Patents by Inventor Robert E. Heitman

Robert E. Heitman 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).

  • Method and means for computer sychronization of actions and sounds
    Patent number: 5430835
    Abstract: The invention includes a method of synchronizing actions and sounds for display on the visual display in a computer-system. The invention also includes a simulation including synchronized actions and sounds. Specifically, the method of synchronizing actions and sounds for display on a computer system having a visual display includes determining locations in a sound recording where predetermined actions are tobe displayed, measuring the time that elapses when the sound recording is played from reference point to the locations in the sound recording where the predetermined actions are to be displayed, associating the predetermined actions with the locations in the sound recording where the predetermined actions are to be displayed, and saving the locations and their associated actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1995
    Assignee: Sierra On-Line, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Williams, Robert E. Heitman, Christopher F. Smith