Patents by Inventor Bill Munson

Bill Munson 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).

  • Three dimensional audio vision
    Patent number: 6523006
    Abstract: Video data is received from multiple video receptors. This multidimensional video data is converted from the video receptors into a multidimensional audio representation of the multidimensional video data and are the multidimensional audio representation is output using multiple audio output devices. The conversion of the multidimensional video data includes generating a three-dimensional representation of the multidimensional video data, and generating an audio landscape representation with three-dimensional features based on the three-dimensional representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Ellis, Louis J. Johnson, Balaji Parthasarathy, Peter B. Bloch, Steven R. Fordyce, Bill Munson
  • Method and apparatus for eliminating flicker effects from discharge lamps during digital video capture
    Patent number: 6295085
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a method and apparatus for eliminating the oscillating effect of a light source. The method having the first step of detecting a set of light intensity levels. Then, the method continues by generating a set of pulses based on the set of light intensity levels. The method then determines an oscillating frequency of the light source based upon the set of pulses. The apparatus has a light sensitive diode for detecting a light intensity level from a light source; a level detector coupled to the light sensitive diode for comparing the detected light intensity level with a predetermined level and a pulse generator coupled to the level detector for generating a set of pulses based on an output from the level detector; and, a signal processing unit coupled to the pulse generator to determine an oscillating frequency of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Bill Munson, Jack Heller
  • Method and apparatus for optimizing camera function for video conferencing systems
    Patent number: 5648814
    Abstract: The camera function of a video conferencing system is enhanced such that it will operate in an automatic adjustment mode for brightness and color for only a predetermined period of time, and only at power up and reset. Once the predetermined period of time has elapsed, the camera function "locks down" the operating parameters for brightness and color, and switches to a manual adjustment mode. As a result, video image substantially close to the "ideal image" in brightness and color can be acquired, and yet valuable processor cycles are not wasted in compensating for temporal foreground changes, but instead made available to sustain better frame rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Bill Munson