Patents by Inventor Earl E. Rapp

Earl E. Rapp 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).

  • Video camera microphone with zoom variable acoustic focus
    Patent number: 4862278
    Abstract: In a video camera having a zoom lens and a microphone pickup for recording sound associated with the video images, the acoustic focus (or acoustic acceptance angle) of the microphone pickup is varied between uni-directional and omni-directional in synchronism with the zoom lens control of the camera in order to correlate the optical field of view of the lens with the acoustic field of view of the microphone for optimum coordination of picture and sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Lynn D. Dann, Earl E. Rapp