Patents by Inventor Wendell E. Bishop

Wendell E. Bishop 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).

  • Smooth morphing between personal video calling avatars
    Patent number: 8421805
    Abstract: Dynamic animated avatars selectively morph to reveal or depict the user's identity while simultaneously emulating or tracking active movements associated with the user's verbal stream or perceived movements of the user. A user elects morphing to transition the rendered avatar to another, more revealing avatar, for example from a cartoon caricature to a posed photographic image. Animation processing identifies active movements derived from an input stream to compute animations of the mouth and profile based on speech, text, or captured video from the user. The computed animations appear as active movements to the currently rendered avatar, and emulate the user speaking or moving according to text, audio or video being transmitted. A user maintains an anonymous or posed identity with respect to the receiving party, and chooses to reveal a different avatar depicting a truer identity at the user's discretion, while continuing to display active movements paralleling the user's verbal activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Dialogic Corporation
    Inventor: Wendell E. Bishop
  • Smooth morphing between personal video calling avatars
    Publication number: 20070188502
    Abstract: Dynamic animated avatars selectively morph to reveal or depict the user's identity while simultaneously emulating or tracking active movements associated with the user's verbal stream or perceived movements of the user. A user elects morphing to transition the rendered avatar to another, more revealing avatar, for example from a cartoon caricature to a posed photographic image. Animation processing identifies active movements derived from an input stream to compute animations of the mouth and profile based on speech, text, or captured video from the user. The computed animations appear as active movements to the currently rendered avatar, and emulate the user speaking or moving according to text, audio or video being transmitted. A user maintains an anonymous or posed identity with respect to the receiving party, and chooses to reveal a different avatar depicting a truer identity at the user's discretion, while continuing to display active movements paralleling the user's verbal activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventor: Wendell E. Bishop
  • Optical bus
    Patent number: 6038355
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing an optical bus between circuit boards or other devices is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Natural MicroSystems Corporation
    Inventor: Wendell E. Bishop