......Steve Hines, inventor and former Sr. Research Physicist with the Kodak Research Laboratories, holds 18 patents, with 7 pending, on optical and mechanical inventions. ......HinesLab is an independent R&D company, founded in 1983, offering consulting in optical and mechanical engineering for development of photographic equipment, stereoscopic and autostereoscopic 3-D displays, and flight simulator optics. HinesLab also offers consulting, and manufacturing licenses for a variety of technologies.

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HinesLab Technology

StereoCam™ Available for Rent 35, 65mm, video & HD dual-camera 3-D Rig	Holo-Box™ Floating-Image Display Manufacturing License Available	3-D TV without Glasses Manufacturing License Available for home TV & arcade games	Cordless, Batteryless, Non-Electrical Computer Mouse Manufacturing License Available	Lensless Camera Viewfinder Manufacturing License Available Reflective optical viewfinder creates a bright frame without lenses.
Covert Wide-Angle Camera Adapter Manufacturing License Available	Photographic- Lighting Color Balance	Counter- balanced Camera-Image Stabilizer Mechanism to reduce unsteadiness in cameras and binoculars.	Gelatin Wedge Camera-Image Stabilizer Technique to reduce shake in cameras and binoculars.	BullsEye™ Camera-Alignment Device Prevents keystoned photographs of flat artwork. Manufacturing License Available
Pocket Movie Camera Manufacturing License Available Shirt-pocket movie camera	Mirror Stereo 3-D Camera Adapter & Viewer	Light Attenuator Manufacturing License Available Variable light attenuator for high-energy lasers.	Digital Sundial Manufacturing License Available World's first digital sundial. Non electrical. Plans for sale to museums and individuals.	Helio™ Solar Tracker Manufacturing License Available Low cost way to improve efficiency of solar collectors
Vehicle Parking System Manufacturing License Available	vehicle-safety idea coming soon	Magnetic Saw Guide Manufacturing License Available Woodworking tool to cut compound angles.	Leveling Caster Manufacturing License Available	CleanAir Paint-Spraying System Manufacturing License Available
Disney 3-D Camera Rig 65mm dual-camera 3-D rig	Iwerks 3-D Camera Rig designed at HinesLab Available for Rent 8 and 15-perf 65mm dual-camera 3-D rig	BiClops™3-D Camera Rig for IMAX & Iwerks formats 8 and 15-perf 70mm dual-camera 3-D Rig	3-D Video Viewfinder Available for Rent Video assist for any dual-camera 3-D rig	Emergency Water Packet Manufacturing License Available
3-D Photo Booth Manufacturing License Available Instant 3-D picture, 3-D glasses, & frame	3-D Glasses For Sale Paper and plastic, Polarized and Red/Blue	Anaglyphic 3-D Service Available To convert your stereo pairs to red-blue 3-D.	Compact Microfiche Reader folds 1-inch thick	Moiré Signs Patent Pending Eye catching advertising medium. Manufacturing License Available
Networked Flight Simulator DARPA Phase I SBIR	Infinity Display Manufacturing License Available Infinity optics for military & entertainment flight simulators	College summer job at Bensen Aircraft 2 years before college graduation.	boat-construction technique coming soon	Liquid Telescope Mirror independent project, 3rd year of college
Math Teaching Machines Trigonometry, Conic Sections, Stretchy Calculator, Pythagorean Triangle independent projects, 2nd year of college			Phonograph speed reducer for talking books for the blind	Industrial Design Projects including miscellaneous projects during high school, college, consulting projects, drawings, sculpture and films.

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.

• 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, interactive 3-D drawing technique, and several 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).
• Patents awarded and pending:

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

2. Electronic-flash camera-size reduction technique (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 assembly, 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. Aerial-Image Display (HinesLab), U.S. Patent 6,817,716 and D435,043.

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

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• HinesLab, Inc., Glendale, CA, 1983-present. Developing optical systems and 3-D photographic equipment.
• 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.
• 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.)
• 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.
• Benson Aircraft Corporation, Raleigh, NC summer of 1967. Research and Development Department. Conceived and engineered in-flight trim control mechanisms for autogyros.
• U. S. Navy, 1960-1963. Machinist (MR-3). Machined metal and plastic parts with lathes, milling machines, etc. Travel: San Diego, Norfolk, Florida, Scotland, Ireland, New York, St. Thomas, V.I., Bermuda, Bahamas.

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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

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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)

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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Optical Society of America (OSA)

Society for Information Display (SID), past speaker

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE)

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

National Stereoscopic Association, past speaker

"I love your new invention, it's the best thing I have seen in years." Grayson Marshall, Feb. 2008
"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.
"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.
"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
"a brilliant inventor...", "remarkable invention...", "Hines is technically adept", Fortune Small Business, Sept. 2006.
"I must say your inventions are fantastic, they look as if they are from future", Alex Mirsky, Russia, November 2005
"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.
"You're the only honest contractor I've ever worked with" Don Moore, Naval Ocean Systems Center, Hawaii, 1986.
"Your web site alone would make any development lab-head drool." Don Harvey, former manager, Advanced Camera Development, Eastman Kodak.
"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.

Information available on an as needed basis.