Patents by Inventor Roland L. Williams

Roland L. Williams 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: 6493972
    Abstract: A lenticular image product includes an integral bendable lenticular lens sheet formed into a six-sided cube. The lenticular lens sheet has a lenticular lens facing outwardly of the cube, and at least two contiguous sides of the cube have lenticular images viewable through the lenticular lens which display a motion or animation sequence extending from one side to the contiguous side when the cube is rotated about on axis of rotation, the lenticular lens extending parallel to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Roland L. Williams
  • Patent number: 6381887
    Abstract: A lenticular image product comprising an integral bendable lenticular lens sheet formed into a six-sided cube, said lenticular lens sheet having lenticular lens facing outwardly of said cube, two or more of said sides of said cube having lenticular images viewable through said lenticular lens which display different lenticular effects including two or more of the following; morphing, flip, zooming, motion, animation, depth when said cube is rotated about on axis of rotation, said lenticular lens extending parallel to said axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Roland L. Williams
  • Patent number: 5933228
    Abstract: A method, and apparatus and lens sheet manufacturing process which utilize the method, of evaluating the quality of a lenticular lens sheet having a front side carrying a plurality of elongated parallel lens elements, and a back side. The method includes:(a) illuminating the sheet from one of the sides with a light source so that the light passes through the sheet and is then reflected from a reflector behind the other side to pass back through the sheet; and(b) comparing an observed feature of a pattern of the reflected light which has passed back through the sheet with a corresponding reference feature to provide an indication of the lenticular lens sheet quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Roy Y. Taylor, Roland L. Williams