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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7986339 | Automated traffic violation monitoring and reporting system with combined video and still-image data A system for monitoring and reporting incidences of traffic violations at a traffic location is disclosed. The system comprises one or more digital still cameras and one or more digital video cameras system deployed at a traffic location. The camera system is couple... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7710452 | Remote video monitoring of non-urban outdoor sites A method of remotely detecting rule violations at an outdoor site according to one aspect of the invention includes installing a self-contained VMU at the outdoor site near ground elevation, including affixing a chassis of the VMU to a permanent mount. The VMU is op... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7701482 | Method and apparatus for processing pictures of mobile object A feature amount of an inter-mobile unit relative movement are detected as an observation amount by an observation amount detecting section 26, time series of the observation amounts are stored as an observation series into a storage section 27 to calc... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7656424 | Method and device for stabilizing images supplied by a video camera Method and device for stabilizing images obtained by a video camera of an environment with objects moving along lanes. The method a first stage of determining in first images obtained by the camera, portions corresponding to the movement lanes, determining the remai... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7429918 | Vehicle lighting system A vehicle lighting system for illuminating ahead of a vehicle is provided with a plurality of light sources each adapted to illuminate a different illumination area to thereby form a predetermined light distribution pattern as a whole and a control unit for determin... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7420589 | Method and apparatus for processing pictures of mobile object A feature amount of an inter-mobile unit relative movement are detected as an observation amount by an observation amount detecting section 26, time series of the observation amounts are stored as an observation series into a storage section 27 to calc... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7412112 | Image generation apparatus, image generation system and image synthesis method A surveillance system includes an image deformation unit for deforming the image captured or picked up by a surveillance camera so that the appearance of a specified region within this image has the same geometric shape as that of its corresponding region on the map... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406298 | Wireless communication system A wireless communication apparatus adapted to be mounted on an elevated surface having an electrical socket thereon. The apparatus includes a housing, a photocell and a transceiver. The housing at least partially defines an interior space and has a portion which is ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7388476 | Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus that extracts a body present in the surroundings of a vehicle as an object, based on an image captured by an infrared imaging device, including a binarized object extraction device that extracts a binarized object from ima... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7369041 | Vehicle surrounding display device A device displays images such that a driver can easily recognize an obstacle. The device includes a measurement for measuring a distance and direction to an obstacle, a comparison section for comparing the measured distance with a threshold value, a viewpoint determ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7349777 | Car display capture apparatus An in-vehicle information retrieval system includes a data generating module for generating data within the vehicle. A data capture module is in communication with the data generating module for capturing data from the data generating module. A printing unit is moun... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348895 | Advanced automobile accident detection, data recordation and reporting system A system for monitoring a location to detect and report a vehicular incident, comprising a transducer for detecting acoustic waves at the location, and having an audio output; a processor for determining a probable occurrence or impending occurrence of a vehicular i... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7333633 | Inter-frame video techniques for behavioral analysis of laboratory animals The present invention provides for making a comparison between a first video frame and a second video frame to determine the extent of a fear reaction in a test animal. Frame comparison logic is configured to quantify any change of a value associated with at least o... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325934 | Image sensing system for a vehicle An image sensing system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor having a two-dimensional array of light sensing photosensor elements, and a logic and control circuit having an image processor for processing image data derived from the imaging sensor. The logic and ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327281 | Traffic signal with integrated sensors A traffic signal with integrated sensors. The present invention provides an apparatus for integrating sensors with a traffic signal. A signal case has a housing and a light source placed within the housing. A door attached to the housing is configured such that phot... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325935 | Image sensing system for a vehicle An image sensing system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor comprising a two-dimensional array of light sensing photosensor elements. The system includes a logic and control circuit comprising an image processor for processing image data derived from the imagin... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323987 | Compact single lens laser system for object/vehicle presence and speed determination A compact system for determining the presence and speed of an object/vehicle, and its application for Red Light Camera photo-enforcement is disclosed. The disclosed system uses accurate timing, laser radiation in the form of optical pulses, and the scattering effect... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317911 | Method for operating a telecommunications system The invention relates to a method for operating a telecommunications system and to a corresponding telecommunications system comprising at least one centralized device and at least one telecommunications terminal device, which is configured for communicating with th... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311406 | Image sensing system for a vehicle An image sensing system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor comprising a two-dimensional array of light sensing photosensor elements, preferably formed on a semiconductor substrate, and a logic and control circuit, preferably with at least a portion of the logi... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310442 | Scene analysis surveillance system A method and computer product is disclosed for analyzing video surveillance data from a plurality of video inputs recording entrants to a secured location. A plurality of entrant profiles are constructed, detailing typical attributes of the entrants, via data mining... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7298395 | Angular position sensor working to measure high linearity magnetic flux density An angular position sensor is provided which is designed to an angular position of a rotary shaft. The angular position sensor has a magnet affixed to the rotary shaft. The magnet has an N-pole and an S-pole and is so geometrically shaped as to produce magnetic flux... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7298394 | Method and apparatus for processing pictures of mobile object A feature amount of an inter-mobile unit relative movement are detected as an observation amount by an observation amount detecting section 26, time series of the observation amounts are stored as an observation series into a storage section 27 to calc... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7283646 | Image processing system using rotatable surveillance camera The disclosed image processing system detects the position and speed of a vehicle with high accuracy by accurately measuring the orientation of a rotatable surveillance camera 3 by means of image processing. This system allows mode setting to be switched betw... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274307 | Traffic light violation indicator Provided is a signal violation indicator for signaling the phasing of a vehicular control signal. The vehicular control signal may have a control circuit including at least a first traffic lamp and a second traffic lamp. The signal violation indicator comprises a li... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272477 | Vehicle parking assisting system and method A vehicle parking assisting system detects an obstacle by sonar devices, and displays it as a present detection position and a past detection point on a display device in an overlapping manner with a combined birds-eye view image. The present detection point is disp... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7262790 | Mobile enforcement platform with aimable violation identification and documentation system for multiple traffic violation types across all lanes in moving traffic, generating composite display images and data to support citation generation, homeland security, and monitoring A manned, mobile traffic enforcement platform with aimable violation detection and documentation devices, employing digital video and still images, incorporating contextual information as well as data input by the system operator and driver, with numerous commercial... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7242295 | Security data management system A sensor unit for use in a surveillance system is provided. The sensor unit interfaces with a sensor device to receive sensor data from the sensor device. The sensor unit is configured to generate an event record based upon received sensor data. The event record is ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7233233 | Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus recognizes a pedestrian from existence of a leg, in the case in which a width in real space of a binarized object is suitable as a pedestrian's leg, the binarized object has longwise shape, the lower end position of the bi... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7227991 | Method for improving the quality of a digital image A method for improving the quality of a digital image acquired with a non-optimal exposure. In one embodiment, the method, which is applied directly to the image in CFA (Color Filter Array) format, identifies the regions of the image that are most important from the... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7215254 | Driving assistance system When a driving assistance system of a navigation device in a subject vehicle is able to communicate with a cooperative remote driving assistance system in an oncoming vehicle, images are obtained from individual front monitor cameras of the subject vehicle and the o... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7196636 | Railroad crossing warning system A highway/railroad crossing detection and warning system which uses sets of Doppler radar transmitters and receivers to detect the approach of a train coming from either direction toward a highway crossing. The Doppler radar sets are located an extended distance fro... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7190259 | Surrounding surveillance apparatus and mobile body A mobile body surrounding surveillance apparatus is provided which comprises an omnidirectional vision sensor comprising an optical system for reflecting light incident from a maximum surrounding 360-degree visual field area toward a predetermined direction and an i... | 03/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7157705 | Handheld infrared camera A handheld infrared camera having a lens assembly, an electric energy source and a handling elements for recording and handling information received via the lens assembly has an essentially elongate housing. The lens assembly is mounted at one end of the housing, th... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7139411 | Pedestrian detection and tracking with night vision A system and method for detecting and tracking humans, such as pedestrians, in low visibility conditions or otherwise. A night vision camera periodically captures a an infrared image of a road from a single perspective. A pedestrian detection module determines a pos... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7119674 | Automated site security, monitoring and access control system The invention provides an apparatus and method for automatic monitoring and control of the ingress and egress of vehicles to and from a secure facility and various areas within the facility. A plurality of cameras, such as infrared-sensitive cameras, captures images... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113079 | System and method for detecting a collision using a continuous mode hidden Markov model A system and method detects a crash of a motor vehicle. A parameter of the motor vehicle is sensed and a continuous signal is responsively generated. A crash is detected as a function of the continuous signal and a hidden Markov model operating in a continuous mode.... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110569 | Video based detection of fall-down and other events A method for detecting the occurrence of a specific event is provided. The method includes: capturing image data of a scene; detecting and tracking an object of interest in the image data; analyzing features of the object of interest; comparing the analyzed features... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7102538 | LED signal light The present invention provides an LED signal light device comprising a central processing unit, a control panel, an LED signal light, an output and input interface, a battery and an adapter. The central processing unit comprises a microprocessor, a memory and an int... | 09/05/2006 |
