Patents by Inventor Earl Hibbard

Earl Hibbard 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).

  • Captioning system and method
    Publication number: 20070216868
    Abstract: A system for providing closed-caption text in a movie theater wherein the caption information is only visible to those patrons wishing to view the text, comprising a projector projecting a plurality of light applications onto a predetermined strip of light in a viewing area, encoding the caption text so that it will only be viewed within the predetermined strip of light in the viewing area and providing means for decoding the encoded text so that it will be viewed only by those patrons wishing to view the text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: James Cashin, Earl Hibbard