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).
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Patent number: 12483668Abstract: 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 basType: GrantFiled: March 29, 2023Date of Patent: November 25, 2025Assignee: Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. LLCInventors: Robert Derry, Gary P. Martinez, Brian Hook
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Publication number: 20230336679Abstract: 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 basType: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. LLCInventors: Robert Derry, Gary P. Martinez, Brian Hook
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Patent number: 11762481Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: LUCASFILM ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Michael Jutan, David Hirschfield, Robert Derry, Gary Martinez
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Patent number: 11726581Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: LUCASFILM ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Michael Jutan, David Hirschfield, Robert Derry, Gary Martinez
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Publication number: 20220342488Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: LUCASFILM ENTERNTAINMENT COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Michael Jutan, David Hirschfield, Robert Derry, Gary Martinez
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Patent number: 10819886Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Twentieth Century Fox Film CorporationInventors: Glenn Derry, Robert Derry, Alejandro Arango, Gary Martinez
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Patent number: 10728429Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Twentieth Century Fox Film CorporationInventors: Glenn Derry, Robert Derry, Alejandro Arango, Gary Martinez
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Publication number: 20200154059Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Glenn Derry, Robert Derry, Alejandro Arango, Gary Martinez
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Publication number: 20200154004Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Glenn Derry, Robert Derry, Alejandro Arango, Gary Martinez
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Patent number: D317132Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 1989Date of Patent: May 28, 1991Assignee: Honeywell Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Knipfer, James S. Paul, Robert Derry
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Patent number: D997233Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Robert Derry, Gary P. Martinez, Glenn D. Derry, John Root, Alejandro Arango