Patents by Inventor Colin Bartlett YARDLEY

Colin Bartlett YARDLEY 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: 11611732
    Abstract: A method of aligning a plurality of color channels of a projector is provided. The method includes: for each color channel, (i) projecting test pattern on a surface; (ii) capturing image of the test pattern generated on the surface; and (iii) adding the captured image to an image set. Once the captured images for each color channel are added to an image set, identifying a reference position based on the image set. This is followed by processing the image set to estimate a divergence of the respective test patterns for each color channel with respect to the reference position, followed by computing a corrective function for each color channel and applying the respective corrective function to each color channel to align the color channel to the reference position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Dennison, Christopher John Gordon, Simon Thomson, Peter Anthony Van Eerd, Colin Bartlett Yardley, Chad Faragher
  • Publication number: 20230068614
    Abstract: A method of aligning a plurality of color channels of a projector is provided. The method includes: for each color channel, (i) projecting test pattern on a surface; (ii) capturing image of the test pattern generated on the surface; and (iii) adding the captured image to an image set. Once the captured images for each color channel are added to an image set, identifying a reference position based on the image set. This is followed by processing the image set to estimate a divergence of the respective test patterns for each color channel with respect to the reference position, followed by computing a corrective function for each color channel and applying the respective corrective function to each color channel to align the color channel to the reference position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Dennison, Christopher John Gordon, Simon Thomson, Peter Anthony Van Eerd, Colin Bartlett Yardley, Chad Faragher
  • Patent number: 10638104
    Abstract: A device, system and method for generating updated camera-projector correspondences from a reduced set of test patterns is provided. When a predetermined correspondences between projector points and camera points in an initial relative position of a projector and a camera have been previously determined, a recalibration therebetween may occur by projecting a single test pattern derived from the predetermined correspondences to estimate movement therebetween. When the movement is too great to be estimated by a single test pattern, another test pattern may be projected to determine an estimation function for the movement and in particular, estimate movement of one or more camera points in the projected images due to relative movement of the projector and the camera from the initial relative position to a current relative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Thomas Morris, Colin Bartlett Yardley, Heewoo Ahn, Eliezer Azi Ben-Lavi, Chad Faragher
  • Publication number: 20200092524
    Abstract: A device, system and method for generating updated camera-projector correspondences from a reduced set of test patterns is provided. When a predetermined correspondences between projector points and camera points in an initial relative position of a projector and a camera have been previously determined, a recalibration therebetween may occur by projecting a single test pattern derived from the predetermined correspondences to estimate movement therebetween. When the movement is too great to be estimated by a single test pattern, another test pattern may be projected to determine an estimation function for the movement and in particular, estimate movement of one or more camera points in the projected images due to relative movement of the projector and the camera from the initial relative position to a current relative position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Ryan Thomas MORRIS, Colin Bartlett YARDLEY, Heewoo AHN, Eliezer Azi BEN-LAVI, Chad FARAGHER