Patents by Inventor Michael L. Baron

Michael L. Baron 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).

  • Cine-video film transport apparatus having film supply and take-up reels between which the film is driven at a speed varied in accordance with changes in the outer diameter of the film being unwound from one of the reels
    Patent number: 5683053
    Abstract: Film transport apparatus for a cine-video system in which video signals are produced from film that is driven between supply and take-up reels. The film, which may be wound in A or B configuration on each reel, is threaded automatically about a film drive mechanism which transports the film from the supply reel, through a film gate to the take-up reel. Tensioning apparatus imparts tension to the film at the entry and exit of the film gate which, during the threading operation, causes the respective reels to rotate before film actually is transported therebetween. The direction in which each reel rotates to unwind film therefrom when tension is imparted serves to identify whether the film is wound in A or B configuration. Advantageously, a programmable processor controls the film transport speed in response to a user-actuated knob; and this same processor serves to detect when the film approaches its end on the supply or take-up reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Erhan H. Gunday, Michael Doliton, Paul Foung, John R. Lee, Brian Kolaci, Susumu Murakami, Erwin P. Ishmael, Michael Smith, Michael L. Baron
  • Cine-video film transport apparatus
    Patent number: 5474245
    Abstract: Film transport apparatus for a cine-video system in which video signals are produced from film that is driven between supply and take-up reels. The film, which may be wound in A or B configuration on each reel, is threaded automatically about a film drive mechanism which transports the film from the supply reel, through a film gate to the take-up reel. Tensioning apparatus imparts tension to the film at the entry and exit of the film gate which, during the threading operation, causes the respective reels to rotate before film actually is transported therebetween. The direction in which each reel rotates to unwind film therefrom when tension is imparted serves to identify whether the film is wound in A or B configuration. Advantageously, a programmable processor controls the film transport speed in response to a user-actuated knob; and this same processor serves to detect when the film approaches its end on the supply or take-up reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Sony Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Erhan H. Gunday, Michael Doliton, Paul Foung, John R. Lee, Brian Kolaci, Susumu Murakami, Erwin P. Ishmael, Michael Smith, Michael L. Baron