Patents by Inventor Thomas Clark Merle

Thomas Clark Merle 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: 5754359
    Abstract: An audiovisual filmstrip image display apparatus and method includes an image displayer, such as a viewer projector, television or computer screen or the like, together with an audio speaker and a converter including a player, capable of playing multiple sound programs or sequences stored on sound storage equipment either internal or separate and a signal detector for reading magnetic signals on a filmstrip to indicate to the player the sound program to be played in conjunction with each individual filmstrip image being viewed. Various forms of equipment which may be included in an apparatus according to the invention are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Thomas Clark Merle, Dennis Francis Tianello