Patents by Inventor Joseph Wiegand

Joseph Wiegand 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).

  • System and method for navigating using a digital compass
    Publication number: 20050114024
    Abstract: A method for configuring a digital compass processor to provide a desired bearing. The method includes receiving a first bearing in the digital compass processor based on an alignment of a first end of a direction of travel line with a current location on a map and an alignment of a second end of a direction of travel line with a desired destination on the map, receiving a second bearing in the digital compass processor based on an alignment of the direction of travel line with an indicator of map north, and calculating a desired direction of travel based on the first and second bearings using the digital compass processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Misty Benham, Joseph Wiegand
  • Method and system for using single OSD pixmap across multiple video raster sizes by using multiple headers
    Patent number: 6750918
    Abstract: Described is a TV system that uses a single pixmap across multiple video rasters having different raster sizes. In general, the TV system uses at least two headers to select different portions of a single pixmap to be displayed based on different raster sizes. Specifically, each of the two headers points to a single pixmap. In the TV system, the size of the central portion is fixed while the size of the sidepanel portion can be adjusted depending on the displaying mode. In response to different displaying modes, the TV system selectively invokes one of the two headers to select a respective portion to be displayed in the pixmap. By doing so, a single pixmap can be used across multiple video rasters having different raster sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing S.A.
    Inventors: Charu Aneja, Aaron Hal Dinwiddie, Patrick Joseph Wiegand, Charles William Worrell
  • Method and system for using single OSD pixmap across multiple video raster sizes by using multiple headers
    Publication number: 20020051084
    Abstract: Described is a TV system that uses a single pixmap across multiple video rasters having different raster sizes. In general, the TV system uses at least two headers to select different portions of a single pixmap to be displayed based on different raster sizes. Specifically, each of the two headers points to a single pixmap. In the TV system, the size of the central portion is fixed while the size of the sidepanel portion can be adjusted depending on the displaying mode. In response to different displaying modes, the TV system selectively invokes one of the two headers to select a respective portion to be displayed in the pixmap. By doing so, a single pixmap can be used across multiple video rasters having different raster sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: Charu Aneja, Aaron Hal Dinwiddie, Patrick Joseph Wiegand, Charles William Worrell