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Timothy Beard, Christopher John Wright, David Duffy
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Patent number: 11395627Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for: obtaining a predicted breathing sequence of a user; obtaining a first time when it is predicted that a first media content will be rendered to the user; obtaining a desired breathing phase for consuming the first media content; and causing at least one stimulus to be provided to the user, the at least one stimulus configured to cause a changed breathing sequence instead of the predicted breathing sequence, wherein the desired breathing phase in the changed breathing sequence is temporally shifted towards the first time as compared to the desired breathing phase in the predicted breathing sequence.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Christopher Wright, Timothy Beard, David Duffy
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Publication number: 20220096321Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, device (1) for enhancing the delivery of CPR to a patient. The device (1) comprises: a patient side (3) for engagement with the chest of the patient; and a user side (2) for engagement with the hands of a user delivering CPR to the patient. One or more of the patient side (3) and the user side (2) is at least partially formed of a non-Newtonian fluid, the viscosity of which is configured to vary in response to the application of energy so as to regulate a force distribution profile of the device (1) from a force applied to the device (1) by the user and transferred through the device (1) to the patient. According to other aspects, there is provided a control method for a cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, device and a computer program which, when executed on a computing device, carries out a control method for a cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: TIMOTHY BEARD, CHRISTOPHER JOHN WRIGHT, DAVID DUFFY
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Publication number: 20220070289Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for, a method comprising, and a computer program that performs: preventing rendering, via the apparatus, of a message received at the apparatus; determining an association between the received message and an external, real object; and enabling rendering of the message via the apparatus in response to a change from a first physical relationship between a user and the external, real object to a second physical relationship between the user and the external, real object.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: David DUFFY, Timothy BEARD, Matthew LAWRENSON
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Publication number: 20220008687Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for: obtaining a predicted breathing sequence of a user; obtaining a desired breathing phase for consuming a first media content; and causing rendering of the first media content to the user at a first time which is based, at least in part, on a predicted time in the predicted breathing sequence at which the desired breathing phase occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Timothy BEARD, David DUFFY
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Publication number: 20200178884Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for: obtaining a predicted breathing sequence of a user; obtaining a first time when it is predicted that a first media content will be rendered to the user; obtaining a desired breathing phase for consuming the first media content; and causing at least one stimulus to be provided to the user, the at least one stimulus configured to cause a changed breathing sequence instead of the predicted breathing sequence, wherein the desired breathing phase in the changed breathing sequence is temporally shifted towards the first time as compared to the desired breathing phase in the predicted breathing sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Timothy BEARD, David DUFFY
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Publication number: 20050002374Abstract: A method for control of packet data transmissions in a TDMA wireless network to provide for additional choices in the allocation of communication channels. The fixed relationship in the timing of the downlink allocation signalling and subsequent uplink transmission is altered for certain classes of mobile station to avoid physical constraints. Examples of variations in USF signalling in GPRS are given.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2004Publication date: January 6, 2005Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Timothy Beard, David Cooper