Howard J Schultz

US Patent:

7268345, Sep 11, 2007

Filed:

Apr 16, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/414676

Inventors:

Howard J. Schultz - Amherst MA, US

International Classification:

H01J 3/14
G01B 11/24
H04N 1/04

US Classification:

250235, 356611, 358474

Abstract:

An optical scanner for three-dimensional scanning comprises: a support bed; a flat, transparent plate; guide rails under the transparent plate; a carriage slidably attached to the guide rails; and one or more sensors attached to the bed/case or carriage. For three-dimensional imaging, multiple scanned images of the object are obtained, each of which is from light reflecting off the object at a different angle with respect to the path of the carriage. This is done by shining light on the object and appropriately channeling reflected light, from at least two different directions, into the sensor(s). In one embodiment, the carriage has three CCD sensors, one oriented rearwards (with respect to the path of travel of the carriage), one oriented vertically, and one oriented forwards—each effectively “sees” the object from a different orientation. The multiple scanned images can be used for stereoscopic viewing and/or three-dimensional rendering using a computer.

US Patent:

20080088842, Apr 17, 2008

Filed:

Oct 15, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/872413

Inventors:

Howard Schultz - Amherst MA, US
Andres Corrada-Emmanuel - Windsor CT, US

International Classification:

G01J 4/00

US Classification:

356367000

Abstract:

An underwater imaging system includes an underwater imaging polarimeter that captures images of the water surface. The captured images are indicative of the captured light, and are equivalent to four-component Stokes vector S=(I,Q,U,V) data. Advantageously, the passive imaging technique of the present invention utilizes polarmetric data. In contrast, conventional optical remote sensing techniques rely on light amplitude and frequency to carry information about the scattering surface. The imaging technique of the present invention exploits these properties, as well as the polarization properties of light to sense information about the scattering media. The two-dimensional slope field of surface wave can be recovered from a distance without interfering with the fluid dynamics of the air or water. By employing the physics of light scattering by a specular surface, the geometry of the surface can be found by measuring the polarimetric properties of the reflected and/or refracted light. The derived two-dimensional slope field in then used to remove the image distortion caused by light passing through the wavy surface. The undistorted images have the appearance of images taken through a flat water surface.

US Patent:

20200082673, Mar 12, 2020

Filed:

Sep 6, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/124044

Inventors:

Howard Schultz - Windsor CA, US

International Classification:

G07F 17/32

Abstract:

A recreational gaming machine, is provided having an electro-mechanical apparatus that tosses a fair coin type object such that the outcome of the tossing process is unpredictable. A sensor determines the heads or tails outcome of each coin toss with a system that allows a player to place wagers.