Patents by Inventor James Henry Winso

James Henry Winso 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).

  • Methods and systems for imaging and classifying targets as empty or non-empty
    Patent number: 7596275
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for characterizing targets, e.g., trucks, pallets, trains, cars, and the like, using digital target imaging. Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention provide, at base: a) image segmentation and filtering to identify surrounding white space, interior walls, floor, and ceiling of the container; morphology routines to identify and classify objects found inside the container; and decision routines to report status of container as empty or non-empty with a confidence factor from 1-100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Science Applications International Corporation
    Inventors: Rex D. Richardson, Ernest E. Muenchau, James Henry Winso, Jaroslaw W. Tuszynski, Weicheng Shen