Patents by Inventor Andre Heugebaert

Andre Heugebaert 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).

  • MHP television device and GUI application
    Patent number: 6993727
    Abstract: An MHP television device including a user input and a GUI application for use in such a device wherein the GUI application maintains at least one notional wheel to which activities and strings for representing the activities may be assigned and generates an image for display, the image including an edge of the notional wheel on which a predetermined number of the strings are arranged for display, the GUI application being responsive to the user input both to rotate the notional wheel so as to display different strings and to select any activity represented by a string on the notional wheel at a predetermined position of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Service Centre (Europe) N.V.
    Inventors: Luc De Ceulaer, Kazuto Mugura, Andre Heugebaert, Laurent Vaboquestal, Gert Copejans
  • MHP television device and GUI application
    Publication number: 20020047860
    Abstract: An MHP television device including a user input and a GUI application for use in such a device wherein the GUI application maintains at least one notional wheel to which activities and strings for representing the activities may be assigned and generates an image for display, the image including an edge of the notional wheel on which a predetermined number of the strings are arranged for display, the GUI application being responsive to the user input both to rotate the notional wheel so as to display different strings and to select any activity represented by a string on the notional wheel at a predetermined position of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Luc De Ceulaer, Kazuto Mugura, Andre Heugebaert, Laurent Vaboquestal, Gert Copejans