Patents by Inventor Dana Meyer

Dana Meyer 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 of mensuration of an image on an object
    Patent number: 4924505
    Abstract: A mensuration apparatus for converting film images and paper drawings into digital photogrammetric arrays to be computer processed, displayed, mensurated and analyzed. This mensuration apparatus includes a table on which a translatable camera and a reseau assembly are mounted. The reseau assembly includes an object mounting plate for mounting an object such as a photograph, map, or the like, and a grid mark system for superimposing grid marks on the object. The translatable camera includes a solid state camera having a two-dimensional array of light sensor elements mounted over the reseau assembly in a translatable mounting apparatus. Said translation camera can be moved to any desired position over the reseau assembly, as well as toward and away from the reseau assembly, forming three coordinate systems, which are correlated together for precise mensuration of an object image digitized by the solid state camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1990
    Assignee: Vexcel Corporation
    Inventors: Franz W. Leberl, Milan Karspeck, Bryan Johns, Sean Curry, Scott Lee, Dana Meyer
  • Double z-axis translational mounting apparatus for camera in photogrammetry mensuration systems
    Patent number: 4897678
    Abstract: A mensuration apparatus for converting film images and paper drawings into digital photogrammetric arrays to be computer processed, displayed, mensurated and analyzed. This mensuration apparatus includes a table on which a translatable camera and a reseau assembly are mounted. The reseau assembly includes an object mounting plate for mounting an object such as a photograph, map, or the like, and a grid mark system for superimposing grid marks on the object. The translatable camera includes a solid state camera having a two-dimensional array of light sensor elements mounted over the reseau assembly in a translatable mounting apparatus. Said translation camera can be moved to any desired position over the reseau assembly, as well as toward and away from the reseau assembly, forming three coordinate systems, which are correlated together for precise mensuration of an object image digitized by the solid state camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Assignee: Vexcel Corporation
    Inventors: Franz W. Leberl, Dana Meyer, Scott Lee