Patents by Inventor Dale Royer

Dale Royer 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).

  • Method and apparatus for absolute-coordinate three-dimensional surface imaging
    Patent number: 7929751
    Abstract: A method and associated apparatus for capturing an image of a 3D object (100) which encodes the surface geometry of at least a portion of the object, comprising: 1. projecting (304) a plurality of fringe patterns (312A, 314A) onto the object; 2. capturing (306) phase alterations in reflections of the fringe patterns (312B, 314B) from the object; 3. projecting a uniform image (310A) onto the object; 4. capturing a reflection of the uniform image (310B) from the object; and 5. combining (310) captured phase alterations and captured uniform image reflection on a pixel-by-pixel basis, thereby forming a holoimage representation of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: GI, LLC
    Inventors: Song Zhang, Shing-Tung Yau, Xianfeng Gu, Yalin Wang, Dale Royer
  • Method and Apparatus for Absolute-Coordinate Three-Dimensional Surface Imaging
    Publication number: 20090238449
    Abstract: A method and associated apparatus for capturing an image of a 3D object (100) which encodes the surface geometry of at least a portion of the object, comprising: 1. projecting (304) a plurality of fringe patterns (312A, 314A) onto the object; 2. capturing (306) phase alterations in reflections of the fringe patterns (312B, 314B) from the object; 3. projecting a uniform image (310A) onto the object; 4. capturing a reflection of the uniform image (310B) from the object; and 5. combining (310) captured phase alterations and captured uniform image reflection on a pixel-by-pixel basis, thereby forming a holoimage representation of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: Geometric Informatics, Inc
    Inventors: Song Zhang, Shing-Tung Yau, Xianfeng Gu, Yalin Wang, Dale Royer
  • Digital computer arrangement for high speed memory access
    Patent number: 4028663
    Abstract: A data processing arrangement is disclosed including a central processing unit, a plurality of peripheral units coupled to a peripheral bus, a memory access controller, a first memory bus, and a second memory bus. The first memory bus serves a first plurality of memory units and the second memory bus serves a second plurality of memory units. The memory access controller selects which of the peripheral units may use the peripheral bus to access a memory bus during a particular time interval. If use of a particular memory bus is requested by a peripheral unit for an interval in which that memory bus is required by the central processing unit, the memory access controller preempts the usage of that memory bus by the peripheral unit for the interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1977
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Dale Royer, Thomas Frank Schwab