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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8139111 | Height measurement in a perspective image A method, apparatus, and computer program product are present for identifying a location in a scene. An image of the scene is displayed on a display device. A cursor on the image is moved in relation to a number of corresponding directions in a model of the scene in... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7184072 | Airborne inventory and inspection system and apparatus A system and apparatus for acquiring images of electric transmission line tower structures, equipment attached to said tower structures, and transmission lines suspended from said towers. The system uses a fixed wing aircraft and an arrangement of at least one still... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7119831 | Information providing apparatus, information providing method, storage medium, and computer program A display device including a camera is used by inserting it in the direction of a user's gaze. Alternatively, an image of the same area as that of a scene from a windshield of an automobile may be obtained and the image may be displayed by using an information provi... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117047 | High accuracy inspection system and method for using same A method and a system that enable the inspection of large envelopes and complex surfaces. This is accomplished by generating a rotation and translation transform which enables the process monitoring system to define the location of the product placed in a field of v... | 10/03/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7110572 | Animal carcase analysis The process for analyzing an ovine animal carcase comprises capturing an image of a dorsal view to generate color image data for the carcase (10). Predetermined anatomical points (21–24) of the carcase are identified to then derive dimensional measur... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7068301 | System and method for obtaining and utilizing maintenance information A system for obtaining, recording, displaying, storing, transmitting and receiving maintenance and other information is provided. The system, which may include an electronic maintenance apparatus that may be in the form of a hand-held digital computer, allows a user... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7058197 | Multi-variable model for identifying crop response zones in a field An computer implemented apparatus and method are disclosed for defining areas of a field in which a crop or other vegetation is grown based on their selective ability to grow such vegetation through a growing season, or some shorter preselected time period. The meth... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7050102 | Spatial referenced photographic system with navigation arrangement An image system which captures, along with the images, information defining both the position and the orientation of the camera along with the distance to the subject. A video camera is attached to three accelerometers, two gyroscopes, and a rangefinder. Data gather... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7039220 | Methods and apparatus for the dimensional measurement of livestock using a single camera A method and apparatus for measuring target animals, including livestock animals and full carcasses, and more specifically livestock animals such as cattle and hogs using a single camera system. More particularly, the method of the invention is directed toward obtai... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7023483 | Framing aid for a document capture device A framing aid for a handheld document capture device such as a digital camera, comprising two pattern generators (10,20) generating convergent patterns (14, 24) that are in register on a target object plane. Triangulation between the two pattern genera... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7024119 | Addressable light fixture module An addressable light fixture is described wherein a light fixture module is individually addressable for programming by remote control. The remote control may individually select each light fixture module through visible and narrowly defined selected light followed ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7009698 | Inspection system and method A process for maintaining an area using a non-invasive inspection device, the inspection device comprising at least: an imaging system having an adjustable field of view and an imaging device for transmitting an electrical signal corresponding to an area within the ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7009635 | Method for modifying a visible object shot with a television camera A method for modifying a visible object shot with a television camera, in which method the object is marked by one or more marking surfaces disposed in the area of the object or in its vicinity, these marking surfaces being identifiable on the basis of radiation dif... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6974373 | Apparatus and methods for the volumetric and dimensional measurement of livestock A method and apparatus for measuring the physical characteristics of livestock animals such as cattle and hogs. The apparatus of the invention includes a plurality of strategically positioned cameras that are used to obtain data concerning volumetric, curvilinear (s... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6937268 | Endoscope apparatus An imaging unit including a pair of objective lens systems and an imaging device that photoelectrically converts optical images into image signals is incorporated in the distal portion of an endoscope. The pair of objective lens systems is arranged to pick up images... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6937651 | Method and apparatus for compressing image information A system (10) includes an image detector (12) which is a video camera, and which detects and outputs a succession of video images of a selected subject. A technique for processing these images involves preparing compressed image information. The compre... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6911995 | Computer vision depth segmentation using virtual surface The location of an object in a physical scene is identified with a stereo camera. A virtual surface is identified in the physical scene, and an approximate disparity set is constructed for the virtual surface. A main and a reference image of the scene are acquired b... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6894716 | Method and apparatus for identifying a position of a predetermined object in free space using a video image A method and apparatus is disclosed for identifying a position of an object in free space using a video image wherein the object is comprised of at least three equidistantly spaced, co-linear beads. The video image is captured on a view plane of a video camera syste... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6847392 | Three-dimensional structure estimation apparatus A three-dimensional structure estimation apparatus by which an image of a wide visual field and another image which has a high resolution at part of the visual field are provided and a high resolution three-dimensional structure of an object in the visual field can ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6806905 | Digital camera A digital camera is provided with a display for displaying an image of an object and a specifying unit for specifying a plurality of measuring points on the display. An actual area of a region surrounded by the plurality of measuring points specified by the specifyi... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6628322 | Device and method for positioning a measuring head on a noncontact three-dimensional measuring machine A positioning device for a measuring machine wherein a measuring head is movable in a three-dimensional space with respect to a first reference system, and supports a visual sensor having a television camera and a source of a laser beam. The device displa... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6559931 | Three-dimensional (3-D) coordinate measuring method, 3-D coordinate measuring apparatus, and large-structure building method A 3-D coordinate measurement is performed in such a way that an electrooptical distance-measuring device is used to measure a linear distance to a target point set on a surface of a measurement object, an angle measuring device is used to measure shifted ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6415043 | Method and arrangement for determining the position of an object A method for determining a position of a body having at least one marker object with a known dimension parameter. The method utilizes at least one camera unit having a sensor device and an optical element a determinable distance from the sensor device. Th... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6356093 | Printed circuit board testing apparatus A printed circuit board testing apparatus includes a first measuring system for determining a relative position between a circuit board carrying table and a test head with respect to two dimensions and an angular direction, a second measuring system for d... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6310644 | Camera theodolite system A three-dimensional coordinate measuring system which includes first and second towers, first and second viewing devices mounted on the first and second towers, respectively, and a pair of targets mounted on each of the first and second towers a known dis... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6067152 | Alignment range for multidirectional construction laser A system for checking alignment of laser beam projecting instruments, and for enabling accurate calibration of an instrument, includes a high resolution video camera positioned to receive a laser beam from the instrument. The spot from the detected laser ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5808695 | Method of tracking scene motion for live video insertion systems A method for tracking motion from field to field in a sequence of related video broadcast images. The method uses template correlation to follow a set of predetermined landmarks within a scene in order to provide position information of objects in the cur... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5742699 | Passive velocity measuring device The presented invention provides the velocity of a moving target from a remote location. A CCD camera receives the image of the target vehicle and records this information on CCD array. The camera then outputs this information in a standard video format s... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5684530 | Continuous diffuse illumination method and apparatus The method and apparatus for providing an elongate linear continuous, uniformed, diffused lighting environment for use in conjunction with an electronic line scanner, a photo-copier or a machine vision system, particularly for inspection and reproduction ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5669871 | Endoscope measurement apparatus for calculating approximate expression of line projected onto object to measure depth of recess or the like A line projection part provided on a distal-end part of an endoscope for projecting a light of a line toward the side of an object. A plurality of points are assigned on a line which is projected so as to pass through a recess or the like which resides in... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5642159 | Method for tensioning ID saw blades and an apparatus for monitoring tensioning of an ID saw blades We disclose: (1) a method for tensioning an ID saw blade, which comprises observing position of the cutting edge of the ID saw blade by using a CCD camera, exhibiting the observed position of the cutting edge of the ID saw blade on a display, adjusting te... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5572251 | Optical position detecting unit and optical coordinate input unit An optical position detecting unit which includes: an image pickup device having a pixel array region, an imaging lens for forming an image of a light-emitting point, a converging lens for converging light come from the light-emitting point image formed b... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5552822 | Apparatus and method for setting depth of cut of micrometer surgical knife Apparatus and methods for determining or verifying the depth of cut of a micrometer surgical knife include placing the knife within the viewing field of a video microscope to produce an image on a video monitor, generating cursor lines on the monitor, spa... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5396281 | Image input apparatus for displaying a positionable cursor mark on a reproduced image An image input apparatus has a video camera which photographs an object placed on a stage of the apparatus and which outputs a video signal for reproducing an image of the object on a screen of an external device, such as a monitor. The operator can desig... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5394183 | Method and apparatus for entering coordinates into a computer A method and apparatus to input two dimensional points in space into a computer. Such points in space reside within the field of view of a video camera, which is suitably connected to a computer. The operator aims a focus of light at the point whose coord... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5260780 | Visual inspection device and process A vision inspection system capable of high resolution of distanced portions of the same part is provided, allowing for dimensional calculations to be made on large parts with high resolution. A process for inspection of a part is provided, comprising the ... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5212655 | Clearance measurement system, video clearance measurement vehicle and improved method of performing clearance measurements A clearance measurement system including a video clearance measurement vehicle. The vehicle includes a video camera and a light source which emits a beam of light in a vertically and laterally extending plane. The vehicle can be driven on a railroad track... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5198876 | Method of measuring three-dimensional postion of workpiece A method of measuring a three-dimensional position of a workpiece by using a laser measuring unit provided at a hand portion of an industrial robot, the laser measuring unit including an image recognition camera and first and second laser beam sources for... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5138304 | Projected image light pen A technique for interaction with a projected video image with a light pen and/or target marks on the projection screen in which light reflected from the projected image is compared with the video image to detect the position of a spot positioned on the pr... | 08/11/1992 |
