Patents by Inventor Eric C. Bretschneider

Eric C. Bretschneider 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 of using a camera to detect direction of motion
    Patent number: 10679476
    Abstract: A motion detector camera is configured to differentiate between an object or objects passing through the field of view of the camera and an object or objects approaching the sensor. In one example, motion is detected with a camera configured to identify and selectively filter specific directions of motion. The motion detector compares pixel changes, corresponding to the basic area or size of the object, from frame to frame, and detects the amount of increase in change or decrease in change. An increasing change in the area or size of an object indicates that an object is approaching, and a decreasing change in the area or size of an object indicates that an object that is receding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric C. Bretschneider, James J. Fitzgibbon
  • Direction Sensitive Motion Detector Camera
    Publication number: 20190385428
    Abstract: A motion detector camera is configured to differentiate between an object or objects passing through the field of view of the camera and an object or objects approaching the sensor. In one example, motion is detected with a camera configured to identify and selectively filter specific directions of motion. The motion detector compares pixel changes, corresponding to the basic area or size of the object, from frame to frame, and detects the amount of increase in change or decrease in change. An increasing change in the area or size of an object indicates that an object is approaching, and a decreasing change in the area or size of an object indicates that an object that is receding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Eric C. Bretschneider, James J. Fitzgibbon
  • Direction sensitive motion detector camera
    Patent number: 10417882
    Abstract: A motion detector camera is configured to differentiate between an object or objects passing through the field of view of the camera and an object or objects approaching the sensor. In one example, motion is detected with a camera configured to identify and selectively filter specific directions of motion. The motion detector compares pixel changes, corresponding to the basic area or size of the object, from frame to frame, and detects the amount of increase in change or decrease in change. An increasing change in the area or size of an object indicates that an object is approaching, and a decreasing change in the area or size of an object indicates that an object that is receding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric C. Bretschneider, James J. Fitzgibbon
  • Direction Sensitive Motion Detector Camera
    Publication number: 20190122513
    Abstract: A motion detector camera is configured to differentiate between an object or objects passing through the field of view of the camera and an object or objects approaching the sensor. In one example, motion is detected with a camera configured to identify and selectively filter specific directions of motion. The motion detector compares pixel changes, corresponding to the basic area or size of the object, from frame to frame, and detects the amount of increase in change or decrease in change. An increasing change in the area or size of an object indicates that an object is approaching, and a decreasing change in the area or size of an object indicates that an object that is receding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Eric C. Bretschneider, James J. Fitzgibbon