Patents by Inventor Eric August Woodward

Eric August Woodward has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Smart fusion of visible and infrared image data
    Patent number: 8755597
    Abstract: A method combines two digital images, one in the visible range and the other in the infrared range. The combined image provides an intensity band of pixels and shows detected warm objects that are superimposed on the intensity band of pixels. A user of the present invention may (1) view increased detail in the fused image of a scene and (2) have high confidence that an object in the scene is warm or hot. Hot objects collected by the infrared channel, but not visible in the visible channel may also be seen by the viewer in the fused image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Exelis, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore Anthony Tantalo, Kenneth Michael Brodeur, Eric August Woodward, Timothy Paul Hahm, Angela Marie D'Orazio
  • Fast target extraction from thermal imagery
    Patent number: 8611586
    Abstract: A method for extracting a target from a series of images includes the steps of: (a) estimating an ambient temperature value of pixels in the series of images; (b) finding a band of pixel values having temperature values above the ambient temperature value, the band of pixel values forming a histogram; and (c) differentiating the histogram to estimate a threshold. Also included are steps (d) extracting the target having pixel values above the threshold; and (e) colorizing the target for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Exelis, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Michael Brodeur, Eric August Woodward, Theodore Anthony Tantalo, Timothy Paul Hahm