Patents by Inventor Michael E. Albaugh

Michael E. Albaugh 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).

  • Video game position and orientation detection system
    Patent number: 6540607
    Abstract: A position sensing apparatus and method includes a targeting device with a plurality of infrared transmitters or photodiode receivers attached to the targeting device and with corresponding receivers or transmitters mounted near a display monitor. The transmitters emit light signals that are received by the photodiode receivers. Receiver circuitry converts the light signals into signals representing the distance of the transmitters from the receivers. A processor then calculates the three-dimensional position and vector of the targeting device relative to the display monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Midway Games West
    Inventors: Peter W. Mokris, Michael E. Albaugh, Minh Nguyen
  • Video game position and orientation detection system
    Publication number: 20020160840
    Abstract: A position sensing apparatus and method includes a targeting device with a plurality of infrared transmitters or photodiode receivers attached to the targeting device and with corresponding receivers or transmitters mounted near a display monitor. The transmitters emit light signals that are received by the photodiode receivers. Receiver circuitry converts the light signals into signals representing the distance of the transmitters from the receivers. A processor then calculates the three-dimensional position and vector of the targeting device relative to the display monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Peter W. Morkris, Michael E. Albaugh, Minh Nguyen
  • Data processing system with latch for sharing instruction fields
    Patent number: 4404629
    Abstract: A microprocessor, having a memory element containing a plurality of multi-bit instruction words, an arithmetic logic (ALU) unit coupled to the memory element and responsive to at least a portion of each of the instruction words for performing data manipulations, and a controller for generating address signals that are communicated to the memory element to cause sequential access of the instruction words, includes a storage element that interconnects certain of the signal lines that communicate the instruction words to the ALU to the controller. In response to a first predetermined instruction word the storage element receives and stores the portion of the instruction word being conducted to the ALU. In response to a second predetermined instruction word, the content of the storage element is transferred to the controller to form an address signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1983
    Assignee: Atari, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael E. Albaugh