Patents by Inventor Robin John Blackwell

Robin John Blackwell 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).

  • Patent number: 8904469
    Abstract: A system for supporting entertainment distribution via at least one network comprises a content provider (100) for distributing a program; a metadata provider (102) for distributing metadata, the metadata including a content reference identifier of the program and data relating to ambience complementing the program. The system further comprises a user terminal (118) comprising an input (106) for receiving the metadata; an input (106) for receiving the program using the content reference identifier; a rendering unit (116) for rendering the received program; an ambience generator (108) for generating an ambient effect different from audio or video; and an ambience controller (110) for controlling the ambience generator synchronously with the rendering of the content, based on the received data relating to ambience complementing the program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Robin John Blackwell
  • Publication number: 20100026614
    Abstract: A method of auto-commissioning a display configuration (10) includes providing a plurality of LED modules (12) arranged in a multi-dimensional array of the display configuration. Each LED module (12) is operable between a listen mode of operation and a pass through mode of operation. Each LED module (12) further comprises at least two ports (20), each port having a predefined configuration and orientation. A number of adjacent ones of the LED modules in the multi-dimensional array are coupled together via a complementary port of the respective LED modules. The method further includes coupling a controller (18) to a single access point (19) in the display configuration, wherein the single access point comprises an available port of the plurality of LED modules that is not coupled with another port of the plurality of LED modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventors: Robin John Blackwell, David Martin Avery, Phil Anthony Jamieson
  • Publication number: 20090254959
    Abstract: A system for supporting entertainment distribution via at least one network comprises a content provider (100) for distributing a program; a metadata provider (102) for distributing metadata, the metadata including a content reference identifier of the program and data relating to ambience complementing the program. The system further comprises a user terminal (118) comprising an input (106) for receiving the metadata; an input (106) for receiving the program using the content reference identifier; a rendering unit (116) for rendering the received program; an ambience generator (108) for generating an ambient effect different from audio or video; and an ambience controller (110) for controlling the ambience generator synchronously with the rendering of the content, based on the received data relating to ambience complementing the program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventor: Robin John Blackwell