Patents by Inventor BLAIR REUBEN DOBBIE

BLAIR REUBEN DOBBIE 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).

  • Patent number: 8760759
    Abstract: Focusing devices and methods for controlling a focal position of an objective lens assembly in a night vision optical device are provided. The focusing device includes an objective lens assembly positioned at a first or second focus position from an imaging device and a binary focus controller, coupled to the objective lens assembly, configured to translate the objective lens assembly relative to the imaging device to either the first or second focus position. The objective lens assembly is translated to either the first or second focus position in response to an orientation of the night vision optical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Exelis, Inc.
    Inventor: Blair Reuben Dobbie
  • Publication number: 20140153085
    Abstract: Focusing devices and methods for controlling a focal position of an objective lens assembly in a night vision optical device are provided. The focusing device includes an objective lens assembly positioned at a first or second focus position from an imaging device and a binary focus controller, coupled to the objective lens assembly, configured to translate the objective lens assembly relative to the imaging device to either the first or second focus position. The objective lens assembly is translated to either the first or second focus position in response to an orientation of the night vision optical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventor: BLAIR REUBEN DOBBIE
  • Patent number: 8648897
    Abstract: Systems and methods for viewing image data. The system includes a head borne image source, a controller, an eyepiece lens assembly and a display device. The head borne image source images an object and provides the image data. The controller determines a focus adjustment from a focus position of the head borne image source. The display device receives and displays the image data to a user's eye via the eyepiece lens assembly. A distance between the eyepiece lens assembly and the display device is adjusted based on the focus adjustment responsive to the focus position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Exelis, Inc.
    Inventors: Blair Reuben Dobbie, Charles Dale Willey, Thurmon E. Lockhart
  • Publication number: 20120050536
    Abstract: Focusing systems and methods for remotely controlling a focal position of an objective lens assembly in a night vision optical device are provided. The focusing system includes a focusing device and a focus selector. The focusing device includes an objective lens assembly positioned among two or more focus positions from an imaging array and a focus controller, coupled to the objective lens assembly, configured to translate the objective lens assembly relative to the imaging array among the two or more focus positions. The focus selector is remote from the focusing device and is configured to wirelessly transmit a selected focus position to the focus controller. The objective lens assembly is translated to one of the two or more focus positions in response to the selected focus position transmitted by the focus selector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: BLAIR REUBEN DOBBIE, Timothy Krahn Trudeau
  • Publication number: 20110043616
    Abstract: Systems and methods for viewing image data. The system includes a head borne image source, a controller, an eyepiece lens assembly and a display device. The head borne image source images an object and provides the image data. The controller determines a focus adjustment from a focus position of the head borne image source. The display device receives and displays the image data to a user's eye via the eyepiece lens assembly. A distance between the eyepiece lens assembly and the display device is adjusted based on the focus adjustment responsive to the focus position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: BLAIR REUBEN DOBBIE, Charles Dale Willey, Thurmon E. Lockhart