Patents by Inventor Richard Thomas Russell

Richard Thomas Russell 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).

  • Position determination
    Patent number: 6556722
    Abstract: In the preferred implementation, the position of an object, for example a studio camera is determined by means of a camera which views several markers disposed about a studio ceiling, the markers being patterened as a series of light and dark rings to encode information in binary form enabling the markers to be identified as the camera moves about the studio. Methods and apparatus of more general applicability are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: British Broadcasting Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Thomas Russell, Graham Alexander Thomas