Patents by Inventor Ehsan S. Marandi

Ehsan S. Marandi 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: 4994831
    Abstract: A camera for providing a composite image on a photographic film of a data card and a person associated with the data so that an identification card having both images thereon may be formed with no clear boundary existing between the two images. The data is focused by a first lens and directed onto a focusing screen, while the person to be photographed is focused by a second lens and directed onto the focusing screen, the image formed on the focusing screen being a composite real image of the two images and is focused by a third lens onto the film when the shutter between the film and the third lens is opened. The first and second lenses direct the respective image through respective vignetters onto the focusing screen by means of a beam splitter which transmits a portion of each image and reflects a portion of each image. The first and second lens are offset from each other, the first lens focusing the image of the data card inserted into the camera onto the mirror which reflects it to the beam splitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: Beattie Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Ehsan S. Marandi