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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8102420 | Portable digital photographing system combining position navigation information and image information Taught is a portable digital photographing system combining position navigation information and image information, wherein the position navigation information and the captured image information is combined and processed by a digital signal processing unit. The combi... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8094188 | System, apparatus, and method for enhancing the image presented on an aircraft display unit through location highlighters A present novel and non-trivial system, apparatus, and method for enhancing an image presented to the pilot on an aircraft display unit. Locations of visible and invisible objects related to aviation such as airports, navigation aids and facilities, and airspace are... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089510 | Interface method and apparatus for video imaging device An interface (402) to a video imaging device (490) that generates captured frames of a video image (100) is described. The interface includes control registers (430) that store at least two sets of stream parameters (401) correspon... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8009191 | Integrated marine search system The invention relates to a marine recovery system comprising the following features: a chart plotter (1) a position sensor (10) arranged for displaying the vessel's (2) position (2N, ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7782359 | Image capture apparatus and method A digital camera with navigation features comprises optical elements configured to focus an image onto a focal plane, an image capture medium positioned at the focal plane configured to capture the image focused onto the focal plane, image control logic configured t... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7728869 | Matching camera-photographed image with map data in portable terminal and travel route guidance method The present invention relates to matching a camera-photographed image with map data in a portable terminal. Location information of objects of images photographed by a camera and location information of display objects, such as a building included in the map data ar... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7643053 | Reflective liquid crystal display device and projection display apparatus using the same A reflective liquid crystal display device combined with an optical system with a wire grid is provided for light modulation by a liquid crystal layer. This layer, made of nematic liquid crystal having negative dielectric anisotropy, is formed such that first and se... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7444004 | Image recognition system, image recognition method, and machine readable medium storing thereon an image recognition program There is provided an image recognition system which recognizes a subject, which is moving with respect to an image capturing unit, included in an image captured by the image capturing unit, comprising: the image capturing unit; a first recognition unit which recogni... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436429 | Virtual pan/tilt camera system and method for vehicles The present disclosure is directed to a virtual pan/tilt camera system and method for use with vehicles, and particularly ground vehicles (MGVs). The disclosure utilizes autonomous navigation systems (ANSs) used with pan/tilt cameras, but eliminates the pan/tilt cam... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7423665 | Vehicle pathway vision system having in-path delineation reticle A vehicle vision system displays a vehicle pathway image that includes a reticle for visually identifying the in-path portion of the image. A reticle array is disposed between a video camera chip and a lens, and includes a conical or frustro-conical region of substa... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7410266 | Three-dimensional imaging system for robot vision The present invention provides a three-dimensional imaging system for robot vision, which is capable of three-dimensional positioning of objects, object identification, searching and tracking of an object of interest, and compensating the aberration of the system. T... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7405746 | Image navigation device An estimate image is generated from a position and an angle of a camera and the estimate image is stored. A collating unit collates an estimate image with a scenery image, and corrects estimate values of a position and angles of the camera according to a result of t... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406199 | Event capture and filtering system Systems and methods are provided for filtering detected events to determine events of interest. A sensor data analysis system identifies a plurality of detected events from provided sensor data and evaluates the sensor data to determine at least one characteristic a... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403664 | Traffic event detection in compressed videos A method detects traffic events in a compressed video. Feature vectors are extracted from the compressed video. The feature vector are provided to a Gaussian mixture hidden Markov model. Then, a maximum likelihood of the Gaussian mixture hidden Markov model is deter... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7379559 | Method and apparatus for determining an occupant's head location in an actuatable occupant restraining system An apparatus (20) for determining a location of a person's head (90) includes stereo vision system (60) for imaging an area of interest such as the interior of a vehicle (26). The vision system provides an image signal of the area of inte... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7365769 | Activating a vehicle's own brake lights and/or brakes when brake lights are sensed in front of the vehicle, including responsively to the proximity of, and/or rate of closure with, a forward vehicle Any presence of brake light emissions of another vehicle to the forward of a subject vehicle is sensed in a color camera and microprocessor system that detects (i) red light(s) illuminations in excess of other colors, that are any of (ii) appropriately sized, (iii) ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7346190 | Traffic line recognition device A traffic line recognition device includes: a traffic line region candidate extraction section that extracts a traffic line candidate, as a traffic line candidate, from a road image obtained by a TV camera installed on a vehicle; a two dimension/three dimension tran... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343268 | Three-dimensional electronic map data creation method When creating three-dimensional electronic map data, three-dimensional modeling of a building is performed as follows without measuring height of the building. Firstly, a building is photographed and the photographing position and photographing parameters (camera di... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7317474 | Obstacle detection apparatus and method A plurality of cameras respectively input an image from different camera positions. The plurality of cameras is on a moving object. An image memory stores a plurality of images input by the plurality of cameras. An image transformation unit transforms one image inpu... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312819 | Robust camera motion analysis for home video A robust camera motion analysis method is described. In an implementation, a method includes analyzing video having sequential frames to determine one or more camera motions that occurred when sequential frames of the video were captured. The one or more camera moti... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305114 | Human/machine interface for a machine vision sensor and method for installing and operating the same This invention overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art by providing a human/machine interface (HMI) for use with machine vision systems (MVSs) that provides the machine vision system processing functionality at the sensor end of the system, and uses a communica... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305149 | Image pickup information recognition system An image collating center has a communication unit, a processing unit, and a memory unit. The processing unit accesses a geographic information database through a communication network, extracts appropriate geographic information from the geographic information data... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301497 | Stereo display for position sensing systems A method for display of radar data includes performing a first radar scan to obtain, for at least one object (24), a first range reading, a first azimuth reading, and a first altitude reading. A second radar scan is then performed to obtain, for the at least ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293245 | Categorical user interface for navigation within a grid Methods, systems, and computer program products for presenting a plurality of options for selection. Each option is organized into either a category or a sub-category that is associated with a category. The association between categories and sub-categories is indepe... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7283813 | Mobile terminal and incoming/outgoing call history management method An incoming/outgoing call detection section detects an incoming or outgoing phone call from or to another mobile terminal. An information acquisition section acquires related information concerning an incoming or outgoing call in response to detection of the incomin... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275431 | Vehicle mounted system for detecting objects A method for object detection using vehicle-mounted sensors is provided, the sensing ranges of which sensors overlap at least partially. In this context, signals of at least two sensors having sensing ranges with essentially identical coverage, and additional signal... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7266220 | Monitoring device, monitoring method and program for monitoring In a monitoring device for vehicles, an optical flow detection section determines an optical flow from an image taken with a camera. A background flow estimation section determines a background flow, which is a flow for the camera image under the assumption that the... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7257486 | Parking assisting device A parking assisting device including an image capturing unit for capturing at least an image behind the vehicle, a monitor for displaying the image obtained by the image capturing unit, a yaw angle detecting unit for detecting a yaw angle of the vehicle, a guiding u... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248968 | Obstacle detection using stereo vision A system and method for detecting an obstacle comprises determining a vegetation height of a vegetation canopy at corresponding coordinates within a field. An object height is detected, where the object height of an object exceeds the vegetation height. A range of t... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246785 | Shock and vibration isolation station with quadral support A shock isolated operator station wherein a set of quadral elastomer mounts provide substantial static support as well as isolate equipment supported thereon from shock and vibrations forces. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7239760 | System and method for creating, storing, and utilizing composite images of a geographic location A system and method synthesizing images of a locale to generate a composite image that provide a panoramic view of the locale. A video camera moves along a street recording images of objects along the street. A GPS receiver and inertial navigation system provide the... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7190392 | Telepresence system and active/passive mode display for use therein A telepresence server is for connection to a telecommunications network for providing access to a reality engine for a plurality of passive users. The reality engine can be controlled by an active user or a professional director through the network or by a local pro... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190274 | Consciousness judging apparatus A consciousness judging apparatus, which detects a vehicle driving state and judges consciousness of a driver, comprising a monotonousness detection section to obtain monotonousness, a camera which captures an image of a road surface in the vehicle running direction... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7162200 | Antenna calibration system and method An antenna calibration system consists mainly of a signal source, an antenna, a first radio frequency mixer, a first local oscillator, an power detecting device, a personal computer, and a servo amplifier. The signal source emits a signal, and the antenna receives t... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162056 | Systems and methods for the automated sensing of motion in a mobile robot using visual data The invention is related to methods and apparatus that detect motion by monitoring images from a video camera mounted on a mobile robot, such as an autonomously navigated mobile robot. Examples of such robots include automated vacuum floor sweepers. Advantageously, ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161561 | Display system In a display system capable of displaying images fed from a plurality of sensing devices on an indicator, horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals of the individual measuring devices are synchronized with one another and desired image signals are selected for o... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7102568 | Method and apparatus for selecting a marine radio operating mode A marine vessel (102) is operable to set the operating mode of its marine radio (108) based upon the location of the marine vessel (102). The marine vessel (102) includes a first processor component (340) operable to determine the ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7102130 | Enhanced vision system sensitive to infrared radiation An enhanced vision system for detecting radiation and producing a detected image signal. A signal processor compares the detected image signal with predefined data representing objects expected to be imaged, and produces an output signal based on the predefined data... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7088394 | Charge mode active pixel sensor read-out circuit An apparatus such as an imager includes groups of sensors each of which includes subgroups of sensors. Subgroup select circuits are coupled to outputs from respective subgroups of sensors, and group select circuits are coupled to outputs from subgroup select circuit... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7058206 | Method for increasing the power of a traffic sign recognition system A method and device that increase the performance of prior art systems that recognize and display the contents of traffic signs. The amount of computer capacity required for real time operation is reduced and the display quality of the contents of known traffic sign... | 06/06/2006 |
