Patents by Inventor Gurchan Ercan

Gurchan Ercan 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).

  • Patent number: 6546119
    Abstract: A system for monitoring and reporting incidences of traffic violations at a traffic location is disclosed. The system comprises a digital camera system deployed at a traffic location. The camera system is remotely coupled to a data processing system. The data processing system comprises an image processor for compiling vehicle and scene images produced by the digital camera system, a verification process for verifying the validity of the vehicle images, an image processing system for identifying driver information from the vehicle images, and a notification process for transmitting potential violation information to one or more law enforcement agencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Redflex Traffic Systems
    Inventors: Robert Ciolli, Peter Whyte, Gurchan Ercan, Andrew Mack
  • Publication number: 20020141618
    Abstract: A system for monitoring and reporting incidences of traffic violations at a traffic location is disclosed. The system comprises a digital camera system deployed at a traffic location. The camera system is remotely coupled to a data processing system. The data processing system comprises an image processor for compiling vehicle and scene images produced by the digital camera system, a verification process for verifying the validity of the vehicle images, an image processing system for identifying driver information from the vehicle images, and a notification process for transmitting potential violation information to one or more law enforcement agencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2000
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Robert Ciolli, Peter Whyte, Gurchan Ercan, Andrew Mack
  • Patent number: 6240217
    Abstract: A method of processing digital image information, including pixel intensity information, includes the steps of identifying a region of the image in which pixel intensities are similar to each other, but the median pixel intensity differs significantly from the median pixel intensity of other parts of the image; and modifying pixel intensities in the identified region so that the median for the region is closer to the median for the other parts of the image. A related method of processing digital image information involves modifying pixel intensities according to a non-linear algorithm, with the result that one or more regions of the image have their median pixel intensities adjusted to a level which is closer to the median pixel intensity for other parts of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Redflex Traffic Systems Pty LTD
    Inventors: Gurchan Ercan, Peter Whyte