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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8169479 | Device for scanning acquisition of a digital image with passive stabilization Device for scanning acquisition of a digital image by means of a photosensitive linear detector (11). The device is able to undergo movements perpendicular to the scanning direction. The device also includes two other photosensitive linear detectors (12, 1... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8144194 | Controlling an imaging apparatus over a delayed communication link Method that includes: enabling the user to track a user-identified target on a currently presented image of periodically transmitted images from an imaging apparatus; calculating a distance between the estimated location of the user-identified target in view of the ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8111289 | Method and apparatus for implementing multipurpose monitoring system Method for the monitoring of an environment, by procuring, adjourning and storing in a memory, files representing the background space. Programs for processing data obtained from the observation of objects are defined and stored in a memory, for identifying the obje... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7982767 | System and method for mounting sensors and cleaning sensor apertures for out-the-window displays Multiple sensors capture images representing scenery outside an aircraft or other type of vehicle for use within a visual display system. A protective housing encloses the sensors. This protective housing includes a transparent aperture through which the sensor capt... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7961216 | Real-time composite image comparator An apparatus and method for preparing a composite image from a video data stream and for identifying changed features in two composite images. Frames from the video data stream are transformed to a projected 2D image, aligned with adjacent frames and overlapping are... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7924310 | Image data processing methods, image data processing systems, and articles of manufacture Image data processing methods, image data processing systems, and articles of manufacture are described. According to one aspect, an image data processing method includes accessing initial image data of a first image representation of a scene, selecting one of a plu... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7893957 | Retinal array compound camera system The present invention provides a camera system having a compound array of imaging sensors disposed in a retinal configuration. The system preferably comprises a concave housing. A first imaging sensor is centrally disposed along the housing. At least one secondary i... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7800645 | Image display method and image display apparatus An image display method in which a position of a shot image of the ground surface having been taken from the air is specified three-dimensionally, a photographic area on the ground surface having been shot is obtained by computation, and a shot image is transformed ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7688348 | Lidar with streak-tube imaging, including hazard detection in marine applications; related optics The system and method relate to detection of objects that are submerged, or partially submerged (e.g. floating), relative to a water surface. One aspect of the invention emits LIDAR fan-beam pulses and analyzes return-pulse portions to determine water-surface orient... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7683928 | Lidar with streak-tube imaging, including hazard detection in marine applications; related optics The system and method relate to detection of objects that are submerged, or partially submerged (e.g. floating), relative to a water surface. One aspect of the invention emits LIDAR fan-beam pulses and analyzes return-pulse portions to determine water-surface orient... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7602415 | Compensation for overflight velocity when stabilizing an airborne camera A method and system for maintaining the line of sight of an airborne camera fixed on a target by compensating for overflight velocity of the aircraft. The compensation system automatically commands an angular velocity of the line of sight to maintain the camera poin... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7586514 | Compact remote tactical imagery relay system An imagery system that transfers digital images of a target from a military aircraft to a ground station or other aircraft and returns an updated image to the aircraft for pursuit and destruction of the target. The imagery system includes a digital image processor t... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7468740 | Method and apparatus for scanning the camera LOS in a continuous zoom camera system A FOV(field of view) dependent LOS(line of sight) scan method and apparatus for a turret aided camera system with continuous zoom optics is disclosed. According to this invention, the scan width and rate of the LOS are automatically determined as a function of the F... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7437062 | Remote sensing system capable of coregistering data from sensors potentially having unique perspectives An aerial imaging system includes a platform capable of moving through the air, a spatial sensor, a plurality of image sensors mounted to the platform and a computer. The spatial sensor collects position data indicating the position of the platform. The plurality of... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7424133 | Method and apparatus for capturing, geolocating and measuring oblique images A computerized system for displaying, geolocating, and taking measurements from captured oblique images includes a data file accessible by the computer system. The data file includes a plurality of image files corresponding to a plurality of captured oblique images,... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7379088 | System and method for real-time image control and processing for use in wide area space based surveillance A system and method for providing real-time imaging for use in wide area space based surveillance utilizing an Optical Tera-bps Satellite (OPTSAT) network, including a plurality of OPTSATs, wherein an object is imaged with at least one surveillance aperture operativ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7367155 | Apparatus and methods for analyzing and improving agricultural products A trait of interest is detected as being present within individual ones of a plurality of agricultural samples (such as seeds or plant tissues) by imaging the plurality of samples to form a magnetic resonance image. The image of the plurality of samples is then anal... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365641 | Vehicle proximity alerting system and method A vehicle proximity alerting system and method is provided. The system includes: a sensor unit having a plurality of sensors for measuring distances from other vehicles; a system controlling unit for receiving measurement signals from the sensors, calculating distan... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7341224 | Miniature expendable surveillance balloon system A miniature surveillance balloon system is described that can be used in military and public safety situations for real-time observations. They are as small as feasibly possible, low-cost and expendable, and typically are deployed in clusters. Balloons may act indiv... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339659 | Method and system for identifying hostile missile launch locations A method for identifying hostile missile launch locations is disclosed. In response to a receipt of a message containing information regarding a hostile missile had been launched at an aircraft, a determination is made as to whether or not a tail number contained wi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7337065 | Methods for atmospheric correction of solar-wavelength hyperspectral imagery over land This invention discloses several improved methods of correcting for atmospheric effects on a remote image of the Earth's surface taken from above, wherein the image comprises a number of simultaneously acquired images of the same scene, each including a large number... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336309 | Dynamic range compression method A method for compressing the dynamic range of an image sensor (202) including a multiplicity of pixels. The method includes the steps of exposing each of the pixels to light and producing an associated photocurrent per pixel, representative of the light expos... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336843 | Method and device for compressing data to be transmitted at constant bit rate The invention concerns a method of compressing and transmitting digital data, in particular images, at a constant bit rate, the method comprising the following steps: splitting input data into blocks of data, apply... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333132 | Corrected image generating apparatus and corrected image generating program storage medium This invention provides a corrected image generating apparatus and the like for generating a corrected image by correcting a deflection due to the vibration of a camera in a raw image obtained by the camera which obtains the raw images of plural frames successively ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328011 | Management of mobile networks Exemplary methods and systems manage a mobile network. A mobile network node is managed when the node is connected to the network. However, an alarm is not necessarily generated when the node is not connected to the network. A status message is periodically generate... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7317911 | Method for operating a telecommunications system The invention relates to a method for operating a telecommunications system and to a corresponding telecommunications system comprising at least one centralized device and at least one telecommunications terminal device, which is configured for communicating with th... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313252 | Method and system for improving video metadata through the use of frame-to-frame correspondences A method and system for improving the accuracy and timeliness of video metadata by incorporating information related to the motion of the camera as derived from the video imagery itself. Frame-to-frame correspondences are used to accurately estimate changes in camer... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7283156 | Airborne imaging system and method The airborne imaging system of the present invention includes a blister housing attached to a host vehicle. At the appropriate time in flight, a sensor suite is deployed from the blister housing. The sensor suite is eccentrically weighted to induce a pendular motion... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283658 | Topographic measurement using stereoscopic picture frames Disclosed is a topographic measurement system wherein at least one satellite is used to scan the earth surface and send picture frames of a target area captured at different positions to an earth station. The picture frames are combined to produce a number of pairs ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7280136 | Electronic camera and control integrated circuit for electronic camera An electronic camera of the present invention comprises an image pickup part, a microprocessor, and a multi-port memory that has a first port and a second port through which data can be independently accessed. The microprocessor writes the image data to the multi-po... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274381 | Panoramic imaging and display system with canonical magnifier The present invention provides an image acquisition and viewing system that employs a fish-eye lens and an imager, such as, a CCD array, to obtain a wide angle image, e.g., an image of a hemispherical field of view. The system of the invention further includes a pri... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7271826 | Communications installation for aircraft An arrangement for audio, video and/or data communication between a ground station and an aircraft, having at least one communications channel and a monitoring device provided on board the aircraft includes at least one audio, video or flight data recording apparatu... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7248794 | Remote platform multiple capture image formation method and apparatus A method of controlling a remote imaging platform for image acquisition of an imaging target, the method comprises: controlling said platform to aim a camera at said target, and controlling said platform to take at least a first, a second and a third images of said ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246100 | Classifying an analog voltage in a control system using binary classification of time segments determined by voltage level In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method of successively splitting an analog function into high and low ranges and calculating a binary mask for these ranges to obtain a plurality of data regions at a plurality of split levels, and training binary ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239106 | System and method for facilitating fluid three-dimensional movement of an object via directional force A reeving system for filming movies, sporting events, or any other activity that requires fluid movement of a camera or other object to any position within a defined volume of space. To accomplish positioning embodiments move an object throughout three-dimensional s... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236643 | System and method for filtering and binarization of images in the presence of specular noise In order to render information contained in images more detectable in the presence of noise, the present invention discloses a system and method to binarize the images in the presence of noise. The method of this invention comprises the steps of applying a dynamic r... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231603 | Communication apparatus, communication system, video image display control method, storage medium and program A communication apparatus of the present invention has a function of displaying a plurality of video images on a same screen. The communication apparatus includes a first synthesizing unit with synthesizing video data transmitted from a remote communication terminal... | 06/12/2007 |
