Patents by Inventor Charles G. Tomlin

Charles G. Tomlin 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).

  • Camera optics for producing a composite image from two scenes
    Patent number: 4750810
    Abstract: Lenses (10,11) , e.g. for a camera for a video conferencing system, have divergent optical axes and focus real images via prisms (20,21,22,23) on to a focal plane f. A prism (20) in one path introduces an additional reflection to invert the image while that (22) in the other path causes lateral inversion, so that the two images do not suffer either type of inversion relative to one another. The final reflecting surfaces 211,231 abut in the plane f so that the real images are closely juxtaposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1988
    Assignee: British Telecommunications plc
    Inventors: Charles G. Tomlin, Richard Bingham