Patents by Inventor Tuy Vu Mai

Tuy Vu Mai 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: 7925114
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for mosaicing multiple input images, captured by one or more remote sensors, into a seamless mosaic of an area of interest. Each set of input images captured by the remote sensors within a capture interval are ortho-rectified and mosaiced together into a composite image. Successive composite images, along a given flight path, are then mosaiced together to form a strip. Adjacent strips are then mosaiced together to form a final image of the area of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Visual Intelligence, LP
    Inventors: Tuy Vu Mai, Chester L. Smitherman
  • Publication number: 20100020097
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for mosaicing multiple input images, captured by one or more remote sensors, into a seamless mosaic of an area of interest. Each set of input images captured by the remote sensors within a capture interval are ortho-rectified and mosaiced together into a composite image. Successive composite images, along a given flight path, are then mosaiced together to form a strip. Adjacent strips are then mosaiced together to form a final image of the area of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Tuy Vu Mai, Chester L Smitherman
  • Patent number: 7630579
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for mosaicing multiple input images, captured by one or more remote sensors, into a seamless mosaic of an area of interest. Each set of input images captured by the remote sensors within a capture interval are ortho-rectified and mosaiced together into a composite image. Successive composite images, along a given flight path, are then mosaiced together to form a strip. Adjacent strips are then mosaiced together to form a final image of the area of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: M7 Visual Intelligence, L.P.
    Inventors: Tuy Vu Mai, Chester L. Smitherman
  • Patent number: 7212938
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method to calibrate an on-board remote sensing system using a self-locking travel pattern and target remote sensing data. The self-locking travel pattern includes a number of parallel travel lines having overlapping swath widths between adjacent travel lines. The overlapping swath widths are used to determine the boresight angles and range offset of the remote sensor device. In addition, the method can be used to generate estimated horizontal and vertical displacement errors. These estimated errors can be used as correction factors for the range offset and boresight angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: M7 Visual Intelligence, LP
    Inventor: Tuy Vu Mai
  • Patent number: 7127348
    Abstract: A vehicle based data collection and processing system which may be used to collect various types of data from an aircraft in flight or from other moving vehicles, such as an automobile, a satellite, a train, etc. In various embodiments the system may include: computer console units for controlling vehicle and system operations, global positioning systems communicatively connected to the one or more computer consoles, camera array assemblies for producing an image of a target viewed through an aperture communicatively connected to the one or more computer consoles, attitude measurement units communicatively connected to the one or more computer consoles and the one or more camera array assemblies, and a mosaicing module housed within the one or more computer consoles for gathering raw data from the global positioning system, the attitude measurement unit, and the retinal camera array assembly, and processing the raw data into orthorectified images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: M7 Visual Intelligence, LP
    Inventors: Chester L. Smitherman, Tuy Vu Mai, Leo J. Peters, III
  • Patent number: 6928194
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for mosaicing multiple input images, captured by one or more remote sensors, into a seamless mosaic of an area of interest. Each set of input images captured by the remote sensors within a capture interval are ortho-rectified and mosaiced together into a composite image. Successive composite images, along a given flight path, are then mosaiced together to form a strip. Adjacent strips are then mosaiced together to form a final image of the area of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: M7 Visual Intelligence, LP
    Inventors: Tuy Vu Mai, Chester L. Smitherman
  • Publication number: 20040167709
    Abstract: A vehicle based data collection and processing system which may be used to collect various types of data from an aircraft in flight or from other moving vehicles, such as an automobile, a satellite, a train, etc. In various embodiments the system may include: computer console units for controlling vehicle and system operations, global positioning systems communicatively connected to the one or more computer consoles, camera array assemblies for producing an image of a target viewed through an aperture communicatively connected to the one or more computer consoles, attitude measurement units communicatively connected to the one or more computer consoles and the one or more camera array assemblies, and a mosaicing module housed within the one or more computer consoles for gathering raw data from the global positioning system, the attitude measurement unit, and the retinal camera array assembly, and processing the raw data into orthorectified images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicants: M7 Visual Intelligence, LP, Visual Intelligence Systems, Inc., VISI Technology
    Inventors: Chester L. Smitherman, Tuy Vu Mai, Leo Peters
  • Publication number: 20040057633
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for mosaicing multiple input images, captured by one or more remote sensors, into a seamless mosaic of an area of interest. Each set of input images captured by the remote sensors within a capture interval are ortho-rectified and mosaiced together into a composite image. Successive composite images, along a given flight path, are then mosaiced together to form a strip. Adjacent strips are then mosaiced together to form a final image of the area of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Tuy Vu Mai, Chester L. Smitherman
  • Publication number: 20040054488
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method to calibrate an on-board remote sensing system using a self-locking travel pattern and target remote sensing data. The self-locking travel pattern includes a number of parallel travel lines having overlapping swath widths between adjacent travel lines. The overlapping swath widths are used to determine the boresight angles and range offset of the remote sensor device. In addition, the method can be used to generate estimated horizontal and vertical displacement errors. These estimated errors can be used as correction factors for the range offset and boresight angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventor: Tuy Vu Mai