Patents by Inventor Jerome Helffrich

Jerome Helffrich 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).

  • Patent number: 12041381
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for passive infrared sensing and detection of vehicular traffic. Vehicle parameters are detected using thermal detection states of pixels of an infrared array sensor. The vehicle parameters can include a velocity of a vehicle. A vehicle record that includes the vehicle parameters can be provided, for example, by a computing device in connection with the infrared array sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Zachary Balcar, Ayetullah Baha Biten, Sara Ahmed, Samer Dessouky, Jerome Helffrich
  • Publication number: 20220172610
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for passive infrared sensing and detection of vehicular traffic. Vehicle parameters are detected using thermal detection states of pixels of an infrared array sensor. The vehicle parameters can include a velocity of a vehicle. A vehicle record that includes the vehicle parameters can be provided, for example, by a computing device in connection with the infrared array sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Zachary Balcar, Ayetullah Baha Biten, Sara Ahmed, Samer Dessouky, Jerome Helffrich
  • Publication number: 20060018619
    Abstract: The system and method provides means for detecting fiber optic cable embedded within a structure such as a wall of a building. It relies upon detecting an electrical field generated by movement of static and induced electrical charged fiber optic cable contained within the building wall. The invention is particularly useful when only one side of a wall structure is accessible and there is no access to the fiber optic cable. The process comprises the steps of locating wall studs, making a small hole in the wall material between the wall studs at approximately mid height, inserting a field emitter in the small hole for generating an electrical charge on a fiber cable, inserting an air nozzle in the small hole to create fiber cable movement, and detecting an electric field generated by the movement of an electrically charged fiber cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Jerome Helffrich, Glenn Light, Clinton Thwing