Patents by Inventor Elaine Acree

Elaine Acree 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 of taking aerial surveys
    Patent number: 8315477
    Abstract: A method of taking an aerial survey maps boundaries of a first image and a second image from a first plane to a second plane to determine boundaries of an output image in the second plane. For a plurality of pixels in the output image, the method determines a corresponding pixel of either the first image or second image in the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Integraph Software Technologies Company
    Inventor: Elaine Acree
  • Method and Apparatus of Taking Aerial Surveys
    Publication number: 20100283853
    Abstract: A method of taking an aerial survey maps boundaries of a first image and a second image from a first plane to a second plane to determine boundaries of an output image in the second plane. For a plurality of pixels in the output image, the method determines a corresponding pixel of either the first image or second image in the first plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: INTERGRAPH SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Elaine Acree
  • Real-time capture and transformation of hemispherical video images to images in rectilinear coordinates
    Publication number: 20070263093
    Abstract: A method of transforming an input image from a hemispherical source to an output image in rectilinear coordinates is disclosed. The method includes receiving data representative of an input image originating from a hemispherical camera and having a size defined by an input image height and an input image width. Once the data is received, an output image width and output image height representative of a size of a rectilinear output image is calculated based on the size of the input image. A rectilinear output image is then generated by mapping input image pixels to locations within the width and height of the output image, without reference to the optical characteristics of the hemispherical camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Elaine Acree, Sheila Whitaker, Gene Grindstaff