Patents by Inventor John Prainito

John Prainito 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: 8233045
    Abstract: An image enhancing system for a vehicle comprises a display unit for displaying modified images and an imaging device for receiving captured images—enhanced by the image enhancing system. The system further includes an image enhancing module in communication with the display unit and the imaging device—such that pixels located in the captured images are enhanced by repositioning the pixels from a first position to a second position via a transfer operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: TRW Automotive U.S. LLC
    Inventors: Yun Luo, Chris St. John, John Prainito
  • Publication number: 20090021609
    Abstract: An image enhancing system (12) for a vehicle (10) comprises a display unit (14) for displaying modified images (38) and an imaging device (20) for receiving captured images (36) enhanced by the image enhancing system (12). The system (12) further includes an image enhancing module (26) in communication with the display unit (14) and the imaging device (20) such that pixels located in the captured images (36) are enhanced by repositioning the pixels from a first position to a second position via a transfer operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Yun Luo, Chris St. John, John Prainito
  • Publication number: 20050102080
    Abstract: The disclosure describes systems and methods that pertain to interactions between a vehicle and an occupant within the vehicle. More specifically, various systems and methods for enhancing the decisions of automated vehicle applications (collectively “decision enhancement system”) are disclosed. In a safety restraint embodiment, a sensor is used to capture various sensor readings. Sensor readings are typically in the form of images. Occupant information, such as location attributes, motion attributes, and occupant category attributes can be obtained from the sensor readings. Such information can then used by the system to enhance the decisions made by various automated applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: Mark Dell' Eva, Michael Farmer, John Prainito, Michael Montag, Daniel Croft, Joseph Spryshak, Kevin Jump