Patents by Inventor William Maynard Barton, JR.

William Maynard Barton, JR. 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).

  • Curved sensor camera with moving optical train
    Patent number: 8957992
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for combining a mobile communication device having a camera (150) that includes a curved sensor (160) are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, motion is deliberately imparted to a sensor and/or an optical element while multiple exposures are taken to provide an enhanced image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Inventors: Gary Edwin Sutton, Douglas Gene Lockie, William Maynard Barton, Jr.
  • Curved sensor camera with moving optical train
    Publication number: 20120242882
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for combining a mobile communication device having a camera (150) that includes a curved sensor (160) are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, motion is deliberately imparted to a sensor and/or an optical element while multiple exposures are taken to provide an enhanced image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Gary Edwin Sutton, Douglas Gene Lockie, William Maynard Barton, JR.
  • Curvilinear sensor system
    Publication number: 20100260494
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a Curvilinear Sensor System are disclosed. The present invention includes a wide variety of generally curved, aspheric or non-planar arrangement of sensors and their equivalents. The curvilinear surfaces, edges or boundaries that define the geometry of the present invention may be continuous, or may be collections or aggregations of many small linear, planar or other segments which are able to approximate a curved line or surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Gary Edwin Sutton, Douglas Gene Lockie, Jose Manuel Sasian-Alvarado, William Maynard Barton, JR., Ian Douglas Johnston