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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7187498 | Surveillance window A surveillance window including at least one set of linear polarizer and quarter-waveplate and a reflecting surface. The surveillance window appears dull and opaque to a subject, while allowing a relatively high percentage of light to be transmitted to an observer. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184073 | System and method for warning drivers based on road curvature A system for warning a driver based on the road curvature consisting of multiple integrated cameras to acquire the images of different scales simultaneously, a camera controller to configure the cameras based on the vehicle speed and visibility criteria, a processor... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184074 | Tractor/trailer back up kit Two improvements of a closed circuit television system applicable to a motor-freight tractor/trailer rig, or a motor vehicle, to see to the rear when the unaided view is obstructed, comprising: 1. Sunvisor-mounted case (30), with a window (10), ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183944 | Vehicle tracking and identification of emergency/law enforcement vehicles An apparatus for detecting an emergency/law enforcement vehicle from a secondary vehicle. The apparatus includes: at least one camera mounted on the secondary vehicle; a display surface mounted inside an interior of the secondary vehicle for displaying video image d... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181020 | Audio feedback regarding aircraft operation A method, system, and apparatus, for providing audio feedback regarding the operation of an aircraft. In one aspect, microphones are placed next to sound sources, which could be components of the aircraft. Audio inputs are received from the microphone and analyzed b... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180407 | Vehicle video collision event recorder A vehicle video collision event recorder includes a vehicle video collision event recorder includes a control module for accepting at least one decoded engine performance data and at least one processed video signal, a video mixer for processing at least one video s... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180476 | Exterior aircraft vision system using a helmet-mounted display An improved multiple-sensor vision system for use on vehicles or aircraft. The system utilizes a plurality of fixed sensors, such as infrared sensors, that provide signals that are recorded on tape and/or stored in memory. A processor digitally samples the stored im... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177738 | Vehicle management system A vehicle management method and system is able to monitor and manage a fleet of vehicles with high efficiency and low cost. The management method includes the steps of providing a radio transmitter connected to a vehicle navigation system in each vehicle, providing ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176959 | Vehicle surroundings display device and image providing system In the vehicle surroundings display device of the invention, an image processor generates an image showing the situation around a vehicle. When an obstacle is detected by an obstacle detection means, the image processor determines an image missing region using the p... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176790 | Display device and vehicle A vehicle has a display device which widens the field of view (visible area) reflected by a side mirror or a back mirror mounted on the vehicle. To enable a driver driving the vehicle to confirm safety even when it is difficult for the driver to visually recognize s... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176958 | Fifth wheel video monitor system At least one video camera mounted upon the tractor part of a truck. An anchor is affixed to the truck so as to prevent any relative motion of anchor and truck, and a rail is affixed to the anchor. A slider is moveably mounted upon the rail so that motion along the r... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173655 | Capture of sensory data in association with digital still images Method and apparatus for capturing a variable length of sensory data in association with still image data. The sensory data are generated from a sensor signal beginning prior to capture of a still image and ending a selected period after capturing the still image. T... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173526 | Apparatus and method of collecting and distributing event data to strategic security personnel and response vehicles A security and surveillance system for aircraft on the ground incorporates a plurality of strategically spaced sensors including video imaging generators, audio sensors, motion detectors, and fire and smoke detectors for monitoring critical components and critical a... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170548 | Obstacle monitoring device using one-dimensional signal Luminous values of pixels of coordinates previously set as an obstacle presence line are inputted to a memory as a one-dimensional signal converted from a two-dimensional image signal taken by a camera. A portion of the line has a luminous value other than a luminou... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171027 | Vehicular image processing apparatus and related method A vehicular image processing apparatus and related method are disclosed as having a high speed camera 2 that picks up an image of a surrounding of a vehicle, a low speed image extracting unit 6 extracting an image calculated with a low speed area calcu... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171294 | On-vehicle video playback system and car navigation device An on-vehicle device, which is connected to an external image taking device via the Internet so as to allow communication therebetween, includes a communication section, a reception notification section, a display section, a vehicle stopped state detection section, ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167779 | Display method and apparatus for changing display position based on external environment In a head-up display device, when a preceding vehicle exists between a pre-movement information conveyor and a vehicle, the pre-movement information conveyor is moved to another position at which the pre-movement information conveyor is displayed as a recognizable p... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167576 | Method and apparatus for measuring dwell time of objects in an environment A method for tracking objects entering and exiting an environment comprises providing stereo vision cameras positioned proximate to the paths to enter the environment, such that the stereo vision fields associated with the cameras substantially cover the paths. Usin... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7161616 | Image processing device and monitoring system A synthetic image viewed from a virtual point of view above a vehicle is generated, using images captured by a plurality of cameras shooting surroundings of the vehicle. In the synthetic image, an illustration image or an actual image of the vehicle is displayed in ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158015 | Vision-based method and system for automotive parking aid, reversing aid, and pre-collision sensing application A vision-based object detection decision-making system (10) for a vehicle (12) includes multiple vision sensing systems (14) that have vision receivers (20) and that generate an object detection signal. A controller (16) includes a... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7159128 | Method and apparatus for selectively reducing the depth of digital data The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for selectively reducing the depth of digital data. Multiple bit digital data is transmitted to a data receiving device on a plurality of data output lines. Each data output line corresponds, respectively, to a uni... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151469 | Surveillance system for aircraft interior A surveillance system for monitoring activity within at least the cabin portion of the aircraft in order to alert the flight crew within the cockpit of any emergency activity including, but not limited to, highjacking or terrorist activity. A video controller assemb... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151996 | System and method for generating a model of the path of a roadway from an image recorded by a camera A road skeleton estimation system generates an estimate as to a skeleton of at least a portion of a roadway ahead of a vehicle. The road skeleton estimation system includes an image receiver and a processor. The image receiver is configured to receive image informat... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151443 | Optical trailer hitch locator A vision sensor mounted above a hitch ball attached to a vehicle detects a colored magnet mounted on a trailer hitch and transmits the visual signal to a processor mounted within the vehicle operated by a power source such as the vehicle's 12 volt D.C. battery. The ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151439 | Device for improving the visibility conditions in a motor vehicle A device for improving the visibility conditions in a motor vehicle has a radiation source for infrared radiation for irradiating the surroundings of the vehicle, an infrared-sensitive camera for taking images of at least part of the irradiated surroundings, a displ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149701 | Regulatory compliance system and method The present invention provides an electronic regulatory compliance system and method that permits a regulatory agency to efficiently and accurately monitor thousands of environmental equipment installations, such as homeowner wastewater treatment plants, for complia... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149654 | Sensor measurement method and system with universal data concentrators A measurement method and system in which a plurality of sensors are scattered about the system. One or more universal data concentrators are deployed in the areas where the sensors are concentrated. Each data concentrator is connected to one or more computers. Uniqu... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149160 | Recording and playing back device with error correction If the number of retries made before data is read successfully reaches or exceeds a predetermined number, the data is saved in spare sectors SS and then data sectors DS which originally stored the data are overwritten. Furthermore, both when data is saved in spare s... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145519 | Image display apparatus, method, and program for automotive vehicle In image display apparatus, method, and program for an automotive vehicle, a surrounding of the vehicle is photographed, a plurality of display images are generated from a photographed data supplied from a photographing section, viewing points of the respective disp... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7143856 | Apparatus for a vehicle for protection of a colliding object An apparatus for a vehicle for protection of a colliding object is provided, which includes one of a collision prediction module that delivers a precautionary signal when the collision prediction module predicts a collision of the vehicle with the object and a colli... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145477 | Anti-terrorist aircraft pilot sensor system and method The disclosed device is directed toward an anti-terrorist aircraft pilot sensor system. The anti-terrorist aircraft pilot sensor system comprises a pilot sensor including at least one of a biometric sensor and a physiological sensor. An input component is operativel... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145485 | Vehicle identification code storing device and method for storing vehicle identification code A device stores a vehicle identification code that includes a character string of a plurality of digits. The device includes a writing request detection section that detects a request for writing the vehicle identification code. An encoding section compresses and en... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142952 | Method and apparatus for pavement cross-slope measurement Pavement cross-slope is measured at highway speeds by mounting a ring-laser gyroscope on a vehicle and measuring deviation of the transverse slope of the vehicle. Precise laser distance measuring devices are mounted transversely with respect to the vehicle at signif... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7143358 | Virtual world internet web site using common and user-specific metrics The present invention provides a virtual world that makes surfing the World Wide Web more satisfying and pleasurable to the user. The invention is arbitive to graphically and functionally restore a user's sense of proximity or distance while surfing the web. The use... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142130 | Driving support system for vehicle, driving support apparatus for vehicle, and driving support method for vehicle In a driving support system for a vehicle for determining the possibility that an estimated running vector of a moving object will intersect with an estimated running vector of a host vehicle using mobile communication, the possibility is three-dimensionally determi... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7141796 | Vehicle information providing apparatus A vehicle information providing apparatus determines and displays the range of presence of a person or other object based on the characteristics of images recorded by infrared cameras. An image processing unit carries out brightness change search processing in the i... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139412 | Image synthesis display method and apparatus for vehicle camera When multiple cameras (CAM1) to (CAM8) for shooting the periphery of a local vehicle are mounted on the vehicle, and when obtained camera images are to be synthesized to display a synthesized image on the screen of a display device (16), the pix... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138922 | Drowsy driver monitoring and prevention system A drowsy driver detection system (10) for an automobile (12) is coupled to a service center (16) through a communication system (14). A drowsy driver sensor (30) coupled to a controller (32) and a communication device (60... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136091 | Vehicle imaging apparatus, vehicle monitoring apparatus, and rearview mirror A vehicle imaging apparatus for generating a picture of a wide are in an inexpensive manner without affecting the aesthetic appeal of the vehicle. The vehicle imaging apparatus generates a picture of a predetermined area outside a vehicle having a rearview mirror. T... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133661 | Emergency information notifying system, and apparatus, method and moving object utilizing the emergency information notifying system An emergency notifying apparatus of a moving object, having: image pick-up devices for picking up a part of the moving object and surroundings thereof, a video recording apparatus for recording signals related to the images taken by the image pick-up devices accordi... | 11/07/2006 |
