Patents by Inventor Oliver Creighton

Oliver Creighton 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).

  • Publication number: 20120198412
    Abstract: The invention comprises a system and method for employing video in development processes. A new theory of operation for mapping video to formal models is disclosed. The present invention combines a runtime component and an object memory with an transformer component and offers several inputs and outputs. At least one capture device allows input of video. Video is structurally decomposed into shots and annotated following a semiology-based video model and stored in object memory. A runtime component determines the shots that are played back on one or more displays. A spectator may influence the runtime component by changing its state via at least one controller. One or more downstream development processes can access the object memory to extract customary models for requirements specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Oliver Creighton, Bernd Brügge, Christoph Angerer, Tobias Klüpfel, Martin Ott, Martin Pittenauer, Dominik Wagner
  • Patent number: 8161452
    Abstract: The invention comprises a system and method for employing video in development processes. A new theory of operation for mapping video to formal models is disclosed. The present invention combines a runtime component and an object memory with an transformer component and offers several inputs and outputs. At least one capture device allows input of video. Video is structurally decomposed into shots and annotated following a semiology-based video model and stored in object memory. A runtime component determines the shots that are played back on one or more displays. A spectator may influence the runtime component by changing its state via at least one controller. One or more downstream development processes can access the object memory to extract customary models for requirements specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Oliver Creighton
    Inventors: Oliver Creighton, Bernd Bruegge, Christoph Angerer, Tobias Kluepfel, Martin Ott, Martin Pittenauer, Dominik Wagner
  • Publication number: 20080288913
    Abstract: The invention comprises a system and method for employing video in development processes. A new theory of operation for mapping video to formal models is disclosed. The present invention combines a runtime component and an object memory with an transformer component and offers several inputs and outputs. At least one capture device allows input of video. Video is structurally decomposed into shots and annotated following a semiology-based video model and stored in object memory. A runtime component determines the shots that are played back on one or more displays. A spectator may influence the runtime component by changing its state via at least one controller. One or more downstream development processes can access the object memory to extract customary models for requirements specification. The present invention can play a useful role for development teams that are distributed over large areas by providing common reference points in shots representing the application domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN
    Inventors: Oliver Creighton, Bernd Brugge, Christoph Angerer, Tobias Klupfel, Martin Ott, Martin Pittenauer, Dominik Wagner
  • Publication number: 20070240060
    Abstract: A video capture tool includes a video camera for capturing a communication, a computer receiving a video feed of the video camera, wherein a logical structure of the communication is previously input to the computer as computer readable code, a display, displaying a graphical user interface for annotating the video feed using the computer, wherein the graphical user interface includes a first control embodied in computer readable code executed by the computer for splitting the video feed into at least two portions according to the logical structure of the communication and a second control embodied in computer readable code executed by the computer for annotating at least one of the two portions, and a database embodied in computer readable code for storing an annotated portion of the video feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Berenbach, Bernd Bruegge, Oliver Creighton
  • Patent number: 5569621
    Abstract: An SOI/DI IC chip including a handle wafer in the form of a section of silicon substrate contiguous with the layer of insulation beneath the silicon slice containing the device regions separated by trenches filled with low-conductivity polysilicon dielectric. One of the trenches is etched through the layer of insulation, and the polysilicon in that trench is doped to provide desired electrical conductivity to establish electrical contact with the handle wafer. Metallization is applied over the top of this one trench to make possible electrical connection to the handle wafer from above the chip by use of conventional wiring techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin Yallup, Oliver Creighton
  • Patent number: 5479048
    Abstract: An SOI/DI IC chip including a handle wafer in the form of a section of silicon substrate contiguous with the layer of insulation beneath the silicon slice containing the device regions separated by trenches filled with low-conductivity polysilicon dielectric. One of the trenches is etched through the layer of insulation, and the polysilicon in that trench is doped to provide desired electrical conductivity to establish electrical contact with the handle wafer. Metallization is applied over the top of this one trench to make possible electrical connection to the handle wafer from above the chip by use of conventional wiring techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Yallup, Oliver Creighton