Patents by Inventor MICHAEL JOHN HOLTON

MICHAEL JOHN HOLTON 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).

  • Output light monitoring for benchmarking and enhanced control of a display system
    Patent number: 9967529
    Abstract: An apparatus displaying content to a viewer by adjusting parameters of the content or display devices based on environmental or display device changes. The apparatus includes a display device with a screen providing digital content. A thematic overlay is provided over the display screen to provide diffuse reflection of light striking the front surface. The output light is a combination of the displayed content from the screen and reflection of light from the thematic overlay. The apparatus includes a digital signage benchmarking tool with an output sensing element a benchmarking module processing the sensed output light to generate output light-based data. The apparatus includes a feedback control module modifying a parameter of the display device based on the output light-based data to modify chromaticity or illumination levels of the display device. The feedback control module operates to modify the digital content to provide the displayed content having an adjusted chromaticity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Mitchell, Darren P. Cosker, Nicholas Teixeira Swafford, Mark A. Reichow, Michael John Holton, John Edgar Park
  • OUTPUT LIGHT MONITORING FOR BENCHMARKING AND ENHANCED CONTROL OF A DISPLAY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160360167
    Abstract: An apparatus displaying content to a viewer by adjusting parameters of the content or display devices based on environmental or display device changes. The apparatus includes a display device with a screen providing digital content. A thematic overlay is provided over the display screen to provide diffuse reflection of light striking the front surface. The output light is a combination of the displayed content from the screen and reflection of light from the thematic overlay. The apparatus includes a digital signage benchmarking tool with an output sensing element a benchmarking module processing the sensed output light to generate output light-based data. The apparatus includes a feedback control module modifying a parameter of the display device based on the output light-based data to modify chromaticity or illumination levels of the display device. The feedback control module operates to modify the digital content to provide the displayed content having an adjusted chromaticity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: KENNETH J. MITCHELL, DARREN P. COSKER, NICHOLAS TEIXEIRA SWAFFORD, MARK A. REICHOW, MICHAEL JOHN HOLTON, JOHN EDGAR PARK