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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7203384 | Implement for optically inferring information from a planar jotting surface The present invention relates to a jotting implement that infers hand-jotted information from a jotting surface. The hand-jotted information is any information marked on the jotting surface as a result of writing, jotting, drawing, sketching or in any other manner o... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7173658 | Arranging a plurality of imaging pixels in an imaging acquisition apparatus An image acquisition apparatus has an imaging optical system. An imaging section has a plurality of imaging pixels arranged at non-uniform intervals within an imaging surface. The imaging section picks up an object image imaged by the imaging optical system, and con... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7159957 | Actuator for a movable portion of an article of furniture A movable portion of an article of furniture, in particular a drawer, flap or door, includes at least one preferably electrical drive unit and a triggering device for actuation of the drive unit. The triggering device is at least partially arranged at the movable po... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158754 | Electromagnetic tracking system and method using a single-coil transmitter Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for electromagnetic tracking using a single-coil transmitter. The system includes a single coil transmitter emitting a signal, a receiver receiving a signal from the single coil transmitter, an... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155031 | Moving object detection method From a plurality of pictures 1-1 through 1-3 captured at successive time intervals, pictures 2-1 through 2-3 of regions determined in accordance with the movement of the celestial object are cut out. By derivin... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7136752 | Method and apparatus for on-board autonomous pair catalog generation A system (18) includes: a) A vehicle (12) includes an attitude or angular velocity control system (38), a plurality of star trackers or star sensors (22) each having a field of view (28); b) a memory (30) having a star catal... | 11/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7009638 | Self-calibrating, digital, large format camera with single or multiple detector arrays and single or multiple optical 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,... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6975346 | Method for suspect identification using scanning of surveillance media A method, program and apparatus for criminal suspect identification are provided. Monitoring and video recording are used to collect information at a given location. In response to specific events, such as a criminal act, the system uses real time analysis of the vi... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6952587 | Antenna beam steering responsive to receiver and broadcast transmitter A method of controlling an antenna signal combiner in a vehicle having multiple antenna elements, a navigational system and a receiver comprising the steps of receiving signals from at least one transmitter, determining first position coordinates of the vehicle usin... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6930705 | Image search device An endoscopic apparatus has an objective optical system arranged in a rigid endoscope for forming an image, a first image re-forming optical system for re-forming a part of the image once formed through the objective optical system on an image pickup surface of a fi... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6856344 | Vehicle undercarriage inspection and imaging method and system A low-cost, portable and highly-mobile “speed bump” which incorporates a plurality of electronic cameras, illumination devices, and range finders. The system can be rapidly and temporarily deployed to achieve increased security at facilities and events likely to... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6856343 | Digital video logging system A digital video logging system including a logging apparatus able to synchronize at least two digitally formatted video input and digital storage apparatus to store the digitally formatted input is provided. ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6856380 | Aerial vehicle speed error correlation method for two-dimensional visual reproduction of laser radar imaging An aerial vehicle speed correlation method for two-dimensional visual reproduction of laser radar images of the present invention is capable of altering and controlling the output timing of the invention's laser radar system rated output lines based on the moving di... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6816186 | Automatic zone monitoring A monitoring system using two or more cameras to monitor a space in 3 dimensions is disclosed. One or more virtual 3-D monitored volumes relating to dangerous or restricted areas, are constructed, preferably as CSG objects, within this space. By detecting an object ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6747686 | High aspect stereoscopic mode camera and method An aerial reconnaissance camera and method provides for generating a first image of the terrain of interest with the camera pointing angle oriented or rotated about an azimuthal axis some angular amount (θ1) to a first, typically forward orientation, i.e., forward ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6658207 | Method of framing reconnaissance with motion roll compensation An electro-optical roll-framing camera is described in which successive overlapping frames of scene imagery are generated by an electro-optical imaging array. Image motion compensation is performed electronically to stop or freeze image motion caused by t... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6603502 | System for omnidirectional image viewing at a remote location without the transmission of control signals to select viewing parameters A system for achieving perspective-corrected views at a location removed from the site of the creation of a distorted wide angle image without the transmission of control signals to the site of image creation. Angles of tilt, pan and rotation, as well as ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6504904 | Simplified alignment and increased efficiency of X-ray imaging apparatus setup The invention relates to a scanned-slot x-ray imaging system, having a first collimator and a second collimator arranged in a first distance (a) and a second distance (b), respectively, from a radiation source and each provided with a slot and a detector ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6484073 | Method and device for determining the position of communication satellites Described is a device for determining the attitude on board of a satellite (1) with a data transfer device for carrying out optical data exchange between at least two satellites (1, 3); a device for determining one's own attitude; a device for determining... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6433815 | Method and device for imaging with high geometrical resolution on a microsatellite A method and a device for imaging with high geometrical resolution on a microsatellite. The device includes an objective and a focal plane on which an extended optical detector is fitted. The objective and the focal plane being fastened rigidly to the mic... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6320611 | Method and device for air-ground recognition for optoelectronic equipment A processing device for air/ground reconnaissance using optronic equipment of high performance. A high speed detection matrix and a particular electronic processing of video signals is used to reconstruct a scan image from elementary images which have a h... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6243131 | Method for directly scanning a rectilinear imaging element using a non-linear scan A method for capturing and directly scanning a rectilinear imaging element using a non-linear scan is incorporated into a single chip comprising at least a sensor array and an MSD. The method directly addresses each picture element of an analog image capt... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6097835 | Projective pan sharpening methods and apparatus A projective panchromatic sharpening method and apparatus combines registered high spatial resolution panchromatic imagery and lower spatial resolution multispectral imagery to synthesize higher spatial resolution multispectral imagery. The degree of misr... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6023291 | Satellite camera attitude determination and image navigation by means of earth edge and landmark measurement A method and system is disclosed for imaging a celestial object, typically the Earth, with a spacecraft orbiting the celestial object. The method includes steps of (a) operating an imager instrument aboard the spacecraft to generate data representing an i... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5990941 | Method and apparatus for the interactive display of any portion of a spherical image Apparatus for interactive display of any portion of a spherical image preferably comprises a personal computer or other digital processor apparatus for storing digital data representative of at least one image having a 180 degree or greater field of view ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5903319 | Method for eliminating temporal and spacial distortion from interlaced video signals A method and apparatus for the elimination of temporal and spacial distortions from interlaced video signals, particularly those that occur in signals associated with affine transformations. This elimination is particularly of value for signals that have ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5796426 | Wide-angle image dewarping method and apparatus A method and apparatus for transforming wide angle video into perspective corrected viewing zones which either a single user or multiple users may select, orient and magnify. The present invention first captures a wide angle digital video input by any sui... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5668593 | Method and camera system for step frame reconnaissance with motion compensation An electro-optical step-frame camera system in which successive overlapping frames of scene imagery are generated by an electro-optical imaging array, and in which electronic image motion compensation is performed by the array during the generation of at ... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5644386 | Visual recognition system for LADAR sensors A visual recognition system is disclosed for detecting a target within a scene. A LADAR system and method is employed for scanning laser light signals across a scene having a target to be characterized. Laser light reflected from the target is detected an... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5642106 | Visual incremental turn detector A visual gyroscope system for detecting turns and straight line travel of a vehicle includes a visual image detector mounted on the vehicle, for producing sequential and successive digitized image data strips containing information identifying scenery abo... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5563650 | Method and device for producing panoramic images, and a method and device for consulting panoramic images A method for producing panoramic images whereby a shot is made from a desired shooting position, with the use of a camera having fish eye optics whereby the image is scanned and then digitized, images are transformed into a panoramic image with the use of... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5555018 | Large-scale mapping of parameters of multi-dimensional structures in natural environments Method for the large-scale mapping of parameters of multi-dimensional structures in natural environments or ranges. According to the invention, the range to be subjected to mapping or sections thereof are detected during first picture-taking flights at fl... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5550678 | Focussing collimator of the Platz-Heinzelmann type and method of making Platz-Heinzelmann type collimators A Platz-Heinzelmann collimator is produced by introducing strips of material between the dies of a die press, heating the material to below its extrusion temperature, applying pressure, removing the strips and adhesively securing them together. The collim... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5528194 | Apparatus and method for performing geometric transformations on an input image An image transforming apparatus comprising a means for holding an input image signal, a means for holding geometric parameters for the image signal in a photographing mode, a processing means for geometrically transforming the image signal by the use of s... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5481479 | Nonlinear scanning to optimize sector scan electro-optic reconnaissance system performance Long range, non-linear, sector scan panoramic electro-optical reconnaissance of a scene from an airborne craft is performed at increased aircraft velocities with a given detector technology at a desired level of performance. A focal plane array is configu... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5442548 | Modular distortion correcting real time SSM/I imagery decommutator and process for producing special sensor applied meteorological images A modular distortion correcting real-time SSM/I imagery decommutator applies earth curvature corrections to operational line scan (OLS) and special sensor meteorological image (SSM/I) data which is generated by OLS and SSM/I sensors on board a Defense Met... | 08/15/1995 |
