Patents by Inventor Brian E. Cripe

Brian E. Cripe 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).

  • Patent number: 8270820
    Abstract: Multimedia content is stored onto a relatively permanent, portable storage medium in accordance with at least two standards that allow the content to be recovered on a playback device with the highest possible resolution and fidelity. Linking between the various types of content stored according to the at least two standards allows the presentation of content at the highest quality possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael J Jones, Thomas McFarland, Derek Roller, Kathy Shelby, Brian E Cripe, Pieter J. van Zee, Gabe Beged-Dov
  • Publication number: 20020118949
    Abstract: Multimedia content is stored onto a relatively permanent, portable storage medium in accordance with at least two standards that allow the content to be recovered on a playback device with the highest possible resolution and fidelity. Linking between the various types of content stored according to the at least two standards allows the presentation of content at the highest quality possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Michael J. Jones, Thomas McFarland, Derek Roller, Kathy Shelby, Brian E. Cripe, Pieter J. van Zee, Gabe Beged-Dov
  • Patent number: 5131075
    Abstract: The invented merged text and graphics printing method includes software which effects the printing of merged text and graphics by looking ahead and recognizing the position of text, effecting the printing of any graphics up to such text, then effecting the printing of the text. By looking ahead and recognizing the position of text, the method can determine when such text should be printed in relation to the graphics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1992
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: David C. Wilkes, Mark J. DiVittorio, Brian E. Cripe, Gary K. Cutler
  • Patent number: 5100248
    Abstract: The invented text scale method features software which vertically repositions text to be printed on a page, thereby avoiding problems associated with unprintable regions. Graphics data to be printed is left unaltered. Repositioning is accomplished by recognizing the original vertical print position of a text character relative to the page on which it will be printed, and by then scaling such position by a predetermined percentage, thereby calculating a new vertical print position. By directly changing a text character's original vertical print position formatting features such as absolute vertical moves may still be employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventor: Brian E. Cripe