Patents by Inventor Mike Perkins

Mike Perkins 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).

  • Patent number: 9391727
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for a system and method for encoding sub-audible codes within a signal. One exemplary embodiment includes a method that includes receiving a first digital code and a second digital code; receiving a first block and a second block of a signal; embedding an echo of the first block of the signal in the second block of the signal to create a first modified second block of the signal in accordance with the first digital code; modulating the power of the first modified second block of the signal to create a second modified second block of the signal in accordance with the second digital code; and sending a modified signal including the second modified second block of the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Clip Interactive, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Osborn, Ben Good, Mike Perkins, Glen Diener
  • Publication number: 20150023402
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for a system and method for encoding sub-audible codes within a signal. One exemplary embodiment includes a method that includes receiving a first digital code and a second digital code; receiving a first block and a second block of a signal; embedding an echo of the first block of the signal in the second block of the signal to create a first modified second block of the signal in accordance with the first digital code; modulating the power of the first modified second block of the signal to create a second modified second block of the signal in accordance with the second digital code; and sending a modified signal including the second modified second block of the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Jeff Osborn, Ben Good, Mike Perkins, Glen Diener
  • Patent number: 8109641
    Abstract: A safety interlock system for a projector system is provided. The projector system has a lamp, a controller and ballast for powering the lamp upon receipt of a lamp enable signal from the controller. The projector system further has a safety inter-lock system for deactivating the lamp in the event the lamp is not properly installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.
    Inventors: George Tsintzouras, Mike Perkins
  • Publication number: 20110032493
    Abstract: A safety interlock system for a projector system is provided. The projector system has a lamp, a controller and ballast for powering the lamp upon receipt of a lamp enable signal from the controller. The projector system further has a safety inter-lock system for deactivating the lamp in the event the lamp is not properly installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: Christie Digital Systems Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: George TSINTZOURAS, Mike PERKINS
  • Patent number: 7841724
    Abstract: A lamp memory module is provided for recording lamp serial numbers, providing a ‘lamp-inserted’ interlock for preventing operation of the lamp when the lamp is not properly installed, and for collecting and storing lamp operational data such as lamp use (time), lamp strikes and various system temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.
    Inventors: George Tsintzouras, Mike Perkins
  • Publication number: 20100260268
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to stereoscopic images and stereoscopic video signals, and more specifically relates to encoding, distributing, and decoding stereoscopic images and stereoscopic video signals for use in television and high definition television systems, teleconferencing, picture phones, computer video transmission, digital cinema, as well as in other applications that include storage and/or transmission, over any suitable medium, of still or moving stereoscopic images, or combinations of moving and still stereoscopic images, in a form that is compatible with existing infrastructure, without requiring additional system functionality, while providing a means to allow higher resolution images to be distributed while maintaining compatibility with the existing infrastructure. The techniques hereof can be employed, for example, for distributing stereo 3D movies via optical disk, satellite, broadcast, cable, or internet, using current infrastructure, to consumers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: RealD Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Cowan, Douglas J. McKnight, Bradley W. Walker, Mike Perkins, Michael G. Robinson
  • Publication number: 20070075647
    Abstract: A lamp memory module is provided for recording lamp serial numbers, providing a ‘lamp-inserted’ interlock for preventing operation of the lamp when the lamp is not properly installed, and for collecting and storing lamp operational data such as lamp use (time), lamp strikes and various system temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: George Tsintzouras, Mike Perkins
  • Patent number: 5920572
    Abstract: A transport stream decoder/demultiplexer is provided which includes a program clock recovery circuit for recovering a program clock from program clock reference (PCR) values contained in selected transport packets. A processor is provided for extracting elementary stream data from transport packets labeled with packet identification codes (PIDs) that are specified by a host processor. The processor separately stores the elementary stream data of each stream. A host processor interface is also provided for transferring data between an external host processor and the program clock recovery circuit. A memory manager may be provided for storing the data extracted by the processor for each elementary stream in a corresponding queue. The queues may be maintained by the memory manager in an external RAM. A descrambler interface may be provided for transferring scrambled data and data derived from conditional access information between the processor and an external descrambler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: Divicom Inc.
    Inventors: Emanuel Washington, Mike Perkins, Brian Johnson, Stephen How, Nolan Daines, Tom Ayers, Keith Vertrees