Patents by Inventor Jan Karsch

Jan Karsch 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 for evaluating a plurality of time-offset pictures, device for evaluating pictures, and monitoring system
    Patent number: 9589191
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for evaluating a plurality of chronologically staggered images, said method comprising the following steps: detecting a plurality of objects in a first image and storing each of the plurality of objects as tracks with a first capture time and/or a first capture location, preferably in a track list, detecting a plurality of objects in further images and identifying each of the detected objects as an object assigned to the respective stored track, wherein the respective track is updated by the current position of the identified object and, in the respective further images, objects detected for the first time are stored with assigned tracks, and wherein a covered path length, a distance and/or a time difference from the first capture time is determined as a capture period for each of the objects or tracks, wherein the path length, the distance and/or the capture period are compared with a respective predefined threshold value, and wherein the objects or tracks are classifie
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hella KGAA Hueck & Co.
    Inventors: Marko Stefanovic, Rolf-Stephan Badura, Jan Karsch
  • METHOD FOR EVALUATING A PLURALITY OF TIME-OFFSET PICTURES, DEVICE FOR EVALUATING PICTURES, AND MONITORING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140037141
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for evaluating a plurality of chronologically staggered images, said method comprising the following steps: detecting a plurality of objects in a first image and storing each of the plurality of objects as tracks with a first capture time and/or a first capture location, preferably in a track list, detecting a plurality of objects in further images and identifying each of the detected objects as an object assigned to the respective stored track, wherein the respective track is updated by the current position of the identified object and, in the respective further images, objects detected for the first time are stored with assigned tracks, and wherein a covered path length, a distance and/or a time difference from the first capture time is determined as a capture period for each of the objects or tracks, wherein the path length, the distance and/or the capture period are compared with a respective predefined threshold value, and wherein the objects or tracks are classifie
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Hella KGAA Hueck & Co.
    Inventors: Marko Stefanovic, Rolf-Stephan Badura, Jan Karsch