Patents by Inventor Brent James Sundheimer

Brent James Sundheimer 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 SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A STATUS OF ONE OR MORE TANKS IN A PARTICULAR LOCATION
    Publication number: 20160343124
    Abstract: A method for determining a status of one or more tanks in a particular location or an amount of a commodity stored in a particular location comprises the steps of: storing information associated with each of the one or more tanks in a database; periodically conducting an inspection of each of the one or more tanks, including using a sensor to acquire a three-dimensional data set; analyzing the three-dimensional data set to determine a status of each of the one or more tanks and/or to calculate an amount of the commodity that is stored in one or more tanks; and communicating information about the status of each of the one or more tanks and/or the amount of the commodity that is stored in one or more tanks at the particular location to a market participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Brent James Sundheimer, Paul Heiniger, Deirdre Alphenaar
  • 3-D environment mapping systems and methods of dynamically mapping a 3-D environment
    Patent number: 9497443
    Abstract: A 3-D environment mapping systems and methods of dynamically mapping a 3-D environment includes identifying at least five point correspondences associated with image frames of a scene recorded by a camera from a plurality of viewpoints. A down direction is determined from IMU motion data. The down direction is an absolute global downward direction. Components of the scene that are vertical are identified using the down direction, an iteration of 3-D position of each of the five point correspondences, and a current iteration of refined relative locations and poses of the camera. A 2-D map is generated of the scene by mapping the identified components of the scene in an eagle view of the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Brent James Sundheimer, Brandon Catalano
  • Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for generating an equalized image using signature standardization from Weibull space
    Patent number: 8971626
    Abstract: Systems, articles of manufacture, and methods for generating an equalized image using properties of the two-dimensional Weibull distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Alden Eugene Park, Brent James Sundheimer
  • Template matching systems, methods, and articles of manufacture
    Patent number: 8660367
    Abstract: Systems, articles of manufacture, and methods for template matching at least one template image and an image to be searched using a plurality of template matchers at at least one alignment shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Alden Eugene Park, Brent James Sundheimer
  • Post-BLOB analysis method and article of manufacture
    Patent number: 8577086
    Abstract: An article of manufacture and method for performing post-BLOB analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Brent James Sundheimer
  • Post-BLOB analysis method and article of manufacture
    Patent number: 8442272
    Abstract: An article of manufacture and method for performing post-BLOB analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Brent James Sundheimer