Patents by Inventor Sheila R. Augaitis

Sheila R. Augaitis 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).

  • Graphical menu for a television receiver
    Patent number: 5543857
    Abstract: A television receiver, includes a graphics generator for generating for display a stylized image of the environment in which the user's physical television receiver is situated. The image includes graphical representations of functions which are available for selection and control by a user, and at least one of which functions affect the display of the video image. In one embodiment of the invention, a video inset-image from a PIP unit is completely surrounded by a graphics image. The PIP image is aligned with the screen of a graphically displayed television receiver to portray an image of a television displaying an received television program. Alternatively, an animated graphics presentation is displayed in the screen area of the graphically-displayed television receiver to simulate live video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith R. Wehmeyer, Robert J. Logan, Robert H. Miller, Sheila R. Augaitis, Aaron H. Dinwiddie
  • Video remote control
    Patent number: D367060
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheila R. Augaitis, Robert J. Logan
  • Remote control transmitter
    Patent number: D372246
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Renk, Sheila R. Augaitis