STEPHEN P. HINES

    Optical systems engineer and inventor, with fifteen years experience with major corporations, specializing in opto-mechanical devices, photographic systems, and 3-D displays.

1. •Conceived and developed a six-ounce shirt-pocket sound movie camera (Kodak).
   

2. •Developed camera autofocus techniques, including passive, active and biofeedback techniques (Kodak).
   

3. •Developed a 65mm dual-camera 3-D rig, interactive 3-D drawing technique, and several optical illusions for EPCOT Center (Disney).
   

4. •Developed lensless-imaging techniques, an economic alternative to phase-conjugate optics (HinesLab).
   

5. •Developed spherical field-of-view optics for networked flight simulators for DARPA (HinesLab).
   

6. •Developed head-mounted stereo video displays for tele-robotic and virtual-reality application for the Navy (HinesLab).
   

7. •Developed 35/65mm/video dual-camera 3-D assembly, the StereoCam™ (HinesLab).
   

8. •Developed 3-D camera technology so that photo booths produce 3-D pictures (HinesLab).
   

Patents awarded:

1. Folding microfiche viewer (Kodak), U.S. Pat. 4,157,214

2. Camera with flash through viewfinder (Kodak), U.S. Pat. 4,279,488

3. Micro-bellows for folding camera (Kodak), U.S. Pat. 4,279,492

4. Counterbalanced Camera-Image Stabilizer (Kodak), U.S. Pat. 4,290,684

5. X-Y Microfiche-positioning mechanism (Kodak), U.S. Pat. 4,374,611

6. 3-D motion-picture camera rig (Disney), U.S. Pat. 4,557,570

7. Dual-camera 3-D rig, the StereoCam™(HinesLab), U.S. Pat. 4,650,305

8. Cylindrical catadioptric infinity display (HinesLab), U.S. Pat. 4,653,875

9. Variable light attenuator for high-energy lasers (HinesLab), U.S. Pat. 4,664,484

10. Digital sundial (HinesLab), U.S Pat. 4,782,472

11. Autostereoscopic-video display (3-D TV without glasses, HinesLab), U.S. Pat. 5,430,474

12. Autostereoscopic-video display (3-D TV without glasses, HinesLab), U.S. Pat. 5,614,941

13. Cordless Computer Mouse (HinesLab), U.S. Patent 6,111,563

14. Lensless Camera Viewfinder (HinesLab), U.S. Patent 6,122,455

15. Optical Retroreflective Remote Control (HinesLab), U.S. Pat. 6,344,846

16. Holo-Box Aerial-Image Display (HinesLab), U.S. Patent 6,817,716 

17. 17.Magnetic Saw Guide, U.S. Pat. 7,249,552
    

18. 18.Vehicle Parking Apparatus, U.S. Pat, 7,375,621
    

19. 19.Covert Wide-Angle Camera Adapter, (HinesLab), U.S. Pat. 7,460,777
    

20. 20.Emergency Water Packet, (HinesLab), U.S. Pat. 7,682,639
    

21. 21.Solar Tracker, U.S. Patent 7,799,987
    

22. 22.Lighted Subway Signage, U.S. Pat. 7,827,712
    

23. 23.Lighted Subway Signage using Reflected Light, U.S. Pat. 7, 870,686
    

24. 24. Projected Autostereoscopic 3-D System, U.S. 7,874,678
    

25. 25. Mini 3-D Camera Rig, U.S. 7,948,515
    

Patents pending:

1. •1. Popix3D™ iPhone and iPad app, provides 3-D without glasses
   

2. •2. No-Light-Loss 3-D Camera Rig
   

3. •3. Perspective Signage System
   

4. •3.
   

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1. •HinesLab, Inc., Glendale, CA, 1983-present. Inventor, developing optical systems and 3-D photographic equipment.
   

2. •WED Enterprises (Walt Disney Productions, R&D), Glendale, CA, 1980-1983. Project engineer, Research and Development Department.  Designed 3-D camera rig used to film "Magic Journeys" and "Captain Eo" for Disneyland and EPCOT Center.  Developed interactive imaging display devices, optical projection systems and motion bases for simulator theaters in theme parks.
   

3. •Eastman Kodak Co. (Research Laboratories), Rochester, NY, 1969-1980.  Senior Research Physicist.  Conceived and implemented solutions to basic problems of physics, optics and photography (autofocus techniques, reflective imaging optics, continuous-motion motion-picture camera/projector optics, 3-D imaging techniques, and Moiré pattern research.)
   

4. •General Motors, Warren, MI, summer of 1968, Designer, Student Summer Program. Developed, illustrated, modeled and presented a car of the future, including projected map and navigation system and new construction techniques.
   

5. •Benson Aircraft Corporation, Raleigh, NC summer of 1967.  Research and Development Department.  Conceived and engineered in-flight trim control mechanisms for autogyros.
   

6. •U. S. Navy, 1960-1963. Machinist (MR-3).  Machined metal and plastic parts with lathes, milling machines, etc. Navy travel: San Diego, Norfolk, Florida, Scotland, Ireland, New York, St. Thomas, V.I., Bermuda, Bahamas.
   

Consulting:

Providing optical and mechanical engineering, specializing in large-scale flight-simulator optics, photographic equipment and stereo displays.

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CLIENTS at HinesLab (partial list):

Apple Computer Co.

DARPA; Phase I SBIR

Eastman Kodak Co.

EG&G

Ford Motor Co.

Iwerks Entertainment

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)

Naval Ocean Systems Center

Offshore Technology Corp.

Perceptronics, Inc.

Sony Pictures High Definition Center

Toyota Motor Co.

Walt Disney Pictures

EDUCATION

UCLA; Lens Design (1985)

USC; Special Effects in Film Making (1982)

University of Rochester, New York; Institute of Optics, course in Optics (1978)

Royal College of Art, London, England; graduate program, Design Research (1974-1975)

Rochester Institute of Technology; courses in Drawing, Film Making (1973)

North Carolina State University; Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design (1969)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Optical Society of America (OSA), speaker.

Society for Information Display (SID), speaker.

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE).

Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), speaker and co-chair.

National Stereoscopic Association, speaker.

Comments

1. •"I love your new invention, it's the best thing I have seen in years."  Grayson Marshall, Feb. 2008.
   

2. •"I have a client with many inventions in the optics field who has maintained a truly impressive lab book filled with his inventions over the years.  His notebooks are by far the best example of an invention disclosure notebook I have seen in 25 years working as a patent attorney", Roy Anderson, March 2007.
   

3. •"I certainly agree with your new patent attorney that your notebooks are probably best ever written and especially ever illustrated", Warren Kurz, former Kodak patent attorney, March 2007.
   

4. •"I just want to say your inventions are so amazing, it would be great if China have more people like you rather than people with professor hat but write papers only", Shirley Lin, China, March 2007.
   

5. •"a brilliant inventor...", "remarkable invention...", "Hines is technically adept", Fortune Small Business, Sept. 2006.
   

6. •"I must say your inventions are fantastic, they look as if they are from future", Alex Mirsky, Russia, November 2005.
   

7. •"This paper is an excellent contribution to... stereoscopic 3D display systems.  The figures and explanations are exemplary-- if only more papers had this level of graphic excellence!  Again, let me congratulate the author...".  The reviewer used by JSID for the article on the autostereo display.
   

8. •"You're the only honest contractor I've ever worked with", Don Moore, Naval Ocean Systems Center, Hawaii, 1986.
   

9. •"Your web site alone would make any development lab head drool."  Don Harvey, former manager, Advanced Camera Development, Eastman Kodak.
   

10. •"Steve did a great job from concept through conclusion.  He visualized what we needed to do and got the job done" Don Iwerks, referring to the development of the Disney 3-D camera rig, quoted in American Cinematographer, February, 1983.
    

SECURITY CLEARANCE

Information available on an as needed basis.

* For further information, see:

"American Photobooth" by Nakki Goranin, W.W. Norton & Co., Feb. 2008, pp. 72-73

Camera Operator magazine, Fall/Winter 2007, p. 31

Scientific American magazine, June 2007, p. 89, "Seeing Triple"

Fortune Small Business magazine, Sept. 2006, p. 54-60, "3-D Without Glasses"

oeMagazine, May, 2005, p. 28, Lensless Camera Viewfinder

Park World magazine, Oct. 2004, p. 18-20, "3D Reaches out into New Markets"

Photo Imaging News, Volume 21, No. 13, June 14, 2004

oeMagazine, Sept. 2003, p. 30, "A non-electrical optical mouse acts as a passive reflector for an open-path spectrometer".

"3D Displays," Wiley Encyclopedia on Imaging, Jan., 2002, pp. 1327-1344

Alaska Airlines magazine, Dec. 2001, p. 14-15

Desert Sun newspaper (Palm Springs, CA), Dec. 3, 2001

Popular Science magazine, Nov. 2001, p. 20

American Cinematographer magazine, Sept. 2000, p104-116.

Fortune Small Business Magazine, April 2000, p. 84

FilmCrew Magazine, Issue 28, 2000, p. 30-33

Journal of the Society for Information Display, Vol. 7, No. 3, 1999, p. 187-192, "Autostereoscopic video display with motion parallax"

Stereo World magazine, Jan. 1999, p. 19

'Hands-On' Manual for Cinematographers, 2nd Edition, Samuelson, p. 392

Stereo World magazine, Nov. 1998, pp. 5, 8, 17 & 20

The Clock Magazine, Mar./April 1997, p. 17, 20 & 27

The Clock Magazine, Mar./April 1997, p. 17, 20 & 27

Cinefex Magazine, Dec. 1996, p. 105

American Cinematographer magazine, Aug. 1996, p39-41

Optical Engineering Report, May 1996

The Clock Magazine, April 1996, p. 17

Stereo World Magazine, Jan. 1996, p. 12-15

Popular Science magazine, Jan. 1996, p. 25, "3-D TV Without Glasses"

Burrows Technotrends Newsletter, Jan. 1996

Digital Video Magazine, Nov. 1995

Electronic Display World, Nov. 1995, p. 38-41

Simulation Magazine, Nov. 1995, cover.

Stereo World magazine, Nov. 1995, p. 28-29;

Electronic Display World, Vol, 15, No. 11, Nov. 1995, p. 38-41.

Electronic Engineering Times newspaper, Oct. 2, 1995, p. 38

Information Display magazine, Oct., 1995

Virtual Reality Special Report, September/October 1995

Stereo World magazine, Jul. 1995, p. 25

Solar Today magazine, Sept./Oct. 1994

American Cinematographer magazine, Aug. 1994, p106-107;

Stereo World magazine, Mar. 1994, p. 35

American Cinematographer Manual, Seventh Edition, p. xi & 534

Stereo World magazine, Jan. 1993, p. 19

Los Angeles Times, Oct. 29, 1991, p. D9A-D9D

Stereo World magazine, Jul. 1992, p. 42

American Cinematographer magazine, April 1992, p29;

"3-D Movies", R.M. Hayes, 1990, p. 380

Stereo World magazine, July 1990, p. 30

"Re-creating reality" Maclean's magazine, June 4, 1990, p. 57

"Who's Who of American Inventors", 1990

Star News (Pasadena, CA), Mar. 26, 1990, p. 1 & 9.

"Fundamentals of Physics", 3rd Edition, Wiley, p. E16-7

Information Display magazine, July/August 1989, p. 23

New York Times, April 10, 1989, p. C7

Popular Science magazine, June 1988, p. 60-61

Daily News (Glendale, CA), Business, Nov. 25, 1987

Wall Street News, April 5, 1987

SMPTE Journal, Front-Projection Screens, Sept. 1986, p. 903-911

"Three-Dimensional Cinematography", paper presented at 1984 SPIE

American Cinematographer magazine, Feb. 1983, p. 63-64 & 84-90

Kodak Annual Report, 1977

Domus Magazine, July 1973, p. 26-27

Industrial Design magazine, Feb. 1969, p. 60-61

Science and Mechanics magazine, age 14

Please contact Steve Hines at :

HinesLab, Inc.

Glendale, California, USA

ph. 818-507-5812

email: Steve@HinesLab.com

HinesLab Technology

DARPA

Flight Simulator

HinesLab SBIR Project

Folding Boat

3rd-year

NCSU School of Design project