Patents by Inventor Samuel F. Haffey

Samuel F. Haffey 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 for providing zooming video
    Patent number: 6396962
    Abstract: A method for transforming a video file provided to a computer into an object in a zooming universe established in such computer, which zooming object may be enlarged and panned by manipulation by a user via a computer input device. At the time a video file is opened in a video player library on such a computer, a zooming engine is enabled on the computer and a zooming universe is enabled therefrom. Frames of the video file being played on the computer video player library are copied to a video object in the zooming universe and displayed there. By manipulation of the parameters of the bounding box enclosing the zooming video object, through use of a computer input device, the user is able to scale and pan the video image in the zooming universe display up (or down) to a desired viewing size and perspective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel F. Haffey, Jad Nehme, Kathleen Cunningham
  • System and method for providing zooming video capture
    Patent number: 6323878
    Abstract: A method for transforming a video signal provided to a computer into an object in a zooming universe established in such computer, which zooming object may be enlarged and panned by manipulation by a user via a computer input device. At the time a video file is opened in a video player on such a computer, a zooming engine is enabled on the computer and a zooming universe is enabled therefrom. Frames of the video signal being played on the computer video player are copied to a video object in the zooming universe and displayed there. By manipulation of the parameters of the bounding box enclosing the zooming video object, through use of a computer input device, the user is able to scale and pan the video image in the zooming universe display up (or down) to a desired viewing size and perspective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel F. Haffey, Jad Nehme, Kathleen Cunningham