Patents by Inventor Michael E. Marion

Michael E. Marion 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: 6703934
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for pricing items, such as goods or services, which features the use of price tags having customer readable displays which can be controlled via a central processor or computer in response to monitored environmental conditions
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Loek Nijman, Carolyn Ramsey Catan, Michael E. Marion
  • Patent number: 5907371
    Abstract: Connector switch apparatus which can provide either a cable or satellite television signal or a ghost-free off-air television signal. The apparatus obtains the cable or satellite television signal from a cable or satellite tuner, which can be included in the apparatus; and includes a television tuning device for producing a ghost-free off-air television signal, and a switch which provides either of those signals. The television tuning device employs use of antenna directionality control and ghost cancellation to produce a ghost-free off-air television signal. In particular, the television tuning device obtains an off-air television signal from a antenna, which may or may not be included therein, whose directionality can be changed to change reception quality of a received off-air television signal; and includes a baseband ghost cancellation unit which can perform baseband ghost cancellation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignee: Philips Electronics North America Corporation
    Inventors: Steven R. McNay, Richard A. Weiss, Michael E. Marion