Patents by Inventor Steven R. Fordyce

Steven R. Fordyce 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).

  • Three dimensional audio vision
    Patent number: 6523006
    Abstract: Video data is received from multiple video receptors. This multidimensional video data is converted from the video receptors into a multidimensional audio representation of the multidimensional video data and are the multidimensional audio representation is output using multiple audio output devices. The conversion of the multidimensional video data includes generating a three-dimensional representation of the multidimensional video data, and generating an audio landscape representation with three-dimensional features based on the three-dimensional representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Ellis, Louis J. Johnson, Balaji Parthasarathy, Peter B. Bloch, Steven R. Fordyce, Bill Munson
  • AUDIO SENSING, DIRECTIONALLY POSITIONING VIDEO CONFERENCE CAMERA
    Publication number: 20010050710
    Abstract: An audio sensitive video conferencing camera is disclosed. The video conferencing camera includes a servo mechanism that operates to directionally position the video conferencing camera, and a processor that operates to control the servo mechanism to directionally position the video conferencing camera responsive to audio sensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 1998
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Applicant: MARK J. FINK
    Inventors: DAVID G. ELLIS, LOUIS J. JOHNSON, BALAJI R. PARTHASARATHY, PETER B. BLOCH, STEVEN R. FORDYCE, BILL A. MUNSON