Patents by Inventor Charles Dale Willey

Charles Dale Willey 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 and method for dynamically enhancing depth perception in head borne video systems
    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
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ENHANCING DEPTH PERCEPTION IN HEAD BORNE VIDEO SYSTEMS
    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
  • Optical bonding structure
    Patent number: 6974261
    Abstract: A method of mounting a fiber optic unit to a photosensor. The photosensor is mounted to a first carrier. A first end of the fiber optic unit is bonded to the photosensor to create a joint between the fiber optic unit and the photosensor. A second end of the fiber optic unit is mounted to a second carrier. The joint between the fiber optic unit and the photosensor is compressed. This compressing step strengthens the bond between the fiber optic unit and the photosensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry E. McKinley, Blair R. Dobbie, Charles Dale Willey