Patents by Inventor Anthony Scott Nelms

Anthony Scott Nelms 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: 10140540
    Abstract: A vehicle imaging system may include a first circuit board, and the system may also include an additional circuit board. The circuit boards may hold components for capturing images of vehicles as well as components for analyzing images of vehicles that have been captured. The analyzing may include performing optical character recognition on portions on images to identify characters in the images. A housing may enclose the circuit boards. The vehicle imaging system may be a license plate recognition system, a DOT number reader system, a hazardous material placard reader system, or a container code reader system, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: PERCEPTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Juan Antonio Herrera, Anthony Scott Nelms, Charles Andrew Cruey, Alfred Lawrence Marston, III, Christopher Clair Richardson
  • Publication number: 20160358033
    Abstract: A vehicle imaging system may include a first circuit board, and the system may also include an additional circuit board. The circuit boards may hold components for capturing images of vehicles as well as components for analyzing images of vehicles that have been captured. The analyzing may include performing optical character recognition on portions on images to identify characters in the images. A housing may enclose the circuit boards. The vehicle imaging system may be a license plate recognition system, a DOT number reader system, a hazardous material placard reader system, or a container code reader system, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Juan Antonio HERRERA, Anthony Scott NELMS, Charles Andrew CRUEY, Alfred Lawrence MARSTON III, Christopher Clair RICHARDSON
  • Patent number: 6201600
    Abstract: A system for inspecting intraocular lenses which utilizes a light source and an electronic camera for obtaining images of the lens under test. A series of masks is utilized during the obtaining of the images and includes a bright field mask which allows the transmission of light through the lens, a dark field mask which blocks a portion of the light which would normally pass through the lens and a transition mask which is constituted by fine stripes. A signal processor analyzes the images obtained utilizing the masks and provides an indication of predetermined defects in the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Winston Sites, Anthony Scott Nelms, Bernard A. Roche
  • Patent number: 6011620
    Abstract: Inspection apparatus for determining defects in a planar light transmissive object. A diffuse light is projected through a mask toward an object under test at an inspection location. A digital video camera observes the inspection location and obtains images of the object. These images are examined and processed by a signal processor to obtain indications of various defects. The mask utilized is of a selected design having either multiple alternating narrow clear and opaque stripes, or a single narrow clear stripe straddled by opaque regions or a single narrow opaque stripe straddled by clear regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Winston Sites, Anthony Scott Nelms