Patents Assigned to American Alpha, Inc
  • Patent number: 6852026
    Abstract: The combination of a video card game and a reel card game apparatus having a video display of playing cards and at least one reel displaying playing card indicia. One of the card displays being controlled by a programmed microprocessor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: American Alpha, Inc
    Inventor: Sming Huang
  • Patent number: 6229904
    Abstract: The present invention teaches a computerized automatic morphing photography booth for generating a synthesized composite or altered image from two or more initial images and a method therefor. The initial images to be converted may be real-time images taken on sight and/or stored images previously programmed into the memory of the computer. The computer maps out the essential characteristics of each image and converts the two images into the composite image by blending, merging and/or superimposing some or all of the characteristics mapped out for each initial image. The invention further teaches stationary or moving cameras which are capable of centering the composite in a picture frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: American Alpha, Inc
    Inventors: Sming Huang, Hiroyuki Hiraiwa