HinesLab is an independent R&D company, established in 1983, offering consulting in optical and mechanical engineering for development of photographic equipment, flight simulators, and stereoscopic and auto-stereoscopic 3-D displays. HinesLab also offers consulting, and manufacturing licenses for a variety of technologies.
Steve Hines is founder, inventor and former Sr. Research Physicist with the Kodak Research Laboratories, and holds 27 patents, with 3 pending, on optical and mechanical inventions.
STEPHEN P. HINES
Optical systems engineer and inventor, with fifteen years experience with major corporations, specializing in opto-mechanical devices, photographic systems, and 3D displays.
- Conceived and developed a six-ounce shirt-pocket sound movie camera (Kodak).
- Developed camera autofocus techniques, including passive, active and biofeedback techniques (Kodak).
- Developed a 65mm dual-camera 3-D rig, 3-D drawing technique, and optical illusions for EPCOT Center (Disney).
- Developed lensless-imaging techniques, an economic alternative to phase-conjugate optics (HinesLab).
- Developed spherical field-of-view optics for networked flight simulators for DARPA (HinesLab).
- Developed head-mounted stereo video displays for tele-robotic and virtual-reality application for the Navy (HinesLab).
- Developed 35/65mm/video dual-camera 3-D assembly, the StereoCam™ (HinesLab).
- Developed 3-D camera technology so that photo booths produce 3-D pictures (HinesLab).
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MOTION PICTURE EQUIPMENT
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StereoCam™ Dual-Camera 3-D Camera Rig
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 Engineered and bulit by HinesLab |
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3-D Mini Camera Rig
with no-loss beamsplitter alternative U.S. Pat. 8,228,373 |
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3-D PROJECTS
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Holo-Box™ floating-image display
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Manufacturing License Available U.S.Pat. |
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Anaglyphic Conversion
Service to convert your stereo pairs to red/cyan 3D |
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OPTICAL PROJECTS
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OPTO-MECHANICAL PROJECTS.
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Kodak Compact Microfiche Reader
U.S. Pat. 4,157,214 |
Camera Image Stabilizer Counter Balanced
U.S. Pat. 4,290,684 |
Camera Image Stabilizer Gel-Prism
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BullsEye Camera Alignment Device
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U.S. Pat. 4,664,484 |
Manufacturing License Available U.S. Pat. 7,375,621 |
Portable Microfiche Reader 5th-year NCSU School of Design project
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DARPA Flight Simulator HinesLab SBIR project
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Flash in Viewfinder
Manufacturing License Available U.S. Pat. 4,279,488 |
Microfiche Positioning Mechanism
U.S. Pat. 4,374,611 |
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MECHANICAL PROJECTS
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INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND ART
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Kodak Ektalite 120 Microfiche Reader
Industrial Design U.S. Pat. Des. 225,035, 228,204, 228,206 |
Kodak Film Processor
Industrial Design |
Lecture Podium
Used in the Kodak Research Laboratories auridorium |
Author Terminal
Internal Kodak Research Equipment |
Tudor Terminal
Internal Kodak Research Equipment |
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Luminary™
paper floor lamps |
Oscilloscope
Design exercise |
Stereo Radio
Design exercise |
Wall Clock
Design exercise |
Foam Chair
Design exercise |
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Kodak Microfilm Cutter
Industrial Design exercise |
Supergraphics (commercial)
on a diner |
Supergraphics (residential)
in a home |
Art
sketches, paintings, sculpture, film and photography |
