Patents by Inventor Daniel M. Donahue

Daniel M. Donahue 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).

  • Method and apparatus for playback with a virtual reality system
    Patent number: 6064355
    Abstract: Video images are displayed from a sequence of frames or lines of video signals from a prerecorded source of frames or lines, respectively. A direction that a user is facing is determined by a directional device and a portion of the sequence of frames or lines are stored based on the direction determined by the directional device. The stored portion is read from memory and displayed for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel M. Donahue, Dale A. Cone
  • Method and apparatus for recording images for a virtual reality system
    Patent number: 5499146
    Abstract: A 360 degree scene is obtained by image generating devices. These image generating devices obtain a plurality of different video images, each of the image generating devices obtain a different video image of a different field of view of the scene. These different video images are sequentially recorded for use in a virtual reality system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel M. Donahue, Dale A. Cone