Patents by Inventor Bruce E. Dobrin

Bruce E. Dobrin 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).

  • Multicast control of motion capture sequences
    Patent number: 7978224
    Abstract: Capturing motion including: a clock configured to generate a time reference; a plurality of motion capture cameras substantially synchronized to the time reference; at least one device used in motion capture; a multicast module configured to receive the time reference, and to transmit a multicast signal, wherein the multicast signal includes information derived from the time reference to configure the at least one device to operate synchronously with the plurality of motion capture cameras; and an integration module configured to integrate device data generated by the at least one device with camera data generated by the plurality of motion capture cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce E. Dobrin
  • MULTICAST CONTROL OF MOTION CAPTURE SEQUENCES
    Publication number: 20100171841
    Abstract: Capturing motion including: a clock configured to generate a time reference; a plurality of motion capture cameras substantially synchronized to the time reference; at least one device used in motion capture; a multicast module configured to receive the time reference, and to transmit a multicast signal, wherein the multicast signal includes information derived from the time reference to configure the at least one device to operate synchronously with the plurality of motion capture cameras; and an integration module configured to integrate device data generated by the at least one device with camera data generated by the plurality of motion capture cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Bruce E. Dobrin
  • Multicast control of motion capture sequences
    Patent number: 7701487
    Abstract: Capturing motion comprising: generating a time reference; substantially synchronizing a plurality of motion capture cameras to the time reference; transmitting a multicast signal including information derived from the time reference to enable at least one device used in motion capture to operate synchronously with the plurality of motion capture cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Song Pictures Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce E. Dobrin