Patents by Inventor Douglas Rayner Carmichael

Douglas Rayner Carmichael 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).

  • Feature mapping between data sets
    Patent number: 7124022
    Abstract: The present invention relates to data mapping and involves the mapping of at least one feature from one data set to a corresponding feature in a second data set. Individual points of the features are initially mapped and an transformation for mapping the entire feature is derived from the individual mappings. The feature mapping may be used to enhance vehicle navigation, in feature tracking algorithms, and in image processing systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: QinetiQ Limited
    Inventors: Douglas Rayner Carmichael, Sean Alaric Chapman