Patents by Inventor H. Harlyn Baker

H. Harlyn Baker 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).

  • Method and system for real-time video communication within a virtual environment
    Patent number: 6853398
    Abstract: A method for real-time video communication. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention discloses a method of video conferencing that captures a plurality of real-time video streams of a local participant from a plurality of sample viewpoints. From the plurality of video streams, a new view synthesis technique can be applied to generate a video image stream in real-time of the local participant rendered from a second location of a second participant with respect to a first location of the local participant in a coordinate space of a virtual environment. A change in either of the locations leads to the modifying of the video image stream, thereby enabling real-time video communication from the local participant to the second participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas Malzbender, W. Bruce Culbertson, H. Harlyn Baker, Michael E. Goss, Daniel G. Gelb, Irwin Sobel, Donald O. Tanguay
  • Method and system for real-time video communication within a virtual environment
    Publication number: 20030234859
    Abstract: A method for real-time video communication. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention discloses a method of video conferencing that captures a plurality of real-time video streams of a local participant from a plurality of sample viewpoints. From the plurality of video streams, a new view synthesis technique can be applied to generate a video image stream in real-time of the local participant rendered from a second location of a second participant with respect to a first location of the local participant in a coordinate space of a virtual environment. A change in either of the locations leads to the modifying of the video image stream, thereby enabling real-time video communication from the local participant to the second participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas Malzbender, W. Bruce Culbertson, H. Harlyn Baker, Michael E. Goss, Daniel G. Gelb, Irwin Sobel, Donald O. Tanguay