Patents by Inventor Chris Kiser

Chris Kiser 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).

  • Publication number: 20240388323
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and devices for communication and tracking of multiple devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Willie Chris Kiser, Nora Tocci, Jason Hoy, Mike Tocci
  • Patent number: 10257394
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for broadcasting video in a dual HDR/LDR format such that the video can be displayed in real time by both LDR and HDR display devices. Methods and devices of the invention process streams of pixels from multiple sensors in a frame-independent manner to produce an HDR video signal in real time. That HDR video signal is then tone-mapped to produce an LDR video signal, the LDR signal is subtracted from the HDR signal to calculate a residual signal, and the LDR signal and the residual signal are merged into a combined signal that is broadcast via a communications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Contrast, Inc.
    Inventors: Willie Chris Kiser, Nora Tocci, Michael D. Tocci
  • Publication number: 20170237890
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the invention merge information from multiple image sensors to provide a high dynamic range (HDR) video. The present invention provides for real-time HDR video production using multiple sensors and pipeline processing techniques. According to the invention, multiple sensors with different exposures each produces an ordered stream of frame-independent pixel values. The pixel values are streamed through a pipeline on a processing device. The pipeline includes a kernel operation that identifies saturated ones of the pixel values. The streams of pixel values are merged to produce an HDR video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Willie Chris Kiser, Nora Tocci, Michael D. Tocci
  • Publication number: 20170238029
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for broadcasting video in a dual HDR/LDR format such that the video can be displayed in real time by both LDR and HDR display devices. Methods and devices of the invention process streams of pixels from multiple sensors in a frame-independent manner to produce an HDR video signal in real time. That HDR video signal is then tone-mapped to produce an LDR video signal, the LDR signal is subtracted from the HDR signal to calculate a residual signal, and the LDR signal and the residual signal are merged into a combined signal that is broadcast via a communications network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Willie Chris Kiser, Nora Tocci, Michael D. Tocci
  • Publication number: 20040181622
    Abstract: A system for remotely controlling multiple appliances with a configurable interface for a user. A transceiver device preferably having an infra-red (IR) receiver and transmitters samples and stores IR remote control signals from a remote control device associated with an appliance. The transceiver device communicates with a computer having a user interface program. The user selects an interface and associates an input action with a sampled IR remote signal so that by performing the input action, the computer causes the transceiver device to transmit the sampled signal to the appliance. The system provides the user with a master remote control system capable of controlling multiple appliances from a variable, configurable software interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Chris Kiser, Jason Hoy
  • Publication number: 20040179016
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling memory accesses for display data. Pixel data for a display are accessed by a graphics controller having two linear counters, the first counter controlling which column is accessed by the controller, the second counter controlling which row is accessed by the controller. With each successive memory access within a predetermined set of accesses, the first counter increments. When the first counter reaches the end of the row in memory (or another predetermined counting state), the second counter increments. When the second counter increments, the controller necessarily accesses the next row of memory locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventor: Chris Kiser