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Chris Cookson, Studio City, CA US
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| 20110001797 | 3-D AUTO-CONVERGENCE CAMERA - Automatically converging a plurality of images for use in a stereoscopic camera system including a plurality of 2-D cameras, including: receiving a focal distance from each of the plurality of 2-D cameras; calculating a focal distance of the stereoscopic camera system by using the focal distances received from the plurality of 2-D cameras; determining a center of interest using the calculated focal distance of the stereoscopic camera system; receiving the plurality of images from the plurality of 2-D cameras, wherein each of the plurality of images is generated by each of the plurality of 2-D cameras using the focal distance; and cropping the plurality of images to adjust directions of view of the plurality of 2-D cameras to converge at the center of interest. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110001798 | 3-D AUTO-CONVERGENCE CAMERA - Automatically converging a plurality of images for use in a stereoscopic camera system including a plurality of 2-D cameras, the method including: receiving a focal distance from each 2-D camera of the plurality of 2-D cameras, wherein each 2-D camera includes at least one image sensor; calculating a system focal distance of the stereoscopic camera system by using focal distances received from the plurality of 2-D cameras; determining a center of interest using the calculated system focal distance of the stereoscopic camera system; and moving the at least one image sensor in each 2-D camera to adjust directions of view of the plurality of 2-D cameras to converge at the center of interest. | 01-06-2011 |
Christopher J. Cookson, Studio City, CA US
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| 20090010127 | OPTICAL DISC WITH A THEFT DETERRENT COATING - An optical disc used for storing content includes a theft control area selected to render the disc unreadable. The disc must be exposed to radiation of a specific wavelength before it can be read by a regular device. The theft control area may include an area that contains data that instructs the device not to read the disc. This area includes a coating that changes its optical characteristics when exposed to the radiation. The material could be radiochromic or thermochromic. Alternatively, the theft control area includes an RFID device that includes an element that is radiation sensitive. In this embodiment, when the disc is irradiated, the element changes its electrical characteristics. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090102914 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES FROM A DVD DISC - A system and method described herein provide stereoscopic video using standard DVD video data combined with enhancement data. In various embodiments, the enhancement data may be stored on the same DVD as the standard video, or provided via downloading and/or streaming to a stereoscopic DVD player. When stored on the DVD, the enhancement data is provided in various forms, including MPEG (-1 or -2) program Stream level; or the MPEG elementary stream level. In one embodiment, the enhancement data consists of a difference signal between left- and right-eye images taken on a pixel-by-pixel basis. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090147663 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR READING OPTICAL DISCS HAVING DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS - A player is provided that is capable of playing discs of either a first or a second configuration. Both types of discs can be double-sided optical discs formed with data tracks. In one configuration, the tracks on one side follow one spiral while the tracks on the other side follow a second spiral, the two spirals being oriented in opposite directions as viewed from the respective sides, and therefore being mirror images of each other. This allows data to be read by a player seamlessly from both sides of the disc without changing the direction of rotation of the disc. In the other configuration, the tracks follow identical spirals. The disc is then rotated in one direction for one side and the other direction for the other side. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090262178 | DISC WRITER STORING DATA AND CREATING A VISIBLE IMAGE ON A DISC - A laser disc writer receives a blank disc on which to store data related to content and label information defining a label. Two heads, one disposed on each side of the disc, are used to store data and the label information on the two sides of the disc. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100150469 | Registration of Separations - Separations or images relating to film or other fields may be registered using a variety of features, such as, for example: (1) correcting one or more film distortions; (2) automatically determining a transformation to reduce a film distortion; (3) applying multiple criteria of merit to a set of features to determine a set of features to use in determining a transformation; (4) determining transformations for areas in an image or a separation in a radial order; (5) comparing areas in images or separations by weighting feature pixels differently than non-feature pixels; (6) determining distortion values for transformations by applying a partial distortion measure and/or using a spiral search configuration; (7) determining transformations by using different sets of features to determine corresponding transformation parameters in an iterative manner; and (8) applying a feathering technique to neighboring areas within an image or separation. | 06-17-2010 |
Garb B. Cookson, Chatsworth, CA US
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| 20100115159 | KEYBOARD SHORTCUT SOFTWARE UTILITY - A method and system for accessing one or more functions corresponding to one or more applications is provided. An active application is determined. Subsequently, a set of functions corresponding to the active application is identified. A set of keys corresponding to the set of functions is displayed on a display panel. One or more inputs are received, based on activation of at least one key. At least one function corresponding to the at least one key is determined and performed. | 05-06-2010 |
Michael A. Cookson, Fremont, CA US
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| 20100023151 | VAO Productivity Suite - A semiconductor fabrication facility (fab) configuration module is defined to virtually model physical systems and attributes of a fab. A data acquisition module is defined to interface with the physical systems of the fab and gather operational data from the physical systems. A visualizer module is defined to collect and aggregate the operational data gathered from the physical systems. The visualizer module is further defined to process the operational data into a format suitable for visual rendering. The processed operational data is displayed within a visual context of the fab in a graphical user interface controlled by the visualizer module. An analyzer module is defined to analyze data collected by the visualizer module and to resolve queries regarding fab performance. An optimizer module is defined to control systems within the fab in response to data collected by the visualizer module, data generated by the analyzer module, or a combination thereof. | 01-28-2010 |
Terry Lee Cookson, Haywarch, CA US
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| 20110308324 | A SENSOR AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A sensor and method for fabricating a sensor is disclosed that in one embodiment bonds an etched semiconductor substrate wafer to an etched device wafer comprising a silicon on insulator wafer to create a suspended structure, the flexure of which is determined by an embedded sensing element to measure absolute pressure. Interconnect channels embedded in the sensor facilitate streamlined packaging of the device while accommodating interconnectivity with other devices. | 12-22-2011 |
Terry Lee Cookson, Hayward, CA US
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| 20110309458 | A SENSOR AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A sensor and method for fabricating a sensor is disclosed that in one embodiment bonds an etched semiconductor substrate wafer to an etched first device wafer comprising a silicon on insulator wafer which is then bonded to a second device wafer comprising a silicon on insulator wafer to create a vented, suspended structure, the flexure of which is sensed by an embedded sensing element to measure differential pressure. In one embodiment, interconnect channels embedded in the sensor facilitate streamlined packaging of the device while accommodating interconnectivity with other devices. | 12-22-2011 |