Patents by Inventor Pat Vanderwilt

Pat Vanderwilt 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).

  • Integrated videoconferencing unit
    Patent number: 5900907
    Abstract: A videoconferencing unit is provided which integrates several components of a videoconferencing system to facilitate system setup and operation. The videoconferencing unit comprises a generally planar base structure adapted to be removably supported on a top surface of a video display monitor, such as a television monitor. The base structure terminates forwardly in a lip member which engages a front surface of the video display monitor. A first set of microphones is located at the lower portions of the lip member, and a second set of microphones is located at the upper edge surface of a tower member extending upwardly from the rear portion of the base structure. The vertical offset between the two sets of microphones thus established enables differential signal analysis to locate sound sources. The lip member may also be provided with one or more transmitters for transmitting control signals to a cooperatively placed receiver on the video display monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Polycom, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Malloy, Michael Kenoyer, Pat Vanderwilt, Scott Wakefield
  • Personal videoconferencing device
    Patent number: D441000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Polycom, Inc.
    Inventors: Pat Vanderwilt, Alain Nimri, Stacy Saxon, Don Binford, Jerry Mayfield, Scott Wakefield, Christopher Ramm, Benjamin Misrahi, Kyle Brookshire, Martin G. Sexton