Patents by Inventor William M. Finlay

William M. Finlay 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).

  • Method of selectively retrieving video images from a video reproducer for simulating movement
    Patent number: 4873585
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for simulating movement within a multi-dimensional space by selecting and reproducing a particular one of a plurality of selectable sequences of video images subsequent to a given sequence of video images. The apparatus comprises an interactive random access video disc system for storing the sequences of video images. Video image windowing means provides as a video output only a predetermined "window" portion of each retrieved video image. The window portion of an ending image of a given retrieved sequence substantially duplicates the window portion of a starting image of a retrieved sequence reproduced immediately subsequent to the given sequence, thereby providing a relatively imperceptible transition between sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: Ivex Corporation
    Inventors: Keith A. Blanton, William M. Finlay, Michael J. Sinclair, John E. Tumblin
  • Method and apparatus for reproducing video images to simulate movement within a multi-dimensional space
    Patent number: 4752836
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for simulating movement within a multi-dimensional space by selecting and reproducing a particular one of a plurality of selectable sequences of video images subsequent to a given sequence of video images. The apparatus comprises an interactive random access video disc system for storing the sequences of video images. Video image windowing means provides as a video output only a predetermined "window" portion of each retrieved video image. The window portion of an ending image of a given retrieved sequence substantially duplicates the window portion of a starting image of a retrieved sequence reproduced immediately subsequent to the given sequence, thereby providing a relatively imperceptible transition between sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1988
    Assignee: Ivex Corporation
    Inventors: Keith A. Blanton, William M. Finlay, Michael J. Sinclair, John E. Tumblin