Patents by Inventor John C. Pearson

John C. Pearson 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).

  • Interactive world wide web access using a set top terminal in a video on demand system
    Patent number: 6184878
    Abstract: A method and concomitant apparatus for interactively accessing information from a computer network, such as a TCP/IP network, suitable for use in an interactive information distribution system, illustratively a cable television system or a video on demand system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Sarnoff Corporation
    Inventors: Rafael Alonso, John C. Pearson
  • Neural networks as for video signal processing
    Patent number: 5161014
    Abstract: A television signal processing apparatus includes at least one neural network for processing a signal representing an image. The neural network includes a plurality of perceptrons each of which includes circuitry for weighting a plurality of delayed representations of said signal, circuitry for providing sums of weighted signals provided by said weighting circuitry, and circuitry for processing said sums with a sigmoidal transfer function. The neural network also includes circuitry for combining output signals provided by ones of said perceptrons for providing a processed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1992
    Assignee: RCA Thomson Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: John C. Pearson, Clay D. Spence