Patents by Inventor Ronnie Charles Allum

Ronnie Charles Allum 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).

  • Stereo camera with automatic control of interocular distance
    Patent number: 7899321
    Abstract: There is disclosed stereographic camera system including a left and a right camera including respective lenses, plural mechanisms to synchronously set a focal length of the lenses, to synchronously set a focal distance of the lenses, to set a convergence angle between the left and right cameras, and to set an intraocular distance between the left and right cameras. A controller may determine a convergence based on the focal length. The controller may cause an interocular distance and a convergence angle between the left and right cameras to be set based on a maximum allowable disparity, the focal length of the lenses, the convergence distance, and a distance to an object in the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Inventors: James Cameron, Vincent Pace, Patrick Campbell, Ronnie Charles Allum