Patents by Inventor Mark Harold Tarlinton

Mark Harold Tarlinton 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).

  • Wide-area aerial camera systems
    Patent number: 9185290
    Abstract: A system for capturing aerial images, the system comprising at least one steerable camera module, the steerable camera module comprising a camera and a beam-steering mechanism in the optical path of the camera module whereby the pointing direction of the camera is time-multiplexed to provide a wider effective field of view, the beam-steering mechanism comprising a steerable mirror tilted with respect to an optical axis of the camera module, the steerable mirror adapted to spin about the optical axis to effect beam steering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: nearmap Australia Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Paul Lapstun, Todd William Lupton, Mark Harold Tarlinton, David Arnold Bleads, Zoltan Toth, Andrew Millin
  • Wide-area aerial camera systems
    Patent number: 9052571
    Abstract: A system for capturing aerial images, the system comprising at least one camera unit, the camera unit comprising at least one overview camera, a plurality of detail cameras, and a frame for holding the cameras, each detail camera having a longer focal length than the at least one overview camera, each detail camera mounted at a different angle laterally so that the fields of view of the detail cameras overlap to form an extended lateral field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: nearmap Australia Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Paul Lapstun, Mark Harold Tarlinton, David Arnold Bleads
  • Compact multi-resolution aerial camera system
    Patent number: 9046759
    Abstract: A system for capturing aerial images, the system comprising at least one overview camera, a plurality of detail cameras, and a frame for holding the cameras, each detail camera having a longer focal length than the at least one overview camera, each detail camera mounted at a different angle laterally so that the fields of view of the detail cameras overlap to form an extended lateral field of view, the frame attachable to the floor of an aircraft above a camera hole, thereby providing the cameras with a view of the ground below the aircraft through the camera hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: nearmap Australia Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Harold Tarlinton, David Arnold Bleads, Paul Lapstun