Patents by Inventor Tommy Dean Wright

Tommy Dean Wright 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).

  • Remote controlled marine observation system
    Publication number: 20020184640
    Abstract: An observational apparatus has a remote controlled housing that can be controlled proximate the housing or from various points around the world via a global communications network. A camera cluster mounted to the remote controlled housing has a signal output. A monitor to receive the signal output can be located proximate the remote controlled housing or distant from the remote controlled housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Robert Alan Schnee, Tommy Dean Wright
  • System and method for high resolution volume display using a planar array
    Patent number: 6208318
    Abstract: An image display apparatus comprises a main display and an auxiliary display. The main display is used to produce a volumetric image such as graphical image, and the auxiliary display is used to generate two dimensional image such as text image. The auxiliary display is located adjacent the the main display and being able to move relative to the main display along a path extending in a direction substantially circumferential to the main display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Douglas W. Anderson, Thomas Drew Fisher, Gregory A. Hatch, Tommy Dean Wright, Christine R. Spiegl