Patents by Inventor William M. Boyle

William M. Boyle 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).

  • Video time code synchronized robot control apparatus
    Patent number: 5255096
    Abstract: The stored robot control program defining the path of movement of a robot arm carrying a video camera is synchronized to time code information recorded on a video tape. Video signals from the video camera are recorded on the video tape by a video tape recorder along with time code information from a time code generator. A time code reader decodes the time code information from the video tape or from the video tape recorder and supplies the decoded time code information to a robot controller. The time code information specifying the address of each frame of video signal is synchronized with the robot control program to enable the robot arm to be positioned in the same identical positional coordinates corresponding to the position of the robot arm when a particular frame of video signal was originally generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Inventor: William M. Boyle