Patents by Inventor Steven P. Woodman

Steven P. Woodman 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).

  • Dual buffer video display system for the display of asynchronous irregular frame rate video data
    Patent number: 5404446
    Abstract: A video signal is received from an asynchronous link (15) at an irregular frame rate for display on a computer monitor 9 at a regular frame rate. Frames are transferred to the monitor via first and second buffers (23, 25). A control process (27) manages the transfer of frames between the first and second buffers and is responsible for deciding if, when and how many frames to transfer, in order to minimise the delay between the incoming image and the displayed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald J. Bowater, Barry K. Aldred, Steven P. Woodman