Patents by Inventor Vaughan Stanton Thomas

Vaughan Stanton Thomas 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: 7197851
    Abstract: A door for a telepresence display booth having improved acoustics comprises a projection screen frame and a projection screen. The projection screen is coupled to the projection screen frame and comprises a trapezoidal surface. A viewing surface of the projection screen is oriented such that a normal vector for the viewing surface comprises horizontal and vertical components. An accessible telepresence display booth having improved acoustics comprises a surround screen and a door assembly for accessing the display booth. The surround screen provides a viewing surface for rear projecting an immersion scene to a user. The surround screen is configured such that a normal vector for the surround screen comprises horizontal and vertical components. The door assembly is coupled to the surround screen and provides access to the display booth through a portion of the surround screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Norman Paul Jouppi, Vaughan Stanton Thomas
  • Patent number: 6920376
    Abstract: A system and method of mobile telepresencing includes providing a surrogate capable of viewing outward and of translational movement, displaying the views outward for a user and sensing rotation of a user in a direction of a view outward and a user translation instruction for causing translation of the surrogate in the direction relative to the view outward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Norman Paul Jouppi, Vaughan Stanton Thomas
  • Patent number: 6879879
    Abstract: A method and system for mutually-immersive telepresencing includes determining a height of a user and monitoring a height of an image of the user on an adjustable height surrogate. The method includes transmitting the height of the user and the image of the user, and moving the height of the image of the user on the adjustable height surrogate towards the height of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Norman Paul Jouppi, Vaughan Stanton Thomas
  • Publication number: 20040088077
    Abstract: A system and method of mobile telepresencing includes providing a surrogate capable of viewing outward and of translational movement, displaying the views outward for a user and sensing rotation of a user in a direction of a view outward and a user translation instruction for causing translation of the surrogate in the direction relative to the view outward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Norman Paul Jouppi, Vaughan Stanton Thomas
  • Publication number: 20040088078
    Abstract: A method and system for mutually-immersive telepresencing includes determining a height of a user and monitoring a height of an image of the user on an adjustable height surrogate. The method includes transmitting the height of the user and the image of the user, and moving the height of the image of the user on the adjustable height surrogate towards the height of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Norman Paul Jouppi, Vaughan Stanton Thomas