Patents by Inventor Lorenzo Fabris

Lorenzo Fabris 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: 8487993
    Abstract: Multiple homography transformations corresponding to different heights are generated in the field of view. A group of salient points within a common estimated height range is identified in a time series of video images of a moving object. Inter-salient point distances are measured for the group of salient points under the multiple homography transformations corresponding to the different heights. Variations in the inter-salient point distances under the multiple homography transformations are compared. The height of the group of salient points is estimated to be the height corresponding to the homography transformation that minimizes the variations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Mark F. Cunningham, Lorenzo Fabris, Timothy F. Gee, Frezghi H. Ghebretati, Jr., James S. Goddard, Thomas P. Karnowski, Klaus-peter Ziock
  • Patent number: 7973276
    Abstract: The relationship between the high energy radiation imager pixel (HERIP) coordinate and real-world x-coordinate is determined by a least square fit between the HERIP x-coordinate and the measured real-world x-coordinates of calibration markers that emit high energy radiation imager and reflect visible light. Upon calibration, a high energy radiation imager pixel position may be determined based on a real-world coordinate of a moving vehicle. Further, a scale parameter for said high energy radiation imager may be determined based on the real-world coordinate. The scale parameter depends on the y-coordinate of the moving vehicle as provided by a visible light camera. The high energy radiation imager may be employed to detect radiation from moving vehicles in multiple lanes, which correspondingly have different distances to the high energy radiation imager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Mark F. Cunningham, Lorenzo Fabris, Timothy F. Gee, James S. Goddard, Jr., Thomas P. Karnowski, Klaus-peter Ziock
  • Publication number: 20110024611
    Abstract: The relationship between the high energy radiation imager pixel (HERIP) coordinate and real-world x-coordinate is determined by a least square fit between the HERIP x-coordinate and the measured real-world x-coordinates of calibration markers that emit high energy radiation imager and reflect visible light. Upon calibration, a high energy radiation imager pixel position may be determined based on a real-world coordinate of a moving vehicle. Further, a scale parameter for said high energy radiation imager may be determined based on the real-world coordinate. The scale parameter depends on the y-coordinate of the moving vehicle as provided by a visible light camera. The high energy radiation imager may be employed to detect radiation from moving vehicles in multiple lanes, which correspondingly have different distances to the high energy radiation imager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Mark F. Cunningham, Lorenzo Fabris, Timothy F. Gee, James S. Goddard, JR., Thomas P. Karnowski, Klaus-peter Ziock
  • Publication number: 20110025841
    Abstract: Multiple homography transformations corresponding to different heights are generated in the field of view. A group of salient points within a common estimated height range is identified in a time series of video images of a moving object. Inter-salient point distances are measured for the group of salient points under the multiple homography transformations corresponding to the different heights. Variations in the inter-salient point distances under the multiple homography transformations are compared. The height of the group of salient points is estimated to be the height corresponding to the homography transformation that minimizes the variations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Mark F. Cunningham, Lorenzo Fabris, Timothy F. Gee, Frezghi H. Ghebretati, James S. Goddard, JR., Thomas P. Karnowski, Klaus-peter Ziock
  • Publication number: 20080203304
    Abstract: A multi-channel spectroscopy system that reads the radiation energy information deposited into a radiation detector, processes it and properly transfers it to a computer embedded to ancillary data (conditions, GPD information etc.). The implementation method chosen is a highly parallel structure of identical channels interfaced to the digital world through a custom-designed intelligent card (back-end) and a commercial data acquisition PC card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Lorenzo Fabris, Norman W. Madden, Jeffrey W. Collins