Patents by Inventor William Bennett Hogue, Jr.
William Bennett Hogue, Jr. 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).
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Patent number: 11494929Abstract: A system for determining a distance to a region of interest. The system may be used to adjust focus of a motion picture camera. The system may include a first camera configured to have a first field of view, and a second camera configured to have a second field of view that overlaps at least a portion of the first field of view. The system may include a processor configured to calculate a distance of the selected region of interest relative to a location by comparing a position of the selected region of interest in the first field of view with a position of the selected region of interest in the second field of view.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Panavision International, L.P.Inventors: Ritesh Narang, William Bennett Hogue, Jr., Clive Austin Towndrow
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Patent number: 11461913Abstract: A system for determining a distance to a region of interest. The system may be used to adjust focus of a motion picture camera. The system may include a first camera configured to have a first field of view, and a second camera configured to have a second field of view that overlaps at least a portion of the first field of view. The system may include a processor configured to calculate a distance of the selected region of interest relative to a location by comparing a position of the selected region of interest in the first field of view with a position of the selected region of interest in the second field of view.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Panavision International, L.P.Inventors: Ritesh Narang, William Bennett Hogue, Jr., Clive Austin Towndrow
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Patent number: 11294378Abstract: A system for use in a park attraction to provide collaborative driving experiences. The system includes a vehicle including a body with passenger seats, including a user input assembly proximate to each of the passenger seats, and further including a holonomic drive system adapted to move the body in any direction while riding on a driving surface of the park attraction. The system also includes a system controller (running an attraction/game control module) that operates to: (a) receive user input from each of the user input assemblies; (b) process the user input from each of the user input assemblies to generate a control vector associated with each of the user input assemblies; (c) combine the control vectors from all of the user input assemblies to generate a resultant vector; (d) generate a drive control signal from the resultant vector; and (e) transmit the drive control signal to the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Ilardi, Frank D. Mezzatesta, III, Jonathan Michael Becker, Dawson McLeod Dill, Luke Andrew Sciaraffa, Joseph George Hager, IV, William Bennett Hogue, Jr.
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Publication number: 20200280672Abstract: A system for determining a distance to a region of interest. The system may be used to adjust focus of a motion picture camera. The system may include a first camera configured to have a first field of view, and a second camera configured to have a second field of view that overlaps at least a portion of the first field of view. The system may include a processor configured to calculate a distance of the selected region of interest relative to a location by comparing a position of the selected region of interest in the first field of view with a position of the selected region of interest in the second field of view.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventors: Ritesh Narang, William Bennett Hogue, JR., Clive Austin Towndrow
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Patent number: 10587792Abstract: A system for determining a distance to a region of interest. The system may be used to adjust focus of a motion picture camera. The system may include a first camera configured to have a first field of view, and a second camera configured to have a second field of view that overlaps at least a portion of the first field of view. The system may include a processor configured to calculate a distance of the selected region of interest relative to a location by comparing a position of the selected region of interest in the first field of view with a position of the selected region of interest in the second field of view.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Panavision International, L.P.Inventors: Ritesh Narang, William Bennett Hogue, Jr., Clive Austin Towndrow
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Publication number: 20190302776Abstract: A system for use in a park attraction to provide collaborative driving experiences. The system includes a vehicle including a body with passenger seats, including a user input assembly proximate to each of the passenger seats, and further including a holonomic drive system adapted to move the body in any direction while riding on a driving surface of the park attraction. The system also includes a system controller (running an attraction/game control module) that operates to: (a) receive user input from each of the user input assemblies; (b) process the user input from each of the user input assemblies to generate a control vector associated with each of the user input assemblies; (c) combine the control vectors from all of the user input assemblies to generate a resultant vector; (d) generate a drive control signal from the resultant vector; and (e) transmit the drive control signal to the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2018Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: MICHAEL J. ILARDI, FRANK D. MEZZATESTA, III, JONATHAN MICHAEL BECKER, DAWSON MCLEOD DILL, LUKE ANDREW SCIARAFFA, JOSEPH GEORGE HAGER, IV, WILLIAM BENNETT HOGUE, JR.
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Publication number: 20170264815Abstract: A system for determining a distance to a region of interest. The system may be used to adjust focus of a motion picture camera. The system may include a first camera configured to have a first field of view, and a second camera configured to have a second field of view that overlaps at least a portion of the first field of view. The system may include a processor configured to calculate a distance of the selected region of interest relative to a location by comparing a position of the selected region of interest in the first field of view with a position of the selected region of interest in the second field of view.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Ritesh Narang, William Bennett Hogue, JR., Clive Austin Towndrow
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Patent number: 9609200Abstract: A system for determining a distance to a region of interest. The system may be used to adjust focus of a motion picture camera. The system may include a first camera configured to have a first field of view, and a second camera configured to have a second field of view that overlaps at least a portion of the first field of view. The system may include a processor configured to calculate a distance of the selected region of interest relative to a location by comparing a position of the selected region of interest in the first field of view with a position of the selected region of interest in the second field of view.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Panavision International, L.P.Inventors: Ritesh Narang, William Bennett Hogue, Jr., Clive Austin Towndrow
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Publication number: 20160088212Abstract: A system for determining a distance to a region of interest. The system may be used to adjust focus of a motion picture camera. The system may include a first camera configured to have a first field of view, and a second camera configured to have a second field of view that overlaps at least a portion of the first field of view. The system may include a processor configured to calculate a distance of the selected region of interest relative to a location by comparing a position of the selected region of interest in the first field of view with a position of the selected region of interest in the second field of view.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Ritesh Narang, William Bennett Hogue, JR., Clive Austin Towndrow
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Patent number: 7681040Abstract: A method of embedding a security mark or code on a film during the printing process is provided. The security mark or code includes unique print identification information that can be tracked to determine sources of piracy. The security code is incorporated to the film print in the form of a shift in the light exposure (e.g., color density) of pre-selected frames within pre-selected zone of pre-selected scenes. By shifting the color density and thereby marking a particular zone within a scene, these markings can be used to place a unique print ID onto the film print. This embedded security code (e.g., print ID) will be virtually undetectable to the viewer and film pirates; yet will enable the identification of the film source in the event of piracy.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2005Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Inventors: Margit Elisabeth Elo, William Bennett Hogue, Jr., Jeffrey Jason Bartley
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Patent number: 7289644Abstract: A method for uniquely identifying a copy of a motion picture disposed on a medium. A first sequence and a second sequence of the motion picture each can be selectively marked with an identifier mark to collectively define a uniquely identifiable marking pattern. A third sequence of the motion picture can be selectively marked with an error correction mark correlating to the uniquely identifiable marking pattern. The uniquely identifiable marking pattern is determinable absent at least one of the identifier marks by processing the error correction mark and remaining ones of the identifier marks. The error correction mark can be determined from values correlating the identifier marks.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2004Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: David Jay Duffield, William Bennett Hogue, Jr.