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Michael S. Thiems, Elgin, IL US
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20100208943 | PERSPECTIVE IMPROVEMENT FOR IMAGE AND VIDEO APPLICATIONS - A system and method for reducing distance-based distortion in a camera image of an object, where the distanced-based distortion is due to differences in distance from the camera to different parts of the object. In one approach, the distortion is reduced by estimating distances to different parts of the object and then generating a reprojected image of the object dependent upon the estimated distances and upon a virtual viewpoint that is more distant than the camera from the object. In a further approach, the image is warped such that points in the image match corresponding points in one or more stored templates. In a still further approach, if excessive distortion is present in the image, the camera zoom is increased and a magnified image is displayed, prompting a person to move farther from the camera thereby reducing the distortion. | 08-19-2010 |
Michael S. Thiems, Edwardsville, IL US
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20120174156 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A CONTACT FOR VIDEO CALLING - A method for presenting information associated with a contact for video calling is disclosed. The method comprises storing a list of favorite contacts of a user. In an electronic program guide (EPG) user interface, a plurality of contact identifiers corresponding to the list of favorite contacts is displayed together with program information. An input from the user is received to highlight a selected one of the contact identifiers. In the EPG user interface, a status video associated with a contact associated with the selected one of the contact identifiers is displayed. | 07-05-2012 |
20140029913 | Controlling Trick Play And Progress of Media Playback For Multiple Media Devices - Controlling trick plays, such as play, pause, fast forward, and rewind, of a plurality of content items includes respectively assigning, via a remote-control device, a plurality of trick-play bars to the plurality of content items. The plurality of trick-play bars is operative on the remote-control device. The controlling further includes directing, via the remote-control device, a plurality of media devices to respectively play the plurality of content items. The controlling further includes displaying, on the remote-control device, the plurality of trick-play bars based on the assigning of the plurality of trick-play bars to the plurality of content items, and controlling an operation, via the remote-control device, of a trick play of one of the plurality of content items, respectively, via an input respectively received by one of the plurality of trick-play bars. | 01-30-2014 |
Michael Stephen Thiems, Edwardsville, IL US
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20100067531 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INDEPENDENT CLOCK DOMAINS TO PERFORM SYNCHRONOUS OPERATIONS IN AN ASYNCHRONOUS NETWORK - Method and apparatus are disclosed for synchronizing multimedia in asynchronous networks. In this invention, clock domains are first reduced to separate hardware clock correction circuits at the separate endpoints of an asynchronous network. At each end of the network node, the controllable input device such as a video device is synchronized to the non-controllable output device such as a set top box to prevent unknown or poor-quality alterations by the output device. Output device timestamp packets are regularly sent to the input device, which then adjusts its clock accordingly. The exchange of packets between input devices over the asynchronous network is then subjected to a software-based scheme to effectively synchronize these devices. | 03-18-2010 |
Mike Thiems, Edwardsville, IL US
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20090079812 | System and Method of Videotelephony with Detection of a Visual Token in the Videotelephony Image for Electronic Control of the Field of View - A videotelephony system has an electronically controllable camera with a field of view, a visual token disposed within the field of view, and a camera controller. The camera controller is configured to detect the visual token and reconfigure the field of view relative to a detected position of the visual token. | 03-26-2009 |