Patents by Inventor Fred Wayne Huffman

Fred Wayne Huffman 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).

  • Discontinuous motion special effects generator for television
    Patent number: 4080626
    Abstract: A discontinuous motion special effects generator for television is described including a memory means responsive to a television video signal for storing signals representing a television picture field and memory control means for controlling the writing and reading of the picture fields. This generator includes means for automatically providing control pulses at a rate for desired discontinuous motion. The generator further includes means coupled to the memory control means and responsive to the control pulses for writing a single picture field of video only on the occurrence of each control pulse whereby the video output changes only on the occurrence of each control pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1978
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Norman Hurst, Fred Wayne Huffman