Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Schirtzinger

Thomas R. Schirtzinger 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: 20030160862
    Abstract: A microphone array (20) senses an audio source (22). An audio processor (34) is responsive to the microphone array (20) to determine a direction (24) of the audio source (22) in relation to a frame of reference (32). The direction (24) comprises an azimuth angle (26) and an altitude angle (30). A wide-angle digital camera system (40) captures at least one wide-angle image. An image processor (44) is responsive to the audio processor (34) to process the at least one wide-angle image to generate at least one perspective corrected image (46) in the direction (24) of the audio source (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Michael L. Charlier, Robert A. Zurek, Thomas R. Schirtzinger, William L. Reber, Christopher B. Galvin
  • Patent number: 6577877
    Abstract: A wireless infrared peripheral interface for a communication device having a cellular radio transceiver includes a peripheral interface. The peripheral interface includes at least one infrared signal source and at least one infrared detector. The signal source and detector are coupled with dispersing optics. An interface circuit is coupled to the infrared signal source and detector. A processor is coupled to the interface circuit, wherein the processor controls the interface circuit to process data signals that are conveyed through the infrared source and detector so as to communicate with a peripheral device that is proximate to the communication device. The dispersing optics reduces the dependency of optical alignment between the infrared data ports of the peripheral device and communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Charlier, Thomas G. Stoll, Rachid M. Alameh, Michael W. Schellinger, Thomas R. Schirtzinger, Thomas E. Gitzinger, Jr., Hugh K. Smith