Patents by Inventor Richard Edmund Albrecht

Richard Edmund Albrecht 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).

  • System for switching pointing indices in laser aimed cameras
    Patent number: 5666577
    Abstract: In a camera having, a viewfinder, a microcontroller, and a laser pointer for providing a visible pointer, incorporated therein for aiding in the pointing of the camera the improvement comprising:means for forming a like image of the visible pointer, viewable in the viewfinder; andmeans for controlling the presence of the like image in the viewfinder as a function of ambient light level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Dale Frederick McIntyre, Richard Edmund Albrecht
  • Zoom flash with wave-lens
    Patent number: 5666564
    Abstract: A photographic flash apparatus includes a flash tube for producing a flash of light; a reflector located behind the flash tube for concentrating the light produced by the flash tube into a beam having a particular scene coverage angle; and an adjustable wave-lens device positioned in the beam to adjust the scene coverage angle of the beam. The adjustable wave-lens device includes first and second wave-lens elements and a lever for displacing one of the wave-lens elements with respect to the other to vary the optical power of the adjustable wave-lens element, thereby adjusting the scene coverage angle of the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Richard Edmund Albrecht