Patents by Inventor TOM HON PAN YIP

TOM HON PAN YIP 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: 10353377
    Abstract: A method of generating a topographic map of a region of a body for the manufacture of a body fitting article to be fitted to the region of the body. The method allows for the resultant topographical map of the body feature to be coupled to an anatomical and functional datum on the body. The method involves use of a contact probe which is configured to generate positional data which defines the surface it is drawn across. The method comprises the steps of urging a contact probe towards the outer surface of the body such that the contact probe is touching the outer surface of the body or separated from the outer surface of the body only by a barrier layer which is flattened against the outer surface of the body by the probe. The contact probe is drawn over the region of the body where the body fitting article is to be located such that the contact probe generates 3D positional data of the surface of the outer surface of the body in the region of the body where the body fitting article is to be located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Martyn Ingleton, Jordan Henry Walker Jenkins, Tom Hon Pan Yip, Raife Edwin Thompson Norman
  • Publication number: 20170010603
    Abstract: A method of generating a topographic map of a region of a body for the manufacture of a body fitting article to be fitted to the region of the body. The method allows for the resultant topographical map of the body feature to be coupled to an anatomical and functional datum on the body. The method involves use of a contact probe which is configured to generate positional data which defines the surface it is drawn across. The method comprises the steps of urging a contact probe towards the outer surface of the body such that the contact probe is touching the outer surface of the body or separated from the outer surface of the body only by a barrier layer which is flattened against the outer surface of the body by the probe. The contact probe is drawn over the region of the body where the body fitting article is to be located such that the contact probe generates 3D positional data of the surface of the outer surface of the body in the region of the body where the body fitting article is to be located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: MARTYN INGLETON, JORDAN HENRY WALKER JENKINS, TOM HON PAN YIP, RAIFE EDWIN THOMPSON NORMAN