Patents by Inventor Christopher N Underwood

Christopher N Underwood 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: 9182228
    Abstract: An image capture system comprises a plurality of cameras and a camera mount. The camera mount has a curved portion, and the plurality of cameras are secured to the curved portion. The cameras are oriented radially inward relative to the curved portion of the camera mount, such that the lines of sight of the cameras intersect. Images are captured substantially simultaneously with the plurality of cameras. The captured images are stitched together to form a collective image. The image capture system may be positioned in an aerial vehicle to provide overhead views of an environment, and captured images may be transmitted to a remote location for viewing in substantially real time. A remote user may indicate a region of interest within the collective image, and the image capture system may render a portion of the collective image in accordance with the user's indications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    Inventors: David Boyd Pollock, Patrick John Reardon, Theodore Earl Rogers, Christopher N. Underwood, Geoffrey Egnal, Bennett Sampson Wilburn, Stephen Kenneth Pitalo
  • Patent number: 8950102
    Abstract: A scope correction apparatus comprises at least one lens and is positioned on a weapon in front of a reticled scope. Such scope correction apparatus receives light from a scene that is located a relatively short distance from the scope such that, without the presence of the scope correction apparatus, the focal point of the light within the scope would not be overlaid with the scope reticle. The scope correction apparatus optically alters the light such that its focal point is overlaid with the scope reticle thereby correcting for optical aberrations caused by the short distance between the scene and the scope. Accordingly, the user is able to view through the scope clear images of both the scene and the reticle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama
    Inventors: Patrick J. Reardon, Christopher N Underwood, Theodore E. Rogers, Robert D. Ferris