Patents by Inventor Gary Embler

Gary Embler 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: 10666865
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of panoramic still and motion photography. In a first embodiment, a camera apparatus for panoramic photography includes a first image sensor positioned to capture a first image. The first image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. The camera apparatus also includes second image sensor positioned to capture a second image. The second image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. Finally, the camera apparatus includes a controller configured to signal the second image sensor to start capturing the second image before the first image sensor finishes capturing the first image. At least a portion of the first image is in front of the second image relative to a forward direction of the camera apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Richard Francis Lyon, Gary Embler, Iain Richard Tyrone McClatchie, Jason Holt
  • Publication number: 20190313022
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of panoramic still and motion photography. In a first embodiment, a camera apparatus for panoramic photography includes a first image sensor positioned to capture a first image. The first image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. The camera apparatus also includes second image sensor positioned to capture a second image. The second image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. Finally, the camera apparatus includes a controller configured to signal the second image sensor to start capturing the second image before the first image sensor finishes capturing the first image. At least a portion of the first image is in front of the second image relative to a forward direction of the camera apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Richard Francis Lyon, Gary Embler, Iain Richard Tyrone McClatchie, Jason Holt
  • Patent number: 10397476
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of panoramic still and motion photography. In a first embodiment, a camera apparatus for panoramic photography includes a first image sensor positioned to capture a first image. The first image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. The camera apparatus also includes second image sensor positioned to capture a second image. The second image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. Finally, the camera apparatus includes a controller configured to signal the second image sensor to start capturing the second image before the first image sensor finishes capturing the first image. At least a portion of the first image is in front of the second image relative to a forward direction of the camera apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Richard Francis Lyon, Gary Embler, Iain Richard Tyrone McClatchie, Jason Holt
  • Publication number: 20180077351
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of panoramic still and motion photography. In a first embodiment, a camera apparatus for panoramic photography includes a first image sensor positioned to capture a first image. The first image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. The camera apparatus also includes second image sensor positioned to capture a second image. The second image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. Finally, the camera apparatus includes a controller configured to signal the second image sensor to start capturing the second image before the first image sensor finishes capturing the first image. At least a portion of the first image is in front of the second image relative to a forward direction of the camera apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Richard Francis Lyon, Gary Embler, Iain Richard Tyrone McClatchie, Jason Holt
  • Patent number: 9794479
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of panoramic still and motion photography. In a first embodiment, a camera apparatus for panoramic photography includes a first image sensor positioned to capture a first image. The first image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. The camera apparatus also includes second image sensor positioned to capture a second image. The second image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. Finally, the camera apparatus includes a controller configured to signal the second image sensor to start capturing the second image before the first image sensor finishes capturing the first image. At least a portion of the first image is in front of the second image relative to a forward direction of the camera apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Francis Lyon, Gary Embler, Iain Richard Tyrone McClatchie, Jason Holt
  • Publication number: 20160142632
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of panoramic still and motion photography. In a first embodiment, a camera apparatus for panoramic photography includes a first image sensor positioned to capture a first image. The first image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. The camera apparatus also includes second image sensor positioned to capture a second image. The second image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. Finally, the camera apparatus includes a controller configured to signal the second image sensor to start capturing the second image before the first image sensor finishes capturing the first image. At least a portion of the first image is in front of the second image relative to a forward direction of the camera apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Richard Francis Lyon, Gary Embler, Iain Richard Tyrone McClatchie, Jason Holt
  • Patent number: 8493436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of panoramic still and motion photography. In a first embodiment, a camera apparatus for panoramic photography includes a first image sensor positioned to capture a first image. The first image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. The camera apparatus also includes second image sensor positioned to capture a second image. The second image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. Finally, the camera apparatus includes a controller configured to signal the second image sensor to start capturing the second image before the first image sensor finishes capturing the first image. At least a portion of the first image is in front of the second image relative to a forward direction of the camera apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Richard F. Lyon, Gary Embler, Iain Richard Tyrone McClatchie, Jason Holt
  • Publication number: 20130169745
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of panoramic still and motion photography. In a first embodiment, a camera apparatus for panoramic photography includes a first image sensor positioned to capture a first image. The first image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. The camera apparatus also includes second image sensor positioned to capture a second image. The second image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. Finally, the camera apparatus includes a controller configured to signal the second image sensor to start capturing the second image before the first image sensor finishes capturing the first image. At least a portion of the first image is in front of the second image relative to a forward direction of the camera apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Richard F. Lyon, Gary Embler, Iain Richard Tyrone McClatchie, Jason Holt
  • Patent number: 7983646
    Abstract: Various embodiments to reduce radio frequency noise are described. An apparatus may comprise a mobile computing device having a radio frequency noise reduction module to disable a radio frequency noise source in response to a receive active signal from a radio receiver. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Olivier Boireau, Gary Embler, Avi Kopelman, William Noellert, Karl Townsend, Chun W. Yeung
  • Publication number: 20090201361
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of panoramic still and motion photography. In a first embodiment, a camera apparatus for panoramic photography includes a first image sensor positioned to capture a first image. The first image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. The camera apparatus also includes second image sensor positioned to capture a second image. The second image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. Finally, the camera apparatus includes a controller configured to signal the second image sensor to start capturing the second image before the first image sensor finishes capturing the first image. At least a portion of the first image is in front of the second image relative to a forward direction of the camera apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Richard F. Lyon, Gary Embler, Iain Richard Tyrone McClatchie, Jason Holt
  • Publication number: 20080139155
    Abstract: Various embodiments to reduce radio frequency noise are described. An apparatus may comprise a mobile computing device having a radio frequency noise reduction module to disable a radio frequency noise source in response to a receive active signal from a radio receiver. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: OLIVIER BOIREAU, GARY EMBLER, AVI KOPELMAN, WILLIAM NOELLERT, KARL TOWNSEND, CHUN W. YEUNG
  • Publication number: 20070189629
    Abstract: Processing a digitized image signal includes selectively adjusting interpolated color values on the basis of correlations between pre-identified reference patterns of values and the patterns of values within the neighborhoods in which the interpolated color values reside. The reference patterns may be various possible combinations of a high reference value and a low reference value within a selected neighborhood configuration. When minimum and maximum color values are used as the reference values, the reference patterns are representative of the various maximum luminous gradient possibilities within the selected neighborhood configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventor: Gary Embler
  • Patent number: 6654054
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for canceling the effect of radiated noise on an electronic signal is disclosed. Particularly, in an electronic camera, a noise cancellation circuit consisting of a control means for controlling the timing of a radiated noise signal generated by a noise-generating source, a storage means for storing an anti-noise signal that comprises a digital representation of a complement of the radiated noise signal; and a summing circuit for summing digital image signals containing the radiated noise signal component and the anti-noise signal are disclosed. The control means generates a control signal in synchronization with a pulse of a pixel sample clock. This control signal triggers the noise-generating source such that the radiated noise signal is also synchronized to the pulse of the pixel sample clock. The radiated noise signal is conducted into the electronic signal path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary Embler