Patents Assigned to Paul Howard Mayeux
  • Patent number: 5438360
    Abstract: An improved camera system intended for a machine vision system which produces an image output that is specially adapted to be received by a machine vision system. In one embodiment, the camera system receives components from three portions of the electromagnetic spectrum, these being infrared, visible, and ultraviolet, and then combines these three portions essentially as expanded colors in an expanded version of an RGB "red/green/blue" video system. This provides a better image in all types of weather and visibility conditions. In addition, the camera system includes dynamic range transform logic which selectively compresses the dynamic range of the respective pixel values comprising the image to extract the most useful information from the extended dynamic range of the image. This reduces the amount of information required to be processed while retaining a quality image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Assignee: Paul Howard Mayeux
    Inventor: Michael K. Edwards