141 |
ZOOMING CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOF |
US15459847 |
2017-03-15 |
US20170272661A1 |
2017-09-21 |
Akihiro Tsubusaki |
A zooming control apparatus comprises an object detection unit configured to detect an object from an image; a first acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding a distance to the object; and a zooming control unit configured to perform zooming control for automatically changing a zoom magnification according to at least one of second information that includes information regarding a size of the object detected by the object detection unit and first information regarding the distance to the object acquired by the first acquisition unit, wherein a condition for automatically changing the zoom magnification in the zooming control differs according to a reliability of the first information. |
142 |
SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING SYSTEM |
US15439543 |
2017-02-22 |
US20170257602A1 |
2017-09-07 |
Jay Axson; John Julien, JR. |
A method and system provides centralized redundant monitoring suitable for effectively recording and tracking video monitoring systems at a plurality of remote surveillance locations. The method and system are configured to track, monitor, capture, and record video originating from transportation vehicles using a novel technological configuration that minimizes overall and sub-system downtime relative to conventional technologies. The remote surveillance locations are capable of utilizing self-healing and recovery mechanisms and reporting status information to the centralized monitoring system. The centralized monitoring system can use information received from the remote surveillance locations to remotely monitor the status of the remote surveillance systems, to initiate remotely self-healing and recovery mechanisms, and request previously recorded surveillance data and live surveillance data in real time. |
143 |
HOLOGRAPHIC VIDEO CAPTURE AND TELEPRESENCE SYSTEM |
US15411959 |
2017-01-20 |
US20170208292A1 |
2017-07-20 |
Gerard Dirk Smits |
The invention is directed to recording, transmitting, and displaying a three-dimensional image of a face of a user in a video stream. Reflected light from a curved or geometrically shaped screen is employed to provide multiple perspective views of the user's face that are transformed into the image, which is communicated to remotely located other users. A head mounted projection display system is employed to capture the reflective light. The system includes a frame, that when worn by a user, wraps around and grips the user's head. Also, at least two separate image capture modules are included on the frame and generally positioned relatively adjacent to the left and right eyes of a user when the system is worn. Each module includes one or more sensor components, such as cameras, that are arranged to detect at least reflected non-visible light from a screen positioned in front of the user. |
144 |
Precision clock enabled time-interleaved data conversion |
US14921157 |
2015-10-23 |
US09647827B1 |
2017-05-09 |
Steven R. Wilkinson; Bishara Shamee |
An apparatus comprises a photonic oscillator circuit configured to generate optical signals that are separated by a uniform delay; radio frequency (RF) generating circuitry configured to receive the optical signals and produce a series of reference clock signals having a same clock signal frequency, wherein each reference clock signal in the series includes a uniform delay from a previous clock signal in the series; and a plurality of analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuits, wherein an ADC circuit includes a signal input to directly receive an RF input signal that is continuous in time and amplitude, and a clock input to receive a reference clock signal of the repeating series of reference clock signals, wherein the ADC circuits are configured to sample a RF input signal at the frequency of the reference clock signal with the uniform delay to sample interleaved digital values representing the RF signal. |
145 |
PRECISION CLOCK ENABLED TIME-INTERLEAVED DATA CONVERSION |
US14921157 |
2015-10-23 |
US20170118009A1 |
2017-04-27 |
Steven R. Wilkinson; Bishara Shamee |
An apparatus comprises a photonic oscillator circuit configured to generate optical signals that are separated by a uniform delay; radio frequency (RF) generating circuitry configured to receive the optical signals and produce a series of reference clock signals having a same clock signal frequency, wherein each reference clock signal in the series includes a uniform delay from a previous clock signal in the series; and a plurality of analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuits, wherein an ADC circuit includes a signal input to directly receive an RF input signal that is continuous in time and amplitude, and a clock input to receive a reference clock signal of the repeating series of reference clock signals, wherein the ADC circuits are configured to sample a RF input signal at the frequency of the reference clock signal with the uniform delay to sample interleaved digital values representing the RF signal. |
146 |
Millimetre-Wave Image-Based Chipless RFID System |
US15331140 |
2016-10-21 |
US20170116444A1 |
2017-04-27 |
Nemai Chandra Karmakar; Mohammad Zomorrodi |
A mm-wave RFID tag interrogation apparatus includes multiple transmitting antennas, and multiple receiving antennas. The transmitting and receiving antennas are spatially distributed and oriented in orthogonal polarisation states. A transmitter is coupled to the transmitting antennas, and transmits a corresponding multiple number of separable mm-wave signals. A receiver coupled to the receiving antennas is configured to extract separable components of received mm-wave signals. A processing unit processes the extracted signal components using a synthetic aperture algorithm. An RFID tag, readable by the interrogation apparatus, includes meander-line conductive elements arranged to encode information spatially on a substrate. |
147 |
Acoustic localization of a speaker |
US13478941 |
2012-05-23 |
US09338549B2 |
2016-05-10 |
Tim Haulick; Gerhard Uwe Schmidt; Markus Buck; Tobias Wolff |
A system locates a speaker in a room containing a loudspeaker and a microphone array. The loudspeaker transmits a sound that is partly reflected by a speaker. The microphone array detects the reflected sound and converts the sound into a microphone array, the speaker's distance from the microphone array, or both, based on the characteristics of the microphone signals. |
148 |
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTELY SENSING AND ASSESSING COLLISION IMPACTS |
US14747666 |
2015-06-23 |
US20150377694A1 |
2015-12-31 |
W. Steve Shepard, JR. |
Various implementations provide systems and methods for remotely detecting and assessing collision impacts using one or more acoustical sensors, such as using acoustical sensors to detect helmet collisions on an athletic playing field. For example, at least one acoustical sensor is disposed adjacent an athletic playing field and remotely from the one or more players on the athletic playing field. A processor of a computing device in communication with the acoustical sensor is configured for identifying whether the acoustical signal indicates a collision event occurred between a helmet and another object. The processor may also be configured for identifying a location on the playing field where the collision event occurred and/or identifying one or more characteristics of the acoustical signal to determine the amount of force, the duration, the speed, the acceleration, and/or the location of the collision event on the helmet. |
149 |
ADAPTIVE TRACKING SYSTEM FOR SPATIAL INPUT DEVICES |
US14606788 |
2015-01-27 |
US20150371083A1 |
2015-12-24 |
Ambrus CSASZAR; Dima KOGAN; Paul YARIN |
An adaptive tracking system for spatial input devices provides real-time tracking of spatial input devices for human-computer interaction in a Spatial Operating Environment (SOE). The components of an SOE include gestural input/output; network-based data representation, transit, and interchange; and spatially conformed display mesh. The SOE comprises a workspace occupied by one or more users, a set of screens which provide the users with visual feedback, and a gestural control system which translates user motions into command inputs. Users perform gestures with body parts and/or physical pointing devices, and the system translates those gestures into actions such as pointing, dragging, selecting, or other direct manipulations. The tracking system provides the requisite data for creating an immersive environment by maintaining a model of the spatial relationships between users, screens, pointing devices, and other physical objects within the workspace. |
150 |
Coordinate-free measurement-domain navigation and guidance using location-dependent radio signal measurements |
US13282683 |
2011-10-27 |
US09046591B1 |
2015-06-02 |
Chun Yang; Di Qiu |
A system and associated methods for coordinate-free measurement-domain navigation and guidance utilizing a plurality of radio signals of opportunity, without knowing the coordinates of transmitters of said radio signals in a reference system that steers a user from an initial location to a destination without calculating coordinates in said reference system. In one embodiment, radio signal parameters comprise received signal strength indications, differential times of arrival, and sector angles from a user to at least a pair of radio sources and a combination thereof that are used for coarse navigation and guidance toward the vicinity of said destination. In another embodiment, radio signal parameters comprise temporal characteristics of radio signals, propagation channel impulse responses, radio signal power spectra, propagation channel transfer functions, and a combination thereof that are used for vernier navigation and guidance within the vicinity of said destination. |
151 |
Trigger signal generating device and moving object management system |
US14377200 |
2012-10-01 |
US09022297B2 |
2015-05-05 |
Takeshi Kawahara |
A trigger signal generating device outputs a trigger signal activating an IC tag. The trigger signal generating device includes first and second trigger coils placed at a predetermined separation distance and each having predetermined magnetic field intensity distribution. Each of the first and second trigger coils includes attenuating means for attenuating intensity of a magnetic field generated by the first and second trigger coils to a predetermined level that allows the ID tag to detect trigger IDs of the first and second trigger coils on a side on which the first and second trigger coils are provided, and that does not allow the ID tag to detect the trigger ID of the first trigger coil on an opposite side to the side on which the first and second trigger coils are provided. |
152 |
MULTIPLE MEANS OF FRAMING A SUBJECT |
US14589427 |
2015-01-05 |
US20150109457A1 |
2015-04-23 |
Richard F. Stout; Kyle K. Johnson; Kevin J. Shelley; Donna M. Root |
A system for tracking a cinematography target can comprise an emitter configured to attach to a target and to emit a tracking signal. A tracker can be configured to receive the tracking signal from the emitter and to track the emitter based upon the received tracking signal. The tracker can comprise a control module configured to identify a location of the target and to position an audiovisual device to align with a target. Additionally, the tracker can comprise a script execution processor configured to execute a user selected script. The user selected script may be selected from a set of respectively unique scripts. The user selected script can determine one or more control module movements specific to tracking the emitter. |
153 |
LOW POWER, INEXPENSIVE VELOCITY DETECTION USING A PIR ARRAY |
US14324716 |
2014-07-07 |
US20140319353A1 |
2014-10-30 |
William C. DeLeeuw |
Methods and systems may include a system including a first passive motion sensor having a lateral field of view with a first edge and a second passive motion sensor having a lateral field of view with a second edge that is substantially parallel to the first edge. The first and second edges can define a virtual beam. The system may also include logic to receive signals from the first and second passive motion sensors and determine a gait velocity and level of activity based on the signals from the first and second passive motion sensors. |
154 |
Acoustic Localization of a Speaker |
US13478941 |
2012-05-23 |
US20120294118A1 |
2012-11-22 |
Tim Haulick; Gerhard Uwe Schmidt; Markus Buck; Tobias Wolff |
A system locates a speaker in a room containing a loudspeaker and a microphone array. The loudspeaker transmits a sound that is partly reflected by a speaker. The microphone array detects the reflected sound and converts the sound into a microphone array, the speaker's distance from the microphone array, or both, based on the characteristics of the microphone signals. |
155 |
Apparatus and method for determining geographical location relative to a designated geographical location with a mobile communication device |
US10792553 |
2004-03-02 |
US07254479B2 |
2007-08-07 |
Mun Ki Cheon |
The present invention apparatus and method that allows the geographical location of a user with respect to a designated geographical location to be determined in a manner that cost-efficient, the user given several options regarding the way in which his of her present location is determined as well as the format in which the user's relative position to the designated geographical location is represented and the apparatus being easy to operate and relatively lightweight. |
156 |
Dual-frequency millimeter wave and laser radiation receiver |
US09454541 |
1999-12-07 |
US06268822B1 |
2001-07-31 |
Ross J. Sanders; John D. Shmoldas; Dean Arthur Wicks |
A tandem dual-frequency sensor for a missile that uses a steerable dichroic primary millimeter wave reflector to reflect millimeter wave energy to a secondary reflector while passing laser light in the infra-red region through a dichroic region of the reflector to multiple staring laser detectors mounted behind the primary reflector. |
157 |
Continuously adaptive dynamic signal separation and recovery system |
US08990682 |
1997-12-15 |
US06236862B1 |
2001-05-22 |
Gamze Erten; Faihi M. Salam |
A method and apparatus for dynamically separating and recovering original signal sources by processing a set of mixed received mixtures and convolution of said signals utilizing differential equations and a computer. The system of the invention enables the blind separation and recovery of an unknown number of signals mixed together in dynamically changing interference environments with very minimal assumption on the original signals. The system of this invention has practical applications to nonmultiplexed media sharing, adaptive interferer rejection, acoustic sensors, acoustic diagnostics, medical diagnostics and instrumentation, speech, voice, language recognition and processing, wired and wireless modulated communication signal receivers, and cellular communications. |
158 |
Method for wireless communication system planning |
US415051 |
1995-03-31 |
US5828960A |
1998-10-27 |
Yuqiang Tang; John Douglas Reed |
A method for wireless communication system planning includes, in a first embodiment, determining an image tree (500), based on a transmitter location (401) and the reflective (415) and diffractive (425) surfaces within a coverage region, and limiting the image tree to exclude branching for higher order images requiring more than a predetermined number of reflections and/or diffractions, or potential child images corresponding to surfaces not within the scope of the parent image (530, 560). Based on the image tree and propagation path back-tracing (620) a received signal quality measure (e.g., power) is determined for each receive location. By comparing the different received signal powers an optimal receiver unit location is determined. Further, by building further image trees for further transmitter locations, an overall coverage quality can be determined for each transmitter and compared to yield an optimal transmitter location. |
159 |
Method for wireless communication system planning |
US452799 |
1995-05-30 |
US5574466A |
1996-11-12 |
John D. Reed; Yuqiang Tang |
A method for wireless communication system planning includes, in a first embodiment, determining an image tree (500), based on a transmitter location (401) and the reflective (415) and diffractive (425) surfaces within a coverage region, and limiting the image tree to exclude branching for higher order images requiring more than a predetermined number of reflections and/or diffractions, or potential child images corresponding to surfaces not within the scope of the parent image (530, 560). Based on the image tree and propagation path back-tracing (620) a received signal quality measure (e.g., power) is determined for each transmit location. By comparing the different received signal powers an optimal receiver unit location is determined. Further, by back-tracing for further antenna locations/combinations, and comparing for diversity effects (864, 865), overall coverage qualities can be determined for each antenna combination and compared to yield optimal base diversity antenna locations (867). |