Patents by Inventor Howard Postley

Howard Postley 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).

  • Method for smoothing transitions between scenes of a stereo film and controlling or regulating a plurality of 3D cameras
    Patent number: 10165249
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a method for producing a stereo film is provided, wherein a first image that is supplied (10) by a first camera rig having at least two cameras is followed (50) by a second image from a second camera rig, wherein furthermore a disparity table for definition of the displacement of a defined image point in a first sub-frame supplied by a first camera of the first camera rig relative to an image point similar thereto in a second sub-frame supplied by a second camera of the first camera rig is determined (20, 30) in order to obtain information about the depth of the first image composed of the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame, wherein the depth information of the disparity table of the first image of the first camera rig is used (60) for processing of the second image of the second camera rig. The invention also relates to controlling (means) or regulating means for a plurality of 3D cameras configured to carry out said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Truality, LLC
    Inventors: Martin Borchert, Howard Postley
  • METHOD FOR SMOOTHING TRANSITIONS BETWEEN SCENES OF A STEREO FILM AND CONTROLLING OR REGULATING A PLURALITY OF 3D CAMERAS
    Publication number: 20170310943
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a method for producing a stereo film is provided, wherein a first image that is supplied (10) by a first camera rig having at least two cameras is followed (50) by a second image from a second camera rig, wherein furthermore a disparity table for definition of the displacement of a defined image point in a first sub-frame supplied by a first camera of the first camera rig relative to an image point similar thereto in a second sub-frame supplied by a second camera of the first camera rig is determined (20, 30) in order to obtain information about the depth of the first image composed of the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame, wherein the depth information of the disparity table of the first image of the first camera rig is used (60) for processing of the second image of the second camera rig. The invention also relates to controlling (means) or regulating means for a plurality of 3D cameras configured to carry out said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Martin Borchert, Howard Postley
  • Method for smoothing transitions between scenes of a stereo film and controlling or regulating a plurality of 3D cameras
    Patent number: 9602801
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a method for producing a stereo film is provided, wherein a first image that is supplied (10) by a first camera rig having at least two cameras is followed (50) by a second image from a second camera rig, wherein furthermore a disparity table for definition of the displacement of a defined image point in a first sub-frame supplied by a first camera of the first camera rig relative to an image point similar thereto in a second sub-frame supplied by a second camera of the first camera rig is determined (20, 30) in order to obtain information about the depth of the first image composed of the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame, wherein the depth information of the disparity table of the first image of the first camera rig is used (60) for processing of the second image of the second camera rig. The invention also relates to controlling (means) or regulating means for a plurality of 3D cameras configured to carry out said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Inventors: Martin Borchert, Howard Postley
  • METHOD FOR SMOOTHING TRANSITIONS BETWEEN SCENES OF A STEREO FILM AND CONTROLLING OR REGULATING A PLURALITY OF 3D CAMERAS
    Publication number: 20150077521
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a method for producing a stereo film is provided, wherein a first image that is supplied (10) by a first camera rig having at least two cameras is followed (50) by a second image from a second camera rig, wherein furthermore a disparity table for definition of the displacement of a defined image point in a first sub-frame supplied by a first camera of the first camera rig relative to an image point similar thereto in a second sub-frame supplied by a second camera of the first camera rig is determined (20, 30) in order to obtain information about the depth of the first image composed of the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame, wherein the depth information of the disparity table of the first image of the first camera rig is used (60) for processing of the second image of the second camera rig. The invention also relates to controlling (means) or regulating means for a plurality of 3D cameras configured to carry out said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Martin Borchert, Howard Postley
  • Key sequence rhythm recognition system and method
    Publication number: 20070162763
    Abstract: A user recognition and identification system and method is presented in which text entered by a user at a keyboard is evaluated against previously recorded keystrokes by the user for the presence of repeatable patterns that are unique to an individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Steven Bender, Howard Postley