Patents by Inventor Douglas Trumbull
Douglas Trumbull 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).
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Patent number: 12058307Abstract: High-frame-rate stereoscopic projection using a single digital projector provides a powerful sense of immersion when shown on wide screens, and the human eye perceives each frame as unique and separate from the others by virtue of the natural left-right “shuttering” that occurs via the chosen 3D projection technology. Techniques are provided for the introduction of one or more consecutive “digital dark frames” into the image streams presented to the dual projectors in such a manner that the sequence of out-of-phase photography is replicated via out-of-phase projection. This is achieved by alternately introducing the dark frames so that the sequence of stereoscopic images is presented in proper temporal continuity.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Inventor: Douglas Trumbull
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Patent number: 11859378Abstract: A portable theater includes a plurality of individual panels assembled together to form a theater enclosure, a plurality of audience seats installed within the assembled theater enclosure, and a projection screen mounted within the assembled theater enclosure. The projection screen has a partial toroidal shaped reflective surface configured to reflect, toward the plurality of audience seats, a moving image as projected by a projector.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: MAGI INTERNATIONAL LLCInventor: Douglas Trumbull
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Publication number: 20230279656Abstract: A portable theater includes a plurality of individual panels assembled together to form a theater enclosure, a plurality of audience seats installed within the assembled theater enclosure, and a projection screen mounted within the assembled theater enclosure. The projection screen has a partial toroidal shaped reflective surface configured to reflect, toward the plurality of audience seats, a moving image as projected by a projector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: Magi International, LLCInventor: Douglas Trumbull
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Publication number: 20220191465Abstract: High-frame-rate stereoscopic projection using a single digital projector provides a powerful sense of immersion when shown on wide screens, and the human eye perceives each frame as unique and separate from the others by virtue of the natural left-right “shuttering” that occurs via the chosen 3D projection technology. Techniques are provided for the introduction of one or more consecutive “digital dark frames” into the image streams presented to the dual projectors in such a manner that the sequence of out-of-phase photography is replicated via out-of-phase projection. This is achieved by alternately introducing the dark frames so that the sequence of stereoscopic images is presented in proper temporal continuity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: Magi International, LLCInventor: Douglas Trumbull
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Patent number: 11223818Abstract: A digital cinematographic and projection process that provides 3D stereoscopic imagery that is not adversely affected by the standard frame rate of 24 frames per second, as is the convention in the motion picture industry worldwide. A method for photographing and projecting moving images in three dimensions includes recording a moving image with a first and a second camera simultaneously and interleaving a plurality of frames recorded by the first camera with a plurality of frames recorded by the second camera. The step of interleaving includes retaining odd numbered frames recorded by the first camera and deleting the even numbered frames, retaining even numbered frames recorded by the second camera and deleting the odd numbered frames, and creating an image sequence by alternating the retained images from the first and second camera.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Magi International LLCInventor: Douglas Trumbull
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Publication number: 20210238842Abstract: A portable theater includes a plurality of individual panels assembled together to form a theater enclosure, a plurality of audience seats installed within the assembled theater enclosure, and a projection screen mounted within the assembled theater enclosure. The projection screen has a partial toroidal shaped reflective surface configured to reflect, toward the plurality of audience seats, a moving image as projected by a projector.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: Magi International, LLCInventor: Douglas Trumbull
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Publication number: 20210051313Abstract: A digital cinematographic and projection process that provides 3D stereoscopic imagery that is not adversely affected by the standard frame rate of 24 frames per second, as is the convention in the motion picture industry worldwide. A method for photographing and projecting moving images in three dimensions includes recording a moving image with a first and a second camera simultaneously and interleaving a plurality of frames recorded by the first camera with a plurality of frames recorded by the second camera. The step of interleaving includes retaining odd numbered frames recorded by the first camera and deleting the even numbered frames, retaining even numbered frames recorded by the second camera and deleting the odd numbered frames, and creating an image sequence by alternating the retained images from the first and second camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: Magi International LLCInventor: Douglas Trumbull
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Publication number: 20200092539Abstract: High-frame-rate stereoscopic projection using a single digital projector provides a powerful sense of immersion when shown on wide screens, and the human eye perceives each frame as unique and separate from the others by virtue of the natural left-right “shuttering” that occurs via the chosen 3D projection technology. Techniques are provided for the introduction of one or more consecutive “digital dark frames” into the image streams presented to the dual projectors in such a manner that the sequence of out-of-phase photography is replicated via out-of-phase projection. This is achieved by alternately introducing the dark frames so that the sequence of stereoscopic images is presented in proper temporal continuity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: Magi International, LLCInventor: Douglas Trumbull
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Publication number: 20190277017Abstract: A portable theater includes a plurality of individual panels assembled together to form a theater enclosure, a plurality of audience seats installed within the assembled theater enclosure, and a projection screen mounted within the assembled theater enclosure. The projection screen has a partial toroidal shaped reflective surface configured to reflect, toward the plurality of audience seats, a moving image as projected by a projector.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: Magi International, LLCInventor: Douglas Trumbull
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Publication number: 20190281277Abstract: A digital cinematographic and projection process that provides 3D stereoscopic imagery that is not adversely affected by the standard frame rate of 24 frames per second, as is the convention in the motion picture industry worldwide. A method for photographing and projecting moving images in three dimensions includes recording a moving image with a first and a second camera simultaneously and interleaving a plurality of frames recorded by the first camera with a plurality of frames recorded by the second camera. The step of interleaving includes retaining odd numbered frames recorded by the first camera and deleting the even numbered frames, retaining even numbered frames recorded by the second camera and deleting the odd numbered frames, and creating an image sequence by alternating the retained images from the first and second camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: Magi International LLCInventor: Douglas Trumbull
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Publication number: 20180332274Abstract: A digital cinematographic and projection process that provides 3D stereoscopic imagery that is not adversely affected by the standard frame rate of 24 frame s per second, as is the convention in the motion picture industry worldwide. A method for photographing and projecting moving images in three dimensions includes recording a moving image with a first and a second camera simultaneously and interleaving a plurality of frames recorded by the first camera with a plurality of frames recorded by the second camera. The step of interleaving includes retaining odd numbered frames recorded by the first camera and deleting the even numbered frames, retaining even numbered frames recorded by the second camera and deleting the odd numbered frames, and creating an image sequence by alternating the retained images from the first and second camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2017Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: Magi International LLCInventor: Douglas Trumbull
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Patent number: 9848182Abstract: A digital cinematographic and projection process that provides 3D stereoscopic imagery that is not adversely affected by the standard frame rate of 24 frames per second, as is the convention in the motion picture industry worldwide. A method for photographing and projecting moving images in three dimensions includes recording a moving image with a first and a second camera simultaneously and interleaving a plurality of frames recorded by the first camera with a plurality of frames recorded by the second camera. The step of interleaving includes retaining odd numbered frames recorded by the first camera and deleting the even numbered frames, retaining even numbered frames recorded by the second camera and deleting the odd numbered frames, and creating an image sequence by alternating the retained images from the first and second camera.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: MAGI INTERNATIONAL LLCInventor: Douglas Trumbull
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Publication number: 20160088289Abstract: A digital cinematographic and projection process that provides 3D stereoscopic imagery that is not adversely affected by the standard frame rate of 24 frames per second, as is the convention in the motion picture industry worldwide. A method for photographing and projecting moving images in three dimensions includes recording a moving image with a first and a second camera simultaneously and interleaving a plurality of frames recorded by the first camera with a plurality of frames recorded by the second camera. The step of interleaving includes retaining odd numbered frames recorded by the first camera and deleting the even numbered frames, retaining even numbered frames recorded by the second camera and deleting the odd numbered frames, and creating an image sequence by alternating the retained images from the first and second camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Applicant: Trumbull Ventures LLCInventor: Douglas Trumbull
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Patent number: 9204132Abstract: A digital cinematographic and projection process that provides a means of 3D stereoscopic imagery that is not adversely affected by the standard frame rate of 24 frames per second, as is the convention in the motion picture industry worldwide. A method for photographing and projecting moving images in three dimensions includes recording a moving image with a first and a second camera simultaneously and interleaving a plurality of frames recorded by the first camera with a plurality of frames recorded by the second camera. The step of interleaving includes retaining odd numbered frames recorded by the first camera and deleting the even numbered frames, retaining even numbered frames recorded by the second camera and deleting the odd numbered frames, and creating an image sequence by alternating the retained images from the first and second camera.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2010Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Trumbull Ventures LLCInventor: Douglas Trumbull
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Publication number: 20120268570Abstract: A digital cinematographic and projection process that provides a means of 3D stereoscopic imagery that is not adversely affected by the standard frame rate of 24 frames per second, as is the convention in the motion picture industry worldwide. A method for photographing and projecting moving images in three dimensions includes recording a moving image with a first and a second camera simultaneously and interleaving a plurality of frames recorded by the first camera with a plurality of frames recorded by the second camera. The step of interleaving includes retaining odd numbered frames recorded by the first camera and deleting the even numbered frames, retaining even numbered frames recorded by the second camera and deleting the odd numbered frames, and creating an image sequence by alternating the retained images from the first and second camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2010Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: TRUMBULL VENTURES LLCInventor: Douglas Trumbull
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Patent number: 7070277Abstract: An apparatus for producing motion pictures using real time composites of computer generated virtual backgrounds and live foreground images recorded on a sound stage includes camera motion tracking, automated lighting control, on-line editing, and production and asset management to accelerate the pace and reduce the cost of motion picture production.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2003Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: Entertainment Design Workshop, LLCInventor: Douglas Trumbull
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Patent number: 6769771Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing motion pictures using real time composites of computer generated virtual backgrounds and live foreground images recorded on a sound stage includes camera motion tracking, automated lighting control, on-line editing, and production and asset management to accelerate the pace and reduce the cost of motion picture production.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2002Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignee: Entertainment Design Workshop, LLCInventor: Douglas Trumbull
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Publication number: 20030174285Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing motion pictures using real time composites of computer generated virtual backgrounds and live foreground images recorded on a sound stage includes camera motion tracking, automated lighting control, on-line editing, and production and asset management to accelerate the pace and reduce the cost of motion picture production.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2002Publication date: September 18, 2003Inventor: Douglas Trumbull
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Publication number: 20030174286Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing motion pictures using real time composites of computer generated virtual backgrounds and live foreground images recorded on a sound stage includes camera motion tracking, automated lighting control, on-line editing, and production and asset management to accelerate the pace and reduce the cost of motion picture production.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2003Publication date: September 18, 2003Inventor: Douglas Trumbull
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Patent number: 6454411Abstract: An apparatus for directly projecting an image onto a retina includes an optical source for generating a light beam to be focused on a retina. A projection device sweeps the light beam along the retina in an ellipsoidal pattern such that a higher spatial concentration of light pixels impinge a central portion of the retina than a peripheral portion thereof. A controller is coupled to the optical source and the projection device for modulating the light beam such that a higher temporal concentration of light pixels impinge a central portion of the retina than a peripheral portion thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 1999Date of Patent: September 24, 2002Assignee: Entertainment Design Workshop LLCInventor: Douglas Trumbull