Patents by Inventor Jeffrey M. Hamel

Jeffrey M. Hamel 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: 9678410
    Abstract: Diffusing light illuminating a light target or subject of a film or video production including placing a diffusion panel between a light source and a light target, energizing said light source so as to direct light therefrom through the diffusion panel, and electrically adjusting the transparency of the diffusion panel by changing an electric potential applied to electrodes of the diffusion panel. The electrically adjustable diffusion panel eliminates the need for manually changing diffusion papers or other filters and provides a continuous range of selectable levels of transparency/diffusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Zylight LLC
    Inventors: James H. Collias, Charles H. Collias, Nicholas J. Foster, Jeffrey M. Hamel
  • Publication number: 20160131962
    Abstract: Diffusing light illuminating a light target or subject of a film or video production including placing a diffusion panel between a light source and a light target, energizing said light source so as to direct light therefrom through the diffusion panel, and electrically adjusting the transparency of the diffusion panel by changing an electric potential applied to electrodes of the diffusion panel. The electrically adjustable diffusion panel eliminates the need for manually changing diffusion papers or other filters and provides a continuous range of selectable levels of transparency/diffusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: ZYLIGHT LLC
    Inventors: James H. Collias, Charles H. Collias, Nicholas J. Foster, Jeffrey M. Hamel
  • Patent number: 9075286
    Abstract: An electrically adjustable optical diffusion panel for use in film or video production having a frame, diffusion material affixed to the frame, where the transparency of the material is continuously and variably changeable between a substantially transparent state and a substantially opaque state in response to an electric potential applied to electrodes of the material and a controller and battery. The electrically adjustable diffusion panel eliminates the need for manually changing diffusion papers or other filters and provides a continuous range of selectable levels of transparency/diffusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Zylight LLC
    Inventors: James H. Collias, Charles H. Collias, Nicholas J. Foster, Jeffrey M. Hamel