Patents by Inventor Claudio Ciacci

Claudio Ciacci 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: 7124365
    Abstract: A device for automatically providing program information to a television display upon detection of an event in the program. The event being a user definable event. The device also provides automatic PIP display of the program having the event and a delay of the event so that it is not missed by the viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Alan P. Cavallerano, Richard C. Shen, Claudio Ciacci
  • Patent number: 6575576
    Abstract: A pixelated image display system comprising: a first panel including an array of pixel elements, each pixel element partially masked by an opaque region; one or more additional panels, each additional panel including an array of pixel elements, each pixel element partially masked by an opaque region; means for directing a different subset of pixel data from an image dataset to each the panel to control the pixel elements of each panel; and means for aligning and projecting interleaved pixel elements, in at least one of the horizontal and vertical directions, from each panel onto a screen to form a pixelated image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Claudio Ciacci, Alan P. Cavallerano
  • Publication number: 20020057372
    Abstract: A device for automatically providing program information to a television display upon detection of an event in the program. The event being a user definable event. The device also provides automatic PIP display of the program having the event and a delay of the event so that it is not missed by the viewer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Applicant: Philips Electronics North America Corporation
    Inventors: Alan P. Cavallerano, Richard C. Shen, Claudio Ciacci
  • Patent number: 6320623
    Abstract: A device for automatically providing program information to a television display upon detection of an event in the program. The event being a user definable event. The device also provides automatic PIP display of the program having the event and a delay of the event so that it is not missed by the viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Philips Electronics North America Corporation
    Inventors: Alan P. Cavallerano, Richard C. Shen, Claudio Ciacci
  • Patent number: 6163308
    Abstract: A display or projection of an image as an array of pixels is, effectively, a sampling process, and pre- and post-filtering must be applied to avoid aliasing and to properly reconstruct the image. Because the sampling is performed by the display/projection of the pixels forming the image, the pre-filtering must be applied to the video signal before it is formed into pixels, and the post-filtering must be applied, optically, after the pixels are formed. The pre-filtering process can also compensate for the non-uniform characteristics of the display or the post-filtering process. As such, the occurrence and severity of visual artifacts introduced into the display or projection of an image are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Philips Electronics North America Corporation
    Inventors: Alan P. Cavallerano, Claudio Ciacci
  • Patent number: 5751264
    Abstract: In a matrix display of light reflecting elements, each element is duty cycle modulated into one of two states represented by successive bits of a digital display code to produce a luminance level represented by the code. In order to correct a visual artifact which occurs when the human eye views the element during only part of the modulation cycle for the code, the element is repeatedly sequentially activated for short periods into optical states represented by the most significant bits of the code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Philips Electronics North America Corporation
    Inventors: Alan Cavallerano, Claudio Ciacci
  • Patent number: 5729243
    Abstract: A matrix display of light reflecting elements is capable of displaying images represented by data codes received from a variety of different sources at different respective frame rates. The codes are stored at whatever frame rate they are received, but are read at a subframe rate which is an integral multiple of each of the different frame rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Philips Electronics North-America Corporation
    Inventors: Alan P. Cavallerano, Claudio Ciacci