Patents by Inventor Earl Manning

Earl Manning 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).

  • Personal videoconferencing system having distributed processing architecture
    Publication number: 20040003045
    Abstract: A personal videoconferencing system includes a videoconferencing appliance connected to a personal computer through a Universal Serial Bus (USB) or similar connection. The appliance is provided with a video camera and microphone for generating local video and audio streams. The local video and audio streams are compressed by a video and audio encoder residing at the appliance, and the compressed video and audio streams are conveyed to the personal computer over the USB connection. The appliance may be further provided with an audio decoder for decompressing a remote audio stream received by the personal computer through a network interface and conveyed to the appliance via the USB connection. A video decoder, located on the personal computer, is configured to decompress the local video stream (received through the USB connection) as well as a remote video stream received through the network interface. The decompressed video streams are then sent to a monitor for display to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Mike Tucker, Don Binford, Rick Flott, Patrick Vanderwilt, Michael Kenoyer, Jason C. Weaver, Earl Manning
  • Personal videoconferencing system having distributed processing architecture
    Patent number: 6590604
    Abstract: A personal videoconferencing system includes a videoconferencing appliance connected to a personal computer through a Universal Serial Bus (USB) or similar connection. The appliance is provided with a video camera and microphone for generating local video and audio streams. The local video and audio streams are compressed by a video and audio encoder residing at the appliance, and the compressed video and audio streams are conveyed to the personal computer over the USB connection. The appliance may be further provided with an audio decoder for decompressing a remote audio stream received by the personal computer through a network interface and conveyed to the appliance via the USB connection. A video decoder, located on the personal computer, is configured to decompress the local video stream (received through the USB connection) as well as a remote video stream received through the network interface. The decompressed video streams are then sent to a monitor for display to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Polycom, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Tucker, Don Binford, Rick Flott, Patrick Vanderwilt, Michael Kenoyer, Jason C. Weaver, Earl Manning
  • Starting apparatus for internal combustion engines
    Patent number: 6253722
    Abstract: A starting device has a rotary drive member that is operable by hand or power devices. The device has a detented or geared strip arranged to engage with a similarly detented or geared starting wheel. The teeth of these parts are designed to grab and lock with each other in the starting direction and to slip past each other in the opposite direction. Crimping, sticking and other failure modes of conventional wind up rope units are virtually eliminated. A more consistent pull is afforded owing to a constant radius interface with the starter wheel rather than a diminishing radius of the type delivered by a wound rope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.
    Inventors: Brian W. Robinson, William J. McMaster, Walter H. W. Marsh, Mark Minnichelli, Frank P. Aadahl, John T. Fleming, Roy Oppedisano, Earl Manning