Patents by Inventor Bruce Daitch

Bruce Daitch 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).

  • Virtual conference room
    Patent number: 7119829
    Abstract: An enhanced video conferencing system and method includes at least two conference rooms, the conference rooms connected together electronically to permit the transmission of images and sound from one room to the other room. Each room has a large format display system for projecting images and a camera positioned with respect to the large format display system to capture images of the conference room and its participants while the participants are looking at the large format display system, without obscuring the participants' view of the display system, so as to provide the perception that the participants in one conference room are looking directly at the participants in the other conference room. The enhanced video conferencing system may also include an additional camera for capturing an image of an item located at a pre-determined location within the conference room for ultimate transmission to the other conference room for viewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: DreamWorks Animation LLC
    Inventors: Edwin R. Leonard, Bruce Daitch, Emmanuel C. Francisco, Richard F. Rubio, Derek Chan, James F. Beshears
  • Virtual conference room
    Publication number: 20050024484
    Abstract: An enhanced video conferencing system and method includes at least two conference rooms, the conference rooms connected together electronically to permit the transmission of images and sound from one room to the other room. Each room has a large format display system for projecting images and a camera positioned with respect to the large format display system to capture images of the conference room and its participants while the participants are looking at the large format display system, without obscuring the participants' view of the display system, so as to provide the perception that the participants in one conference room are looking directly at the participants in the other conference room. The enhanced video conferencing system may also include an additional camera for capturing an image of an item located at a pre-determined location within the conference room for ultimate transmission to the other conference room for viewing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Edwin Leonard, Bruce Daitch, Emmanuel Francisco, Richard Rubio, Derek Chan, James Beshears