Patents by Inventor Ernest Grimberg
Ernest Grimberg 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).
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Patent number: 10809148Abstract: Gas leakage monitoring systems and methods are provided, which use infrared camera(s) configured to capture images and to detect gas leakage at specified detection locations (SDLs) captured thereby, sniffer(s) configured to quantify the gas leakage at specified measurement points, and processing unit(s) in communication with the sniffer(s) and the camera(s), which are configured to associate and display sniffer point measurements within captured image(s) or video of the corresponding SDLs. The systems and methods generate a documentation of gas leakage measurements in association with images of the sniffers' positions during the measurements, e.g., measurement data being displayed on the image(s) of the sniffer(s) and provide additional combined analysis of images and measurements.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: OPGAL OPTRONIC INDUSTRIES LTD.Inventors: Omer Yanai, Ernest Grimberg, Gil Abramovich, Alberto Wahnon
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Patent number: 10724919Abstract: System and method of quantifying a gas leak in a specified field of view are disclosed. The system may comprise a cooled detector and two interchangeable band-pass non-cooled filters. A first non-cooled band-pass filter transmits electromagnetic radiation in a first spectral band that coincides with a non-transparent leaking gas spectral band. A second non-cooled band-pass filter transmits only electromagnetic radiation in a second spectral band which coincides with a transparent leaking gas spectral band. The system may comprise a quantification unit arranged to process the images generated by the cooled detector to thereby determine, based on the images thereof, a flowrate of the leaking gas in the specified field of view. The system may comprise a detection unit arranged to determine, based on alternately generated multiple first spectral band images and multiple second spectral band images, a gas leak in the specified field of view.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: OPGAL Optronic Industries Ltd.Inventors: Ernest Grimberg, Gil Abramovich, Omer Yanai
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Publication number: 20190346337Abstract: System and method of quantifying a gas leak in a specified field of view are disclosed. The system may comprise a cooled detector and two interchangeable band-pass non-cooled filters. A first non-cooled band-pass filter transmits electromagnetic radiation in a first spectral band that coincides with a non-transparent leaking gas spectral band. A second non-cooled band-pass filter transmits only electromagnetic radiation in a second spectral band which coincides with a transparent leaking gas spectral band. The system may comprise a quantification unit arranged to process the images generated by the cooled detector to thereby determine, based on the images thereof, a flowrate of the leaking gas in the specified field of view. The system may comprise a detection unit arranged to determine, based on alternately generated multiple first spectral band images and multiple second spectral band images, a gas leak in the specified field of view.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: OPGAL Optronic Industries Ltd.Inventors: Ernest GRIMBERG, Gil ABRAMOVICH, Omer YANAI
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Publication number: 20190339158Abstract: Gas leakage monitoring systems and methods are provided, which use infrared camera(s) configured to capture images and to detect gas leakage at specified detection locations (SDLs) captured thereby, sniffer(s) configured to quantify the gas leakage at specified measurement points, and processing unit(s) in communication with the sniffer(s) and the camera(s), which are configured to associate and display sniffer point measurements within captured image(s) or video of the corresponding SDLs. The systems and methods generate a documentation of gas leakage measurements in association with images of the sniffers' positions during the measurements, e.g., measurement data being displayed on the image(s) of the sniffer(s) and provide additional combined analysis of images and measurements.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2017Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: OPGAL OPTRONIC INDUSTRIAL LTD.Inventors: Omer YANAI, Ernest GRIMBERG, Gil ABRAMOVICH, Alberto WAHNON
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Patent number: 10021353Abstract: A method of optimizing detection of known light sources is provided herein. The method may include: positioning a plurality of cameras having different spectral bands to have at least partially identical fields of view in respect to a view that contains the light sources; capturing images of the light sources by the cameras at different spectral bands; estimating, for each pixel and all cameras, relative fraction values of collected sun light and of collected light sources; deriving, for each pixel, optimal fraction values of sun light and of the light sources, by minimizing, for each pixel, a mean square error estimation of an overall radiation with respect to the estimated relative fraction values.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2014Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: OPGAL Optronic Industries Ltd.Inventor: Ernest Grimberg
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Patent number: 9851541Abstract: An infrared optical system having a spectral range for achieving a fog penetration distance of at least 2.75 Runway Visibility Range (RVR) is provided herein. The optical system may include a single set of optical elements designed to have a wavelength range extending beyond 1.2 ?m toward shorter wavelengths and comprising a short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) range and at least one of: a middle-wavelength infrared (MWIR) range and a long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) range, to enhance a detection range of the infrared optical system, wherein the single set of optical elements is laid such that the both the SWIR range and the at least one of the MWIR range and the LWIR range of infrared radiation pass through all of the optical elements.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: OPGAL Optronic Industries Ltd.Inventors: Shimon Aburmad, Ernest Grimberg
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Patent number: 9546910Abstract: A system kit and a method for creating a thermal imaging camera by connecting an infrared radiation capturing device to an external platform are provided herein. The kit may include a front end module which may include an image capturing device comprising a micro bolometer detector; and a universal serial bus (USB) interface connected to the image capturing device. The kit may further include a backend module, comprising data sets which are specific to said micro bolometer detector and computer readable code which is executable by a computer processor located at a physical location other than the front end module, wherein said front end module is configured to obtain raw data from the micro bolometer detector and deliver it over the USB interface to said backend module, wherein said backend module code turns the raw data into thermal imagery and temperature readings.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2013Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: OPGAL OPTRONIC INDUSTRIES LTD.Inventors: Alexander Burd, Omer Yanai, Ernest Grimberg, Yossi Cohen
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Publication number: 20150362375Abstract: A system kit and a method for creating a thermal imaging camera by connecting an infrared radiation capturing device to an external platform are provided herein. The kit may include a front end module which may include an image capturing device comprising a micro bolometer detector; and a universal serial bus (USB) interface connected to the image capturing device. The kit may further include a backend module, comprising data sets which are specific to said micro bolometer detector and computer readable code which is executable by a computer processor located at a physical location other than the front end module, wherein said front end module is configured to obtain raw data from the micro bolometer detector and deliver it over the USB interface to said backend module, wherein said backend module code turns the raw data into thermal imagery and temperature readings.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2013Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Alexander BURD, Omer YANAI, Ernest GRIMBERG, Yossi COHEN
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Publication number: 20150358588Abstract: A method of optimizing detection of known light sources is provided herein. The method may include: positioning a plurality of cameras having different spectral bands to have at least partially identical fields of view in respect to a view that contains the light sources; capturing images of the light sources by the cameras at different spectral bands; estimating, for each pixel and all cameras, relative fraction values of collected sun light and of collected light sources; deriving, for each pixel, optimal fraction values of sun light and of the light sources, by minimizing, for each pixel, a mean square error estimation of an overall radiation with respect to the estimated relative fraction values.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: Opgal Optronic Industries Ltd.Inventor: Ernest GRIMBERG
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Publication number: 20150355439Abstract: An infrared optical system having a spectral range for achieving a fog penetration distance of at least 2.75 Runway Visibility Range (RVR) is provided herein. The optical system may include a single set of optical elements designed to have a wavelength range extending beyond 1.2 ?m toward shorter wavelengths and comprising a short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) range and at least one of: a middle-wavelength infrared (MWIR) range and a long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) range, to enhance a detection range of the infrared optical system, wherein the single set of optical elements is laid such that the both the SWIR range and the at least one of the MWIR range and the LWIR range of infrared radiation pass through all of the optical elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Shimon ABURMAD, Ernest GRIMBERG
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Patent number: 8548271Abstract: Imaging system and method for detecting the presence of a substance that has a detectable signature in a known spectral band. The system comprises a thermal imaging sensor and optics, and two interchangeable band-pass uncooled filters located between the optics and the detector. A first filter transmits electromagnetic radiation in a first spectral band that includes the known spectral band and blocks electromagnetic radiation for other spectral bands. A second filter transmits only electromagnetic radiation in a second spectral band in which the substance has no detectable signature. The system also includes a processor for processing the images to obtain a reconstructed fused image involving using one or more transforms aimed at obtaining similarity between one or more images acquired with the first filter and one or more images acquired with the second filter before reconstructing the fused image.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2008Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Opgal Optronic Industries Ltd.Inventor: Ernest Grimberg
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Patent number: 8274050Abstract: An infra-red imaging camera comprises focusing optics for gathering infra-red energy from an external scene, and an uncooled and unshielded detector arranged to detect infra red energy. Internal temperature sensing together with approximation of the temperature response of the camera provides a time varying calibration that allows the infra-red energy received at the detector to be used as a temperature measurement for objects in the camera's field of view.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2004Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Opgal Ltd.Inventor: Ernest Grimberg
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Patent number: 7928395Abstract: An infrared sensor contains a sensor array and a sensitivity adjuster. The sensor array collects IR energy from an external scene, and the sensitivity adjuster adjusts a pixel grouping for light collection and/or readout, so that the resulting IR image is available at a required sensitivity level.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2004Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Opgal Ltd.Inventor: Ernest Grimberg
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Publication number: 20100284570Abstract: Imaging system and method for detecting the presence of a substance that has a detectable signature in a known spectral band. The system comprises a thermal imaging sensor and optics, and two interchangeable band-pass uncooled filters located between the optics and the detector. A first filter transmits electromagnetic radiation in a first spectral band that includes the known spectral band and blocks electromagnetic radiation for other spectral bands. A second filter transmits only electromagnetic radiation in a second spectral band in which the substance has no detectable signature. The system also includes a processor for processing the images to obtain a reconstructed fused image involving using one or more transforms aimed at obtaining similarity between one or more images acquired with the first filter and one or more images acquired with the second filter before reconstructing the fused image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2008Publication date: November 11, 2010Inventor: Ernest Grimberg
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Patent number: 7560694Abstract: Device for retrieving electrical charge, resulting from electromagnetic radiation energy incident on a temperature sensor array, the temperature sensor array including a plurality of temperature sensor rows, each temperature sensor row including a plurality of temperature sensors, the device including a retrieval module array and a row select circuit, the retrieval module array including a plurality of retrieval module rows, each retrieval module row including a plurality of retrieval modules, each of the retrieval modules being operative to accumulate the electrical charge from a single temperature sensor, the row select circuit being coupled with the temperature sensor array, and with the retrieval module array, the row select circuit being operative for coupling the retrieval modules of each of the retrieval module row of the retrieval module array with a respective temperature sensor of a temperature sensor row of the temperature sensor array, for a time period which is greater than the frame acquisitionType: GrantFiled: September 12, 2005Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Opgal Optronics Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Ernest Grimberg
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Publication number: 20080210872Abstract: An infra-red imaging camera comprises focusing optics for gathering infra-red energy from an external scene, and an uncooled and unshielded detector arranged to detect infra red energy. Internal temperature sensing together with approximation of the temperature response of the camera provides a time varying calibration that allows the infra-red energy received at the detector to be used as a temperature measurement for objects in the camera's field of view.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2004Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicant: Opgal Ltd.Inventor: Ernest Grimberg
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Publication number: 20080067388Abstract: Device for retrieving electrical charge, resulting from electromagnetic radiation energy incident on a temperature sensor array, the temperature sensor array including a plurality of temperature sensor rows, each temperature sensor row including a plurality of temperature sensors, the device including a retrieval module array and a row select circuit, the retrieval module array including a plurality of retrieval module rows, each retrieval module row including a plurality of retrieval modules, each of the retrieval modules being operative to accumulate the electrical charge from a single temperature sensor, the row select circuit being coupled with the temperature sensor array, and with the retrieval module array, the row select circuit being operative for coupling the retrieval modules of each of the retrieval module row of the retrieval module array with a respective temperature sensor of a temperature sensor row of the temperature sensor array, for a time period which is greater than the frame acquisitionType: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2005Publication date: March 20, 2008Applicant: OPGAL OPTRONICS INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Ernest Grimberg
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Publication number: 20070018105Abstract: An infrared sensor contains a sensor array and a sensitivity adjuster. The sensor array collects IR energy from an external scene, and the sensitivity adjuster adjusts a pixel grouping for light collection and/or readout, so that the resulting IR image is available at a required sensitivity level.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2004Publication date: January 25, 2007Inventor: Ernest Grimberg
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Patent number: 6173607Abstract: A system for determining the number of items within a stack of items, each item having a characteristic configuration, is provided. The system includes an image device attached to a moveable carriage, the imaging device being actuated to move to image the stack of items and a processing unit, coupled to the image device, for identifying the characteristic configuration of each of the stack of items from the scanned images.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 1998Date of Patent: January 16, 2001Assignee: Opsigal Control Systems Ltd.Inventors: Amit Shahaf, Ernest Grimberg
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Patent number: 6065357Abstract: A system for determining the number of boards within a stack of boards, each board having a characteristic configuration, is provided. The system includes an imaging device attached to a moveable carriage, the imaging device being actuated to move to image the stack of boards and a processing unit, coupled to the imaging device, for identifying the characteristic configuration of each of the stack of boards from the scanned images.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 1998Date of Patent: May 23, 2000Assignee: Opsigal Control Systems Ltd.Inventors: Amit Shahaf, Ernest Grimberg