Patents by Inventor Paul M. Ingram
Paul M. Ingram 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: 8983797Abstract: In one example of a method for remote identifying a non-Lambertian target material, a spectral signature for a target is determined from each of at least two different sets of imagery acquired at different angles, and compared to a predicted signature for a candidate material for each of the at least two different angles. The predicted signatures take into account the known anisotropy of reflectance, and thus also radiance, of the candidate material.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2013Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Paul M. Ingram, Jr., Joseph C. Landry, John J. Coogan, Paul D. Shocklee
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Publication number: 20140012541Abstract: In one example of a method for remote identifying a non-Lambertian target material, a spectral signature for a target is determined from each of at least two different sets of imagery acquired at different angles, and compared to a predicted signature for a candidate material for each of the at least two different angles. The predicted signatures take into account the known anisotropy of reflectance, and thus also radiance, of the candidate material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventors: Paul M. Ingram, JR., Joseph C. Landry, John J. Coogan, Paul D. Shocklee
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Patent number: 8558884Abstract: A computer implemented method and apparatus estimate background reflectance, aerosol type and visibility within a multispectral imagery using the measured spectral radiance of one or more calibration targets of known reflectance and the measured radiance of the background of the target. The computer implemented method and apparatus uses predefined aerosol types, characterized by a plurality of known parameters, and the known reflectance of the one or more calibration targets, to select an aerosol that best matches the measured radiances.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Paul M. Ingram, Jr., Joseph C. Landry
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Patent number: 8532958Abstract: In one example of a method for remote identifying a non-Lambertian target material, a spectral signature for a target is determined from each of at least two different sets of imagery acquired at different angles, and compared to a predicted signature for a candidate material for each of the at least two different angles. The predicted signatures take into account the known anisotropy of reflectance, and thus also radiance, of the candidate material.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2010Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Paul M. Ingram, Joseph C. Landry, John J. Coogan, Paul D. Shocklee
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Patent number: 8515716Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure, a computer implemented system and method predicts the performance for a remote material identification process under real conditions and uncertainties. The method and system transforms data representing measured reflectance values for candidate materials based on environmental conditions, and uncertainties regarding the environmental conditions and/or calibration of sensors measuring radiance values into the performance predictions for a material identification process operating under those conditions and uncertainties. The performance predictions can be communicated to a designer of, for example, a multi-angle material identification system for use in selecting and setting up the system, or communicated to a consumer of images captured by the material identification system for use in interpreting results of application of the material identification process to real imagery acquired with remote sensors.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Paul M. Ingram, Joseph C. Landry, John J. Coogan, Paul D. Shocklee
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Publication number: 20120281085Abstract: A computer implemented method and apparatus estimate background reflectance, aerosol type and visibility within a multispectral imagery using the measured spectral radiance of one or more calibration targets of known reflectance and the measured radiance of the background of the target. The computer implemented method and apparatus uses predefined aerosol types, characterized by a plurality of known parameters, and the known reflectance of the one or more calibration targets, to select an aerosol that best matches the measured radiances.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2011Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Paul M. Ingram, JR., Joseph C. Landry
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Publication number: 20120035884Abstract: In one example of a method for remote identifying a non-Lambertian target material, a spectral signature for a target is determined from each of at least two different sets of imagery acquired at different angles, and compared to a predicted signature for a candidate material for each of the at least two different angles. The predicted signatures take into account the known anisotropy of reflectance, and thus also radiance, of the candidate material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Paul M. Ingram, Joseph C. Landry, John J. Coogan, Paul D. Shocklee
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Publication number: 20120035900Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure, a computer implemented system and method predicts the performance for a remote material identification process under real conditions and uncertainties. The method and system transforms data representing measured reflectance values for candidate materials based on environmental conditions, and uncertainties regarding the environmental conditions and/or calibration of sensors measuring radiance values into the performance predictions for a material identification process operating under those conditions and uncertainties. The performance predictions can be communicated to a designer of, for example, a multi-angle material identification system for use in selecting and setting up the system, or communicated to a consumer of images captured by the material identification system for use in interpreting results of application of the material identification process to real imagery acquired with remote sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Paul M. Ingram, Joseph C. Landry, John J. Coogan, Paul D. Shocklee
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Patent number: 7117132Abstract: A method for estimating the error statistic for retrieved temperature and emissivity of a surface material includes determining the second order analytical error propagation from a measured radiance that differs from the true radiance by additive gaussian noise, which is independent in each band. The radiance error is translated into a diagonal covariance matrix and an analytical estimate results in a determination of the standard deviation and bias of surface temperature. Further, the method for estimating the error statistic utilizes Monte Carlo simulation from a sufficiently large ensemble of radiance spectra for the retrieved surface temperature and emissivity. Temperature and emissivity of the surface material were retrieved using ISSTES algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2001Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Paul M Ingram, Jr., Archie H Muse
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Publication number: 20020035454Abstract: A method for estimating the error statistic for retrieved temperature and emissivity of a surface material includes determining the second order analytical error propagation from a measured radiance that differs from the true radiance by additive gaussian noise, which is independent in each band. The radiance error is translated into a diagonal covariance matrix and an analytical estimate results in a determination of the standard deviation and bias of surface temperature. Further, the method for estimating the error statistic utilizes Monte Carlo simulation from a sufficiently large ensemble of radiance spectra for the retrieved surface temperature and emissivity. Temperature and emissivity of the surface material were retrieved using ISSTES algorithm.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2001Publication date: March 21, 2002Applicant: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Paul M. Ingram, Archie H. Muse
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Patent number: 5581638Abstract: A method for automatically registering an image pair having a common coverage area, wherein a pair of image data sets, each representing an image of an image pair, are processed to generate initial dewarping coefficients for the image data sets. The translational offset between the images is estimated using a phase correlation process. Next, the common coverage area of the data image sets is determined by finding the vertices defining the limits of the common coverage area. Conjugate point pairs are extracted from the common coverage area by defining a series of block and subblock grids and defining the center point of the grid as a conjugate point location. The determined conjugate point sets are used to generate geometrically corrected registered dewarping coefficients and the image data sets are resampled using the registered dewarping coefficients to generate a registered image pair.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 1995Date of Patent: December 3, 1996Assignee: E-Systems, Inc.Inventors: Fenton L. Givens, Thomas J. Skinner, Paul M. Ingram
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Patent number: 5462357Abstract: A method of estimating both atmospheric conditions and surface temperatures of an object from either a single set of multispectral images or multiple simultaneously-acquired single-band images of the object. Estimates of atmospheric conditions are generated by determining and radiometrically correcting radiance values measured from the image of the object. Expected radiance values are then determined and compared with the measured radiance values. The best fit of the radiance values measured from the image of the object to the expected radiance values corresponds to the best estimate of the atmospheric conditions associated with the object. The present method estimates atmospheric conditions for the object regardless of the availability of atmospheric conditions associated with the image.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1993Date of Patent: October 31, 1995Assignee: E-Systems, Inc.Inventors: Paul M. Ingram, Jr., James R. Johnson, Fenton L. Givens
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Patent number: 5324113Abstract: A method of estimating both atmospheric conditions and surface temperatures of an object from either a single set of multispectral images or multiple simultaneously-acquired single-band images of the object. Estimates of atmospheric conditions are generated by determining and radiometrically correcting radiance values measured from the image of the object. Expected radiance values are then determined and compared with the measured radiance values. The best fit of the radiance values measured from the image of the object to the expected radiance values corresponds to the best estimate of the atmospheric conditions associated with the object. The present method estimates atmospheric conditions for the object regardless of the availability of atmospheric conditions associated with the image.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1992Date of Patent: June 28, 1994Assignee: E-Systems, Inc.Inventors: Paul M. Ingram, Jr., James R. Johnson, Fenton L. Givens