Patents by Inventor Albert M. Juergens, III

Albert M. Juergens, III 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).

  • User-aided auto-focus
    Patent number: 8233075
    Abstract: Methods and systems for adjusting a video imaging system that includes an auto-focus mechanism wherein an input from a user of the video imaging system invokes an auto-focus procedure. Responsive to the input, the auto-focus mechanism is scanned over a range of focal distance from a first setting to a second setting indicated by the input. A sequence of images using the video imaging system is captured while scanning the auto-focus mechanism over the range. The images in the sequence are processed so as to compute a measure of focal quality with respect to each of the images. The measure of the focal quality is analyzed so as to select an optimal focal distance, and the auto-focus mechanism is set to the selected focal distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Lavrentiev, Stuart Wolf, Doron Adler, Albert M. Juergens, III
  • USER-AIDED AUTO-FOCUS
    Publication number: 20090046196
    Abstract: Methods and systems for adjusting a video imaging system that includes an auto-focus mechanism wherein an input from a user of the video imaging system invokes an auto-focus procedure. Responsive to the input, the auto-focus mechanism is scanned over a range of focal distance from a first setting to a second setting indicated by the input. A sequence of images using the video imaging system is captured while scanning the auto-focus mechanism over the range. The images in the sequence are processed so as to compute a measure of focal quality with respect to each of the images. The measure of the focal quality is analyzed so as to select an optimal focal distance, and the auto-focus mechanism is set to the selected focal distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: GYRUS GROUP PLC
    Inventors: Michael Lavrentiev, Stuart Wolf, Doron Adler, Albert M. Juergens, III
  • Longitudinal transport of laterally curved resilient strip
    Patent number: 6032843
    Abstract: A method for transporting a flexible resilient strip longitudinally within a processing station so that a nominally curved lateral cross section of the strip is substantially flattened wherein the strip is advanced along an arcuate path to bend longitudinally and by that bending cause the nominally curved lateral cross section to collapse to a substantially flat lateral cross section without longitudinal tensioning of the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Inventor: Albert M. Juergens, III
  • Positioning stage
    Patent number: 5497060
    Abstract: A positioning stage wherein encoder pair means on a table which is movable on a frame by a drive and transmission system generate a signal independent of lost motion in that system so that a microprocessor can fix the position of the table in a predetermined position with respect to the frame irrespective of that lost motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Inventor: Albert M. Juergens, III