Patents by Inventor Glenn Derry

Glenn Derry 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).

  • Systems, methods and apparatuses for film virtual production
    Patent number: 10819886
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses for film virtual production include a headrig having a shell, a boom, a camera assembly and a control pod, the boom configured to release from a first side of said shell and secure to the shell at an opposite, second side, wherein repositioning from the first side of the shell to the opposite, second side results in a flip of the camera assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn Derry, Robert Derry, Alejandro Arango, Gary Martinez
  • Systems, methods and apparatuses for film virtual production
    Patent number: 10728429
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses for film virtual production including a virtual camera including plural arms with map-able control buttons, at least one of which is pivotable and a retroreflective marker tree fixedly associated with one of the pivoting arms, the retroreflective marker tree virtually representing the virtual camera that is fixedly associated with one the arms, with a center node designating said virtual camera lens and with tree extensions representing position and orientation information for said virtual camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn Derry, Robert Derry, Alejandro Arango, Gary Martinez
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FILM VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20200154059
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses for film virtual production include a headrig having a shell, a boom, a camera assembly and a control pod, the boom configured to release from a first side of said shell and secure to the shell at an opposite, second side, wherein repositioning from the first side of the shell to the opposite, second side results in a flip of the camera assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Glenn Derry, Robert Derry, Alejandro Arango, Gary Martinez
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FILM VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20200154004
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses for film virtual production including a virtual camera including plural arms with map-able control buttons, at least one of which is pivotable and a retroreflective marker tree fixedly associated with one of the pivoting arms, the retroreflective marker tree virtually representing the virtual camera that is fixedly associated with one the arms, with a center node designating said virtual camera lens and with tree extensions representing position and orientation information for said virtual camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Glenn Derry, Robert Derry, Alejandro Arango, Gary Martinez