Patents by Inventor Paul Philip Thursfield

Paul Philip Thursfield 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: 20040163105
    Abstract: An interactive display (100) comprising a camera (400) that record a message presented to the interactive display. This message comprises the name of the person for whom the message is intended. When this person is identified via the camera (400) by face recognition or via a voice recorder (102) by voice recognition, the interactive display (100) displays the message to this person. When the interactive display (100) is not used, i.e. it is not used to record a message and there are no persons within sight of the camera (400) that can trigger a message being displayed, the interactive camera can be used as a mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventor: Paul Philip Thursfield
  • Publication number: 20030086579
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (200) for controlling and mixing signals, each having their individual control member (212, 213, 214, 215). In known mixer apparatuses (100), the direct transfer of the level of the input signal to the output signal cannot be seen directly. Therefore, it is proposed that the control members (212, 213, 214, 215) corresponding to the respective input signals show the direct transfer of the input signal to the output signal. It is proposed to control the level of the output signal as a whole by means of one main control member (211). When the main control member (211) is moved and controls the level of the output signal, the control members (212, 213, 214, 215) corresponding to the respective input signal move along with it and preserve the relationship between the control levels of the individual input signals in the output signal. The invention also relates to a method and a record carrier (510).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Tatiana A. Lashina, Paul Philip Thursfield
  • Publication number: 20030067450
    Abstract: An interactive system (130) is described that generates real-time sound feedback for interaction with a screen (100) with a touch and pressure sensitive panel. On the screen a finger or tools like pen shaped objects (112) can be used for drawing in the plane of the screen (100). A number of different tools can be used which have different sound feedback. During the actual drawing with a finger or a tool on the touch screen, a number of audio control parameters are used to control the sound playback in real-time. Each tool (112) has its own typical interaction sound which is designed to fit the physical, virtual and interaction result of this object on the touch screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Paul Philip Thursfield, Othmar Vincent Schimmel, Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts
  • Publication number: 20020199191
    Abstract: The invention relates to an interactive system, comprising a presentation device for presenting interactive content. The system comprises an input device for controlling a presentation parameter of a content object of the interactive content. The system further comprises at least one token representing a content object, the system further comprising association means for associating said token with said input device, and means for selecting the content object represented by the token as the content object to be controlled by the input device in response to said association.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Paul Philip Thursfield, Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts
  • Patent number: D541228
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Paul Philip Thursfield
  • Patent number: D541257
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Paul Philip Thursfield
  • Patent number: D550180
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Paul Philip Thursfield
  • Patent number: D550649
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Paul Philip Thursfield
  • Patent number: D552043
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Paul Philip Thursfield