Dennis F Downey

US Patent:

20130222396, Aug 29, 2013

Filed:

Feb 1, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/757116

Inventors:

Anthony Confrey - Concord MA, US
Dennis Downey - East Falmouth MA, US

International Classification:

G06T 13/00

US Classification:

345473

Abstract:

A system and method for generating and displaying text on a screen as an animated flow from a digital input of conventional text. The Invention divides text into short-scan lines of coherent semantic value that progressively animate from invisible to visible and back to invisible. Multiple line displays are frequent. The effect is aesthetically engaging, perceptually focusing, and cognitively immersive. The reader watches the text like watching a movie. The Invention may exist in whole or in part as a standalone application on a specific screen device. The Invention includes a manual authoring tool that allows the insertion of non-text media such as sound, image, and advertisements.

US Patent:

20100128042, May 27, 2010

Filed:

Jul 10, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/501215

Inventors:

Anthony Confrey - Concord MA, US
Dennis Downey - East Falmouth MA, US

International Classification:

G06T 13/00
G06T 11/00
G10L 15/18

US Classification:

345473, 345471, 704 9, 704E15026

Abstract:

A system and method for generating and displaying text on a screen as an animated flow from a digital input of conventional text. The Invention divides text into short-scan lines of coherent semantic value that progressively animate from invisible to visible and back to invisible. Multiple line displays are frequent. The effect is aesthetically engaging, perceptually focusing, and cognitively immersive. The reader watches the text like watching a movie. The Invention may exist in whole or in part as a standalone application on a specific screen device. The Invention includes a manual authoring tool that allows the insertion of non-text media such as sound, image, and advertisements.