Patents by Inventor William Martin Barnard

William Martin Barnard 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).

  • Object detector apparatus and method
    Patent number: 8537359
    Abstract: An object detector apparatus. The object detector apparatus comprises a receiver which is configured to receive a signal from an object having a repetitive motion, in which the signal repeats at a frequency that is dependent on the frequency of the repetitive motion of the object. The object detector apparatus further comprises an analyzer which is configured to sample a signal received by the receiver according to a first set of sampling parameters into a first sampled data set, and to produce an output based on a comparison of the first sampled data set with at least one previously sampled data set. The analyzer is also operable to sample a signal received by the receiver using a second set of sampling parameters which differs to the first set of sampling parameters into a second sampled data set, and to produce an output based on a comparison of the second sampled data set with at least one previously sampled data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Renishaw PLC
    Inventors: Victor Gordon Stimpson, William Kenneth Davies, Benjamin Jason Merrifield, William Martin Barnard
  • OBJECT DETECTOR APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20100027031
    Abstract: An object detector apparatus. The object detector apparatus comprises a receiver which is configured to receive a signal from an object having a repetitive motion, in which the signal repeats at a frequency that is dependent on the frequency of the repetitive motion of the object. The object detector apparatus further comprises an analyser which is configured to sample a signal received by the receiver according to a first set of sampling parameters into a first sampled data set, and to produce an output based on a comparison of the first sampled data set with at least one previously sampled data set. The analyser is also operable to sample a signal received by the receiver using a second set of sampling parameters which differs to the first set of sampling parameters into a second sampled data set, and to produce an output based on a comparison of the second sampled data set with at least one previously sampled data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: RENISHAW PLC
    Inventors: Victor Gordon Stimpson, William Kenneth Davies, Benjamin Jason Merrifield, William Martin Barnard