Patents by Inventor Charles H Collias

Charles H Collias 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: 9678410
    Abstract: Diffusing light illuminating a light target or subject of a film or video production including placing a diffusion panel between a light source and a light target, energizing said light source so as to direct light therefrom through the diffusion panel, and electrically adjusting the transparency of the diffusion panel by changing an electric potential applied to electrodes of the diffusion panel. The electrically adjustable diffusion panel eliminates the need for manually changing diffusion papers or other filters and provides a continuous range of selectable levels of transparency/diffusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Zylight LLC
    Inventors: James H. Collias, Charles H. Collias, Nicholas J. Foster, Jeffrey M. Hamel
  • Publication number: 20160131962
    Abstract: Diffusing light illuminating a light target or subject of a film or video production including placing a diffusion panel between a light source and a light target, energizing said light source so as to direct light therefrom through the diffusion panel, and electrically adjusting the transparency of the diffusion panel by changing an electric potential applied to electrodes of the diffusion panel. The electrically adjustable diffusion panel eliminates the need for manually changing diffusion papers or other filters and provides a continuous range of selectable levels of transparency/diffusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: ZYLIGHT LLC
    Inventors: James H. Collias, Charles H. Collias, Nicholas J. Foster, Jeffrey M. Hamel
  • Patent number: 9075286
    Abstract: An electrically adjustable optical diffusion panel for use in film or video production having a frame, diffusion material affixed to the frame, where the transparency of the material is continuously and variably changeable between a substantially transparent state and a substantially opaque state in response to an electric potential applied to electrodes of the material and a controller and battery. The electrically adjustable diffusion panel eliminates the need for manually changing diffusion papers or other filters and provides a continuous range of selectable levels of transparency/diffusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Zylight LLC
    Inventors: James H. Collias, Charles H. Collias, Nicholas J. Foster, Jeffrey M. Hamel
  • Patent number: 8342713
    Abstract: A method of lighting for use in motion picture and video production including, in various embodiments, the steps: providing lighting modules, each having one or more manual controls for controlling light output characteristics such as the intensity and hue of light produced and each capable of wirelessly communicating with other lighting modules over a wireless data network; interconnecting the lighting modules on the wireless data network; and adjusting the light produced by all lighting modules through adjustments using any one of the networked lighting modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Zylight LLC
    Inventors: James H. Collias, Charles H. Collias, Nicholas J. Foster
  • Publication number: 20120262655
    Abstract: An electrically adjustable optical diffusion panel for use in film or video production having a frame, diffusion material affixed to the frame, where the transparency of the material is continuously and variably changeable between a substantially transparent state and a substantially opaque state in response to an electric potential applied to electrodes of the material and a controller and battery. The electrically adjustable diffusion panel eliminates the need for manually changing diffusion papers or other filters and provides a continuous range of selectable levels of transparency/diffusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: ZYLIGHT LLC
    Inventors: James H. Collias, Charles H. Collias
  • Publication number: 20120262088
    Abstract: A method of lighting for use in motion picture and video production including, in various embodiments, the steps: providing lighting modules, each having one or more manual controls for controlling light output characteristics such as the intensity and hue of light produced and each capable of wirelessly communicating with other lighting modules over a wireless data network; interconnecting the lighting modules on the wireless data network; and adjusting the light produced by all lighting modules through adjustments using any one of the networked lighting modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: ZYLIGHT LLC
    Inventors: James H. Collias, Charles H. Collias, Nicholas J. Foster
  • Patent number: 8167457
    Abstract: An illumination system suitable for lighting in connection with the production of film or video includes one or more lighting modules, wherein each module contains a light engine, a heat sink to which the light engine is affixed, and a control system electrically connected to the light engine, the control system capable of adjusting both the color and intensity of light engine by means of one or more rotary concentric control knobs and pushbuttons affixed to the control system, and wherein the control systems of each module are interconnected by a wireless data network, so that all of the modules may be controlled by using the rotary control unit on any individual module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Zylight LLC
    Inventors: James H Collias, Charles H Collias, Nicholas J Forster