Patents by Inventor Alan D. Weidemann

Alan D. Weidemann 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: 9507893
    Abstract: System and method for extraction and processing of river bank coordinates from imagery, generation of an unstructured mesh of the river using river bank positions and available or synthetic bathymetry, application of upstream and downstream boundary forcing data, contingencies for handling missing data, and configuration of multiple realizations of the developed river model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Cheryl Ann Blain, Robert S. Linzell, Alan D. Weidemann, Paul E. Lyon
  • Patent number: 9008441
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for creating an ordered set of boundary data by transforming data from remotely sensed imagery of shorelines is provided. A feature data set and an edge data set are transformed into a set of 3-point boundary segments having a specific head and tail point and the segments are ordered from tail to head in a clockwise or counterclockwise manner relative to the water. Once the 3-point segments are created they are easily linked together into larger segments. These large multi-point segments in turn are linked together to create a closed loop in a predetermined direction, for example, but not limited to, the shorelines for rivers or coastal areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Cheryl Ann Blain, Carolus M. Cobb, Alan D. Weidemann
  • Publication number: 20140032191
    Abstract: System and method for extraction and processing of river bank coordinates from imagery, generation of an unstructured mesh of the river using river bank positions and available or synthetic bathymetry, application of upstream and downstream boundary forcing data, contingencies for handling missing data, and configuration of multiple realizations of the developed river model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Cheryl Ann Blain, Robert S. Linzell, Alan D. Weidemann, Paul E. Lyon
  • Patent number: 8639055
    Abstract: A method for calculating an image quality metric for evaluating the quality of a digital image including the steps of denoising the data of the image, identifying edges in the denoised data, determining an edge profile of the edges, determining a grayscale angle for each identified edge in the edge profile that is associated with the edge, and calculating the image quality metric based on a weighted average of the grayscale angles for all the edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Weilin Hou, Alan D. Weidemann
  • Publication number: 20130330010
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for creating an ordered set of boundary data by transforming data from remotely sensed imagery of shorelines is provided. A feature data set and an edge data set are transformed into a set of 3-point boundary segments having a specific head and tail point and the segments are ordered from tail to head in a clockwise or counterclockwise manner relative to the water. Once the 3-point segments are created they are easily linked together into larger segments. These large multi-point segments in turn are linked together to create a closed loop in a predetermined direction, for example, but not limited to, the shorelines for rivers or coastal areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Cheryl Ann Blain, Carolus M. Cobb, Alan D. Weidemann