Patents by Inventor Donald R. M. Boys

Donald R. M. Boys 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).

  • Publication number: 20030202243
    Abstract: A software application for organizing and editing image data files created through digital photography has a first portion thereof based on a computing platform; and a second portion thereof distributed to a device memory on a digital photographic device. The second portion of the software is used to organize and contain captured images, including annotation to individual ones of the captured images as photographic sessions bounded in one or more session containers according to programmable rules, and wherein the session containers appear as fully editable and annotate-able electronic documents containing the images of the session and captions associated to individual ones of the session images upon upload to the computing platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Donald R. M. Boys, Susan Araiza-Boys
  • Patent number: 6542295
    Abstract: A trinocular apparatus is provided for sighting and photographing subjects in the field. The trinocular apparatus comprises a binocular viewing system and a third barrel focusing a common image on an image capturing device mounted to the binocular viewing system. Focusing for both the binocular system and the third barrel is managed by a common focusing apparatus. In a preferred embodiment images are captured electronically, and the trinocular apparatus includes apparatus for storing and transferring captured images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Inventors: Donald R. M. Boys, Susan Araiza-Boys
  • Publication number: 20020069070
    Abstract: A trinocular apparatus is provided for sighting and photographing subjects in the field. The trinocular apparatus comprises a binocular viewing system and a third barrel focusing a common image on an image capturing device mounted to the binocular viewing system. Focusing for both the binocular system and the third barrel is managed by a common focusing apparatus. In a preferred embodiment images are captured electronically, and the trinocular apparatus includes a system for annotating captured images as well as apparatus for storing and transferring captured images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2000
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: Donald R. M. Boys, Susan Araiza-Boys
  • Patent number: 6401069
    Abstract: A trinocular apparatus is provided for sighting and photographing subjects in the field. Images are captured electronically, and the trinocular apparatus includes a system for annotating captured images as well as apparatus for storing and transferring captured images. A text phrase is selected for use in annotating a non-text electronic file. Voice input such as a keyword is associated with a text version of the keyword which is matched to text words in stored text phrases, and the text phrases are then used to annotate the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald R. M. Boys, Susan Araiza-Boys
  • Publication number: 20010046085
    Abstract: A trinocular apparatus is provided for sighting and photographing subjects in the field. The trinocular apparatus comprises a binocular viewing system and a third barrel focusing a common image on an image capturing device mounted to the binocular viewing system. Focusing for both the binocular system and the third barrel is managed by a common focusing apparatus. In a preferred embodiment images are captured electronically, and the trinocular apparatus includes apparatus for storing and transferring captured images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2000
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Inventors: Donald R. M. Boys, Susan Araiza-Boys