Patents by Inventor Robert A. Paoni

Robert A. Paoni 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).

  • Real-time key frame effects using tracking information
    Patent number: 6449019
    Abstract: Real time effects are provided by using tracking information to define values for parameters of an effect. The tracking information also may be combined with parameters for various effects that operate on the position, rotation, scale, skew and perspective of objects in an image. The values defined for the parameters of an effect may be represented in a transformation matrix used in a real time digital video effects processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Avid Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Fincher, Robert A. Paoni