Patents by Inventor Vincent Maddock Smith

Vincent Maddock Smith 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 and apparatus for controlling radiation characteristics of transmitter of wireless device in correspondence with transmitter orientation
    Patent number: 8744539
    Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and a corresponding method for controlling radiation characteristics of a transmitter of a wireless device. The wireless device includes a transmitting portion that includes one or more antennas that are characterized by one or more radiation patterns. The wireless device further comprises a sensor system for determining an orientation of the transmitting portion and a control system that is operatively coupled to the sensor system and configured to control the supply of power to each antenna depending on the orientation of the transmitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: NETGEAR, Inc.
    Inventors: Behrouz Pourseyed, Vincent Maddock Smith, Ying Wang, Kevin Alexander Goodfellow, Colin Lee
  • Method and apparatus for a global navigation satellite system receiver coupled to a host computer system
    Patent number: 7986263
    Abstract: The present invention provides a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver apparatus, such as a GPS receiver, operable with a host computer system equipped with a real time clock configured to provide a time signal to the GNSS receiver apparatus. The time signal is used to facilitate acquisition of navigation and global timing information through observation of satellite signals. The global timing information is used to adjust the time signal and/or the real time clock to improve subsequent acquisitions of navigation and global timing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Sierra Wireless, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent Maddock Smith
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS OF TRANSMITTER OF WIRELESS DEVICE IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH TRANSMITTER ORIENTATION
    Publication number: 20100279751
    Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and a corresponding method for controlling radiation characteristics of a transmitter of a wireless device. The wireless device includes a transmitting portion that includes one or more antennas that are characterized by one or more radiation patterns. The wireless device further comprises a sensor system for determining an orientation of the transmitting portion and a control system that is operatively coupled to the sensor system and configured to control the supply of power to each antenna depending on the orientation of the transmitting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Sierra Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Behrouz Pourseyed, Vincent Maddock Smith, Ying Wang, Kevin Alexander Goodfellow, Colin Lee
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM RECEIVER COUPLED TO A HOST COMPUTER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100073228
    Abstract: The present invention provides a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver apparatus, such as a GPS receiver, operable with a host computer system equipped with a real time clock configured to provide a time signal to the GNSS receiver apparatus. The time signal is used to facilitate acquisition of navigation and global timing information through observation of satellite signals. The global timing information is used to adjust the time signal and/or the real time clock to improve subsequent acquisitions of navigation and global timing information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventor: Vincent Maddock Smith
  • Apparatus and method for remote monitoring of video signals
    Patent number: 5808671
    Abstract: Apparatus for and a method of monitoring the transmission of an analog video signal through a video signal transmission channel, e.g. a fiber optic cable from a headend capturing the analog video signal at a location remote from the headend and select a signal channel from the captured video signal. The selected signal channel is digitized and serialized as a digital signal and the digital signal is transmitted as an optical signal through an optical fiber cable to a monitoring location, where the digital signal is converted to an analog video signal which is displayed on a video monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Augat Photon Systems Inc.
    Inventors: John Charles Maycock, Carey Todd Ritchey, Vincent Maddock Smith