Patents by Inventor Jerry M. Loban

Jerry M. Loban 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: 5612741
    Abstract: A video billboard 10 includes one or more projection units 12 utilizing a liquid crystal light valve projector 32 to project images onto a lenticulated lens screen 34. The types of images to be displayed, along with the time of day in which the images are to be displayed, are controlled from a remote master transmitter 24. A plurality of projection units 12(a-d) can be mounted together to provide an enlarged image display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: Curtis Mathes Marketing Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry M. Loban, Henry D. Ryng
  • Patent number: 5179440
    Abstract: A multi-facetted dome imaging system (10) utilizes rear projection imaging techniques to present a moving or still image to each screen facet (12). The trapezoidal facets (12) are arranged with a series of lower facets (16), upper facets (18), and a top facet (20) generally forming a dome (11). Each facet (12) has a projector (30) disposed at its rear to project the image. Visibility of facet joints is minimized by joining the facets (12) by a pair of transparent stiffeners (42, 44) which hold the mating portions of the screen facets (12). The stiffeners (42, 44) are suspended by springs (48), which are held by a support structure (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1993
    Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company
    Inventors: Jerry M. Loban, Kenneth R. Brooke