Video enabled inspection using unmanned aerial vehicles

R Hollida, DP Gibbs, D Forciea, RW Tibbit - US Patent 10,139,819, 2018 - Google Patents
An unmanned vehicle control system is provided. In one embodiment, the control system
comprises an image acquisition device configured to capture an image. A vehicle is …

Method and apparatus for visual detection and inspection of objects

WM Silver - US Patent 9,092,841, 2015 - Google Patents
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Method and apparatus for detecting and characterizing an object

WM Silver - US Patent 8,249,329, 2012 - Google Patents
US8249329B2 - Method and apparatus for detecting and characterizing an object - Google
Patents US8249329B2 - Method and apparatus for detecting and characterizing an object …

Human-machine-interface and method for manipulating data in a machine vision system

RJ Tremblay, BS Philips, JF Keating, A Eames… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
This invention provides a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that operates in connection with a
machine vision detector or other machine vision system, which provides a highly intui tive …

System and method for detecting flaws in objects using machine vision

AM Zadeh - US Patent 8,103,085, 2012 - Google Patents
This invention overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art by providing a system and
method for? exibly detecting? aWs in the acquired runtime/live images of objects based …

Video tracking systems and methods employing cognitive vision

SZ Guler, JA Silverstein, MK Farrow… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
Video tracking systems and methods include a peripheral master tracking process
integrated with one or more tunnel tracking processes. The video tracking systems and …

Object tracking

YU Subbaraya, MK Gellaboina, BA Miller… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Many businesses and other facilities. Such as banks, stores, airports, etc.,
make use of security systems. Among Such systems are video-based systems, in which a …

Predicting adverse behaviors of others within an environment based on a 3D captured image stream

JC Albertson, KC Arnold, SD Goldman… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
A computer-implemented method, system, and program includes a behavior processing
system for capturing a three dimensional movement of a monitored user within a particu lar …

Moving object detection, tracking, and displaying systems

SK Kniffen, DP Gibbs, WT Bailey, MJ Hillebrand… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
Provisional application No. 61/265,156, filed on Nov.(57) 30, 2009. Moving object detecting,
tracking, and displaying systems s are provided. Systems illustratively include a graphical …

Method for setting parameters of a vision detector using production line information

BV Mirtich, WM Silver - US Patent 7,545,949, 2009 - Google Patents
US7545949B2 - Method for setting parameters of a vision detector using production line
information - Google Patents US7545949B2 - Method for setting parameters of a vision …