Patents by Inventor JOERGEN GEERDS

JOERGEN GEERDS 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: 11009180
    Abstract: A camera mount having pivotable leg assemblies is disclosed. According to an example, a camera mount comprises: a base; a camera-mounting member coupled to the base upon which a camera is mountable; and a plurality of legs coupled to the base to support the base relative to a surface. Each leg of the plurality of legs may form a pivotable leg assembly that includes a pair of spaced apart brackets between which a pivot ball is retained. The pivotable leg assemblies of the camera mount may be adjusted to secure or otherwise rest the camera mount upon a surface, including planar or non-planar surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Inventor: Joergen Geerds
  • Publication number: 20200109813
    Abstract: A camera mount having pivotable leg assemblies is disclosed. According to an example, a camera mount comprises: a base; a camera-mounting member coupled to the base upon which a camera is mountable; and a plurality of legs coupled to the base to support the base relative to a surface. Each leg of the plurality of legs may form a pivotable leg assembly that includes a pair of spaced apart brackets between which a pivot ball is retained. The pivotable leg assemblies of the camera mount may be adjusted to secure or otherwise rest the camera mount upon a surface, including planar or non-planar surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Joergen Geerds
  • Patent number: 10237455
    Abstract: A camera system includes a camera mounting frame having a plurality of camera mounts. Each camera mount is configured to hold a respective camera at a respective lens orientation such that mounted cameras provide different respective lens orientations relative to each other, with each mounted camera providing a different field of view facing outward from the mounting frame. The camera system may provide obstruction-free, fully spherical image and video capture to record spherical images or spherical videos in which the nadir hole and/or a physical support element of the camera system is eliminated or reduced in size during the digital stitching process of the image or video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventor: Joergen Geerds
  • Publication number: 20170302828
    Abstract: A camera system includes a camera mounting frame having a plurality of camera mounts. Each camera mount is configured to hold a respective camera at a respective lens orientation such that mounted cameras provide different respective lens orientations relative to each other, with each mounted camera providing a different field of view facing outward from the mounting frame. The camera system may provide obstruction-free, fully spherical image and video capture to record spherical images or spherical videos in which the nadir hole and/or a physical support element of the camera system is eliminated or reduced in size during the digital stitching process of the image or video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: JOERGEN GEERDS
  • Patent number: 9621770
    Abstract: A camera system includes a camera mounting frame having a plurality of camera mounts. Each camera mount is configured to hold a respective camera at a respective lens orientation such that mounted cameras provide different respective lens orientations relative to each other, with each mounted camera providing a different field of view facing outward from the mounting frame. The camera system may provide obstruction-free, fully spherical image and video capture to record spherical images or spherical videos in which the nadir hole and/or a physical support element of the camera system is eliminated or reduced in size during the digital stitching process of the image or video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Inventor: Joergen Geerds
  • Publication number: 20170045814
    Abstract: A camera system includes a camera mounting frame having a plurality of camera mounts. Each camera mount is configured to hold a respective camera at a respective lens orientation such that mounted cameras provide different respective lens orientations relative to each other, with each mounted camera providing a different field of view facing outward from the mounting frame. The camera system may provide obstruction-free, fully spherical image and video capture to record spherical images or spherical videos in which the nadir hole and/or a physical support element of the camera system is eliminated or reduced in size during the digital stitching process of the image or video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: JOERGEN GEERDS
  • Patent number: 9491339
    Abstract: A camera system includes a camera mounting frame having a plurality of camera mounts. Each camera mount is configured to hold a respective camera at a respective lens orientation such that mounted cameras provide different respective lens orientations relative to each other, with each mounted camera providing a different field of view facing outward from the mounting frame. The camera system may provide obstruction-free, fully spherical image and video capture to record spherical images or spherical videos in which the nadir hole and/or a physical support element of the camera system is eliminated or reduced in size during the digital stitching process of the image or video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Inventor: Joergen Geerds
  • Patent number: 9413930
    Abstract: A camera system includes a camera mounting frame having a plurality of camera mounts. Each camera mount is configured to hold a respective camera at a respective lens orientation such that mounted cameras provide different respective lens orientations relative to each other, with each mounted camera providing a different field of view facing outward from the mounting frame. The camera system may provide obstruction-free, fully spherical image and video capture to record spherical images or spherical videos in which the nadir hole and/or a physical support element of the camera system is eliminated or reduced in size during the digital stitching process of the image or video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Inventor: Joergen Geerds
  • Publication number: 20140267596
    Abstract: A camera system includes a camera mounting frame having a plurality of camera mounts. Each camera mount is configured to hold a respective camera at a respective lens orientation such that mounted cameras provide different respective lens orientations relative to each other, with each mounted camera providing a different field of view facing outward from the mounting frame. The camera system may provide obstruction-free, fully spherical image and video capture to record spherical images or spherical videos in which the nadir hole and/or a physical support element of the camera system is eliminated or reduced in size during the digital stitching process of the image or video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: JOERGEN GEERDS