Patents by Inventor Robert Derry

Robert Derry 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: 20230336679
    Abstract: A motion capture system comprising: a master clock configured to repeatedly generate and output, at a frame rate, a primary clock signal that conveys when a video frame starts; a first camera configured to capture light within a first set of wavelengths and operably coupled to receive the master clock signal and initiate an image capture sequence on a frame-by-frame basis in fixed phase relationship with the primary clock signal to generate a first set of images at the frame rate from light captured within the first set of wavelengths; a synchronization module operably coupled to receive the master clock signal from the master clock and configured to generate a synchronization signal offset in time from and in a fixed relationship with the primary clock signal; and a second camera configured to capture light within a second set of wavelengths, different than the first set of wavelengths, and operably coupled to receive the synchronization signal and initiate an image capture sequence on the frame-by-frame bas
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. LLC
    Inventors: Robert Derry, Gary P. Martinez, Brian Hook
  • Patent number: 11762481
    Abstract: In some implementations, an apparatus may include a housing enclosing a circuitry may include a processor and a memory, the housing forming a handgrip. In addition, the apparatus may include a plurality of light sensors arranged in a particular configuration, each of the plurality of light sensors coupled to an exterior the housing via a sensor arm. Also, the apparatus may include one or more controls mounted on the exterior of the housing and electrically coupled to the circuitry. The apparatus can include one or more antenna mounted on an exterior of the housing; and a transmitter connected to the circuitry and electrically connected to the one or more antenna to send data from the apparatus via a wireless protocol. The apparatus can include an electronic device for mounting an electronic device to the housing, the electronic device configured to execute an application for an immersive content generation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: LUCASFILM ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Jutan, David Hirschfield, Robert Derry, Gary Martinez
  • Patent number: 11726581
    Abstract: In some implementations, an apparatus may include a housing enclosing a circuitry may include a processor and a memory, the housing forming a handgrip. In addition, the apparatus may include a plurality of light sensors arranged in a particular configuration, each of the plurality of light sensors coupled to an exterior the housing via a sensor arm. Also, the apparatus may include one or more controls mounted on the exterior of the housing and electrically coupled to the circuitry. The apparatus can include one or more antenna mounted on an exterior of the housing; and a transmitter connected to the circuitry and electrically connected to the one or more antenna to send data from the apparatus via a wireless protocol. The apparatus can include an electronic device for mounting an electronic device to the housing, the electronic device configured to execute an application for an immersive content generation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LUCASFILM ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Jutan, David Hirschfield, Robert Derry, Gary Martinez
  • Publication number: 20220342488
    Abstract: In some implementations, an apparatus may include a housing enclosing a circuitry may include a processor and a memory, the housing forming a handgrip. In addition, the apparatus may include a plurality of light sensors arranged in a particular configuration, each of the plurality of light sensors coupled to an exterior the housing via a sensor arm. Also, the apparatus may include one or more controls mounted on the exterior of the housing and electrically coupled to the circuitry. The apparatus can include one or more antenna mounted on an exterior of the housing; and a transmitter connected to the circuitry and electrically connected to the one or more antenna to send data from the apparatus via a wireless protocol. The apparatus can include an electronic device for mounting an electronic device to the housing, the electronic device configured to execute an application for an immersive content generation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: LUCASFILM ENTERNTAINMENT COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Jutan, David Hirschfield, Robert Derry, Gary Martinez
  • Patent number: 10819886
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses for film virtual production include a headrig having a shell, a boom, a camera assembly and a control pod, the boom configured to release from a first side of said shell and secure to the shell at an opposite, second side, wherein repositioning from the first side of the shell to the opposite, second side results in a flip of the camera assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn Derry, Robert Derry, Alejandro Arango, Gary Martinez
  • Patent number: 10728429
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses for film virtual production including a virtual camera including plural arms with map-able control buttons, at least one of which is pivotable and a retroreflective marker tree fixedly associated with one of the pivoting arms, the retroreflective marker tree virtually representing the virtual camera that is fixedly associated with one the arms, with a center node designating said virtual camera lens and with tree extensions representing position and orientation information for said virtual camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn Derry, Robert Derry, Alejandro Arango, Gary Martinez
  • Publication number: 20200154059
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses for film virtual production include a headrig having a shell, a boom, a camera assembly and a control pod, the boom configured to release from a first side of said shell and secure to the shell at an opposite, second side, wherein repositioning from the first side of the shell to the opposite, second side results in a flip of the camera assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Glenn Derry, Robert Derry, Alejandro Arango, Gary Martinez
  • Publication number: 20200154004
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses for film virtual production including a virtual camera including plural arms with map-able control buttons, at least one of which is pivotable and a retroreflective marker tree fixedly associated with one of the pivoting arms, the retroreflective marker tree virtually representing the virtual camera that is fixedly associated with one the arms, with a center node designating said virtual camera lens and with tree extensions representing position and orientation information for said virtual camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Glenn Derry, Robert Derry, Alejandro Arango, Gary Martinez
  • Patent number: D317132
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1991
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Knipfer, James S. Paul, Robert Derry
  • Patent number: D997233
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Derry, Gary P. Martinez, Glenn D. Derry, John Root, Alejandro Arango