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Ayres, GB
Jeremy Ayres, Leicestershire GB
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| 20090300929 | METROLOGICAL APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS - An attitude arm mounted to a support arm is rotatable about a pivot. The attitude arm holds a stylus gauge, which generates a signal representing deflection of the stylus in a measurement direction as the stylus follows a surface of a workpiece rotated on a turntable. An attitude switching mechanism allows switching between a first stylus attitude generally aligned with the turntable spindle axis and a second stylus attitude generally aligned perpendicular to the turntable spindle axis. To enable alignment of the measurement direction with the spindle axis, first and second adjusters enable the stylus tip to be moved perpendicular to the spindle axis and the measurement direction when in the first and second stylus attitudes, respectively. An orientation mechanism is provided to rotate the measurement direction of the stylus. A stylus tilt mechanism is provided to tilt the stylus about a tilt axis parallel with the measurement direction. | 12-10-2009 |
John R.a. Ayres, Reigate GB
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| 20090102890 | INKJET PRINT HEAD - An inkjet print head comprises an array of print head heater circuits. Each circuit has a heater element ( | 04-23-2009 |
John Richard Ayres, Surrey GB
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| 20090161450 | STORAGE DATA UNIT USING HOT CARRIER STRESSING - The memory comprises at least two data storage units using hot carrier stressing damage to store data. Each data storage unit comprises the first terminal, the second terminal and a third terminal. When the first cross voltage between the second and third terminals is higher than the first threshold voltage and the second cross voltage between the first and third terminals is higher than the second threshold voltage, the data storage unit is in the first writing operation. | 06-25-2009 |
John Richard Ayres, Reigate GB
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| 20090167364 | CURRENT SAMPLING METHOD AND CIRCUIT - A current sampling circuit including a current sampling transistor, a capacitor arrangement between the gate and source of the current sampling transistor and an amplifier provided in a feedback loop between the gate and source of the current sampling transistor. A switch controls the circuit to sample a gate-source voltage corresponding to a current being sampled onto the capacitor arrangement. The capacitor arrangement comprises a first capacitor circuit for sampling a gate source voltage in a first sampling phase and a second capacitor circuit, with the first and second capacitor circuits arranged for together sampling the gate source voltage in a second sampling phase. The operating point of the amplifier is shifted between the first and second phases based on the gate source voltage sampled in the first sampling phase. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167676 | DISPLAY DEVICES WITH AMBIENT LIGHT SENSING - A method is provided of controlling an illumination source for a display device which comprises a display modulator for modulating the light provided by the illumination source. The method comprises using a light sensor arrangement to generate a first signal based on an ambient light level with first illumination source drive condition, and using the light sensor arrangement to generate a second signal based on the same ambient light level but with second illumination source drive condition different to the first drive condition. The first and second signals are processed to compensate for differences in the light sensor arrangement response characteristics when operating with the first and second illumination source drive conditions thereby to derive a compensated light sensor arrangement characteristic covering both the first and second illumination source drive conditions. Ambient light levels detected using this model of the characteristic are used to control the display device. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090273572 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A touch sensor input device includes a first and second array of electrodes, the electrodes in the first array being orthogonal to the electrodes in the second array. A capacitor sensing arrangement senses an electrode capacitance signal which varies in the presence of a touch input. The capacitance signals for groups of electrodes in each array are combined in order to derive respective individual sense signals. This arrangement has electrodes with a finer resolution than the sensing resolution, and this gives improved ability to sense accurately the position of the touch input. | 11-05-2009 |
John Richard Alan Ayres, Reigate GB
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| 20080284716 | Display Devices With Ambient Light Sensing - A method of controlling an illumination source for a display device comprises using an integrated light sensor ( | 11-20-2008 |
| 20100020001 | ACTIVE MATRIX ARRAY DEVICE - An active matrix array device comprises an array of device elements, each device element having an associated circuit. Each circuit comprises an addressing switch ( | 01-28-2010 |
Malcolm D. Ayres, Braishfield GB
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| 20110161382 | MANAGING THE BACKLOG OF UNDELIVERED PUBLICATIONS FOR DURABLE SUBSCRIPTIONS - In managing the backlog of undelivered publications for durable subscriptions, a maximum quantity of publications stored in connection with a durable subscription to publications of a particular topic can be established on behalf of a particular subscribing end user. A new publication published for the particular topic subscribed to by the end user can be received and it can be determined if storing the new publication in connection with the durable subscription causes a quantity of publications stored in connection with the durable subscription to exceed the maximum quantity. The new publication can be stored in connection with the durable subscription; however, the oldest publication stored in connection with the durable subscription can be removed when it is determined that storing the new publication in connection with the durable subscription causes a quantity of publications stored in connection with the durable subscription to exceed the maximum quantity. | 06-30-2011 |
Malcolm D. Ayres, Romsey GB
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| 20080229329 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ADMINISTERING MESSAGES WHICH A CONSUMING APPLICATION FAILS TO PROCESS - Disclosed is a method for administering messages. In response to a determination that one or more consuming applications have failed to process the same message on a queue a predetermined number of times, the message is made unavailable to consuming applications. Responsive to determining that a predetermined number of messages have been made unavailable to consuming applications, one or more consuming applications are prevented from consuming messages from the queue. | 09-18-2008 |
Nigel Antony Ayres, Whetstone GB
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| 20090219707 | Adjustable lens with self-illuminated scale - An adjustable lens with a self-illuminating scale for use in photography, cinematography, or videography has a housing surface with scale markings and an opaque member with a reference marking mounted over and movable relative to the surface. The movement of the member normally adjusts a parameter of the lens. The scale markings are visible through a window in the member. The edge of the member adjacent the scale has an opening. A light source is situated within a recess in the member adjacent the opening. Light is directed from the light source through the edge opening in a direction along the surface of the surface such that the visible scale markings are illuminated, while light from the light source is otherwise substantially prevented from escaping from the lens. The activation and intensity of the light source is controlled by movement of the member or an external illumination controller. | 09-03-2009 |
Richard Ayres, Stevenage Herts GB
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| 20110188260 | AUDIO MIXING CONSOLE - A control module having a plurality of control elements configured to control a first function of the control module in a first operating mode and another function of the control module in another operating mode of the control module. The control elements are grouped into different groups of control elements. Each group of control elements corresponds to a predetermined group of functions of the control module. The grouping is dependant on the operating mode of the control module. An illumination system provides illuminated control-dividing surfaces that visually separate one group of control elements from another group of control elements. The illumination system illuminates the control-dividing surfaces according to the grouping of the control elements and according to the operating mode. | 08-04-2011 |
Richard Ayres, Stevenage GB
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| 20110096943 | Audio Console System - An audio console system includes an input for receiving an audio signal. The system may also include a user adjustable input amplifier which may amplify audio signals received from the input with a predefined gain. The system may additionally include a direct out output amplifier provided after the adjustable input amplifier. The direct out output amplifier may output a direct out output signal. The direct out output amplifier may adjust a gain of a signal transmitted from the adjustable input amplifier. The direct output amplifier may be configured in such a way, that, upon a user adjustment of the adjustable input amplifier, the direct out output amplifier may adjust the gain of the direct out output signal inversely to the adjustment of the input amplifier resulting in a predefined gain of the audio signal from the at least one input to the direct out output being maintained. | 04-28-2011 |