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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8022978 | Autotiller control system for aircraft utilizing camera sensing An automatic control system for directional control of an aircraft moving on the ground utilizing computer vision methods and camera sensing methods (visible, infrared or microwave) to optically recognize and track taxiway navigation features thereby providing pilot... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7705879 | System for and method of synchronous acquisition of pulsed source light in performance of monitoring aircraft flight operation A system for and a method of synchronous acquisition of pulsed source light performs monitoring of aircraft flight operation. Diode sources of illumination (18, 108, 208) are pulsed (16, 106, 206) at one-half the video frame rate of an imaging camera (... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7423553 | Image display apparatus, image display method, measurement apparatus, measurement method, information processing method, information processing apparatus, and identification method An external index detection unit (105) receives an image sensed by a camera (100), and detects an external index set in a real scene. A tachometer (110) measures the rotational velocities of two rear wheels of a vehicle. A vehicle measurement un... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7373242 | Navigation apparatus and navigation method with image recognition A navigation apparatus with image recognition, includes: an imaging section for obtaining a stereo image of a target spot; an inertial information detecting section for measuring an attitude angle of a body and an acceleration of the body; an image process calculati... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7339614 | Large format camera system with multiple coplanar focusing systems Large format, digital camera systems (10, 100, 150, 250, 310) expose single detector arrays 20 with multiple lens systems (12, 14, 16, 18) or multiple detector arrays (104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 152, 162, 172, 182, 252, 262,... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7280134 | Landscape camera system with electronic field of view switching The improved landscape camera system for use in aircraft utilizes digital video technology to obtain multiple fields of view that are selectable for viewing by passengers on the aircraft, from either a single video frame or from multiple cameras with different field... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280896 | Process and device for constructing a synthetic image of the environment of an aircraft and presenting it on a screen of said aircraft A device for constructing a synthetic image of an aircraft environment may include information sources having information relating to the aircraft and to its environment. An information processor constructs a synthetic image of the environment of the aircraft on the... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7248718 | System and method for detecting a passing vehicle from dynamic background using robust information fusion A system and method for detecting a passing vehicle is disclosed. A video sequence comprising a plurality of image frames is received. Image intensity is measured and image motion is estimated in each image frame. A hypothesis model describing background dynamics is... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7209053 | System and method for displaying validity of airport visual approach slope indicators An improved system and method are disclosed for indicating the validity of airport runway visual approach slope indicators on an aircraft display. An aircraft display system is provided, which includes a database for storing data about the specific visual approach s... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7191056 | Precision landmark-aided navigation Navigational systems and methods are disclosed herein to provide accurate processing of two-dimensional sensor images for navigation and determination of position in three-dimensions. Landmark features are extracted from two-dimensional sensor images and correlated ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190392 | Telepresence system and active/passive mode display for use therein A telepresence server is for connection to a telecommunications network for providing access to a reality engine for a plurality of passive users. The reality engine can be controlled by an active user or a professional director through the network or by a local pro... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7162200 | Antenna calibration system and method An antenna calibration system consists mainly of a signal source, an antenna, a first radio frequency mixer, a first local oscillator, an power detecting device, a personal computer, and a servo amplifier. The signal source emits a signal, and the antenna receives t... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7130447 | Gaze tracking system, eye-tracking assembly and an associated method of calibration A system for tracking a gaze of an operator includes a head-mounted eye tracking assembly, a head-mounted head tracking assembly and a processing element. The head-mounted eye tracking assembly comprises a visor having an arcuate shape including a concave surface an... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7123749 | Height measurement apparatus Apparatus and methods for enhancing the accuracy of height above ground measurements in which the registration error between successive images taken of the terrain over which an aircraft is flying is minimized, the earlier image having first been transformed accordi... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7113202 | Autotiller control system for aircraft utilizing camera sensing An automatic control system for directional control of an aircraft moving on the ground utilizing computer vision methods and camera sensing methods (visible, infrared or microwave) to optically recognize and track taxiway navigation features thereby providing pilot... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106397 | Liquid crystal display device having a polarization member that includes a cholesteric liquid crystal layer and solid optical rotatory film The present invention provides a polarizing member constituted by, at least, a cholesteric liquid-crystal layer (1), a quarter-wave plate (2), and an optical rotatory layer (3). By the polarizing member according to the present invention, the pl... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7092012 | Image processing apparatus and method, storage medium, and communication system An image processing apparatus which can be connected to a plurality of terminals, comprising an input unit for inputting the image data representing the image corresponding to a predetermined range by causing a predetermined camera unit to photograph or take each of... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7061401 | Method and apparatus for detecting a flight obstacle An apparatus for and a method of detecting a flight obstacle (28, 30, 32, 34) in the surroundings (50) of an aircraft (4), in particular for collision warning purposes, wherein images of the surroundings (50) are recorded, the flight obst... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7023470 | Self-testing video display devices and method of use thereof A self-testing video display device and method of use. A video display test program is stored in a video processing unit inside a video display device. The test program includes a plurality of video test patterns and is accessible by entering a “secret” keycode ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7015967 | Image formation system Disclosed is an image formation system which supports a survey and a photographing free from errors in the field. A control point data storing section 50 stores control point data required for forming a first orthogonally projected image. An image data storin... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7009638 | Self-calibrating, digital, large format camera with single or multiple detector arrays and single or multiple optical systems Large format, digital camera systems (10, 100, 150, 250, 310) expose single detector arrays 20 with multiple lens systems (12, 14, 16, 18) or multiple detector arrays (104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 152, 162, 172, 182, 252, 262,... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7003134 | Three dimensional object pose estimation which employs dense depth information Dense range data obtained at real-time rates is employed to estimate the pose of an articulated figure. In one approach, the range data is used in combination with a model of connected patches. Each patch is the planar convex hull of two circles, and a recursive pro... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6943754 | Gaze tracking system, eye-tracking assembly and an associated method of calibration A system for tracking a gaze of an operator includes a head-mounted eye tracking assembly, a head-mounted head tracking assembly and a processing element. The head-mounted eye tracking assembly comprises a visor having an arcuate shape including a concave surface an... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6915190 | Method and system for acquiring and recording data relative to the movement of an aircraft A method and system for acquiring and recording on-board data relative to the movement of a vehicle, whereby a sequence of images of a control panel of the vehicle is acquired by a video camera installed in a cockpit of the vehicle, and is then recorded in a storage... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6907324 | Instrument reference flight display system for horizon representation of direction to next waypoint The invention provides a primary flight display instrument in which a symbol—such as a small star or triangle—indicates the bearing to the current waypoint in the flight navigation plan. The display may also show a bearing indication symbol showing a follow-on w... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6577339 | Aircraft monitoring and analysis system and method A camera that includes a camera head, an amplifier, and a camera control unit. The camera head includes a charge coupled device and at least one lens that is optically coupled to the charge coupled device to focus light energy onto the charge coupled devi... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6538827 | Non-circular aperture stop A vision system for a vehicle includes an image capture device, a non-circular aperture stop and a display system. The image capture device is adapted to receive an image of a scene occurring exteriorly of the vehicle. The non-circular aperture stop defin... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6470498 | Personal computer system, compact disk and method for interactively viewing the earth Abstract of the Disclosure A method of interactively viewing the Earth including the steps of: selecting satellite viewpointd of a region of the Earth; reading prestored imaged of the region of the Earth from the satellite viewpointd; displaying the prest... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6424804 | Modular airborne flir support and extension structure A modular camera support and extension structure which removably mounts on the seat tracks of a conventional aircraft and extends through a cargo pod door during usage, including a box structure containing a plurality of vertical rails which support a tra... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6362750 | Process and device for automatically supported guidance of aircraft to a parking position A process and a device for automatically supported guidance of aircraft to a parking position permitting a required increase in safety and organized and largely centralized monitoring and control. This process automatically transmits correction instructio... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6348942 | Enhanced underwater visibility A system for enhancing underwater visibility is described that uses left and right alternately chopped laser illumination, filtered wide baseline stereo imaging and specular reflectors for deblurring the images. Two stereo images are compared to determine... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6335694 | Airborne audio flight information system An audio system that may include a flight-worthy electronics package that connects into the airborne electronics of a passenger aircraft, and to that aircraft's passenger system. The audio system may provide passengers with a variety of audio information.... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6336062 | Attitude angle sensor correcting apparatus for an artificial satellite An attitude angle sensor correcting apparatus for an artificial satellite of the present invention includes a satellite attitude estimator. The satellite attitude estimator reads geographical image data out of an image data memory, produces a GCP (Ground ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6264135 | Inflight aircraft visual monitoring apparatus Disclosed is a first miniature digital video camera in a streamlined configuration mounted on or in proximity to the vertical stabilizer of an aircraft and in communication preferably with both remote digital video recording apparatus and at least one coc... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6259475 | Video and audio transmission apparatus for vehicle surveillance system A video-audio surveillance system for a motor vehicle is suitable for observing blind spots as well as for providing security for the vehicle and its contents. The system includes audio-video transmission modules positioned at selected locations on the ex... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6211809 | Surface-based passive millimeter-wave landing aid A passive millimeter-wave imaging system (10) that includes a millimeter-wave camera (12) positioned at the end of an aircraft landing strip (14) to provide an image (20) of the aircraft (16) approaching the landing strip (14) along a landing glidepath (1... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6157876 | Method and apparatus for navigating an aircraft from an image of the runway An image sensor attached to an aircraft generates an image. The image includes a runway and other objects. The edges within the image are detected and Nav Data is used to predict the coordinates defining the runway. The predicted coordinates and the detec... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6148250 | Altitude detection by use of planar approximation of a region of ground surface A three-dimensional image of a ground surface taken by a stereoscopic camera is converted to a distance image in a stereoscopic processing section. In an altitude calculating section, after peculiar points contained in the distance image are deleted and f... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6069654 | System and method for far-field determination of store position and attitude for separation and ballistics This invention relates to a system and method for far-field determination of store position and attitude for separation and ballistics. The aircraft is outfitted with two photogrammetric video cameras. The store is dropped from the aircraft and the camera... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6028624 | Method and apparatus for increased visibility through fog and other aerosols A system is described that uses chopped laser illumination, chopped and fered wide baseline stereo imaging, specular reflectors along the path to navigated, comparison of the two stereo images collected to determine and subtract from the images the magni... | 02/22/2000 |
