Gary D Sutton

US Patent:

8248499, Aug 21, 2012

Filed:

Jan 6, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/655819

Inventors:

Gary Edwin Sutton - La Jolla CA, US
Douglas Gene Lockie - Los Gatos CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 3/14

US Classification:

348294

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.

US Patent:

20120159996, Jun 28, 2012

Filed:

Jun 30, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/135402

Inventors:

Gary Edwin Sutton - La Jolla CA, US

International Classification:

C03B 37/15
B32B 38/00
B23P 11/00
B32B 37/14
G02B 6/255
G03B 13/00

US Classification:

65406, 29428, 156 628

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for fabricating a curved sensor from silicon fibers are disclosed. In another embodiment, a curved sensor is produced having mini-sensors of differing sizes. In another embodiment, these mini-sensors are configured so that every other mini-sensor in a row of mini-sensors is shifted upwards slightly relative to its neighboring mini-sensors in the same row.

US Patent:

20120162483, Jun 28, 2012

Filed:

Dec 28, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/930165

Inventors:

Gary Edwin Sutton - La Jolla CA, US
Douglas Gene Lockie - Los Gatos CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 5/262
G03B 11/04
B29D 11/00
G03B 17/00

US Classification:

3482402, 396439, 396534, 348239, 264 25, 264 21, 216 24, 348E05051

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for combining a mobile communication device having a camera () that includes a curved sensor () are disclosed. The present invention offers higher quality pictures that conventional phones that incorporate a flat sensor. These higher quality pictures are obtained without the need for large, bulky and expensive lenses. Higher light gathering capacity is provided, which reduces or eliminates the need for a flash to enhance ambient illumination. Longer battery life is obtained, since the need for a flash is reduced or eliminated. The combination of a mobile communication device with a camera that utilizes a curved sensor renders dedicated pocket cameras obsolete. The present invention, which, for the first time, combines a mobile communication device with a high performance camera, will reduce or eliminate the need to carry a separate stand-alone camera.

US Patent:

20120242882, Sep 27, 2012

Filed:

Mar 21, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/065477

Inventors:

Gary Edwin Sutton - La Jolla CA, US
Douglas Gene Lockie - Los Gatos CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 5/225

US Classification:

348340, 348E05024

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for combining a mobile communication device having a camera () that includes a curved sensor () 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.

US Patent:

20130019448, Jan 24, 2013

Filed:

Aug 8, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/507969

Inventors:

Gary Edwin Sutton - La Jolla CA, US

International Classification:

B23P 11/00

US Classification:

29428

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for fabricating a curved sensor from silicon fibers are disclosed. In another embodiment, a curved sensor is produced having mini-sensors of differing sizes. In another embodiment, these mini-sensors are configured so that every other mini-sensor in a row of mini-sensors is shifted upwards slightly relative to its neighboring mini-sensors in the same row.

US Patent:

20130278818, Oct 24, 2013

Filed:

Apr 19, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/506485

Inventors:

Gary Edwin Sutton - La Jolla CA, US
Douglas Gene Lockie - Los Gatos CA, US
William Maynard Barton - Encinitas CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 5/225

US Classification:

348360, 348E0509

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for a Curved 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 curved 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.

US Patent:

20140022424, Jan 23, 2014

Filed:

Jul 17, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/507674

Inventors:

Gary Edwin Sutton - La Jolla CA, US
Douglas Gene Lockie - Los Gatos CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 5/335

US Classification:

348294, 348E05091

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for a Curved 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 curved 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.

US Patent:

55135730, May 7, 1996

Filed:

Aug 25, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/519536

Inventors:

Gary E. Sutton - La Jolla CA

International Classification:

B61B 1300

US Classification:

1041381

Abstract:

Subterranean tunnels extend deep into the Earth's crust between two points on the Earth's surface. A magnetically levitated rail transportation system operates in each tunnel. Gravity provides most of the energy needed to propel the trains. One or more magnetic accelerators in the tunnel provide the energy boost needed to compensate for frictional energy losses. Steam turbine-powered generators, disposed in the tunnels, provide electrical power to the magnetic levitation system and accelerators. The heat from the surrounding rock may be used to produce steam for powering the turbines. A machine for constructing the tunnels bores through solid rock and molten or partially molten rock. As the machine moves forward, it lays pipes that are fed from the surface through the newly-bored tunnel. The pipes carry chiller fluid that solidifies magma that comes into contact with the pipes.

Address:

184 Darren St, Stonewall, LA 71078

Phone:

9366711452

VIN:

2GNALFEK0C6196856

Make:

CHEVROLET

Model:

EQUINOX

Year:

2012