Patents by Inventor Carol Sue Robertson Watson

Carol Sue Robertson Watson 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 managing parking lots
    Patent number: 8139115
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for tracking vehicles in a parking facility using optics. The process receives a series of two-dimensional images of a vehicle in a parking facility from a camera. The process generates an object representing the vehicle based on the series of two-dimensional images. The object includes a set of parameters defining an outer edge frame for the vehicle. The process determines a location of the vehicle in the parking garage based on the outer edge frame and positional pixel data for the parking facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Henry Barnes, John W. Dunsmoir, Sheryl S. Kinstler, Ramanarayan N. Ramanujam, Carol Sue Robertson Watson
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PARKING LOTS
    Publication number: 20080101656
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for tracking vehicles in a parking facility using optics. The process receives a series of two-dimensional images of a vehicle in a parking facility from a camera. The process generates an object representing the vehicle based on the series of two-dimensional images. The object includes a set of parameters defining an outer edge frame for the vehicle. The process determines a location of the vehicle in the parking garage based on the outer edge frame and positional pixel data for the parking facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Henry Barnes, John W. Dunsmoir, Sheryl S. Kinstler, Ramanarayan N. Ramanujam, Carol Sue Robertson Watson