Patents by Inventor Thomas W. Ellenby

Thomas W. Ellenby 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: 20150286869
    Abstract: Augmented reality systems recall prescribed stored information relating to scenes being addressed by an optical imager based upon a multiplicity of alternative search modes each based upon different criteria related to both systems states and environmental states. Primarily, sensor based and visual based search modes are switched depending upon physical states of these augmented reality type platforms. When deployed in near-field uses, information recall is primarily based upon image recognition algorithms and strategy. Conversely, when these augmented reality imaging systems are deployed in far-field type uses, search modes switch to those modes based upon sensors which measure physical attributes and states of the device, and subsystems to determine probable matter being addressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Peter Ellenby, Thomas W. Ellenby, John Ellenby
  • Publication number: 20150286870
    Abstract: Augmented reality systems recall prescribed stored information relating to scenes being addressed by an optical imager based upon a multiplicity of alternative search modes each based upon different criteria related to both systems states and environmental states. Primarily, sensor based and visual based search modes are switched depending upon physical states of these augmented reality type platforms. When deployed in near-field uses, information recall is primarily based upon image recognition algorithms and strategy. Conversely, when these augmented reality imaging systems are deployed in far-field type uses, search modes switch to those modes based upon sensors which measure physical attributes and states of the device, and subsystems to determine probable matter being addressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Peter Ellenby, Thomas W. Ellenby, John Ellenby
  • Publication number: 20120236172
    Abstract: Augmented reality systems recall prescribed stored information relating to scenes being addressed based upon a plurality of alternative search modes. Primarily, sensor based and visual based search modes are switched depending upon the physical states of these AR systems. When deployed in near field use, information recall is primarily based upon image recognition. Conversely, when these systems are deployed in far field uses, the search modes switch to those based upon sensors which measure physical states of the device to determine the probable matter being addressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Peter Ellenby, Thomas W. Ellenby, John Ellenby
  • Patent number: 6278461
    Abstract: A vision system which collects information from similar vision systems having a different perspective of a scene are arranged to produce a composite image. The composite image having information from both perspectives can then include features impossible to otherwise show. Objects otherwise “hidden” from a first perspective are displayed as information from a second perspective may contain imagery relating to those images. A translation of spatial coordinates conditions the image from the second perspective such that it will fit into a composite image and match the first perspective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: GeoVector Corporation
    Inventors: John Ellenby, Thomas W. Ellenby, Peter M. Ellenby
  • Patent number: 6037936
    Abstract: Computer vision systems provide a user a view of a scene whereby an image of the scene may have been augmented with information generated by a computer. Computer vision systems of the present invention include graphical user interfaces which have been discovered to operably interact with geometric constructs of a user environment, objects within a scene, perspective of the scene, image features of a signal which represents the scene, among others. These graphical user interfaces of the invention do not behave as those known because operation of these interfaces depends on properties and features particular to computer vision systems which have position and attitude determining means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Criticom Corp.
    Inventors: John Ellenby, Thomas W. Ellenby, Peter Ellenby, Joseph Page