Patents by Inventor Philip Michael Birch

Philip Michael Birch 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).

  • Imaging with depth information
    Publication number: 20100111366
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for depth imaging by triangulation in which a pattern is projected on to an object scene and the scene, and the pattern, imaged, the projection and the imaging being spatially offset, in which the pattern has a characteristic dimension x and depth changes in the object scene cause deformations in the image of the pattern having a maximum dimension ?x, characterised in that ?x<x.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: John Edley Wilson, Matthew Gerard Reed, John Benjamin Mitchell, Philip Michael Birch