Patents by Inventor Philip Ronald Camp

Philip Ronald Camp 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).

  • Media reproduction for audio visual entertainment
    Patent number: 8774592
    Abstract: A media reproducing device comprises a media data output element operable to output media data stored on a storage medium to a media data presentation unit. The media reproducing device further includes a receiver operable to receive a sequence of video images, and a user detector operable to detect, by analysis of the sequence of video images, whether a user is attending to a presentation of the media data by the media data presentation unit. The user detector is operable to detect whether the user is attending to the presentation of the media data and to generate motion vector tracks associated with movement of objects within the sequence of received video images. If it detects that the user is not attending to the presentation of the media data, the detector is operable to store a bookmark indicating that the user is not attending to the presentation of the media data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Philip Ronald Camp
  • MEDIA REPRODUCTION FOR AUDIO VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT
    Publication number: 20110142411
    Abstract: A media reproducing device comprises a media data output element operable to output media data stored on a storage medium to a media data presentation unit. The media reproducing device further includes a receiver operable to receive a sequence of video images, and a user detector operable to detect, by analysis of the sequence of video images, whether a user is attending to a presentation of the media data by the media data presentation unit. The user detector is operable to detect whether the user is attending to the presentation of the media data and to generate motion vector tracks associated with movement of objects within the sequence of received video images. If it detects that the user is not attending to the presentation of the media data, the detector is operable to store a bookmark indicating that the user is not attending to the presentation of the media data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Philip Ronald Camp