Patents by Inventor Rudy Lucas Samuels

Rudy Lucas Samuels 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: 20150130998
    Abstract: A camera mounting assembly is configured to couple to a camera housing. The camera mounting assembly includes a plurality of indentations configured to allow for the passage of light through the indentations and upon the image sensor of a camera enclosed by the camera housing. The camera mounting assembly can further include recessed channels within an inner-front surface of the camera mounting assembly configured to further allow for the passage of light through the indentations, through the recessed channels, and upon the image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Scott Patrick Campbell, Michael Zaven Demerjian, Rudy Lucas Samuels
  • Publication number: 20150103236
    Abstract: A camera mountable arm includes a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment. The first segment includes a recess extending substantially along a length of the first segment, and is configured to detachably couple to a camera. The first segment is rotatably coupled to the second segment and the second segment is rotatably coupled to the third segment. The arm is operable in a plurality of positions, including: a folded position, where the first, second, and third segments are aligned to be mutually length-wise parallel such that the second segment is enclosed within the recess along the first segment, and the first and second segments are substantially flush with the third segment; and an outstretched position, where the first and second segments are separated by a first angular displacement and the second and third segments by a second angular displacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Woodman Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Woodman, Rudy Lucas Samuels, Joshua Todd Druker
  • Patent number: 9004783
    Abstract: A camera mountable arm includes a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment. The first segment includes a recess extending substantially along a length of the first segment, and is configured to detachably couple to a camera. The first segment is rotatably coupled to the second segment and the second segment is rotatably coupled to the third segment. The arm is operable in a plurality of positions, including: a folded position, where the first, second, and third segments are aligned to be mutually length-wise parallel such that the second segment is enclosed within the recess along the first segment, and the first and second segments are substantially flush with the third segment; and an outstretched position, where the first and second segments are separated by a first angular displacement and the second and third segments by a second angular displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Woodman, Rudy Lucas Samuels, Joshua Todd Druker
  • Patent number: 8992102
    Abstract: A square camera housing accommodates a square camera with a substantially square profile. The square camera housing includes a latching mechanism to secure the camera in the housing, a mounting mechanism to secure the housing to a mounting device, and multiple openings in the housing body to accommodate the camera interface. These features allow the square camera to be inserted and secured in the square camera housing in one of a plurality of orientations relative to the square camera housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Rudy Lucas Samuels, Christopher Aaron Clearman
  • Patent number: 8970689
    Abstract: A camera mounting assembly is configured to couple to a camera housing. The camera mounting assembly includes a plurality of indentations configured to allow for the passage of light through the indentations and upon the image sensor of a camera enclosed by the camera housing. The camera mounting assembly can further include recessed channels within an inner-front surface of the camera mounting assembly configured to further allow for the passage of light through the indentations, through the recessed channels, and upon the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Patrick Campbell, Michael Zaven Demerjian, Rudy Lucas Samuels
  • Publication number: 20150049243
    Abstract: A camera includes a camera body having a camera lens structured on a front surface of the camera body and electronics internal to the camera body for capturing images via the camera lens. A thermally conductive material is thermally coupled to the electronics and exposed on an external face of the camera body. The thermally conductive material transfers heat produced by the electronics to the external face of the camera, and a removable heat sink removably couples to the thermally conductive material. The camera further includes a housing structured to at least partially enclose the camera body. The housing is structured to enable at least a portion of the removable heat sink to protrude through the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Rudy Lucas Samuels, Scott Patrick Campbell
  • Publication number: 20150030320
    Abstract: A camera housing comprises a four-sided frame. A first side of the four-sided frame includes a first segment, a second segment, and a latch mechanism with a first latch component and a second latch component. The first latch component and the second latch component are pivotally coupled such that in a closed position, the frame securely encloses a camera and in an open position, the first segment and the second segment are separable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher Aaron Clearman, Rudy Lucas Samuels, Richard Gioscia
  • Patent number: 8870475
    Abstract: A camera system is configured to detachably couple to a camera mount, which in turn can be attached to an apparatus such as a sports board. The camera mount includes a top mount portion and a bottom screw portion. The top mount portion includes a buckle component that can detachably couple to a camera system, and includes blade components having cutting edges that can cut through a sports board. The blade components surround a screw hole component, and when the blade components have pierced a surface of the sports board and cut through the board, an opening to the screw hole component is accessible from the underside of the board surface. The bottom screw portion includes a screw thread that can be inserted and screwed into the screw hole component, thus securing the camera mount to the sports board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Bennett, Rudy Lucas Samuels
  • Patent number: 8837928
    Abstract: A camera housing comprises a four-sided frame. A first side of the four-sided frame includes a first segment, a second segment, and a latch mechanism with a first latch component and a second latch component. The first latch component and the second latch component are pivotally coupled such that in a closed position, the frame securely encloses a camera and in an open position, the first segment and the second segment are separable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Aaron Clearman, Rudy Lucas Samuels, Richard Gioscia
  • Publication number: 20140105589
    Abstract: A vibration dampener for a camera mount is structured to reduce the movement of a first mount component relative to a second mount component. An upper camera mount component securing a camera couples to a lower camera mount component, which in turn couples to a base mount component configured to couple to a user, a sports board, a helmet, a vehicle, and the like. The vibration dampener is compressibly inserted between the lower mount component and the base mount component, causing the vibration dampener to exert an outward force on the lower mount component, and securing the lower mount component against a portion of the base mount component. The movement of the lower mount component relative to the base mount component is accordingly reduced by the vibration dampener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventor: Rudy Lucas Samuels
  • Patent number: D699275
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Woodman Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Rudy Lucas Samuels, Nicholas D. Woodman, William Drew Atkinson, Fred Bould, Kristen Beck
  • Patent number: D699276
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Woodman Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Rudy Lucas Samuels, Nicholas D. Woodman, Fred Bould, Kristen Beck
  • Patent number: D699277
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Woodman Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Rudy Lucas Samuels, Nicholas D. Woodman, Fred Bould, Kristen Beck
  • Patent number: D702747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Woodman, Fred Bould, Kristen Beck, Rudy Lucas Samuels, David Christopher Northway, Scott Patrick Campbell, Michael Zaven Demerjian, Marvin James Balaoro, Fabrice Barbier, Paul Douglas Osborne, Meghan Ann Laffey
  • Patent number: D719534
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Woodman, Rudy Lucas Samuels, Fred Bould, Kristen Beck
  • Patent number: D719628
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventor: Rudy Lucas Samuels
  • Patent number: D721395
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Woodman, Fred Bould, Kristen Beck, David Christophe Northway, David Andres Guasca, Karen Ann Baumgartner, Scott Patrick Campbell, Rudy Lucas Samuels, Fabrice Barbier, Evan L. Coons
  • Patent number: D724637
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Rudy Lucas Samuels, Nicholas D. Woodman, Fred Bould, Kristen Beck
  • Patent number: D724638
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Rudy Lucas Samuels, Nicholas D. Woodman, Fred Bould, Kristen Beck
  • Patent number: D727908
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Rudy Lucas Samuels, Nicholas D. Woodman, Fred Bould, Kristen Beck