Patents by Inventor Garry Turcotte

Garry Turcotte 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).

  • System compositing images from multiple applications
    Patent number: 8330774
    Abstract: A system compositing images from different applications includes a movie clip based application, an image application, and a compositing application that is in communication with the movie clip based application and the image application. The movie clip based application defines one or more movie clip images for display. The image application provides one or more images for display with the one or more movie clip images. The compositing application operates to composite the one or more movie clip images with the one or more images of the image application for viewing on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: QNX Software Systems Limited
    Inventors: Garry Turcotte, David Donohoe, Dan Dodge, Peter van der Veen, Steve Tomkins, Xiaodan Tang, Colin Burgess
  • System compositing images from multiple applications
    Patent number: 8169449
    Abstract: A system for compositing images using a multilayer graphics controller includes first and second applications. The first application defines masked display regions to a layer of the multilayer graphics controller using masking criterion. The second application provides an image to a further layer of the multilayer graphics controller for display in the masked region. The image may be a still image, streaming video, Internet image, or any other image type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: QNX Software Systems Limited
    Inventors: Garry Turcotte, David Donohoe, Brian Edmond
  • SYSTEM COMPOSITING IMAGES FROM MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20090195556
    Abstract: A system compositing images from different applications includes a movie clip based application, an image application, and a compositing application that is in communication with the movie clip based application and the image application. The movie clip based application defines one or more movie clip images for display. The image application provides one or more images for display with the one or more movie clip images. The compositing application operates to composite the one or more movie clip images with the one or more images of the image application for viewing on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Garry Turcotte, David Donohoe, Dan Dodge, Peter van der Veen, Steve Tomkins, Xiaodan Tang, Colin Burgess
  • SYSTEM COMPOSITING IMAGES FROM MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20090102861
    Abstract: A system for compositing images using a multilayer graphics controller includes first and second applications. The first application defines masked display regions to a layer of the multilayer graphics controller using masking criterion. The second application provides an image to a further layer of the multilayer graphics controller for display in the masked region. The image may be a still image, streaming video, Internet image, or any other image type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Garry Turcotte, David Donohoe, Brian Edmond