Patents by Inventor Daniel Thomson Urquhart

Daniel Thomson Urquhart 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).

  • Patent number: 11714278
    Abstract: A wearable heads-up display has stored therein two or more distortion models for use in generating distorted source images that when projected by the wearable heads-up display into a target eye space form virtual images are aligned in the target eye space. A method and system for determining the distortion models are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Thomson Urquhart, Daniel Balzerson, Marius Kintel
  • Publication number: 20210325669
    Abstract: A wearable heads-up display has stored therein two or more distortion models for use in generating distorted source images that when projected by the wearable heads-up display into a target eye space form virtual images are aligned in the target eye space. A method and system for determining the distortion models are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Thomson Urquhart, Daniel Balzerson, Marius Kintel
  • Patent number: 11073689
    Abstract: A wearable heads-up display has stored therein two or more distortion models for use in generating distorted source images that when projected by the wearable heads-up display into a target eye space form virtual images are aligned in the target eye space. A method and system for determining the distortion models are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Thomson Urquhart, Daniel Balzerson, Marius Kintel
  • Publication number: 20200073119
    Abstract: A wearable heads-up display has stored therein two or more distortion models for use in generating distorted source images that when projected by the wearable heads-up display into a target eye space form virtual images are aligned in the target eye space. A method and system for determining the distortion models are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel Thomson Urquhart, Daniel Balzerson, Marius Kintel
  • Patent number: 10298893
    Abstract: A system and method for digital black level blending is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Moule, Nick Wasilka, Peter Anthony Van Eerd, Andrew Douglas Dennison, Ryan Thomas Morris, Daniel Thomson Urquhart
  • Patent number: 10009586
    Abstract: A system, method and computer readable medium for projecting images on a marked surface. The system includes a memory storage unit, a projector, a camera, an input device for receiving input data to align correspondence points in a template image with features on a marked surface, a computing device for calculating a correction model, and a rendering device for generating image data. The method involves projecting a template image to generate a camera image, receiving input data, calculating a correction model based on the input data and generating and projecting image data. The computer readable medium is encoded with codes to direct a processor to carry out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Curtis Gordon Mutter, Ian Chadwyck Faragher, Daniel Thomson Urquhart
  • Patent number: 9992464
    Abstract: A method, system, and a computer readable medium for screen correction is provided. The system includes a memory storage unit for storing model content, a screen having screen parameters, an input device for receiving the screen parameters, a correction engine, and a projector. The method involves storing model content on a memory storage unit, receiving screen parameters, generating screen content, and projection at least a portion of the screen content onto the screen. The computer readable medium encoded with codes for directing a processor to carry out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Thomson Urquhart, Ian Chadwyck Faragher, Derek Scott, Peter Anthony Van Eerd, Nicholas David Jankovic, Kevin Moule
  • Publication number: 20180139423
    Abstract: A system and method for digital black level blending is provided. The system comprises: projectors located to project respective images, onto a screen, that overlap in one or more overlap regions; at least one camera; and a computing device configured to, for each given projector: determine, using the at least one camera, respective correspondences between projected points of a given image, projected onto the screen by the given projector, and respective points of respective image modulators of other projectors of the projectors, the respective correspondences representing the respective points of the respective image modulators of the other projectors that correspond to overlap regions; determine respective brightness of the overlap regions; and, control pixels of an image modulator of the projector, and each of the respective image modulators, at least adjacent edge pixels corresponding to edges of overlap regions, to increase brightness in corresponding image regions using the respective brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin MOULE, Nick WASILKA, Peter Anthony VAN EERD, Andrew Douglas DENNISON, Ryan Thomas MORRIS, Daniel Thomson URQUHART
  • Publication number: 20180139425
    Abstract: A system, method and computer readable medium for projecting images on a marked surface. The system includes a memory storage unit, a projector, a camera, an input device for receiving input data to align correspondence points in a template image with features on a marked surface, a computing device for calculating a correction model, and a rendering device for generating image data. The method involves projecting a template image to generate a camera image, receiving input data, calculating a correction model based on the input data and generating and projecting image data. The computer readable medium is encoded with codes to direct a processor to carry out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Curtis Gordon MUTTER, Ian Chadwyck FARAGHER, Daniel Thomson URQUHART
  • Publication number: 20180139424
    Abstract: A method, system, and a computer readable medium for screen correction is provided. The system includes a memory storage unit for storing model content, a screen having screen parameters, an input device for receiving the screen parameters, a correction engine, and a projector. The method involves storing model content on a memory storage unit, receiving screen parameters, generating screen content, and projection at least a portion of the screen content onto the screen. The computer readable medium encoded with codes for directing a processor to carry out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel Thomson URQUHART, Ian Chadwyck FARAGHER, Derek SCOTT, Peter Anthony VAN EERD, Nicholas David JANKOVIC, Kevin MOULE
  • Publication number: 20180139422
    Abstract: A system and method for digital black level blending is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin MOULE, Nick WASILKA, Peter Anthony VAN EERD, Andrew Douglas DENNISON, Ryan Thomas MORRIS, Daniel Thomson URQUHART
  • Patent number: 9872003
    Abstract: A system and method for aligning stacked projectors is provided. A computing device is in communication with at least two projectors, configured to project images stacked onto each other, and at least one sensor configured to acquire respective images the projector images. Respective initial positions in a common space are determined of each of the projector images, from the sensor images, as well as a virtual projector image located at a common target position. Respective transforms for each of the projector images to one or more of shift and transform the projector images to the common target position of the virtual projector image. The respective transforms are applied to further first projector images to produce respective transformed projector images. The projectors are controlled to project the respective transformed projector images according to the common target position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Thomson Urquhart, Nicholas David Jankovic, Eliezer Azi Ben-Lavi, Ryan Thomas Morris
  • Patent number: 9807359
    Abstract: A system and method for advanced lens geometry fitting is provided for projecting images using a projector with a non-planar lens. An initial estimate of intrinsic parameters of the projector can be determined, for example from a list; an initial estimate of extrinsic parameters of the projector can be determined based on the initial estimate of intrinsic parameters. The intrinsic parameters and extrinsic parameters can be optimized together by starting with a simple lens model and iteratively adding nonlinear terms, an error function evaluated at each iteration, for example for each set of intrinsic parameters in the list and the corresponding extrinsic parameters. As the values of the error function converges the optimized intrinsic parameters and the optimized extrinsic parameters can be used to generate images that are projected by the projector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Moule, Eliezer Azi Ben-Lavi, Derek Scott, Daniel Thomson Urquhart