Patents by Inventor Erich A. Greenebaum

Erich A. Greenebaum 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: 6431989
    Abstract: In order to display distortion-free and high-precision images which give a three-dimensional appearance to many crews in a ride simulation system, there is provided a ride simulation system comprising a ride casing which is in shape of a capsule and can accept one or more people and a driving mechanism for driving this ride casing, wherein a horizontally long, curve screen is provided at the front of the interior of the ride casing, a plurality of projectors are provided at the rear of the interior of the ride casing, and because of projection on each corresponding divided area of the curve screen by means of the plurality of projectors, one picture is displayed on the curve screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Katayama, Nobuhiko Matsukuma, Yoshihiro Iwama, Atsuhiko Nishikawa, Douglas Trumbull, Eric A. Wilson, Brahm Rhodes, Steven D. Bronson, Joshua D. Minges, Erich A. Greenebaum
  • Patent number: 5795228
    Abstract: An interactive computer-based entertainment system interacts with a user and presents to the user an interactive show comprising audio, video images and computer-generated graphical images. The entertainment system comprises a user interface, a database, a show controller and an activity server. The user interface receives user input signals indicative of user input actions, and further presents user output signals to the user. The user output signals are indicative of the audio, video and computer graphical images generated by output devices. The database receives the user input signals and generates in dependence thereupon database signals which are indicative of an informational record of the user. The informational record is indicative of user characteristics which serve to uniquely identify the user. The show controller generates a first set of show control signals indicative of the audio, the video images and the computer-generated graphical images of the show.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Ridefilm Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas Trumbull, Marty Behrens, Erich Greenebaum