Patents by Inventor Ken Bloom

Ken Bloom 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 of controlling portable media players speaker and video image
    Patent number: 7475990
    Abstract: A removable vehicle entertainment system is provided. The system includes a video display screen for displaying entertainment to an occupant of the vehicle. The system can be removed from the docking bracket in the vehicle, and attached to an external docking station such that the system can be used independently of the power supply and speakers of the vehicle. Further, the system can be used as a self-contained personal entertainment system. The system includes mechanical and/or electrical componentry that determines audio mute and video display configuration based on a power signal and a docked signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Ciccarelli, Robert J. Burnham, George J. DeHelian, Jr., John A. Mecca, Ken Bloom
  • Method of controlling portable media players speaker and video image
    Publication number: 20060190969
    Abstract: A removable vehicle entertainment system is provided. The system includes a video display screen for displaying entertainment to an occupant of the vehicle. The system can be removed from the docking bracket in the vehicle, and attached to an external docking station such that the system can be used independently of the power supply and speakers of the vehicle. Further, the system can be used as a self-contained personal entertainment system. The system includes mechanical and/or electrical componentry that determines audio mute and video display configuration based on a power signal and a docked signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: James Ciccarelli, Robert Burnham, George DeHelian, John Mecca, Ken Bloom