Patents by Inventor Hans Brandon Wach
Hans Brandon Wach 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).
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Publication number: 20170178244Abstract: Some aspects of the invention relate to a mobile apparatus including an image sensor configured to convert an optical image into an electrical signal. The optical image includes an image of a vehicle license plate. The mobile apparatus includes a license plate detector configured to process the electrical signal to recover information from the vehicle license plate image. The mobile apparatus includes an interface configured to transmit the vehicle license plate information to a remote apparatus and receive an insurance quote for a vehicle corresponding to the vehicle license plate in response to the transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Anthony Russell WILBERT, Hans Brandon WACH, David Ching-Chien CHUNG
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Publication number: 20170177966Abstract: Some aspects of the invention relate to a mobile apparatus including an image sensor configured to convert an optical image into an electrical signal. The optical image includes an image of a vehicle license plate. The mobile apparatus includes a license plate detector configured to process the electrical signal to recover information from the vehicle license plate image. The mobile apparatus includes an interface configured to transmit the vehicle license plate information to a remote apparatus and receive an estimated value for a vehicle corresponding to the vehicle license plate in response to the transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Anthony Russell WILBERT, Hans Brandon WACH, David Ching-Chien CHUNG
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Publication number: 20170147893Abstract: Some aspects of the invention relate to a mobile apparatus including an image sensor configured to convert an optical image into an electrical signal. The optical image includes an image of a vehicle license plate. The mobile apparatus includes a license plate detector configured to process the electrical signal to recover information from the vehicle license plate image. The mobile apparatus includes an interface configured to transmit the vehicle license plate information to a remote apparatus and receive a vehicle identification number corresponding to the vehicle license plate image in response to the transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Anthony Russell WILBERT, Hans Brandon WACH, David Ching-Chien CHUNG
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Publication number: 20170140238Abstract: Some aspects of the invention relate to a mobile apparatus including an image sensor configured to convert an optical image into an electrical signal. The optical image includes an image of a vehicle license plate. The mobile apparatus includes a license plate detector configured to process the electrical signal to recover information from the vehicle license plate image. The mobile apparatus includes an interface configured to transmit the vehicle license plate information to a remote apparatus and receive a location of a vehicle service center corresponding to the vehicle license plate image in response to the transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2017Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Anthony Russell WILBERT, Hans Brandon WACH, David Ching-Chien CHUNG
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Patent number: 9607236Abstract: Some aspects of the invention relate to a mobile apparatus including an image sensor configured to convert an optical image into an electrical signal. The optical image includes an image of a vehicle license plate. The mobile apparatus includes a license plate detector configured to process the electrical signal to recover information from the vehicle license plate image. The mobile apparatus includes an interface configured to transmit the vehicle license plate information to a remote apparatus and receive verification for a loan in response to the transmission.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Blinker, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Russell Wilbert, Hans Brandon Wach, David Ching-Chien Chung
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Patent number: 9600733Abstract: Some aspects of the invention relate to a mobile apparatus including an image sensor configured to convert an optical image into an electrical signal. The optical image includes an image of a vehicle license plate. The mobile apparatus includes a license plate detector configured to process the electrical signal to recover information from the vehicle license plate image. The mobile apparatus includes an interface configured to transmit the vehicle license plate information to a remote apparatus and receive car parts data corresponding to the vehicle license plate image in response to the transmission.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2015Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Blinker, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Russell Wilbert, Hans Brandon Wach, David Ching-Chien Chung
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Patent number: 9594971Abstract: Some aspects of the invention relate to a mobile apparatus including an image sensor configured to convert an optical image into an electrical signal. The optical image includes an image of a vehicle license plate. The mobile apparatus includes a license plate detector configured to process the electrical signal to recover information from the vehicle license plate image. The mobile apparatus includes an interface configured to transmit the vehicle license plate information to a remote apparatus and receive a listing corresponding to another vehicle in response to the transmission.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Blinker, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Russell Wilbert, Hans Brandon Wach, David Ching-Chien Chung
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Patent number: 9589202Abstract: Some aspects of the invention relate to a mobile apparatus including an image sensor configured to convert an optical image into an electrical signal. The optical image includes an image of a vehicle license plate. The mobile apparatus includes a license plate detector configured to process the electrical signal to recover information from the vehicle license plate image. The mobile apparatus includes an interface configured to transmit the vehicle license plate information to a remote apparatus and receive an insurance quote for a vehicle corresponding to the vehicle license plate in response to the transmission.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Blinker, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Russell Wilbert, Hans Brandon Wach, David Ching-Chien Chung
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Patent number: 9589201Abstract: Some aspects of the invention relate to a mobile apparatus including an image sensor configured to convert an optical image into an electrical signal. The optical image includes an image of a vehicle license plate. The mobile apparatus includes a license plate detector configured to process the electrical signal to recover information from the vehicle license plate image. The mobile apparatus includes an interface configured to transmit the vehicle license plate information to a remote apparatus and receive an estimated value for a vehicle corresponding to the vehicle license plate in response to the transmission.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Blinker, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Russell Wilbert, Hans Brandon Wach, David Ching-Chien Chung
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Patent number: 9563814Abstract: Some aspects of the invention relate to a mobile apparatus including an image sensor configured to convert an optical image into an electrical signal. The optical image includes an image of a vehicle license plate. The mobile apparatus includes a license plate detector configured to process the electrical signal to recover information from the vehicle license plate image. The mobile apparatus includes an interface configured to transmit the vehicle license plate information to a remote apparatus and receive a vehicle identification number corresponding to the vehicle license plate image in response to the transmission.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Blinker, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Russell Wilbert, Hans Brandon Wach, David Ching-Chien Chung
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Patent number: 9558419Abstract: Some aspects of the invention relate to a mobile apparatus including an image sensor configured to convert an optical image into an electrical signal. The optical image includes an image of a vehicle license plate. The mobile apparatus includes a license plate detector configured to process the electrical signal to recover information from the vehicle license plate image. The mobile apparatus includes an interface configured to transmit the vehicle license plate information to a remote apparatus and receive a location of a vehicle service center corresponding to the vehicle license plate image in response to the transmission.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2015Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Blinker, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Russell Wilbert, Hans Brandon Wach, David Ching-Chien Chung
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Patent number: 9471994Abstract: Systems and methods for generating images of an object having a known object velocity include imaging electromagnetic radiation from the object onto a sensor array of an imaging system, adjusting at least one of a shutter rate and a shutter direction of the imaging system in accordance with an image velocity of the image across the sensor array, and sampling output of the sensor array in accordance with the shutter rate and the shutter direction to generate the images. Systems and methods for generating images of an object moving through a scene include a first imaging system generating image data samples of the scene, a post processing system that analyzes the samples to determine when the object is present in the scene, and one or more second imaging systems triggered by the post processing system to generate one or more second image data samples of the object.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Edward R. Dowski, Jr., Kenneth S. Kubala, Hans Brandon Wach
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Patent number: 8717456Abstract: Systems and methods include optics having one or more phase modifying elements that modify wavefront phase to introduce image attributes into an optical image. A detector converts the optical image to electronic data while maintaining the image attributes. A signal processor subdivides the electronic data into one or more data sets, classifies the data sets, and independently processes the data sets to form processed electronic data. The processing may optionally be nonlinear. Other imaging systems and methods include optics having one or more phase modifying elements that modify wavefront phase to form an optical image. A detector generates electronic data having one or more image attributes that are dependent on characteristics of the phase modifying elements and/or the detector. A signal processor subdivides the electronic data into one or more data sets, classifies the data sets and independently processes the data sets to form processed electronic data.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Gregory E. Johnson, Edward R. Dowski, Jr., Kenneth S Kubala, Ramkumar Narayanswamy, Hans Brandon Wach
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Publication number: 20140078314Abstract: Systems and methods for generating images of an object having a known object velocity include imaging electromagnetic radiation from the object onto a sensor array of an imaging system, adjusting at least one of a shutter rate and a shutter direction of the imaging system in accordance with an image velocity of the image across the sensor array, and sampling output of the sensor array in accordance with the shutter rate and the shutter direction to generate the images. Systems and methods for generating images of an object moving through a scene include a first imaging system generating image data samples of the scene, a post processing system that analyzes the samples to determine when the object is present in the scene, and one or more second imaging systems triggered by the post processing system to generate one or more second image data samples of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Edward R. Dowski, Jr., Kenneth S. Kubala, Hans Brandon Wach
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Patent number: 8593552Abstract: Systems and methods for generating images of an object having a known object velocity include imaging electromagnetic radiation from the object onto a sensor array of an imaging system, adjusting at least one of a shutter rate and a shutter direction of the imaging system in accordance with an image velocity of the image across the sensor array, and sampling output of the sensor array in accordance with the shutter rate and the shutter direction to generate the images. Systems and methods for generating images of an object moving through a scene include a first imaging system generating image data samples of the scene, a post processing system that analyzes the samples to determine when the object is present in the scene, and one or more second imaging systems triggered by the post processing system to generate one or more second image data samples of the object.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2011Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Edward R. Dowski, Jr., Kenneth S. Kubala, Hans Brandon Wach
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Patent number: 8514303Abstract: A method, associated systems, and apparatus are described for imaging a scene to produce electronic image data representing the scene and having at least one improved characteristic. Encoding optics image and encode electromagnetic energy radiated or reflected from a scene, including its objects and features, and a detector receives the encoded electromagnetic energy to produce electronic image data which is at least partially decoded by a pre-processing operation to produce pre-processed electronic image data, having at least one improved characteristic as a result of cooperation between the encoding and decoding. A subset of the pre-processed image data may include artifacts as a result of the encoding and decoding; the artifacts are further processed by applying a nonlinear post-processing operation that identifies the artifacts in the pre-processed imaged data and compensates the associated image data values while retaining the improved image characteristics in the balance of the pre-processed image data.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2011Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Hans Brandon Wach
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Publication number: 20120113287Abstract: Systems and methods include optics having one or more phase modifying elements that modify wavefront phase to introduce image attributes into an optical image. A detector converts the optical image to electronic data while maintaining the image attributes. A signal processor subdivides the electronic data into one or more data sets, classifies the data sets, and independently processes the data sets to form processed electronic data. The processing may optionally be nonlinear. Other imaging systems and methods include optics having one or more phase modifying elements that modify wavefront phase to form an optical image. A detector generates electronic data having one or more image attributes that are dependent on characteristics of the phase modifying elements and/or the detector. A signal processor subdivides the electronic data into one or more data sets, classifies the data sets and independently processes the data sets to form processed electronic data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Inventors: Gregory E. Johnson, Edward R. Dowski, JR., Kenneth S. Kubala, Ramkumar Narayanswamy, Hans Brandon Wach
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Publication number: 20120069205Abstract: Systems and methods for generating images of an object having a known object velocity include imaging electromagnetic radiation from the object onto a sensor array of an imaging system, adjusting at least one of a shutter rate and a shutter direction of the imaging system in accordance with an image velocity of the image across the sensor array, and sampling output of the sensor array in accordance with the shutter rate and the shutter direction to generate the images. Systems and methods for generating images of an object moving through a scene include a first imaging system generating image data samples of the scene, a post processing system that analyzes the samples to determine when the object is present in the scene, and one or more second imaging systems triggered by the post processing system to generate one or more second image data samples of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Inventors: Edward R. Dowski, JR., Kenneth S. Kubala, Hans Brandon Wach
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Patent number: 8068163Abstract: Systems and methods include optics having one or more phase modifying elements that modify wavefront phase to introduce image attributes into an optical image. A detector converts the optical image to electronic data while maintaining the image attributes. A signal processor subdivides the electronic data into one or more data sets, classifies the data sets, and independently processes the data sets to form processed electronic data. The processing may optionally be nonlinear. Other imaging systems and methods include optics having one or more phase modifying elements that modify wavefront phase to form an optical image. A detector generates electronic data having one or more image attributes that are dependent on characteristics of the phase modifying elements and/or the detector. A signal processor subdivides the electronic data into one or more data sets, classifies the data sets and independently processes the data sets to form processed electronic data.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2007Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Gregory E. Johnson, Edward R. Dowski, Jr., Kenneth S. Kubala, Ramakumar Narayanswamy, Hans Brandon Wach
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Publication number: 20110115950Abstract: A method, associated systems, and apparatus are described for imaging a scene to produce electronic image data representing the scene and having at least one improved characteristic. Encoding optics image and encode electromagnetic energy radiated or reflected from a scene, including its objects and features, and a detector receives the encoded electromagnetic energy to produce electronic image data which is at least partially decoded by a pre-processing operation to produce pre-processed electronic image data, having at least one improved characteristic as a result of cooperation between the encoding and decoding. A subset of the pre-processed image data may include artifacts as a result of the encoding and decoding; the artifacts are further processed by applying a nonlinear post-processing operation that identifies the artifacts in the pre-processed imaged data and compensates the associated image data values while retaining the improved image characteristics in the balance of the pre-processed image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2011Publication date: May 19, 2011Inventor: Hans Brandon Wach