Patents by Inventor John M. Sample

John M. Sample 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 transporting video signal over Bluetooth wireless interface
    Patent number: 8355671
    Abstract: A wireless wearable video headset device useful for viewing and listening to multimedia content. In one embodiment, the device operates by receiving a digital encoded audio/video signal from a host device of a Bluetooth™ wireless connection, the Bluetooth™ connection established via a Serial Port Profile (SPP), and the digital video signal having been previously compressed with Windows Media Video (WMV) or H. 264 compliant compression. The received digital audio/video signal is then forwarded over a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection to an internal processor which then decompressed video content in the digital video signal to generate a component video signal that is suitable for handling by a display driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Kopin Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Kramer, John M. Sample, Wilfred I. Tucker, Jeffrey J. Jacobsen
  • MOBILE WIRELESS DISPLAY SOFTWARE PLATFORM FOR CONTROLLING OTHER SYSTEMS AND DEVICES
    Publication number: 20090251409
    Abstract: A wireless headset can incorporate a wireless communication controller that not only provides a video link to a host device, but also provides for control and management of a host device and other more devices. In this context, a host device may be any appropriate device that sources audio, video, text, and other information, such as a cell phone, personal computer, laptop, media player, and/or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher Parkinson, Wilfred I. Tucker, John M. Sample, Jeffrey J. Jacobsen
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING VIDEO SIGNAL OVER BLUETOOTH WIRELESS INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20090209205
    Abstract: A wireless wearable video headset device useful for viewing and listening to multimedia content. In one embodiment, the device operates by receiving a digital encoded audio/video signal from a host device of a Bluetooth™ wireless connection, the Bluetooth™ connection established via a Serial Port Profile (SPP), and the digital video signal having been previously compressed with Windows Media Video (WMV) or H. 264 compliant compression. The received digital audio/video signal is then forwarded over a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection to an internal processor which then decompressed video content in the digital video signal to generate a component video signal that is suitable for handling by a display driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Mark Kramer, John M. Sample, Wilfred I. Tucker, Jeffrey J. Jacobsen