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).
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Patent number: 9565392Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 15, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: APPLIED MINDS, LLCInventors: Bran Ferren, W. Daniel Hillis, Thomas McKnight, Rudy Yukich, Braddock Gaskill
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Publication number: 20150281639Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Bran FERREN, W. Daniel HILLIS, Thomas McKNIGHT, Rudy YUKICH, Braddock GASKILL
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Patent number: 9058055Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 12, 2012Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: APPLIED MINDS, LLCInventors: Bran Ferren, W. Daniel Hillis, Thomas McKnight, Rudy Yukich, Braddock Gaskill
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Patent number: 8390668Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 26, 2008Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Applied Minds, LLCInventors: Bran Ferren, W. Daniel Hillis, Thomas McKnight
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Publication number: 20120236108Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Inventors: Bran FERREN, W. Daniel Hillis, Thomas McKnight, Rudy Yukich, Braddock Gaskill
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Patent number: 8159521Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 26, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Applied Minds, LLCInventors: Bran Ferren, W. Daniel Hillis, Thomas McKnight, Rudy Yukich, Braddock Gaskill
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Publication number: 20080204543Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2008Publication date: August 28, 2008Inventors: Bran FERREN, W. Daniel Hilis, Thomas McKnight
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Publication number: 20080204545Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2008Publication date: August 28, 2008Inventors: Bran FERREN, W. Daniel Hillis, Thomas McKnight, Rudy Yukich, Braddock Gaskill
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Patent number: 6947417Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 16, 2002Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: IP UnityInventors: Arthur I. Laursen, David Israel, Thomas McKnight
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Publication number: 20050173365Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2004Publication date: August 11, 2005Inventor: Thomas McKnight
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Publication number: 20030002481Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2002Publication date: January 2, 2003Applicant: IP UnityInventors: Arthur I. Laursen, David Israel, Thomas McKnight
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Patent number: 6497786Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 6, 1997Date of Patent: December 24, 2002Assignee: Nike, Inc.Inventors: Bruce J. Kilgore, Thomas McKnight, Roy Lynn O'Mohunddro, John A. Battista, Jr., Richard J. Petrucci, Zakaryae Fathi, Jianghua Wei
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Patent number: 6399193Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 5, 1999Date of Patent: June 4, 2002Assignee: The University of Massachusetts LowellInventor: Thomas McKnight Ellison
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Patent number: 5483419Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 15, 1993Date of Patent: January 9, 1996Assignees: TEAC Corporation, Pont Peripherals CorporationInventors: Steven L. Kaczeus, Sr., Thomas McKnight, Roy J. Edwards