Patents by Inventor Edward A. Carron

Edward A. Carron 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).

  • Interfacing device for a computer games system
    Patent number: 5112051
    Abstract: An interfacing device for connecting the processing unit of a computer games system to an external data storage medium has a user-operable selection unit for generating a user-selected address and user-selected data. The user-operable selection unit may comprise user-operable switches or electronic latches that are set by a program in response to selections made by the user by means of a joystick, keypad or any other input device. An address comparison unit compares the user-selected address with the addresses from the processing unit, and a data switching device causes the user-selected data to be substituted for data in the storage medium whenever the compared addresses are the same. Instead of a user-operable selection unit, preselected addresses and preselected data may be stored in a ROM, which in one embodiment changes the way the computer interprets external memory and in another changes the computer's internal memory itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Richard Darling, Edward A. Carron, David Darling
  • Interface for a computer games system
    Patent number: D332257
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: Code Masters Software Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard Darling, Edward A. Carron, David Darling
  • Interfacing device for a computer games system
    Patent number: RE35520
    Abstract: An interfacing device for connecting the processing unit of a computer games system to an external data storage medium has a user-operable selection unit for generating a user-selected address and user-selected data. The user-operable selection unit may comprise user-operable switches or electronic latches that are set by a program in response to selections made by the user by means of a joystick, keypad or any other input device. An address comparison unit compares the user-selected address with the addresses from the processing unit, and a data switching device causes the user-selected data to be substituted for data in the storage medium whenever the compared addresses are the same. Instead of a user-operable selection unit, preselected addresses and preselected data may be stored in a ROM, which in one embodiment changes the way the computer interprets external memory and in another changes the computer's internal memory itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Codemasters Software Company Limited
    Inventors: Richard Darling, Edward A. Carron, David Darling