Patents by Inventor Trevor Michael Wood

Trevor Michael Wood 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).

  • Method of preparing a beverage and a device for preparing a beverage
    Patent number: 10716428
    Abstract: A method of preparing a beverage, wherein the method comprises the step of heating a beverage in a cup by means of injecting steam into the beverage through a wand and the step of measuring the temperature of the beverage in the cup, wherein the step of measuring the temperature of the beverage comprises during the step of heating the step of continuously recording an audio signal from the beverage and the step of deriving the temperature of the beverage from the recorded audio signal. A device for preparing a beverage, said device being provided with a beverage temperature sensor comprising at least one microphone and a controller which is loaded with a computer program for performing the inventive method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.
    Inventors: Gerbrand Kristiaan de Graaff, Trevor Michael Wood, William Roger Mainwaring-Burton
  • Method of preparing a beverage and a device for preparing a beverage
    Patent number: 10561271
    Abstract: A method of preparing a beverage, wherein the method comprises the step of heating a beverage in a cup by means of injecting steam into the beverage through a wand and the step of measuring the temperature of the beverage in the cup, wherein the step of measuring the temperature of the beverage comprises during the step of heating the step of continuously recording an audio signal from the beverage and the step of deriving the temperature of the beverage from the recorded audio signal. A device for preparing a beverage, said device being provided with a beverage temperature sensor comprising at least one microphone and a controller which is loaded with a computer program for performing the inventive method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.
    Inventors: Gerbrand Kristiaan de Graaff, Trevor Michael Wood, William Roger Mainwaring-Burton
  • METHOD OF PREPARING A BEVERAGE AND A DEVICE FOR PREPARING A BEVERAGE
    Publication number: 20180310754
    Abstract: A method of preparing a beverage, wherein the method comprises the step of heating a beverage in a cup by means of injecting steam into the beverage through a wand and the step of measuring the temperature of the beverage in the cup, wherein the step of measuring the temperature of the beverage comprises during the step of heating the step of continuously recording an audio signal from the beverage and the step of deriving the temperature of the beverage from the recorded audio signal. A device for preparing a beverage, said device being provided with a beverage temperature sensor comprising at least one microphone and a controller which is loaded with a computer program for performing the inventive method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.
    Inventors: Gerbrand Kristiaan de Graaff, Trevor Michael Wood, William Roger Mainwaring-Burton
  • METHOD OF TRACKING TARGETS IN VIDEO DATA
    Publication number: 20130142432
    Abstract: A method of tracking targets in video data. At each of a sequence of time steps, a set of weighted probability distribution components is derived. At each time step the following steps are performed. First, a new set of components from the components of the previous time step are derived in accordance with a predefined motion model for the targets. The video at the current time step is then analysed to obtain a set of measurements, and the new set of components is updated using the measurements in accordance with a predefined measurement model. Finally, the set of components derived at each time step are analysed to derive a set of tracks for the targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: ISIS INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Trevor Michael Wood