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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8013888 | Method and system for implementing film grain insertion Aspects of a system and method for processing video data may comprise, for each line of a field of an image, generating noise based on a current seed, inserting the generated noise in a current line of the field, and generating a new seed for processing a subsequent... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7440025 | Defogging device for a surveillance camera A defogging device for a surveillance camera has a heating element, a circuit board and a power cord. The heating element is mounted over the lens of the surveillance camera. The circuit board compares ambient temperature to a preset temperature, activates the heati... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7233346 | Differential imaging method and system A differential imaging system is particularly efficacious for detecting objects in high dispersion or light-scattering mediums, such as seawater. Such a device especially useful in mine detection. A single burst of illumination is used as the light sensitive portion... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7206131 | Optic array for three-dimensional multi-perspective low observable signature control The invention described herein represents a significant improvement for the concealment of objects and people. Thousands of light receiving segmented pixels and sending segmented pixels are affixed to the surface of the object to be concealed. Each receiving segment... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201483 | Apparatus and method for providing both day and night vision simulations An apparatus for providing both day vision simulations and night vision simulations includes a projector that seamlessly provides both night and daytime training modes. The projector includes two independent light sources, with an embedded night vision filter affixe... | 04/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7132635 | Methods and apparatus for camouflaging objects Methods and apparatus that employ one or more light sources to reduce the ability to recognize or identify one or more objects. In various examples, one or more LED-based light sources are utilized in camouflaging techniques. The apparatus and methods disclosed rela... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6459076 | On-board camouflage lighting system using directional light sources An object uses light transmitters to control the visible image of the object in order to camouflage the object or to otherwise deceive the vision of observers. The color and intensity of the light emitted from the object is determined by its background, w... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6434254 | Method and apparatus for image-based object detection and tracking A method and apparatus for detecting objects from a sequence of images of a scene containing an object by using two distinct methods for object detection. One is suited for well-lit scenes (e.g., daytime), while the other is suitable for poorly-lit scenes... | 08/13/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6333726 | Orthogonal projection concealment apparatus A pixel array-based orthogonal projection concealment apparatus applicable for continuously matching a mobile platform to its changing background integrates power means, sensing and inputting means for observer and background data, programmed computationa... | 12/25/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6196845 | System and method for stimulating night vision goggles A visual display system and method for full and realistic stimulation of night vision goggles according to the present invention includes a display system for stimulating night vision goggles across a large dynamic range. The display system includes a hig... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6037976 | Method and apparatus for determining ambient conditions from an image sequence, such as fog, haze or shadows A method and apparatus for determining certain ambient conditions in a scene by analyzing a sequence of images that represent the scene. The apparatus uses only image information to determine scene illumination, or the presence of shadows, fog, smoke, or ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5415549 | Method for coloring a polygon on a video display A helicopter flight simulator having improvements in visual cues and modeling. The unique visual cues include terrain following shadows and hazing, the latter approximating a set of atmospheric conditions. The unique modeling features include a user selec... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5374954 | Video system for producing video image simulating the appearance of motion picture or other photographic film Digital signals are generated and stored for each pixel of a frame of a preferably high definition video originated material. A computer reads the digital signals and converts them to binary image data by employing a selected look-up-table program to reas... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5307162 | Cloaking system using optoelectronically controlled camouflage The Cloaking System is designed to operate in the visible light spectrum, utilizes optoelectronics and/or photonic components to conceal an object within it, and employs analog or digital control feedback resulting in camouflage adaptable to a changing ba... | 04/26/1994 |
| 4748572 | Video processor architecture with distance sorting capability The specification describes a way of using distance sorting in order not to require a prioritization of those polygons that are to be rendered prior to a pixel-by-pixel construction of an image. The video processor recalls the input data into the pixel pr... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4727364 | Method and apparatus for intensity shading in a visual display An apparatus for generating computed images on an electronically controlled display surface is provided with an improved intensity shading generator. The shading generator operates by assigning each scan line of a raster display a fixed intensity between ... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4545765 | Scene simulator In a calligraphic scene display, occulting or masking of information stored in a data base can take place due to occulting surfaces. To determine whether occulting occurs for any given data item, a comparison is made first with data held in a surface memo... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4482326 | Flight training glasses A pair of flight training glasses having improved position sensor comprised of a pair of non-parallel photocells for preventing monitoring error. An improved lens in the glasse has a plurality of segmented portions independently controllable for affecting... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4297691 | Figure displaying device A figure displaying device for generating a brightness signal which corresponds to a figure information to be displayed as well as for generating a brightness modulation signal which varies within a predetermined first region on a display screen. The devi... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4199875 | Visibility effects generator A controlled video mixer is employed in a special effects generator of a flight simulator visual display system to produce realistic reduced visibility scenes. The video mixer produces a composite video signal from a camera video signal and a cloud functi... | 04/29/1980 |
