Patents by Inventor Toby Hartnoll Joshua Collett

Toby Hartnoll Joshua Collett 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: 8508590
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for simulating a physical environment to facilitate vehicle operation and task completion is described. In one embodiment, the method includes processing data that is transmitted from a sensor array comprising a plurality of devices, wherein the plurality of devices are placed throughout a physical environment that comprises a plurality of objects, accessing model information associated with the plurality of objects, wherein the model information indicates at least one physical attribute associated with each of the plurality of objects, correlating the model information with the transmitted data from the sensor array to produce a correlation result, generating at least one visual representation of the physical environment from at least one viewpoint based on the correlation result and identifying at least one obstruction, within the physical environment, using the at least one visual representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Edwin Laws, Christopher W. Goode, Toby Hartnoll Joshua Collett, Andrew Evan Graham
  • Publication number: 20110216185
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for simulating a physical environment to facilitate vehicle operation and task completion is described. In one embodiment, the method includes processing data that is transmitted from a sensor array comprising a plurality of devices, wherein the plurality of devices are placed throughout a physical environment that comprises a plurality of objects, accessing model information associated with the plurality of objects, wherein the model information indicates at least one physical attribute associated with each of the plurality of objects, correlating the model information with the transmitted data from the sensor array to produce a correlation result, generating at least one visual representation of the physical environment from at least one viewpoint based on the correlation result and identifying at least one obstruction, within the physical environment, using the at least one visual representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Matthew Edwin Laws, Christopher W. Goode, Toby Hartnoll Joshua Collett, Andrew Evan Graham