Patents by Inventor THOMAS TRACEY TAIT

THOMAS TRACEY TAIT 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: 10491889
    Abstract: A display system for illuminating surfaces of objects in a ride or show set for viewing by a viewer in a viewing space wearing three-dimensional (3D) glasses or headgear. The 3D glasses or headgear is adapted to pass or transmit light associated with a first set of three wavelengths to a left eye and to pass or transmit light with a second set of three wavelengths differing from the first set of three wavelengths. Each of these wavelengths may be associated with a primary color wavelength for providing left and right eye content to a viewer. The system, therefore, may include a wavelength multiplex visualization (WMV) projection system projecting light having the first and second sets of three wavelengths to provide the viewer stereo content via the 3D glasses or headgear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark A. Reichow, Steven T. Kosakura, Thomas Tracey Tait
  • Publication number: 20190045175
    Abstract: A display system for illuminating surfaces of objects in a ride or show set for viewing by a viewer in a viewing space wearing three-dimensional (3D) glasses or headgear. The 3D glasses or headgear is adapted to pass or transmit light associated with a first set of three wavelengths to a left eye and to pass or transmit light with a second set of three wavelengths differing from the first set of three wavelengths. Each of these wavelengths may be associated with a primary color wavelength for providing left and right eye content to a viewer. The system, therefore, may include a wavelength multiplex visualization (WMV) projection system projecting light having the first and second sets of three wavelengths to provide the viewer stereo content via the 3D glasses or headgear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: MARK A. REICHOW, STEVEN T. KOSAKURA, THOMAS TRACEY TAIT
  • Patent number: 10136123
    Abstract: A display system for illuminating surfaces of objects in a ride or show set for viewing by a viewer in a viewing space wearing three-dimensional (3D) glasses or headgear. The 3D glasses or headgear is adapted to pass or transmit light associated with a first set of three wavelengths to a left eye and to pass or transmit light with a second set of three wavelengths differing from the first set of three wavelengths. Each of these wavelengths may be associated with a primary color wavelength for providing left and right eye content to a viewer. The system, therefore, may include a wavelength multiplex visualization (WMV) projection system projecting light having the first and second sets of three wavelengths to provide the viewer stereo content via the 3D glasses or headgear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark A. Reichow, Steven T. Kosakura, Thomas Tracey Tait
  • Patent number: 10025174
    Abstract: A multi-theater light source for two or more 3D projectors positioned in differing spaces. The apparatus includes a first light source outputting light to display left eye content, and the apparatus includes a second light source outputting light for use by the projectors to display right eye content. The apparatus includes a switching device that receives the light output from the first and second light sources and switches between first and second operating states to route the left and right eye light. In the first operating state, the switching device directs the light from the first light source toward a first projector and the light output from the second light source toward a second projector. In the second operating state, the switching device directs the light output from the first light source toward the second projector and the light output from the second light source toward the first projectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Tracey Tait, Quinn Y. Smithwick, Steven T. Kosakura, Mark A. Reichow, Scott Frazier Watson
  • Patent number: 9942539
    Abstract: A display system for creating three dimensional (3D) imagery for a viewer wearing 3D glasses such as wavelength multiplex visualization (WMV) technology glasses with a first lens passing colored light in a first range of wavelengths and with a second lens passing colored light in a second range of wavelengths. The system includes a first WMV light source outputting a first light stream onto a display surface, with the first light stream having a wavelength in the first wavelength range. The system includes a second WMV light source outputting a second light stream onto the display surface concurrently with the second light stream, with the second light stream having a wavelength in the second wavelength range. The WMV light sources are scanning lasers that each may be a scanning laser providing red, green, or blue coherent light or a full red, green, and blue (RGB) scanning laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Tracey Tait, Mark A. Reichow, Steven T. Kosakura, Genell Nikeya Hoechstetter
  • Patent number: 9918074
    Abstract: A display system creating three dimensional (3D) imagery for a viewer in a viewing space wearing 3D stereo glasses. The 3D stereo glasses have first and second lens passing colored light in first and second ranges of wavelengths. The display system includes a 3D mural element with a display surface facing the viewing space and a light receiving surface opposite the display surface. The display system includes a first wavelength multiplex visualization (WMV) light source outputting a first light stream onto the light receiving surface, and the first light stream has a wavelength in the first range of wavelengths. The display system includes a second WMV light source outputting a second light stream onto the light receiving surface, and the second light stream has a wavelength in the second range of wavelengths. WMV light sources may be directed onto 3D surfaces and props in the viewing space providing 3D effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Lanny S. Smoot, Thomas Tracey Tait, Mark A. Reichow, Steven T. Kosakura
  • Publication number: 20170272732
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe a display device for performing wavelength multiplex visualization (WMV). The display device includes a display screen that includes a plurality of pixels where each pixel contains at least two discrete emitters that generate electromagnetic radiation at a certain wavelength. By controlling the luminance of the respective emitter, the display device sets the color of the pixel. When performing WMV, the display device uses the pixels to generate a left eye display frame and a right eye display frame. Generally, the left eye frame is generated using a different set of wavelengths than the right eye frame. The user can wear special glasses that have interference filters in the lenses which permit only one of the wavelengths to pass through. As a result, each eye of the user sees only one of the display frames, thereby creating the 3D effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Paul Raymond Bailey, Thomas Tracey TAIT, Mark A. REICHOW, Quinn Yorklun Jen SMITHWICK, Alexander Wei-Heng HSING
  • Publication number: 20170127052
    Abstract: A display system for illuminating surfaces of objects in a ride or show set for viewing by a viewer in a viewing space wearing three-dimensional (3D) glasses or headgear. The 3D glasses or headgear is adapted to pass or transmit light associated with a first set of three wavelengths to a left eye and to pass or transmit light with a second set of three wavelengths differing from the first set of three wavelengths. Each of these wavelengths may be associated with a primary color wavelength for providing left and right eye content to a viewer. The system, therefore, may include a wavelength multiplex visualization (WMV) projection system projecting light having the first and second sets of three wavelengths to provide the viewer stereo content via the 3D glasses or headgear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: MARK A. REICHOW, STEVEN T. KOSAKURA, THOMAS TRACEY TAIT
  • Publication number: 20160373731
    Abstract: A display system creating three dimensional (3D) imagery for a viewer in a viewing space wearing 3D stereo glasses. The 3D stereo glasses have first and second lens passing colored light in first and second ranges of wavelengths. The display system includes a 3D mural element with a display surface facing the viewing space and a light receiving surface opposite the display surface. The display system includes a first wavelength multiplex visualization (WMV) light source outputting a first light stream onto the light receiving surface, and the first light stream has a wavelength in the first range of wavelengths. The display system includes a second WMV light source outputting a second light stream onto the light receiving surface, and the second light stream has a wavelength in the second range of wavelengths. WMV light sources may be directed onto 3D surfaces and props in the viewing space providing 3D effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: LANNY S. SMOOT, THOMAS TRACEY TAIT, MARK A. REICHOW, STEVEN T. KOSAKURA
  • Publication number: 20160353095
    Abstract: A display system for creating three dimensional (3D) imagery for a viewer wearing 3D glasses such as wavelength multiplex visualization (WMV) technology glasses with a first lens passing colored light in a first range of wavelengths and with a second lens passing colored light in a second range of wavelengths. The system includes a first WMV light source outputting a first light stream onto a display surface, with the first light stream having a wavelength in the first wavelength range. The system includes a second WMV light source outputting a second light stream onto the display surface concurrently with the second light stream, with the second light stream having a wavelength in the second wavelength range. The WMV light sources are scanning lasers that each may be a scanning laser providing red, green, or blue coherent light or a full red, green, and blue (RGB) scanning laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: THOMAS TRACEY TAIT, MARK A. REICHOW, STEVEN T. KOSAKURA, GENELL NIKEYA HOECHSTETTER