Patents by Inventor James Gregson

James Gregson 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: 20260120265
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, techniques and mechanisms are provided to enhance damage detection and assessment for objects such as vehicles. In some implementations, a striped lighting tunnel is configured with cameras for capture of object or vehicle surface images when illuminated by striped lighting. The vehicle surface images may be captured from a variety of perspectives. Damage assessed is mapped to multiple views of a vehicle. In some embodiments, a damage likelihood score is generated and if the damage likelihood score reaches a threshold, a heatmap visual representation may be generated and included in one or more views to present the type, likelihood, and extent of damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Applicant: Fyusion, Inc.
    Inventors: Krunal Ketan Chande, Stefan Johannes Josef Holzer, Matteo Munaro, Rodrigo Ortiz-Cayon, Klemen Istenic, Madhan Suresh Babu, Wook Yeon Hwang, Jan Botsch, James Gregson
  • Publication number: 20260101022
    Abstract: Light projection systems and methods may comprise combining light from two or more projectors. Each projector may be controlled so that the combined light output of the projectors matches a target for the projected light. In some embodiments optimization is performed to generate image data and control signals for each of the projectors. Embodiments may be applied in image projecting applications, lighting applications, and 3D stereoscopic imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2025
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Applicant: BARCO VISUAL SOLUTIONS, INC
    Inventors: Eric Kozak, Gerwin Damberg, Anders Ballestad, Raveen Kumaran, James Gregson, Johannes Minor, Gil Rosenfeld
  • Publication number: 20260092875
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, techniques and mechanisms are provided to improve striped lighting damage detection. In some implementations, a striped lighting tunnel is configured with cameras for capture of object or vehicle surface images when illuminated by striped lighting and when illuminated by uniform panel lighting. The vehicle surface images may be captured from a variety of perspectives. The vehicle surface images can be analyzed to generate vehicle object models or can be analyzed by using these vehicle object models. Damage may be determined using the vehicle surface images to identify the type, likelihood, and extent of damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 2, 2026
    Applicant: Fyusion, Inc.
    Inventors: Krunal Ketan Chande, Stefan Johannes Josef Holzer, Matteo Munaro, Rodrigo Ortiz-Cayon, Klemen Istenic, Madhan Suresh Babu, Wook Yeon Hwang, Jan Botsch, James Gregson
  • Patent number: 12574484
    Abstract: A new projector design combines one spatial light modulator that affects only the phase of the illumination, and one spatial light modulator that only affects its amplitude (intensity). The phase-only modulator curves the wavefront of light and acts as a pre-modulator for a conventional amplitude modulator. This approach works with both white light and laser illumination, generating a coarse image representation efficiently, thus enabling, within a single image frame, significantly elevated highlights as well as darker black levels while reducing the overall light source power requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Barco Visual Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerwin Damberg, James Gregson, Wolfgang Heidrich
  • Patent number: 12526390
    Abstract: Light projection systems and methods may comprise combining light from two or more projectors. Each projector may be controlled so that the combined light output of the projectors matches a target for the projected light. In some embodiments optimization is performed to generate image data and control signals for each of the projectors. Embodiments may be applied in image projecting applications, lighting applications, and 3D stereoscopic imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: BARCO VISUAL SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Kozak, Gerwin Damberg, Anders Ballestad, Raveen Kumaran, James Gregson, Johannes Minor, Gil Rosenfeld
  • Patent number: 12160689
    Abstract: Light projection systems and methods may comprise combining light from two or more projectors. Each projector may be controlled so that the combined light output of the projectors matches a target for the projected light. In some embodiments optimization is performed to generate image data and control signals for each of the projectors. Embodiments may be applied in image projecting applications, lighting applications, and 3D stereoscopic imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: MTT INNOVATION INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Eric Kozak, Gerwin Damberg, Anders Ballestad, Raveen Kumaran, James Gregson, Johannes Minor, Gil Rosenfeld
  • Publication number: 20240244163
    Abstract: Light projection systems and methods may comprise combining light from two or more projectors. Each projector may be controlled so that the combined light output of the projectors matches a target for the projected light. In some embodiments optimization is performed to generate image data and control signals for each of the projectors. Embodiments may be applied in image projecting applications, lighting applications, and 3D stereoscopic imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Eric Kozak, Gerwin Damberg, Anders Ballestad, Raveen Kumaran, James Gregson, Johannes Minor, Gil Rosenfeld
  • Publication number: 20240202964
    Abstract: A set of unordered points associated with road markings is received. The unordered points are inputted to a trained artificial neural network. Using the artificial neural network, an output is generated by applying non-linear regression to the unordered points. Based on the output, a pose of a vehicle is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: James Gregson, Shao Hua Chen
  • Publication number: 20240179279
    Abstract: A new projector design combines one spatial light modulator that affects only the phase of the illumination, and one spatial light modulator that only affects its amplitude (intensity). The phase-only modulator curves the wavefront of light and acts as a pre-modulator for a conventional amplitude modulator. This approach works with both white light and laser illumination, generating a coarse image representation efficiently, thus enabling, within a single image frame, significantly elevated highlights as well as darker black levels while reducing the overall light source power requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Gerwin DAMBERG, James GREGSON, Wolfgang HEIDRICH
  • Patent number: 11877102
    Abstract: A new projector design combines one spatial light modulator that affects only the phase of the illumination, and one spatial light modulator that only affects its amplitude (intensity). The phase-only modulator curves the wavefront of light and acts as a pre-modulator for a conventional amplitude modulator. This approach works with both white light and laser illumination, generating a coarse image representation efficiently, thus enabling, within a single image frame, significantly elevated highlights as well as darker black levels while reducing the overall light source power requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: MTT Innovation Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerwin Damberg, James Gregson, Wolfgang Heidrich
  • Publication number: 20230179749
    Abstract: A new projector design combines one spatial light modulator that affects only the phase of the illumination, and one spatial light modulator that only affects its amplitude (intensity). The phase-only modulator curves the wavefront of light and acts as a pre-modulator for a conventional amplitude modulator. This approach works with both white light and laser illumination, generating a coarse image representation efficiently, thus enabling, within a single image frame, significantly elevated highlights as well as darker black levels while reducing the overall light source power requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Gerwin DAMBERG, James GREGSON, Wolfgang HEIDRICH
  • Publication number: 20230027499
    Abstract: Light projection systems and methods may comprise combining light from two or more projectors. Each projector may be controlled so that the combined light output of the projectors matches a target for the projected light. In some embodiments optimization is performed to generate image data and control signals for each of the projectors. Embodiments may be applied in image projecting applications, lighting applications, and 3D stereoscopic imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Eric Kozak, Gerwin Damberg, Anders Ballestad, Raveen Kumaran, James Gregson, Johannes Minor, Gil Rosenfeld
  • Patent number: 11558590
    Abstract: A new projector design combines one spatial light modulator that affects only the phase of the illumination, and one spatial light modulator that only affects its amplitude (intensity). The phase-only modulator curves the wavefront of light and acts as a pre-modulator for a conventional amplitude modulator. This approach works with both white light and laser illumination, generating a coarse image representation efficiently, thus enabling, within a single image frame, significantly elevated highlights as well as darker black levels while reducing the overall light source power requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: MTT Innovation Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerwin Damberg, James Gregson, Wolfgang Heidrich
  • Patent number: 11363242
    Abstract: Light projection systems and methods may comprise combining light from two or more projectors, Each projector may be controlled so that the combined light output of the projectors matches a target for the projected light. In some embodiments optimization is performed to generate image data and control signals for each of the projectors. Embodiments may be applied in image projecting applications, lighting applications, and 3D stereoscopic imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MTT Innovation Incorporated
    Inventors: Eric Kozak, Gerwin Damberg, Anders Ballestad, Raveen Kumaran, James Gregson, Johannes Minor, Gil Rosenfeld
  • Publication number: 20210092337
    Abstract: A new projector design combines one spatial light modulator that affects only the phase of the illumination, and one spatial light modulator that only affects its amplitude (intensity). The phase-only modulator curves the wavefront of light and acts as a pre-modulator for a conventional amplitude modulator. This approach works with both white light and laser illumination, generating a coarse image representation efficiently, thus enabling, within a single image frame, significantly elevated highlights as well as darker black levels while reducing the overall light source power requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Gerwin DAMBERG, James GREGSON, Wolfgang HEIDRICH
  • Patent number: 10942428
    Abstract: A free-form lens (for example a phase modulator, lens or deformable mirror) may be made to reproduce a light pattern specified by image data. Source regions on the free-form lens are mapped to target regions areas on an image. Areas of the source regions are adjusted to vary the amount of light delivered to each of the target regions. Adjustment of the source areas may be achieved using a L-BFGS optimization which preferably incorporates smoothness and curl regularizers. Embodiments apply parallel processing to obtain control values for a free form lens in real time or near real time. Apparatus may process image data and display an image by controlling a dynamically variable free form lens using the processed image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: MTT Innovation Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerwin Damberg, Anders Ballestad, Raveen Kumaran, James Gregson
  • Patent number: 10834369
    Abstract: A new projector design combines one spatial light modulator that affects only the phase of the illumination, and one spatial light modulator that only affects its amplitude (intensity). The phase-only modulator curves the wavefront of light and acts as a pre-modulator for a conventional amplitude modulator. This approach works with both white light and laser illumination, generating a coarse image representation efficiently, thus enabling, within a single image frame, significantly elevated highlights as well as darker black levels while reducing the overall light source power requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: MTT Innovation Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerwin Damberg, James Gregson, Wolfgang Heidrich
  • Publication number: 20200014895
    Abstract: A new projector design combines one spatial light modulator that affects only the phase of the illumination, and one spatial light modulator that only affects its amplitude (intensity). The phase-only modulator curves the wavefront of light and acts as a pre-modulator for a conventional amplitude modulator. This approach works with both white light and laser illumination, generating a coarse image representation efficiently, thus enabling, within a single image frame, significantly elevated highlights as well as darker black levels while reducing the overall light source power requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Gerwin DAMBERG, James GREGSON, Wolfgang HEIDRICH
  • Publication number: 20190369467
    Abstract: A free-form lens (for example a phase modulator, lens or deformable mirror) may be made to reproduce a light pattern specified by image data. Source regions on the free-form lens are mapped to target regions areas on an image. Areas of the source regions are adjusted to vary the amount of light delivered to each of the target regions. Adjustment of the source areas may be achieved using a L-BFGS optimization which preferably incorporates smoothness and curl regularizers. Embodiments apply parallel processing to obtain control values for a free form lens in real time or near real time. Apparatus may process image data and display an image by controlling a dynamically variable free form lens using the processed image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Gerwin DAMBERG, Anders BALLESTAD, Raveen KUMARAN, James GREGSON
  • Patent number: 10404957
    Abstract: A new projector design combines one spatial light modulator that affects only the phase of the illumination, and one spatial light modulator that only affects its amplitude (intensity). The phase-only modulator curves the wavefront of light and acts as a pre-modulator for a conventional amplitude modulator. This approach works with both white light and laser illumination, generating a coarse image representation efficiently, thus enabling, within a single image frame, significantly elevated highlights as well as darker black levels while reducing the overall light source power requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: MTT Innovation Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerwin Damberg, James Gregson, Wolfgang Heidrich