Patents by Inventor Richard J. Berry

Richard J. Berry 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).

  • Low cost hybrid video distribution system for aircraft in-flight entertainment systems
    Patent number: 5929895
    Abstract: An aircraft entertainment system employing a hybrid video distribution system that permits distribution of direct broadcast satellite television programming to passengers of the aircraft. The aircraft entertainment system has a video control center 11, a plurality of groups of seat display units 40, and a plurality of audio and video processors 20 that control routing of programming to each seat display unit. A plurality of seat junction boxes 30 may be interposed between the audio and video processors 20 and the groups of seat display units 40. An antenna 12 is receives programming from a satellite, and a splitter 13 generates a plurality of channels of programming received by the antenna 12. A decoder 14 decodes the channels to provide video and audio signals, and an RF modulator 16 modulates the decoded audio and video signals for distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Berry, Lawrence Girard, Richard E. Sklar