Patents by Inventor Robert F. Kessler

Robert F. Kessler 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).

  • System and method of providing infra-red signals over power lines
    Patent number: 7015797
    Abstract: A method and system for transmitting infra-red (IR) signals through power lines. An IR signal may be received and substituted with a corresponding RF signal. The RF signal may be placed on a power line network in one location and removed by a high-pass filter at a second location. The RF signal may be converted back to the corresponding IR signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Cable Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Kaylor, Sealtiel Avalos, Robert F. Kessler, Randall Muncy
  • System and method of providing infra-red signals over power lines
    Publication number: 20040161238
    Abstract: A method and system for transmitting infra-red (IR) signals through power lines. An IR signal may be received and substituted with a corresponding RF signal. The RF signal may be placed on a power line network in one location and removed by a high-pass filter at a second location. The RF signal may be converted back to the corresponding IR signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicant: Cable Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Kaylor, Sealtiel Avalos, Robert F. Kessler, Randall Muncy
  • System and method for providing audio signals over conventional power lines
    Publication number: 20040156513
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for transporting audio signals over conventional power lines within a building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Applicant: Cable Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Kaylor, Sealtiel Avalos, Robert F. Kessler, Randall Muncy
  • Multichannel television sound stereo and surround sound encoder suitable for use with video signals encoded in plural formats
    Patent number: 6445422
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for generating a composite audio signal clocked to a selected frequency from left and audio input signals. A video/audio signal generator transmits the left and right audio input signals, together with a video signal having a horizontal synchronization signal embedded therein. If copy protection has not been applied to the video signal, the embedded horizontal synchronization signal will have a frequency of 15.734 KHz. If applied to the video signal, copy protection techniques will shift the frequency of the horizontal synchronization signal. To avoid distortion of the composite audio signal, a switch configured to selectively couple the video signal or a secondary video signal generated by an internal video signal generator to an audio signal processor which generates the composite audio output signal from the left and right audio input signals. Embedded within the secondary video signal is a horizontal synchronization signal having a frequency of 15.734 KHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Cable Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Sealtiel Avalos, Robert D. Kaylor, Robert F. Kessler
  • Multichannel television sound stereo and surround sound encoder suitable for use with video signals encoded in plural formats
    Publication number: 20010043287
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for generating a composite audio signal clocked to a selected frequency from left and audio input signals. A video/audio signal generator transmits the left and right audio input signals, together with a video signal having a horizontal synchronization signal embedded therein. If copy protection has not been applied to the video signal, the embedded horizontal synchronization signal will have a frequency of 15.734 KHz. If applied to the video signal, copy protection techniques will shift the frequency of the horizontal synchronization signal. To avoid distortion of the composite audio signal, a switch configured to selectively couple the video signal or a secondary video signal generated by an internal video signal generator to an audio signal processor which generates the composite audio output signal from the left and right audio input signals. Embedded within the secondary video signal is a horizontal synchronization signal having a frequency of 15.734 KHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Sealtiel Avalos, Robert D. Kaylor, Robert F. Kessler
  • Multichannel television sound stereo and surround sound encoder suitable for use with video signals encoded in plural formats
    Patent number: 6288747
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for generating a composite audio signal clocked to a selected frequency from left and audio input signals. A video/audio signal generator transmits the left and right audio input signals, together with a video signal having a horizontal synchronization signal embedded therein. If copy protection has not been applied to the video signal, the embedded horizontal synchronization signal will have a frequency of 15.734 KHz. If applied to the video signal, copy protection techniques will shift the frequency of the horizontal synchronization signal. To avoid distortion of the composite audio signal, a switch configured to selectively couple the video signal or a secondary video signal generated by an internal video signal generator to an audio signal processor which generates the composite audio output signal from the left and right audio input signals. Embedded within the secondary video signal is a horizontal synchronization signal having a frequency of 15.734 KHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Cable Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Sealtiel Avalos, Robert D. Kaylor, Robert F. Kessler