Patents by Inventor Barbara Levienaise-Obadia

Barbara Levienaise-Obadia 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 apparatus for performing geo-spatial registration of imagery
    Patent number: 6597818
    Abstract: A system and method for accurately mapping between image coordinates and geo-coordinates, called geo-spatial registration. The system utilizes the imagery and terrain information contained in the geo-spatial database to precisely align geodetically calibrated reference imagery with an input image, e.g., dynamically generated video images, and thus achieve a high accuracy identification of locations within the scene. When a sensor, such as a video camera, images a scene contained in the geo-spatial database, the system recalls a reference image pertaining to the imaged scene. This reference image is aligned very accurately with the sensor's images using a parametric transformation. Thereafter, other information that is associated with the reference image can easily be overlaid upon or otherwise associated with the sensor imagery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Sarnoff Corporation
    Inventors: Rakesh Kumar, Stephen Charles Hsu, Keith Hanna, Supun Samarasekera, Richard Patrick Wildes, David James Hirvonen, Thomas Edward Klinedinst, William Brian Lehman, Bodgan Matei, Wenyi Zhao, Barbara Levienaise-Obadia
  • Method and apparatus for performing geo-spatial registration of imagery
    Publication number: 20010038718
    Abstract: A system and method for accurately mapping between image coordinates and geo-coordinates, called geo-spatial registration. The system utilizes the imagery and terrain information contained in the geo-spatial database to precisely align geodetically calibrated reference imagery with an input image, e.g., dynamically generated video images, and thus achieve a high accuracy identification of locations within the scene. When a sensor, such as a video camera, images a scene contained in the geo-spatial database, the system recalls a reference image pertaining to the imaged scene. This reference image is aligned very accurately with the sensor's images using a parametric transformation. Thereafter, other information that is associated with the reference image can easily be overlaid upon or otherwise associated with the sensor imagery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Rakesh Kumar, Stephen Charles Hsu, Keith Hanna, Supun Samarasekera, Richard Patrick Wildes, David James Hirvonen, Thomas Edward Klinedinst, William Brian Lehman, Bodgan Matei, Wenyi Zhao, Barbara Levienaise-Obadia