Patents by Inventor Tim DeBenedictis

Tim DeBenedictis 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).

  • Pointing system for manual telescope
    Patent number: 11181606
    Abstract: An optical device such as a telescope may be oriented to view a subject. In one embodiment, an image capture device may be coupled to the optical device, and used to generate image data of a reference subject. The image data may be used to ascertain a first orientation of the optical device. A second orientation of the optical device, at which the subject is viewable using the optical device, may be ascertained. A rotation of the optical device needed to reorient the optical device from the first orientation to the second orientation may be calculated. Instructions may be outputted to the user, indicating how the user can apply the rotation to the optical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Celestron Acquisition, LLC
    Inventors: David Rowe, Danyal Medley, Eric J. Kopit, Tim DeBenedictis