Paul R Doyle

US Patent:

6933967, Aug 23, 2005

Filed:

Sep 9, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/659447

Inventors:

Paul David Doyle - San Marcos CA, US
Rafael Calderon - San Diego CA, US
Matthew C. Boyko - San Francisco CA, US
Roy Bragadeste - Round Rock TX, US
Don Moore - Renton WA, US
Mike McKay - Shoreline WA, US
Karl Lang - Madison WI, US
Andrew Bryant - San Diego CA, US
Martin Kolinek - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Sony Corporation - Tokyo
Sony Electronics Inc. - Park Ridge NJ

International Classification:

H04N017/02

US Classification:

348189, 348191

Abstract:

A color calibration system includes a visual display terminal (VDT), a color calibration sensor optically coupled to the VDT, and a computer processing unit (CPU) electrically coupled to the VDT and the color calibration sensor. The VDT has a display screen and a plurality of color channels, each color channel having an intensity input, a bias input, and a gain input. The VDT produces an image on the display screen responsive to the intensity input. The color calibration sensor provides values responsive to the chromaticity and luminance of a test patch portion of the image on the display screen. The CPU performs calibration of the VDT including setting the bias of each color channel to reduce the difference between a target black point and the test patch with the intensity input at a minimum value for each color channel.

US Patent:

8189120, May 29, 2012

Filed:

Feb 4, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/365274

Inventors:

Paul Doyle - San Marcos CA, US

Assignee:

Sony Corporation - Tokyo
Sony Electronics Inc. - Park Ridge NJ

International Classification:

H04N 5/44

US Classification:

348734, 348552

Abstract:

A TV detects the capabilities of connected components to respond to various function commands. Subsequently, when a non-programmable remote control is used to select a component and then generate a function command, the TV determines if the component can respond to the command and if not, the TV dynamically alters the commanded function or the selected component.

US Patent:

8625029, Jan 7, 2014

Filed:

Dec 17, 2007

Appl. No.:

12/002378

Inventors:

Paul Doyle - San Marcos CA, US
Eiji Kono - San Diego CA, US
Tetsuya Nomura - Kanagawa, JP
Peter Rae Shintani - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

Sony Corporation - Tokyo
Sony Electronics Inc. - Park Ridge NJ

International Classification:

H04N 7/00
H04N 11/00
H04N 5/44
H04N 3/27
H04N 5/46

US Classification:

348553, 348461, 348464, 348554, 348555, 348556, 348557, 348558

Abstract:

A circuit for detection of an HDMI source device to an HDMI sink device through an HDMI sink connector without regard for the activity state of the HDMI source device has a pull-up resistor having first and second terminals with the first terminal coupled to a DC power source. A switching device is coupled between the pull-up resistor's second terminal and ground at a circuit node. The switching device is switched on to couple the circuit node to ground when power is applied to a control terminal thereof from the HDMI sink connector power pin, and being switched off otherwise. The circuit node is coupled to a DDC/CEC GROUND pin of the HDMI sink connector. The circuit node is readable as a binary signal to indicate the presence of a source device to the HDMI sink connector, wherein the node exhibits a logic low signal when either the node is grounded by the DDC/CEC GROUND pin connection to a source device or when the switching device is switched on. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

US Patent:

20100225809, Sep 9, 2010

Filed:

Mar 9, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/400280

Inventors:

Kirstin Connors - San Diego CA, US
Paul Doyle - San Marcos CA, US
Wendy Viera - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 5/04

US Classification:

348500, 348E05009

Abstract:

An electronic book synchronizes visual segments in a visual file with the start of respective sentences in an audio file corresponding to the visual segments so that if the user switches from visual to audio the audio does not start mid-sentence. Visual segments in the video file may be linked to the start of a page in the audio file.