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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7131754 | Automatic headlamp control An automatic headlamp control system includes an image sensor and a control. The image sensor captures an image of a forward exterior scene and the control processes the image to determine if any light sources in the captured image are indicative of headlamps of onc... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7132933 | Obstacle detection device and method therefor Provided is a technology for helping safe driving and realizing automatic driving of vehicles, or for counting the number of passing vehicles on the road or monitoring those passing vehicles for their driving. Using a plurality of cameras mounted in a vehicle or pro... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131136 | Comprehensive multi-media surveillance and response system for aircraft, operations centers, airports and other commercial transports, centers and terminals A data collection and distribution system for monitoring aircraft in flight, on the ground and at the gate or terminal for monitoring critical and catastrophic events, managing the emergency during such an event, and for investigating the event. The system generates... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7128705 | Motion-coupled visual environment for prevention or reduction of motion sickness and simulator/virtual environment sickness A motion-coupled visual environment prevents, reduces and/or treats motion sickness by sensing inertial motion and providing a corresponding evocative image for a subject to view. Inertial sensors may include accelerometers, gyroscopes or a variety of other differen... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129838 | Vehicle intrusion monitoring system and method A vehicle intrusion monitoring system that eliminates unnecessary image capture and transmission by controlling the timing of image capture by a camera installed inside a vehicle. A control ECU in the vehicle intrusion monitoring system issues a first image capture ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130448 | Device for monitoring around a vehicle A device for monitoring around a vehicle capable of detecting objects present around the vehicle based on an image captured by at least one infrared camera member provided with the vehicle. The device includes a binary object extraction unit which subjects a gray sc... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7125134 | Switch enabled infrared lighting system with non-IR light elimination The present invention provides a vehicle IR lighting system where manual actuation of a single switch both activates vehicle IR lights and automatically disables all non-IR vehicle lights. The IR lighting system provides a single switch enabling an IR light source a... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123747 | Enhancement of vehicle interior digital images A method for helping to control a vehicle occupant protection device (22) includes taking an image of the vehicle interior with a digital imager (50) having an array of pixels (53). A contiguous portion of the image less than the entire image is... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123131 | In-car video system An in-car video system includes a first display device installed in a front part of a car and having a first light-sensitive element to receive remote control light output from a remote control transmitter, a second display device installed in a location posterior t... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123166 | Method for managing a parking lot A method is disclosed for managing a parking lot. In one disclosed embodiment, the method includes receiving parking lot data. The embodiment of the disclosed method also includes transforming the parking lot data into parking lot information, the parking lot inform... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123748 | Image synthesizing device and method An image synthesizing device is operatively coupled to a plurality of cameras to accurately express the color and brightness of a synthesized image photographed. The image synthesizing device is configured to synthesize the images of the cameras by selecting with re... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120313 | Image processing apparatus and method for producing a virtual space for walk-through Plural pieces of frame data are generated and held based on image data obtained by capturing images while moving a plurality of capture devices for capturing images in different directions. A frame data group containing consecutive pieces of frame data determined to... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119832 | Wireless microphone for use with an in-car video system An in-car video system and method is provided where a wireless microphone is configured with bi-directional communications capability. In response to a received RF activation signal, the wireless microphone is automatically switched on to capture (and transmit back ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116246 | Apparatus and method for sensing the occupancy status of parking spaces in a parking lot Method and apparatus for analyzing a status of an object in a predetermined area of a parking lot facility having a plurality of parking spaces. A distinctive marking is projected into at least one predetermined area. An image of the predetermined area, that may inc... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7117090 | Moving vehicle in cuboidal panorama A method for monitoring movement of a moving object and avoiding a collision with it comprises constructing a panoramic image from images of a rotating camera attached to the moving object, constructing a virtual cuboid around the moving object utilizing data from t... | 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 |
| 7111968 | Systems and components for enhancing rear vision from a vehicle A vehicle system is disclosed that includes a vehicle lamp assembly including a plurality of LEDs that emit white light so as to function as an illuminator light. The lamp assembly also may include a plurality of LEDs that emit colored light to function as a signal ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113867 | System and method for detecting obstacles to vehicle motion and determining time to contact therewith using sequences of images A time-to-contact estimate determination system is disclosed for generating an estimate as to the time-to-contact of a vehicle moving along a roadway with an obstacle. The time-to-contact estimate determination system comprises an image receiver and a processor. The... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111997 | Temporary surveillance system A surveillance system is provided including a platform having a plurality and variety of cameras or sensors mounted thereto, and a base enclosure adapted to accommodate a power supply, a variety of electronics and other equipment for controlling and providing power ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111996 | Stereo camera arrangement in a motor vehicle A stereo camera system in a motor vehicle, in particular for classifying objects and determining distance. In order to ensure secure installation and precise positioning of the camera system, in particular fixing of its lateral position, the camera system is provide... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108409 | Interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle comprises an interior rearview mirror assembly having a reflective mirror element. The reflective element may be a variable reflectance reflective element having a reflectivity which is variable in accordance with a v... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110021 | Vehicle surroundings monitoring device, and image production method/program A synthesized image showing the situation around a vehicle is produced from images taken with cameras capturing the surroundings of the vehicle and presented to a display. A position computation section computes position information and the reliability of the positi... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110156 | Rearview mirror assemblies A rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle comprises an electro-optic mirror unit whose reflectivity is variable in response to an electrical voltage applied thereto and an electrical circuit for controlling operation of the mirror unit in response to one or more ligh... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106360 | Method for distributing sports entertainment A method for distributing sports entertainment includes the step of providing a plurality of video cameras positioned on vehicles or athletes that are participating in sporting events, transmitters for transmitting information from the plurality of cameras to a proc... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106183 | Rearview camera and sensor system for vehicles A rearview system component for a vehicle including a housing for attachment to the vehicle, a camera positioned in the housing to have a first axial direction, a first sensor positioned in the housing to have a second axial direction, and a second sensor positioned... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106365 | Stereo camera apparatus with a main camera and a sub-camera where the sub-camera has a point of view difference from the point of view of the main camera A stereo camera unit 2 is constructed mainly of a main camera 4, a sub-camera 5 and a camera stay 3. The main camera 4 and the sub-camera 5 are assembled to the camera stay 3 in such a way that they are inclined towar... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104662 | Outside mirror assembly for vehicle An outside mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror housing; an accessory part; a temporary fixing unit that temporarily fixes the accessory part to the mirror housing; and a permanent fixing unit that permanently fixes the accessory part to the mirror housin... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102665 | Vehicle underbody imaging system A system and method for imaging underbodies of moving vehicles have a stationary source of radiation to radiate energy upwardly on underbodies of moving vehicles. A stationary video camera adjacent the radiation source on a roadway has an upwardly facing field of vi... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103232 | Storing and processing partial images obtained from a panoramic image Each of the panoramic images corresponding to a plurality of positions of a viewpoint is compressed and stored as partial images obtained by dividing each panoramic image by a predetermined field of view. The panoramic image has a field of view wider than a display ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097226 | Safety system for a compartment of a vehicle A safety sensing and/or release system for a closed compartment of a vehicle is operable to detect an occupant within the vehicle compartment. The system may be operable to sense ambient conditions in the vehicle compartment, and may generate a control signal in res... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7100190 | Automobile web cam and communications system incorporating a network of automobile web cams A communications system incorporating a plurality of vehicle mounted web cams that collect video information and transmit the video information together with other local information via a wireless network to a server. The video streams from the web cams and associat... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096096 | Method and system for automatically locating end of train devices An end of train unit includes a positioning system such as a GPS receiver and is configured to transmit a message including the EOT unit's location when the EOT unit detects a loss of air pipe pressure and/or it is tipped over and/or a low battery condition is detec... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093965 | Automotive lighting assembly with decreased operating temperature A lighting assembly for an interior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes an illumination source, a reflective element and a lens. The illumination source is operable to radiate radiation including visible radiation and infrared radiation. The radiation fro... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095432 | Image processing apparatus and method An image input unit inputs a plurality of images in a time series. Each input image includes a boundary line extending toward a vanishing point on a plane. A reverse projection image generation unit generates a reverse projection image of each input image by project... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092007 | Vehicular forward-vision display system decreasing luminance with decreasing vehicle speed A vehicular forward-vision display system includes a night-vision camera for scanning a nighttime image ahead of a vehicle and a head-up display for displaying the scanned nighttime image as a virtual image on a front windshield. Luminance of the displayed image is ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7091833 | Automobile theft deterrent system An automobile theft deterrent system for providing still video images and continuously recorded video images of activities within the automobile and scenes external to the automobile. The system has a front video camera mounted in the front portion of the automobile... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088262 | Method of operating a display system in a vehicle for finding a parking place A method of operating a display system in a vehicle (03) for finding a suitable parking place (06) with at least one camera (01) with which an observation area in the vicinity of the vehicle (03) can be recorded, with an image processing ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7088907 | Video recording apparatus and method, and centralized monitoring recording system Disclosed is a video recording apparatus capable of performing long-recording at higher density and certainly associating the video data with additional data. Video images from a plurality of video cameras 101 are captured by a multiplexer 103 while se... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7088310 | Method and system for presenting an image of an external view in a moving vehicle Methods and systems for processing images corresponding to views external to a vehicle are disclosed. A system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes first and second signal receiving portions configured to receive a signal corresponding to an i... | 08/08/2006 |
