Patents by Inventor Ian Wayne
Ian Wayne 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).
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Patent number: 8811793Abstract: A camera event logger device coupled to a motion picture camera, including: a data port configured to receive control signals to manage the logger device including a particular receive frequency; a radio-frequency receiver configured to receive time signal of the particular receive frequency to enable fine adjustment of a timecode; a timecode manager including a plurality of timecode readers and at least one timecode generator, a first timecode reader of the plurality of timecode readers configured to receive the time signal from the radio-frequency receiver and make the time signal available to the at least one timecode generator, wherein the at least one timecode generator is configured to generate the timecode by conditioning the time signal, the timecode manager configured to receive camera timecode from the motion picture camera, and to send back adjusted camera timecode adjusted in accordance with the conditioned timecode; a processor configured to receive camera status information from the motion pictuType: GrantFiled: June 23, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment IncInventors: Phil Squyres, James Ketcham, Ian Wayne
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Patent number: 8520999Abstract: A camera event logger device coupled to a motion picture camera, including: a data port configured to receive control signals to manage the logger device including a particular receive frequency; a radio-frequency receiver configured to receive time signal of the particular receive frequency to enable fine adjustment of a timecode; a timecode manager including a plurality of timecode readers and at least one timecode generator, a first timecode reader of the plurality of timecode readers configured to receive the time signal from the radio-frequency receiver and make the time signal available to the at least one timecode generator, wherein the at least one timecode generator is configured to generate the timecode by conditioning the time signal, the timecode manager configured to receive camera timecode from the motion picture camera, and to send back adjusted camera timecode adjusted in accordance with the conditioned timecode; a processor configured to receive camera status information from the motion pictuType: GrantFiled: November 24, 2009Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Phil Squyres, James Ketcham, Ian Wayne
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Patent number: 8199211Abstract: Obtaining camera direct dailies using a parallel recording scheme on a set, including; simultaneously recording camera-original video in a master recording session and a lower-resolution proxy recording session; transferring lower-resolution video from the lower-resolution proxy recording session to a stage ingest station; integrating data including sound, logging, color correction, metadata, and high-resolution video from the master recording session at the stage ingest station; and generating camera direct dailies using the integrated data and the video from the lower-resolution proxy recording session.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2009Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Ian Wayne, Eric Rigney
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Patent number: 8184209Abstract: Techniques used for movie, video, or television production, including: generating production information about recorded data of one of: (1) audio sequence; (2) video sequence; and (3) audio and video sequences; tagging the generated production information with timing information; displaying the generated production information on a display; recording the tagged production information, wherein a clapstick of a slate is used to initiate the recording automatically; and associating the tagged production information with corresponding recorded data.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2009Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Ian Wayne, Edward Anderson, James Ketcham
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Publication number: 20110249128Abstract: A camera event logger device coupled to a motion picture camera, including: a data port configured to receive control signals to manage the logger device including a particular receive frequency; a radio-frequency receiver configured to receive time signal of the particular receive frequency to enable fine adjustment of a timecode; a timecode manager including a plurality of timecode readers and at least one timecode generator, a first timecode reader of the plurality of timecode readers configured to receive the time signal from the radio-frequency receiver and make the time signal available to the at least one timecode generator, wherein the at least one timecode generator is configured to generate the timecode by conditioning the time signal, the timecode manager configured to receive camera timecode from the motion picture camera, and to send back adjusted camera timecode adjusted in accordance with the conditioned timecode; a processor configured to receive camera status information from the motion pictuType: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicants: SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC., SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Phil Squyres, James Ketcham, Ian Wayne
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Publication number: 20100158473Abstract: A camera event logger device coupled to a motion picture camera, including: a data port configured to receive control signals to manage the logger device including a particular receive frequency; a radio-frequency receiver configured to receive time signal of the particular receive frequency to enable fine adjustment of a timecode; a timecode manager including a plurality of timecode readers and at least one timecode generator, a first timecode reader of the plurality of timecode readers configured to receive the time signal from the radio-frequency receiver and make the time signal available to the at least one timecode generator, wherein the at least one timecode generator is configured to generate the timecode by conditioning the time signal, the timecode manager configured to receive camera timecode from the motion picture camera, and to send back adjusted camera timecode adjusted in accordance with the conditioned timecode; a processor configured to receive camera status information from the motion pictuType: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Ian Wayne, Phil Squyres, James Ketcham
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Publication number: 20090231459Abstract: Obtaining camera direct dailies using a parallel recording scheme on a set, including; simultaneously recording camera-original video in a master recording session and a lower-resolution proxy recording session; transferring lower-resolution video from the lower-resolution proxy recording session to a stage ingest station; integrating data including sound, logging, color correction, metadata, and high-resolution video from the master recording session at the stage ingest station; and generating camera direct dailies using the integrated data and the video from the lower-resolution proxy recording session.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Ian Wayne, Eric Rigney
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Publication number: 20090231492Abstract: Techniques used for movie, video, or television production, including: generating production information about recorded data of one of: (1) audio sequence; (2) video sequence; and (3) audio and video sequences; tagging the generated production information with timing information; displaying the generated production information on a display; recording the tagged production information, wherein a clapstick of a slate is used to initiate the recording automatically; and associating the tagged production information with corresponding recorded data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Ian Wayne, Edward Anderson, James Ketcham