Patents by Inventor John Homer Furrey

John Homer Furrey 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 apparatus for video recording from previous recorded video
    Patent number: 6844943
    Abstract: A system and method for eliminating absent or poor quality video sections from a video recording, such as a second generation of video recording. Synchronizing pulses associated with a video signal to be recorded are analyzed to determine whether a video signal is present and, further, to determine whether the video signal is not distorted (i.e., non-trick play mode). A recording device is selectively paused in response to the absence of a valid video signal or the presence of a video signal that is distorted, of poor quality or otherwise not worth recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing SA
    Inventors: Harold Rhea McKee, Karl Francis Horlander, John Homer Furrey, Joseph Craig Engle
  • Method and apparatus for video recording from previous recorded video
    Publication number: 20020064369
    Abstract: A system and method for eliminating absent or poor quality video sections from a video recording, such as a second generation of video recording. Synchronizing pulses associated with a video signal to be recorded are analyzed to determine whether a video signal is present and, further, to determine whether the video signal is not distorted (i.e., non-trick play mode). A recording device is selectively paused in response to the absence of a valid video signal or the presence of a video signal that is distorted, of poor quality or otherwise not worth recording.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Harold Rhea McKee, Karl Francis Horlander, John Homer Furrey, Joseph Craig Engle
  • IR led assembly for VCR control of a cable converter unit
    Patent number: 6049653
    Abstract: A VCR includes apparatus for controlling a cable converter unit. In a preferred embodiment, infrared (IR) transmission of commands from the VCR to the cable converter unit is employed. An LED assembly holds the LEDs in a predetermined orientation and provides first and second IR ports through which different amounts of IR signals are transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: John Homer Furrey, Sung Jo Kim, Phillip Russell Mullis