Widdowson
Gary Peter Widdowson, Hong Kong CN
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20100063631 | DRIVING MECHANISM HAVING POSITION ENCODER FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL POSITIONING - A driving mechanism comprises a fixed housing, a movable housing on which an object to be driven is mounted and a driving motor which is operative to drive the movable housing to move linearly as well as to rotate relative to the fixed housing. An inductance-type encoder determines both linear and rotary displacement of the movable housing relative to the fixed housing, whereby to provide closed-loop control of the position of the object in both linear and rotary directions. | 03-11-2010 |
20100194328 | SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING THERMAL STABILITY OF A MOTION STAGE - A system for maintaining thermal stability of a motion stage driven by a motor comprises a motion current generator operative to produce a motion current to drive the motion stage to move and a thermal current generator operative to produce a thermal current to dissipate heat in the motion stage for controlling a temperature of the motion stage without producing corresponding movement of the motion stage. A summation controller is operative to combine the motion current with the thermal current, and to produce a combined current output to the motor. | 08-05-2010 |
20130292454 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ALIGNMENT OF A BONDHEAD OF A DIE BONDER RELATIVE TO A WORKCHUCK - Disclosed is an apparatus for determining an alignment of a bondhead of a die bonder relative to a workchuck. Specifically, the apparatus comprises: i) a sensor configured to measure a distance between the bondhead and the sensor; and ii) a positioning device coupled to the sensor, the positioning device being configured to position the sensor relative to a plurality of locations on the bondhead facing the sensor. In particular, the sensor is operative to measure a set of distances between each of the plurality of locations on the bondhead and the sensor, the set of distances being for determining the alignment of the bondhead. A method of determining an alignment of a bondhead of a die bonder relative to a workchuck is also disclosed. | 11-07-2013 |
Gary Peter Widdowson, Hong Kong HK
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20140027068 | BOND HEAD FOR THERMAL COMPRESSION DIE BONDING - A bond head for thermal compression die bonding comprises a collet operative to support a die on a first side of the collet during die bonding and a bond head heater located on a second side of the collet opposite to the first side for heating the collet and the die. A die vacuum suction hole on the bond head heater applies a vacuum suction force to hold the collet, and a collet vacuum suction hole on the bond head heater applies a vacuum suction force to hold the die. At least one vacuum distribution channel that is formed on the second side of the collet is in fluid communication with the collet vacuum suction hole and distributes the vacuum suction force across a surface of the second side of the collet for securing the collet. | 01-30-2014 |
Gary Peter Widdowson, Mid Levels HK
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20090261537 | COLLET MOUNTING ASSEMBLY FOR A DIE BONDER - A collet mounting assembly for a die bonder comprises a collet mount having a first end attached to the die bonder and a second end opposite the first end with a cavity defined in the second end for receiving a shaft of the collet. The collet mounting assembly further comprises a fastener for securing the collet inside the cavity of the collet mount. A compression force is generated around the shaft of the collet received in the collet mount by the flexing of the fastener when it is attached to the collet mount, for securing the collet within the cavity of the collet mount. | 10-22-2009 |
20100264755 | DUAL-AXIS PLANAR MOTOR PROVIDING FORCE CONSTANT AND THERMAL STABILITY - A motor is provided comprising a magnet assembly having two rows of magnets arranged along a first axis, which are separated by a gap for generating magnetic flux lines between the rows of magnets. The motor further comprises a coil bracket which is located within the gap between the two rows of magnets. The coil bracket includes a first set of coils arranged along the first axis that are operative to drive movement of the coil bracket relative to the magnet assembly along the first axis. A second set of coils arranged along the first axis are operative to drive movement of the coil bracket relative to the magnet assembly along a second axis which is orthogonal to the first axis between a first end position and a second end position along the second axis. The first set of coils is fully located within the flux lines generated by the magnet assembly at both the first and second end positions of the coil bracket and the second set of coils is located at least partially outside the flux lines generated by the magnet assembly at the second end position of the coil bracket. | 10-21-2010 |
20100314953 | DIRECT CURRENT MOTOR INCORPORATING THERMAL CONTROL - A direct current motor comprises a magnet assembly having a pair of magnets for generating a magnetic field and a coil assembly located between the pair of magnets, the coil assembly and the magnet assembly being movable relative to each other. The coil assembly further comprises a first coil section and a second coil section which are electrically connected to each other. A current generator is electrically connected to the coil assembly and is operative to provide first, second and third currents that are out of phase with respect to one another. The first current is electrically connected directly to the first coil section and the second current is electrically connected directly to the second coil section whereas the third current is electrically connected to the first and second coil sections at a position connecting the first and second coil sections. | 12-16-2010 |
20110048648 | ROTARY BONDING TOOL WHICH PROVIDES A LARGE BOND FORCE - A die bonder comprises a bond head having a load shaft which passes through the bond head and a collet located at one end of the load shaft for holding a die to be bonded. A bond force motor is operative to drive the load shaft along a travel axis in directions towards and away from a die bonding position. A rotary motor is operative to rotate the load shaft about a rotational axis parallel to the travel axis. A coupler which comprises a bearing couples the load shaft to the bond force motor to allow the load shaft to rotate about the rotational axis relative to the bond force motor. | 03-03-2011 |
20120098355 | MULTIPLE-PHASE LINEAR SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTOR - A linear switched reluctance motor comprises a movable coil bracket including first and second coil assemblies. Each of the first and second coil assemblies further comprises a plurality of coils separately wound around a plurality of motor coil cores, each of the coils being configured to receive a sinusoidal current at a different phase from other coils comprised in the same coil assembly. Tooth members of a stator track are located adjacent to the motor coil cores such that a magnetic flux path is created which passes through the motor coil core, the stator track and an air gap between the motor coil core and the stator track. A multiple-phase motor driver electrically connected to the first and second coil assemblies generates symmetric multiple-phase sinusoidal currents for driving the motor. | 04-26-2012 |
Gary Peter Widdowson, Kwai Chung HK
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20100060086 | DRIVING MECHANISM HAVING POSITION ENCODER FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL POSITIONING - A driving mechanism comprises a fixed housing, a movable housing on which an object to be driven is mounted and a driving motor which is operative to drive the movable housing to move linearly as well as to rotate relative to the fixed housing. An inductance-type encoder determines both linear and rotary displacement of the movable housing relative to the fixed housing, whereby to provide closed-loop control of the position of the object in both linear and rotary directions. | 03-11-2010 |
Katherine Widdowson, King Of Prussia, PA US
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20150080342 | BENZOXABOROLE COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF - Norvaline and/or other amino acids that are capable of being acylated onto tRNA | 03-19-2015 |
Katherine L. Widdowson, Collegeville, PA US
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20090093492 | IL-8 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS - This invention relates to novel compounds of Formula (I) to (VII), and compositions thereof, useful in the treatment of disease states mediated by the chemokine, Interleukin-8 (IL-8). | 04-09-2009 |
Katherine L. Widdowson, King Of Prussia, PA US
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20090143372 | CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS - The invention is directed to novel indole carboxamide derivatives. Specifically, the invention is directed to compounds according to formula I: | 06-04-2009 |
20120035164 | CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS - The invention is directed to novel indole carboxamide derivatives. Specifically, the invention is directed to compounds according to formula I: | 02-09-2012 |
Katherine Louisa Widdowson, Collegeville, PA US
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20100298387 | IL-8 Receptor Antagonists - This invention relates to novel compounds, compositions and combinations thereof, useful in the treatment of disease states mediated by the chemokine, Interleukin-8 (IL-8). | 11-25-2010 |
Katherine Louise Widdowson, King Of Prussia, PA US
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20090239897 | NOVEL COMPOUNDS - Novel substituted 1,5,7-trisubstituted-1,8-napthyridin-2(1H)-one compounds; 1,5,7 trisubstituted-1,6-napthyridine-2-(1H)-one compounds and 1,5,7-trisubstituted quinoline-2(1H)-one compounds, processes for the preparation thereof, the use thereof in treating CSBP/p38 kinase mediated diseases and pharmaceutical compositions for use in such therapy. | 09-24-2009 |
Paul Widdowson, Coventry GB
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20140156159 | MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatus for monitoring one or more target objects in an environment external to a host vehicle by means of at least one sensor, the apparatus being arranged to trigger at least one action responsive to the detection of prescribed relative movement between the host vehicle and the one or more target objects, wherein the apparatus is arranged to monitor one or more control inputs of the vehicle and to over-ride triggering of the at least one action such that triggering of the at least one action is not performed in the event that a prescribed movement of one or more of the control inputs is detected. | 06-05-2014 |
20140195132 | MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus for monitoring one or more target objects in an environment external to a host vehicle by means of at least one sensor. The apparatus is arranged to trigger at least one action responsive to detection by means of the at least one sensor of prescribed relative movement between the host vehicle and the one or more target objects. The apparatus is arranged to determine a lateral offset value being a distance of the or each target object from an extended axis of the host vehicle and to over-ride triggering of the at least one action such that triggering of the at least one action is not performed in dependence on the lateral offset value. | 07-10-2014 |
Paul Widdowson, Warwickshire GB
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20140125473 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A TARGET OBJECT - Embodiments of the present invention provide monitoring apparatus for monitoring a target object external to a vehicle. The apparatus is operable to determine whether the target object is a valid target object in dependence on a value of a maximum range R | 05-08-2014 |
Paul Widdowson, Whitley GB
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20140002294 | RANGE DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
Paul Widdowson, Kenilworth, Warwickshire GB
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20150308823 | COMPUTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide computing apparatus for determining a height of a roof load of a vehicle, the apparatus being operable to: display a captured image of at least a portion a the vehicle and roof load on display means of the apparatus; superimpose a vehicle overlay on the image; and allow a user to manipulate the vehicle overlay thereby to obtain a prescribed correspondence between the overlay and the at least a portion of the vehicle, wherein the apparatus is further operable to calculate a height of the roof load and to provide an output corresponding to the calculated height. | 10-29-2015 |
Paul Widdowson US
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20120253549 | MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus for monitoring one or more target objects in an environment external to a host vehicle by means of at least one sensor, the apparatus being arranged to trigger at least one action responsive to the detection of prescribed relative movement between the host vehicle and the one or more target objects. The apparatus is arranged to determine whether the at least one sensor is correctly aligned with respect to the host vehicle whereby, when the apparatus commences monitoring of the environment, the apparatus is arranged not to trigger the at least one action until the apparatus has determined that the at least one sensor is correctly aligned. | 10-04-2012 |
Peter Widdowson, Oxford GB
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20090258816 | USE OF GPCR AGONISTS TO DELAY PROGRESSION OF DIABETES - The present invention is directed to the use of G-protein coupled receptor agonists for the treatment of beta-cell degeneration. | 10-15-2009 |
20130281975 | METHOD FOR VECTOR DELIVERY - Provided is a lentiviral vector for delivery to the brain for use in treating a neurological condition, wherein the lentiviral vector is delivered directly to the brain by delivering the lentiviral vector via six or fewer tracts per hemisphere, at a single deposit point per tract. | 10-24-2013 |
Peter Widdowson, Oxfordshire GB
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20100286112 | COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF METABOLIC DISORDERS - The present invention is directed to therapeutic compounds which have dual activity as agonists of GPR119 and inhibitors of DPP-IV and are useful for the treatment of metabolic disorders including type II diabetes. | 11-11-2010 |
Peter Widdowson US
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20110293571 | METHOD FOR VECTOR DELIVERY - Provided is a lentiviral vector for delivery to the brain for use in treating a neurological condition, wherein the lentiviral vector is delivered directly to the brain by delivering the lentiviral vector via six or fewer tracts per hemisphere, at a single deposit point per tract. | 12-01-2011 |
Roderick David Wolfe Widdowson, East Lothian GB
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20100217948 | Methods and systems for data storage - In one general aspect, various embodiments are directed to a method of writing a data block to a memory comprising receiving an electronic write request from an application. A content address of a first data block considering the value for the first data block. A mapping of the first data block to the content address may be written to a logical end of the local block map. The mapping may also be written to a remote block map. If the content address is not present at a local data storage, the value of the first data block may be written to the local data storage at a first location and metadata associating the content address with the first location may be written to the local data storage. | 08-26-2010 |
20130046846 | Methods and systems for remote data storage utilizing content addresses - In one general aspect, various embodiments are directed to a method of writing a data block to a memory comprising receiving an electronic write request from an application. A content address of a first data block considering the value for the first data block. A mapping of the first data block to the content address may be written to a logical end of the local block map. The mapping may also be written to a remote block map. If the content address is not present at a local data storage, the value of the first data block may be written to the local data storage at a first location and metadata associating the content address with the first location may be written to the local data storage. | 02-21-2013 |
20130117293 | FILE SYSTEM DIRECTORY ATTRIBUTE CORRECTION - Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for facilitating file attribute correction. A computer system may receive a request to enumerate a first directory stored on a data storage. For a first file in the first directory, the computer system may determine that the first file has a corresponding first entry in an attribute cache, determine that the first entry for the first file indicates native file attributes that match the first file, and return for the first file at least one logical attribute indicated by the first entry. | 05-09-2013 |
20150113011 | FILE SYSTEM DIRECTORY ATTRIBUTE CORRECTION - Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for facilitating file attribute correction. A computer system may receive a request to enumerate a first directory stored on a data storage. For a first file in the first directory, the computer system may determine that the first file has a corresponding first entry in an attribute cache, determine that the first entry for the first file indicates native file attributes that match the first file, and return for the first file at least one logical attribute indicated by the first entry. | 04-23-2015 |
Scott Widdowson, Ottowa CA
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20130012267 | Basestation Maintenance Systems and Method - A method and system for maintaining a basestation system is provided. The basestation includes a basestation module. The system includes a translating system for translating at least a portion of the basestation module between a first position and a second position. The system includes a connection module for detachably connecting to the portion of the basestation module when the portion of the basestation circuitry is at the second position. | 01-10-2013 |
Scott Widdowson US
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20090176531 | Basestation Maintenance Systems And Method - A method and system for maintaining a basestation system is provided. The basestation includes a basestation module. The system includes a translating system for translating at least a portion of the basestation module between a first position and a second position. The system includes a connection module for detachably connecting to the portion of the basestation module when the portion of the basestation circuitry is at the second position. | 07-09-2009 |
Scott Widdowson, Ottawa CA
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20090206928 | Enhanced doherty amplifier with asymmetrical semiconductors - The present disclosures an amplification unit which comprises a first amplifier and a second amplifier connected in parallel, the first amplifier and the second amplifier comprising semiconductor devices that are not the same amplifier design. The present application also discloses a signal input line connected to the first amplifier and the second amplifier. A signal output line is also disclosed which is connected to the first amplifier and the second amplifier. | 08-20-2009 |
20110018766 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING LOCATION OF A WIRELESS STATION USING MULTI-BEAM TRANSMISSION - A method and apparatus for estimating location of wireless stations in a wireless communication network are provided. An estimation of a bearing angle of a wireless station from a reference point of a multi-beam antenna pattern is made based on a plurality of beaming angles of a multi-beam antenna pattern and a received signal property, at the wireless station, of each of a plurality of wireless signals transmitted on respective beams of the multi-beam antenna pattern for each of the plurality of beaming angles. | 01-27-2011 |
20120286861 | Doherty Amplifier and Method for Operation Thereof - An amplifier having a Doherty-type architecture and a method for operation thereof are provided. The amplifier comprises a main amplifier path comprising a main amplifier, an auxiliary amplifier path comprising an auxiliary amplifier, and an signal preparation unit configured to develop a main amplifier input signal for the main amplifier path and an auxiliary amplifier input signal for the auxiliary amplifier path based on an amplifier input that is to be amplified and a transition threshold associated with the amplifier input. By driving the main and auxiliary amplifiers as a function of the transition threshold, the gain of the Doherty-type amplifier may be increased. | 11-15-2012 |
20130009821 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING LOCATION OF A WIRELESS STATION USING MULTI-BEAM TRANSMISSION - A method and apparatus for estimating location of wireless stations in a wireless communication network are provided. An estimation of a bearing angle of a wireless station from a reference point of a multi-beam antenna pattern is made based on a plurality of beaming angles of a multi-beam antenna pattern and a received signal property, at the wireless station, of each of a plurality of wireless signals transmitted on respective beams of the multi-beam antenna pattern for each of the plurality of beaming angles. | 01-10-2013 |
20130229234 | ENHANCED DOHERTY AMPLIFIER WITH ASYMMETRICAL SEMICONDUCTORS - Amplifier units and methods of use are described herein. A amplifier unit includes a first amplifier and a second amplifier connected in parallel, the first amplifier and the second amplifier comprising semiconductor devices that are not the same amplifier design. The present application also discloses a signal input line connected to the first amplifier and the second amplifier. A signal output line is also disclosed which is connected to the first amplifier and the second amplifier. | 09-05-2013 |
20140094163 | Method and Apparatus for Pre-Loading Information Over a Communication Network - Data is downloaded to a wireless device before needed by the user. The data may be downloaded before needed, for example while connected to a high-bandwidth network, slowly over a bandwidth constrained network, during a time when the network is not busy, or when the network operator has reduced tariff for data usage. The data may be downloaded contiguously or may updated over a period of time. At a later point in time, the previously downloaded data is used to provide information to the user without requiring contemporaneous information transmission on the wireless network. | 04-03-2014 |
20140125416 | Amplifier Linearization Using Non-Standard Feedback - An amplification unit is provided. The amplification unit, comprises a first amplifier, a second amplifier, a first sensor, a first predistortion component, and a signal combiner. The first amplifier amplifies a first signal to produce a second signal. The first sensor produces a third signal based on the second signal. The second amplifier turns on and to amplifies a fourth signal to produce a fifth signal when the amplitude of the fourth signal exceeds a threshold amplitude and turns off when the amplitude of the fourth signal is less than the threshold amplitude. The first predistortion component produces the first signal based on a first input signal, based on the third signal, and based on an on-off state of the second amplifier. The signal combiner produces an output of the amplification unit based on the second signal and the fifth signal. | 05-08-2014 |
Simon Widdowson, Palo Alto, CA US
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20080260347 | Temporal occlusion costing applied to video editing - In a method for determining a temporal occlusion cost for a video crop, video image saliency data for a video is received. A video crop is received for a presenting an edited version of the video within a viewing region. The video image saliency data is used to determine a temporal occlusion cost for the video crop. | 10-23-2008 |
Simon Widdowson, Dublin, CA US
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20090015791 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING CORRESPONDENCE MAPPINGS USING INFRARED PATTERNS - A method performed by a display system is provided. The method includes projecting a first infrared pattern from a first projection plane of a first projector into a scene, capturing the first infrared pattern from the scene in a capture plane of at least one image capture device, and determining a first correspondence mapping between the first projector and the image capture device from at least the first infrared pattern in the first projection plane and the first infrared pattern in the capture plane. | 01-15-2009 |