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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6031606 | Process and device for rapid detection of the position of a target marking The invention relates to a process and device for the rapid detection of the position of a target marking. The target marking is picked-up by imaging optics and a local opto-electronic detector of a theodolite or tachymeter. Electric signals from the dete... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5982420 | Autotracking device designating a target An automatic tracking device is disclosed that extracts data from the comite video output signal of a camera and uses it to electronically isolate an object in the image information on the video output signal and follows the object with a crosshair added... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5946030 | Apparatus and method for electronic image centering The apparatus and method (10) are applied to an image sensor (26) having an image area (32) for receiving light to form a first predetermined number of lines of image data. In certain image sensors (40, 100), a storage area (44, 108) is coupled to the ima... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5923365 | Sports event video manipulating system for highlighting movement A sports event video manipulating system for manipulating a representation of a sports event, the sports editor including a video field grabber operative to grab at least one video field including a video image A/D converter operative to digitize a grabbe... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5812690 | Set up procedure to enable accurate centroiding in photon counting detectors A method is provided for setting up a photon counting detector, to enable it to carry out a centroiding procedure in which a photon event occurring in a given range is allocated to one of a plurality of channels into which the range is divided. The method... | 09/22/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5631697 | Video camera capable of automatic target tracking An image signal provided by an image pickup device, such as a CCD, is converted into a video signal by a signal processor. An extraction means extracts a candidate object region from the current video signal and an object region determined a certain time ... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5574447 | Method and apparatus for modifying characters entered on a computer keyboard A keyboard for use with a computer has an array of keys including a space key and modifiable keys with apparatus for detecting when keys are pressed and generating a key code corresponding to keys that are pressed, a buffer capable of holding the key code... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5574498 | Target tracking system In a target tracking system being capable of tracking a target object certainly, color change by illumination is absorbed through color judgment from R-Y and B-Y with forecast coefficients, not hue, and is forcibly switched the forecast coefficient of the... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5515299 | Device for finding centroid coordinates of figures A device for finding the centroid coordinates of a figure that can calculate the centroid from a single time measurement of the figure and display the calculated centroid of the figure. The measuring device comprises a main body having a roller capable of... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5479526 | Pixel designator for small objects A targeting system which receives input data from two sources having different video characteristics. The apparatus includes a multiple-pass centroid eroder, which operates at a multiple of the video input rate. The apparatus identifies "hot spots," i.e.,... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5459793 | Motion analysis system A motion analysis system utilizing an image processing technique includes a color marker attached to an object which is to be analyzed. Each color marker has a high directivity reflective member on a surface thereof, and the reflection member reflects lig... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5423554 | Virtual reality game method and apparatus A one or two player virtual reality game efficiently detects and tracks a distinctively colored glove. According to the preferred basketball embodiment, a single player equipped with the distinctively colored glove is matched up against a virtual opponent... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5406501 | Method and device for use in detecting moving targets A method and device for use in detecting moving targets in a scene represented by a sequence of mutually registered images R ( . . . , Rn-1, Rn, Rn+1, . . . ) over time wherein differential images D ( . . . , Dn-1 | 04/11/1995 |
| 5379236 | Moving object tracking method A moving object tracking method for determining whether a moving object has come to a standstill and whether the moving object is moving irregularly without defining a background image. Images of a predetermined area are input sequentially. As the images ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5109435 | Segmentation method for use against moving objects Three image frames containing an object of interest and background clutter are taken at successive time intervals and stored in memory. The background of images A, B and C are registered preferably using an area correlator 12. A median filter 16 is used t... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5103484 | Target aimpoint location This invention relates to a method for analyzing a viewed scene containing a target. The scene is digitized forming a binary image in which the target is distinguished from the background. The image is then processed to form a contoured representation of ... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5072294 | Method and apparatus for analyzing a body having a marker located thereon A video motion analysis system wherein a camera converts an image of a body having illuminated markers placed thereon into a plurality of image frames. Each image frame comprises a plurality of image lines, and each image line comprises a plurality of pix... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5023709 | Automatic follow-up lighting system A mark (something like a reflecting tape which reflects light in the coaxial direction when the light is applied, or an infrared radiant) attached on an object is caught with the coaxial light (visible radiation, infrared light) by a TV camera or infrared... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5007736 | System for target designation by laser A system for target designation by laser comprises circuitry for precise alignment of the aircraft and pod lines of sight. The alignment circuitry operates digitally in a computer in which the director cosine data of the aircraft and pod lines of sight ar... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4958939 | Centering scheme for pattern recognition The invention relates to a neural network centering scheme for translation-invariant pattern recognition. The scheme involves the centering of a pattern about its centroid to prepare it for subsequent subjugation to an associative match. The scheme is uti... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4959714 | Segmentation method for terminal aimpoint determination on moving objects and apparatus therefor A conventional tracker 14 is used to continually aim a sensor 12 at a flying object so that it is located in substantially the same spatial location in a plurality of image frames taken at different times. Thus, the object remains in about the same spatia... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4847688 | Moving body recognition circuit using luminance signal and moving body tracking apparatus using the moving body recognition circuit In a moving body tracking apparatus having a moving body recognition circuit and TV camera, the moving body recognition circuit includes: a contour signal generator for producing a first contour signal indicative of contour of an image defined by at least... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4805018 | Video signal processing apparatus for separating an image of a moving object from video signals In a video signal processing apparatus, a contour signal of a moving object is separated from static background video image signals. The video signal photographed by a television camera is converted into a binary contour signal. One converted signal obtai... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4539590 | Method and apparatus for processing optical tracking signals In an optical tracking system utilizing a TV camera, a method and apparatus for effectively removing the background of the scene and passing only target information to the tracking system. The analog video signal from the camera is converted to a 6-bit by... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4219847 | Method and apparatus of determining the center of area or centroid of a geometrical area of unspecified shape lying in a larger x-y scan field A method of obtaining on-line data useful in determining the center of area or centroid of a geometrical area of unspecified shape lying in a larger x-y scan field and having its existence indicated by a level discriminated amplitude or intensity or a par... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4004083 | Method and apparatus for determining centroid coordinates and angular orientation of a surface Apparatus for determining the centroid of an area by scanning the area with a television scanner in a rectangular scan, summating voltages derived from the scan and utilizing said voltages to derive the co-ordinates of the centroid. The invention also ext... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3953670 | Adaptive video centroid tracker A video tracking system including a processor unit for adaptive gating and processing video output signals from a television camera to form computing signals therefrom. The time duration of the computing signals is representative of the duration of corres... | 04/27/1976 |
