Patents by Inventor Alan Clucas

Alan Clucas 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).

  • Method and system for measuring the speed of a vehicle
    Patent number: 8964031
    Abstract: A system for measuring the speed of a vehicle includes: one or more cameras (200) for capturing images of vehicles (100) on a road (50); timing means for timing the capture of the images; a processor arranged to: identify in the captured images a feature (150) of the vehicle; calculate the size in pixels of the feature (150) of the vehicle in two or more of the captured images; and determine the speed of the vehicle (100) based at least in part on the calculated sizes and the times at which each image was captured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Alan Clucas, Brian David Vincent Smith
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE SPEED OF A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20120206602
    Abstract: A system for measuring the speed of a vehicle includes: one or more cameras (200) for capturing images of vehicles (100) on a road (50); timing means for timing the capture of the images; a processor arranged to: identify in the captured images a feature (150) of the vehicle; calculate the size in pixels of the feature (150) of the vehicle in two or more of the captured images; and determine the speed of the vehicle (100) based at least in part on the calculated sizes and the times at which each image was captured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: PIPS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Alan Clucas, Brian David Vincent Smith