Patents by Inventor Robert Alan Schnee

Robert Alan Schnee 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).

  • Remote controlled marine observation system
    Publication number: 20020184640
    Abstract: An observational apparatus has a remote controlled housing that can be controlled proximate the housing or from various points around the world via a global communications network. A camera cluster mounted to the remote controlled housing has a signal output. A monitor to receive the signal output can be located proximate the remote controlled housing or distant from the remote controlled housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Robert Alan Schnee, Tommy Dean Wright
  • Navigation system for a marine vessel in low light conditions
    Patent number: 6057880
    Abstract: An aid for marine navigation includes a low-light video camera mounted within a weather-proof enclosure on a vantage point of a marine vessel for improved night vision. A conventional video camera is also mounted with the low-light video camera for daytime viewing. Video signals from the cameras are automatically selected depending on light conditions for transmission to a cabin of the vessel. Motors rotate the housing in a horizontal plane and in a vertical plane for enabling remote-controlled aiming of the cameras from the helm of the marine vessel. Sensors provide information on azimuth and elevation of the cameras for overlaying the video signal transmitted from the camera housing with this information for display with the video image on a monitor near the helm. Information on longitude and latitude, as well as vessel velocity and direction, from a global satellite positioning system receiver is also displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Inventor: Robert Alan Schnee
  • Navigation system for a marine vessel in low light conditions
    Patent number: 5751344
    Abstract: An aid for marine navigation includes a low-light video camera mounted within a weather-proof enclosure on a vantage point of a marine vessel for improved night vision. A conventional video camera is also mounted with the low-light video camera for daytime viewing. Video signals from the cameras are automatically selected depending on light conditions for transmission to a cabin of the vessel. Motors rotate the housing in a horizontal plane and in a vertical plane for enabling remote-controlled aiming of the cameras from the helm of the marine vessel. Sensors provide information on azimuth and elevation of the cameras for overlaying the video signal transmitted from the camera housing with this information for display with the video image on a monitor near the helm. Information on longitude and latitude, as well as vessel velocity and direction, from a global satellite positioning system receiver is also displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Inventor: Robert Alan Schnee