Patents by Inventor Virgil Sam Runco

Virgil Sam Runco 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: 7654678
    Abstract: A video display system which combines image processing and an anamorphic lens which displays television, HDTV wide-screen format images, and Cinemascope theatre video in a constant vertical height automatically with no resolution lost to black stripes on the top and bottom of the screen that contain no picture information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Runco International, LLC
    Inventors: Virgil Sam Runco, Mark Taylor Dixon, George Edward Gurr
  • Patent number: 6755540
    Abstract: Image projector having a selectively shiftable projector lens assembly and apparatus for selectively shifting a projector lens assembly. In one embodiment, the image projector may include a projector housing, a light engine supported by the projector housing, and a projector lens assembly supported by the projector housing. The projector lens assembly defines an optical axis and is oriented relative to the light engine for receiving and projecting light emitted by the light engine. In one embodiment, the lens shifting apparatus may include a first plate movably coupled to the projector housing and supporting the projector lens assembly. The first plate may be selectively movable along a first axis perpendicular to the optical axis. The first plate may be movably coupled to a second plate which is movably supported by the projector housing for selective travel about a second axis that is perpendicular to the optical axis and the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Inventor: Virgil Sam Runco
  • Publication number: 20040114115
    Abstract: Image projector having a selectively shiftable projector lens assembly and apparatus for selectively shifting a projector lens assembly. In one embodiment, the image projector may include a projector housing, a light engine supported by the projector housing, and a projector lens assembly supported by the projector housing. The projector lens assembly defines an optical axis and is oriented relative to the light engine for receiving and projecting light emitted by the light engine. In one embodiment, the lens shifting apparatus may include a first plate movably coupled to the projector housing and supporting the projector lens assembly. The first plate may be selectively movable along a first axis perpendicular to the optical axis. The first plate may be movably coupled to a second plate which is movably supported by the projector housing for selective travel about a second axis that is perpendicular to the optical axis and the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventor: Virgil Sam Runco