Patents by Inventor Thomas P. Dawson

Thomas P. Dawson 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).

  • Publication number: 20030195584
    Abstract: A non-invasive system and process for converting sensory data, e.g., visual, audio, taste, smell or touch, to neural firing timing differences in a human brain and using acoustic signals to generate the neural firing time differences. Data related to neural firing time differences, the acoustic signals, and a user's response map may be stored in memory. The user's response map may be used to more accurately map the calculated neural firing time differences to the correct neural locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventor: Thomas P. Dawson
  • Patent number: 6618500
    Abstract: A method for color conversion applying minimal surface theory to the formation of the volumes in a three-dimensional color cube. Volume center points on the color cube are selected as entries in a color look-up table, and these center points are plotted on the color cube. Spheres centered about each volume center point are created, and the discrete locations in the color cube falling within each sphere are associated with the CLUT entry corresponding to that volume center point. The radii of the spheres are incrementally increased, and the discrete locations falling within the enlarged spheres are associated with the corresponding CLUT entry. As the spheres enlarge they begin to intersect. The intersection of the spheres form planes which divide the discrete locations such that each discrete location is associated with the closest volume center point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas P. Dawson
  • Publication number: 20030145864
    Abstract: A non-invasive system and process for projecting sensory data onto the human neural cortex is provided. The system includes a primary transducer array and a secondary transducer array. The primary transducer array acts as a coherent signal source, and the secondary transducer array acts as a controllable diffraction pattern that focuses energy onto the neural cortex in a desired pattern. In addition, the pattern of energy is constructed such that each portion projected into the neural cortex may be individually pulsed at low frequency. This low frequency pulsing is formed by controlling the phase differences between the emitted energy of the elements of primary and secondary transducer arrays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventor: Thomas P. Dawson
  • Patent number: 6584357
    Abstract: A non-invasive system and process for converting sensory data, e.g., visual, audio, taste, smell or touch, to neural firing time differences in a human brain and using acoustic signals to generate the neural firing time differences. Data related to neural firing time differences, the acoustic signals, and a user's response map may be stored in memory. The user's response map may be used to more accurately map the calculated neural firing time differences to the correct neural locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas P. Dawson
  • Patent number: 6536440
    Abstract: A non-invasive system and process for projecting sensory data onto the human neural cortex is provided. The system includes a primary transducer array and a secondary transducer array. The primary transducer array acts as a coherent signal source, and the secondary transducer array acts as a controllable diffraction pattern that focuses energy onto the neural cortex in a desired pattern. In addition, the pattern of energy is constructed such that each portion projected into the neural cortex may be individually pulsed at low frequency. This low frequency pulsing is formed by controlling the phase differences between the emitted energy of the elements of primary and secondary transducer arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas P. Dawson