Patents by Inventor Tommy Choy
Tommy Choy 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: 9030533Abstract: Adjusting overlay positioning in stereoscopic video, including: receiving overlay data including a plurality of overlays, each overlay having a lateral axis value, a vertical axis value, and a depth value; receiving and displaying the stereoscopic video to a user as at least one of a video preview display and a stereoscopic display, each display including an overlay from the overlay data, wherein a position of the overlay in each display is based on the lateral axis value, the vertical axis value, and the depth value of the overlay, and wherein the video preview display includes interfaces for adjusting the position of the overlay in each display; receiving input from the user related to the depth value of the overlay; and adjusting the position of the overlay in the video preview display based on the input from the user.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2010Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Corporation of America, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Robert Aubey, Jr., Peter Avventi, Dennis Adams, Yoshikazu Takashima, John Ying, Tommy Choy, George Reis, Michael Thompson, Kiruthika Krishnadevarajan, Don C. Eklund, II
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Patent number: 8644682Abstract: Authoring a Blu-ray disc (BD), the method comprising: creating playable content structures; linking elementary stream data to the playable content structures; merging the elementary stream data into packetized elementary streams; and generating BD-ROM structures representing playable entities, wherein the playable entities provide information describing the packetized elementary streams and navigation scenarios of the BD.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2006Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Don Eklund, Sumit Malik, Raja Sahi, Tommy Choy
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Patent number: 8229278Abstract: Authoring a Blu-ray Disc including: defining an initial project and exporting portfolios from the initial project, where the portfolios include portions of the initial project. The portfolios are sent to vendors who enter information into the portfolios. The portfolios are then sent to a disc author who assembles the information from the portfolios into a master project for making a Blu-ray Disc.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2006Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Don Eklund, Sumit Malik, Raja Sahi, Tommy Choy
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Patent number: 8213771Abstract: Authoring a Blu-ray disc (BD), comprising: generating a template code representing templatized navigation commands, the template code specifying a first object to be processed, wherein the templatized navigation commands are used to provide navigational control of the BD using playable content; converting the template code to generate multiple lines of low level code; and automatically placing the low level code at multiple positions on the BD to effect desired behaviors by the BD.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2006Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Don Eklund, Sumit Malik, Raja Sahi, Tommy Choy
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Patent number: 7949229Abstract: Synchronizing media data used in authoring a Blu-ray disc (BD) comprising: receiving a discontinuous input timecode associated with at least one stream of the media data, said discontinuous input timecode having at least one discontinuity, said at least one discontinuity having a start point and an end point; generating an output timecode that matches said discontinuous input timecode until the start point of said at least one discontinuity, and continue generating said output timecode sequentially from a timecode subsequent to the end point of said at least one discontinuity, if a user specifies a continuous output timecode; and generating an output timecode that matches said discontinuous input timecode until the start point of said at least one discontinuity, and continue generating said output timecode that matches input timecode from a timecode subsequent to the end point of said at least one discontinuity, if a user specifies a discontinuous output timecode.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2006Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Don Eklund, Sumit Malik, Raja Sahi, Tommy Choy
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Publication number: 20110109730Abstract: Adjusting overlay positioning in stereoscopic video, including: receiving overlay data including a plurality of overlays, each overlay having a lateral axis value, a vertical axis value, and a depth value; receiving and displaying the stereoscopic video to a user as at least one of a video preview display and a stereoscopic display, each display including an overlay from the overlay data, wherein a position of the overlay in each display is based on the lateral axis value, the vertical axis value, and the depth value of the overlay, and wherein the video preview display includes interfaces for adjusting the position of the overlay in each display; receiving input from the user related to the depth value of the overlay; and adjusting the position of the overlay in the video preview display based on the input from the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2010Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicants: SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, SONY PICTURES TECHNOLOGIES INC., SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Robert Aubey, JR., Peter Avventi, Dennis Adams, Yoshikazu Takashima, John Ying, Tommy Choy, George Reis, Michael Thompson, Kiruthika Krishnadevarajan, Don C. Eklund, II
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Patent number: 7848621Abstract: Providing data for a stream multiplexer without generating any additional elementary stream file, including: receiving elementary stream data; generating pointer information for the elementary stream data; and generating a modification script using the pointer information, wherein the modification script specifies a process for modifying the elementary stream data for the stream multiplexer.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2006Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Don Eklund, Raja Sahi, Sumit Malik, Tommy Choy
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Patent number: 7773864Abstract: Authoring a Blu-ray Disc including defining interactive regions within a composition with buttons and associating a command with the button; and automatically defining non-interactive regions within the composition with buttons, wherein the non-interactive regions are not associated with any command.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2006Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Don Eklund, Sumit Malik, Raja Sahi, Tommy Choy
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Publication number: 20080244407Abstract: Authoring a Blu-ray Disc, comprising: providing abstractions that offer a functionality for a user to switch views of a BD-ROM data structure based on requirements and levels of expertise of the user; and providing a mechanism to author projects independent of an underlying format compliant to a final project output format.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2006Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Don Eklund, Sumit Malik, Raja Sahi, Tommy Choy
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Publication number: 20080238938Abstract: Authoring a Blu-ray Disc including: defining layers of graphics to be used in a display; overlaying the layer on to video display thereby providing a composite display, wherein overlay includes using an effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2006Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Don Eklund, Sumit Malik, Raja Sahi, Tommy Choy
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Publication number: 20070077039Abstract: Authoring a Blu-ray Disc including: defining an initial project and exporting portfolios from the initial project, where the portfolios include portions of the initial project. The portfolios are sent to vendors who enter information into the portfolios. The portfolios are then sent to a disc author who assembles the information from the portfolios into a master project for making a Blu-ray Disc.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2006Publication date: April 5, 2007Inventors: Don Eklund, Sumit Malik, Raja Sahi, Tommy Choy
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Publication number: 20070050717Abstract: Authoring a Blu-ray Disc including defining interactive regions within a composition with buttons and associating a command with the button; and automatically defining non-interactive regions within the composition with buttons, wherein the non-interactive regions are not associated with any command.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2006Publication date: March 1, 2007Inventors: Don Eklund, Sumit Malik, Raja Sahi, Tommy Choy
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Publication number: 20070047924Abstract: Authoring a Blu-ray disc (BD), comprising: generating a template code representing templatized navigation commands, the template code specifying a first object to be processed, wherein the templatized navigation commands are used to provide navigational control of the BD using playable content; converting the template code to generate multiple lines of low level code; and automatically placing the low level code at multiple positions on the BD to effect desired behaviors by the BD.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2006Publication date: March 1, 2007Inventors: Don Eklund, Sumit Malik, Raja Sahi, Tommy Choy
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Publication number: 20070047922Abstract: Synchronizing media data used in authoring a Blu-ray disc (BD) comprising: receiving a discontinuous input timecode associated with at least one stream of the media data, said discontinuous input timecode having at least one discontinuity, said at least one discontinuity having a start point and an end point; generating an output timecode that matches said discontinuous input timecode until the start point of said at least one discontinuity, and continue generating said output timecode sequentially from a timecode subsequent to the end point of said at least one discontinuity, if a user specifies a continuous output timecode; and generating an output timecode that matches said discontinuous input timecode until the start point of said at least one discontinuity, and continue generating said output timecode that matches input timecode from a timecode subsequent to the end point of said at least one discontinuity, if a user specifies a discontinuous output timecode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2006Publication date: March 1, 2007Inventors: DON EKLUND, Sumit Malik, Raja Sahi, Tommy Choy
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Publication number: 20070047923Abstract: Authoring a Blu-ray disc (BD), the method comprising: creating playable content structures; linking elementary stream data to the playable content structures; merging the elementary stream data into packetized elementary streams; and generating BD-ROM structures representing playable entities, wherein the playable entities provide information describing the packetized elementary streams and navigation scenarios of the BD.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2006Publication date: March 1, 2007Inventors: Don Eklund, Sumit Malik, Raja Sahi, Tommy Choy
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Publication number: 20070002166Abstract: Providing data for a stream multiplexer without generating any additional elementary stream file, including: receiving elementary stream data; generating pointer information for the elementary stream data; and generating a modification script using the pointer information, wherein the modification script specifies a process for modifying the elementary stream data for the stream multiplexer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2006Publication date: January 4, 2007Inventors: Don EKLUND, Raja Sahi, Sumit Malik, Tommy Choy