Patents by Inventor Christopher M. Winsor

Christopher M. Winsor 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: 11528307
    Abstract: Near real-time collaborative media production by parties located remotely from each other is facilitated by the described methods. Automated dialog replacement with voice talent, editing system operator, and director located remotely from each other is supported by generating synchronized near real-time feeds for the operator and director. Pre-recorded media played back from the editing system is streamed without delay to the talent. A pre-recorded media feed is also delayed to synchronize it with the incoming talent stream, which was recorded in sync with the pre-recorded media stream when received by the talent. The synchronized feed is output to the operator and streamed to the director. Talkback channels and webcam video with appropriate synchronization delays support communication among the parties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Winsor, Paul Vercellotti, Jeffrey A. Lomicka, Timothy H. Claman
  • Patent number: 11232787
    Abstract: When a portion of an original audio track is unsatisfactory, alternate portions are searched for using phonetic matching within phonetically indexed alternate files. The alternates may correspond to recordings captured in a different take from the original where timecode matching is unavailable. An editor may preview one or more candidate alternates and select a preferred one to be used to replace the original. A media editing application, such as a digital audio workstation, automatically aligns and matches the preferred alternative to the original using waveform matching and optional gain matching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC
    Inventor: Christopher M. Winsor
  • Publication number: 20210409471
    Abstract: Near real-time collaborative media production by parties located remotely from each other is facilitated by the described methods. Automated dialog replacement with voice talent, editing system operator, and director located remotely from each other is supported by generating synchronized near real-time feeds for the operator and director. Pre-recorded media played back from the editing system is streamed without delay to the talent. A pre-recorded media feed is also delayed to synchronize it with the incoming talent stream, which was recorded in sync with the pre-recorded media stream when received by the talent. The synchronized feed is output to the operator and streamed to the director. Talkback channels and webcam video with appropriate synchronization delays support communication among the parties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher M. Winsor, Paul Vercellotti, Jeffrey A. Lomicka, Timothy H. Claman
  • Publication number: 20210256968
    Abstract: When a portion of an original audio track is unsatisfactory, alternate portions are searched for using phonetic matching within phonetically indexed alternate files. The alternates may correspond to recordings captured in a different take from the original where timecode matching is unavailable. An editor may preview one or more candidate alternates and select a preferred one to be used to replace the original. A media editing application, such as a digital audio workstation, automatically aligns and matches the preferred alternative to the original using waveform matching and optional gain matching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventor: Christopher M. Winsor