Patents by Inventor Harel Liyatan

Harel Liyatan 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).

  • Fusion of far infrared and visible images in enhanced obstacle detection in automotive applications
    Patent number: 7786898
    Abstract: A method in computerized system mounted on a vehicle including a cabin and an engine. The system including a visible (VIS) camera sensitive to visible light, the VIS camera mounted inside the cabin, wherein the VIS camera acquires consecutively in real time multiple image frames including VIS images of an object within a field of view of the VIS camera and in the environment of the vehicle. The system also including a FIR camera mounted on the vehicle in front of the engine, wherein the FIR camera acquires consecutively in real time multiple FIR image frames including FIR images of the object within a field of view of the FIR camera and in the environment of the vehicle. The FIR images and VIS images are processed simultaneously, thereby producing a detected object when the object is present in the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Mobileye Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Gideon S. Stein, Amnon Shashua, Yoram Gdalyahu, Harel Liyatan
  • FUSION OF FAR INFRARED AND VISIBLE IMAGES IN ENHANCED OBSTACLE DETECTION IN AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20080036576
    Abstract: A method in computerized system mounted on a vehicle including a cabin and an engine. The system including a visible (VIS) camera sensitive to visible light, the VIS camera mounted inside the cabin, wherein the VIS camera acquires consecutively in real time multiple image frames including VIS images of an object within a field of view of the VIS camera and in the environment of the vehicle. The system also including a FIR camera mounted on the vehicle in front of the engine, wherein the FIR camera acquires consecutively in real time multiple FIR image frames including FIR images of the object within a field of view of the FIR camera and in the environment of the vehicle. The FIR images and VIS images are processed simultaneously, thereby producing a detected object when the object is present in the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: MOBILEYE TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Gideon S. Stein, Amnon Shashua, Yoram Gdalyahu, Harel Liyatan