Patents by Inventor Amin El Gendy

Amin El Gendy 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 tool for surface texture evaluation
    Patent number: 8085987
    Abstract: Texture of a surface, for example concrete, is evaluated by capturing images of the surface facing the surface in a direction of an orthogonal axis extending perpendicularly from the surface while sequentially projecting light onto the surface from each of four light source positions spaced circumferentially about the orthogonal axis. A specularity condition is determined to exist in one of the four images by comparing intensities of the images directly with one another. If a specularity condition exists, three images of the four images which are least affected by specularity are used to determining a surface gradient of the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Inventors: Ahmed Shalaby, Amin El Gendy
  • Method and Tool for Surface Texture Evaluation
    Publication number: 20090116697
    Abstract: Texture of a surface, for example concrete, is evaluated by capturing images of the surface facing the surface in a direction of an orthogonal axis extending perpendicularly from the surface while sequentially projecting light onto the surface from each of four light source positions spaced circumferentially about the orthogonal axis. A specularity condition is determined to exist in one of the four images by comparing intensities of the images directly with one another. If a specularity condition exists, three images of the four images which are least affected by specularity are used to determining a surface gradient of the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Ahmed Shalaby, Amin El Gendy