Patents by Inventor Thomas McKnight

Thomas McKnight 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: 9565392
    Abstract: An advanced video teleconferencing system facilitates an engaging and realistic video conferencing experience. Key design elements and video, audio, and control capabilities are provided for a video conferencing experience that cannot be attained with conventional methods, which elements and capabilities include careful design of the table and room at each site, supplementary displays showing imagery in a mirrored manner, networked environmental control, an AutoDirector with keyword and gesture recognition, and audio reflection from a display or beam splitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: APPLIED MINDS, LLC
    Inventors: Bran Ferren, W. Daniel Hillis, Thomas McKnight, Rudy Yukich, Braddock Gaskill
  • Publication number: 20150281639
    Abstract: An advanced video teleconferencing system facilitates an engaging and realistic video conferencing experience. Key design elements and video, audio, and control capabilities are provided for a video conferencing experience that cannot be attained with conventional methods, which elements and capabilities include careful design of the table and room at each site, supplementary displays showing imagery in a mirrored manner, networked environmental control, an AutoDirector with keyword and gesture recognition, and audio reflection from a display or beam splitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Bran FERREN, W. Daniel HILLIS, Thomas McKNIGHT, Rudy YUKICH, Braddock GASKILL
  • Patent number: 9058055
    Abstract: An advanced video teleconferencing system facilitates an engaging and realistic video conferencing experience. Key design elements and video, audio, and control capabilities are provided for a video conferencing experience that cannot be attained with conventional methods, which elements and capabilities include careful design of the table and room at each site, supplementary displays showing imagery in a mirrored manner, networked environmental control, an AutoDirector with keyword and gesture recognition, and audio reflection from a display or beam splitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: APPLIED MINDS, LLC
    Inventors: Bran Ferren, W. Daniel Hillis, Thomas McKnight, Rudy Yukich, Braddock Gaskill
  • Patent number: 8390668
    Abstract: An advanced video teleconferencing system facilitates an engaging and realistic video conferencing experience. Key design elements and video, audio, and control capabilities are provided for a video conferencing experience that cannot be attained with conventional methods, which elements and capabilities include careful design of the table and room at each site, supplementary displays showing imagery in a mirrored manner, networked environmental control, an AutoDirector with keyword and gesture recognition, and audio reflection from a display or beam splitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Applied Minds, LLC
    Inventors: Bran Ferren, W. Daniel Hillis, Thomas McKnight
  • Publication number: 20120236108
    Abstract: An advanced video teleconferencing system facilitates an engaging and realistic video conferencing experience. Key design elements and video, audio, and control capabilities are provided for a video conferencing experience that cannot be attained with conventional methods, which elements and capabilities include careful design of the table and room at each site, supplementary displays showing imagery in a mirrored manner, networked environmental control, an AutoDirector with keyword and gesture recognition, and audio reflection from a display or beam splitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Bran FERREN, W. Daniel Hillis, Thomas McKnight, Rudy Yukich, Braddock Gaskill
  • Patent number: 8159521
    Abstract: An advanced video teleconferencing system facilitates an engaging and realistic video conferencing experience. Key design elements and video, audio, and control capabilities are provided for a video conferencing experience that cannot be attained with conventional methods, which elements and capabilities include careful design of the table and room at each site, supplementary displays showing imagery in a mirrored manner, networked environmental control, an AutoDirector with keyword and gesture recognition, and audio reflection from a display or beam splitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Applied Minds, LLC
    Inventors: Bran Ferren, W. Daniel Hillis, Thomas McKnight, Rudy Yukich, Braddock Gaskill
  • Publication number: 20080204543
    Abstract: An advanced video teleconferencing system facilitates an engaging and realistic video conferencing experience. Key design elements and video, audio, and control capabilities are provided for a video conferencing experience that cannot be attained with conventional methods, which elements and capabilities include careful design of the table and room at each site, supplementary displays showing imagery in a mirrored manner, networked environmental control, an AutoDirector with keyword and gesture recognition, and audio reflection from a display or beam splitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Bran FERREN, W. Daniel Hilis, Thomas McKnight
  • Publication number: 20080204545
    Abstract: An advanced video teleconferencing system facilitates an engaging and realistic video conferencing experience. Key design elements and video, audio, and control capabilities are provided for a video conferencing experience that cannot be attained with conventional methods, which elements and capabilities include careful design of the table and room at each site, supplementary displays showing imagery in a mirrored manner, networked environmental control, an AutoDirector with keyword and gesture recognition, and audio reflection from a display or beam splitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Bran FERREN, W. Daniel Hillis, Thomas McKnight, Rudy Yukich, Braddock Gaskill
  • Patent number: 6947417
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for providing media services in Voice over IP telephony. A switch is coupled between one or more audio sources and a network interface controller. The switch can be a packet switch or a cell switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: IP Unity
    Inventors: Arthur I. Laursen, David Israel, Thomas McKnight
  • Publication number: 20050173365
    Abstract: A drinking container comprising a shell having an outer surface, an inner surface, a top portion, and a base, wherein the shell is transparent. The drinking container further comprises a sleeve having an open end, wherein the sleeve is fitted inside the shell and the sleeve is reflective. The drinking container also includes a plurality of optic panels or designs formed on the inner surface of the shell. The combination of transparent and reflective materials causes the outer surface of the shell to have a paneled appearance when, in fact, the outer surface of the shell is smooth and cylindrical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventor: Thomas McKnight
  • Publication number: 20030002481
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for providing media services in Voice over IP telephony. A switch is coupled between one or more audio sources and a network interface controller. The switch can be a packet switch or a cell switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: IP Unity
    Inventors: Arthur I. Laursen, David Israel, Thomas McKnight
  • Patent number: 6497786
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are disclosed for bonding a plurality of substrates via a solventless, curable adhesive. At least one of the substrates has a deformation temperature below the activation temperature of the adhesive. A workpiece is assembled from a plurality of substrates with the curable adhesive disposed therebetween. Pressure is applied to the workpiece and the workpiece is irradiated with variable frequency microwave energy. The workpiece is swept with at least one window of microwave frequencies selected to heat the adhesive without heating the substrates above their respective deformation temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce J. Kilgore, Thomas McKnight, Roy Lynn O'Mohunddro, John A. Battista, Jr., Richard J. Petrucci, Zakaryae Fathi, Jianghua Wei
  • Patent number: 6399193
    Abstract: A paint film particularly for servicing an automobile body part including: a clear coat layer of a sheet of polymer, said sheet having chemical resistance, weatherability and optical clarity, said sheet having an outer surface and an opposed bonding surface; a color layer adhered to said bonding surface, said color layer, said color layer including an adhesive and at least one color pigment; and a support layer of an extruded film adhered to said color layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: The University of Massachusetts Lowell
    Inventor: Thomas McKnight Ellison
  • Patent number: 5483419
    Abstract: A docking module for removable disk drives provides, in one embodiment, space for two such disk drives within a standard half-height bay. The docking module provides cammed insertion and removal together with hot swappability of disk drives. The bay is provided within a housing member. A door is rotatably mounted on the housing member and configured to serve as a lever arm. An engagement portion for urging a disk drive into the bay protrudes from the door. A slide is mounted within the housing member and connected to the door such that rotation of the door causes the slide to move forward and back within the housing member. A tab on the inner end of the slide engages the disk drive to urge the disk drive out of the bay. Alternative embodiments provide ten or more disk drives at a density of two drives per half height bay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignees: TEAC Corporation, Pont Peripherals Corporation
    Inventors: Steven L. Kaczeus, Sr., Thomas McKnight, Roy J. Edwards