Patents by Inventor Robert Lee Wallin

Robert Lee Wallin 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).

  • Media editor for non-linear editing system
    Patent number: 6154600
    Abstract: A non-linear editing system for home audio and video applications includes a compression/decompression engine, a high capacity storage device and a media editor that provides point and click audio and video editing functionality, including recording, playback and special effects, such as real time gamma correction, color effects, 2D effects and real time fades, using a time-line system. The media editor includes a configurable Shaped Cut, Relocate, Alpha and Mixer (SCRAM) engine to mix, shape cut and relocate portions of images. In addition, the SCRAM engine supports pixel weighting to enable drawing and movement of transparent objects for video overlay operations. The compression/decompression engine includes electronic circuitry designed to implement high speed data compression and decompression using JPEG, MPEG or wavelet techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Applied Magic, Inc.
    Inventors: David Anthony Newman, Robert Lee Wallin