Patents by Inventor James L. McCann

James L. McCann 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: 10431006
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method for providing a multisensory augmented reality environment is disclosed. The method includes receiving a real-time video stream of a physical environment, receiving depth information of one or more objects within the physical environment, generating real-time content depicting the physical environment based on the real-time video stream and the depth information, rendering augmented content, wherein the augmented content integrates original content and the real-time content, generating sensory feedback instructions to provide sensory feedback based on the augmented content, wherein the sensory feedback instructions are dynamically adjusted to changes in the augmented content, transmitting the augmented content for display and instructions to provide sensory feedback correlated to the augmented content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Moshe B. Mahler, John A. Mars, James L. McCann, Ali Israr, Shawn Lawson, Kyna P. McIntosh, Job T. Bedford
  • Publication number: 20180315243
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method for providing a multisensory augmented reality environment is disclosed. The method includes receiving a real-time video stream of a physical environment, receiving depth information of one or more objects within the physical environment, generating real-time content depicting the physical environment based on the real-time video stream and the depth information, rendering augmented content, wherein the augmented content integrates original content and the real-time content, generating sensory feedback instructions to provide sensory feedback based on the augmented content, wherein the sensory feedback instructions are dynamically adjusted to changes in the augmented content, transmitting the augmented content for display and instructions to provide sensory feedback correlated to the augmented content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Moshe B. Mahler, John A. Mars, James L. McCann, Ali Israr, Shawn Lawson, Kyna P. McIntosh, Job T. Bedford
  • Patent number: 5447850
    Abstract: A method of producing methane from organic waste includes the following steps: The waste is first shredded. The waste is inoculated first with aerobic microorganisms. The waste is then fermented with the aerobic microorganisms. Then the waste is inoculated with anaerobic microorganisms. The waste inoculated with anaerobic microorganisms is placed in an oxygen free environment. Methane is then evolved from the waste. Preferably the waste is enriched with nitrogen prior to the anaerobic fermentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Inventor: James L. McCann
  • Patent number: 5415141
    Abstract: A rotary device has a stator having a space therein with an oval peripheral wall. A rotor is rotatably mounted within the space. The rotor has a circular outer wall. There are two chambers on opposite sides of the stator between the peripheral wall and the outer wall of the rotor. Vanes are reciprocatingly mounted on the rotor for radial movement towards and away from the rotor. Each vane has an outer wall. There is a cam mechanism for maintaining the outer walls of the vanes in contact with the peripheral wall of the stator as the rotor rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Inventor: James L. McCann
  • Patent number: 4401070
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine has a rotor and a vane extending slidably through the rotor in a transverse direction for rotation therewith. The vane has opposite ends extendable beyond the rotor. A stator has a hollow, cylindrical interior. The rotor is rotatably received within the interior. The stator has opposite side walls with circumferentially extending depressions therein. The depressions are shaped to slidably receive the ends of the vane in sealing contact. The depressions of the opposite walls are staggered, causing transverse reciprocation of the vane as the rotor is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1983
    Inventor: James L. McCann