Patents by Inventor Carl E. Trapani

Carl E. Trapani 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: 8184161
    Abstract: A method for acquiring surveillance data corresponding to a region of interest comprising: installing a plurality of vehicle-mounted recording system on a plurality of vehicles; capturing visual data of exterior perimeters of the vehicles having vehicle-mounted recording systems when the vehicles are in motion wherein the visual data is marked with location data and time data; storing the visual data, the location data, and the time data so that each portion of the visual data is locatable by at least one of a time of video data capture and a location of video data capture; transmitting a request for recorded surveillance data corresponding to a region of interest; receiving a reply transmission to the request for recorded surveillance data, the reply transmission comprising surveillance data corresponding to at least a portion of the region of interest recorded by at least one of the vehicle-mounted recording systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Inventor: Carl E. Trapani
  • Publication number: 20100085431
    Abstract: A method for acquiring surveillance data corresponding to a region of interest comprising: installing a plurality of vehicle-mounted recording system on a plurality of vehicles; capturing visual data of exterior perimeters of the vehicles having vehicle-mounted recording systems when the vehicles are in motion wherein the visual data is marked with location data and time data; storing the visual data, the location data, and the time data so that each portion of the visual data is locatable by at least one of a time of video data capture and a location of video data capture; transmitting a request for recorded surveillance data corresponding to a region of interest; receiving a reply transmission to the request for recorded surveillance data, the reply transmission comprising surveillance data corresponding to at least a portion of the region of interest recorded by at least one of the vehicle-mounted recording systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventor: CARL E. TRAPANI