Patents by Inventor Lawrence J. Evans

Lawrence J. Evans 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).

  • Patent number: 4631750
    Abstract: A system for spatially transforming images by separate transformation of each dimension of the image is exemplified by a raster scan television system which includes for each color component a transposing memory providing a change of scan direction from horizontal to vertical, a vertical transformation system transforming in the vertical direction the vertically scanned video information, a second transposing memory coupled to receive vertically transformed video information and provide a change of scan direction from vertical back to horizontal, and a horizontal transformation system coupled to horizontally transform the horizontally scanned video signal to produce a color component output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1986
    Assignee: Ampex Corporation
    Inventors: Steven A. Gabriel, Lawrence J. Evans
  • Patent number: 4564915
    Abstract: A YIQ computer graphics system includes a data processing system having a data tablet for receiving inputs from an artist and a video processing system connected to the data processing system. The video processing system includes a two component expandable frame store with the first component storing video intensity information for each pixel of a visual image and with the second component storing two video color components each for one-half of the visual image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1986
    Assignee: Ampex Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Evans, Junaid Sheikh, Rodney D. Stock, Kenneth E. J. Turkowski