Patents by Inventor Benjamin Francis Simons

Benjamin Francis Simons 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).

  • Vehicle monitoring system
    Patent number: 5809161
    Abstract: An object monitoring system includes a camera node (2) for monitoring movement of an object (18) to determine an acquisition time when an image of the object (18) is to be acquired and acquiring the image at the predetermined time. The system includes a camera (6) which is able to monitor moving objects (18), and image processing circuitry (10), responsive to the camera (6), which is able to detect a predetermined moving object (18) from other moving and static objects. From the image acquired, information identifying the object (18) can be automatically extracted. The system is particularly suited to monitoring and discriminating large vehicles (18) from other vehicles over a multi-lane roadway, and acquiring high resolution images of the large vehicles (18) at a predetermined acquisition point (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignees: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Telstra Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Glen William Auty, Peter Ian Corke, Paul Alexander Dunn, Ian Barry MacIntyre, Dennis Charles Mills, Benjamin Francis Simons, Murray John Jensen, Rodney Lavis Knight, David Stuart Pierce, Ponnampalam Balakumar