Patents by Inventor Karthik Vishwanathan

Karthik Vishwanathan 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).

  • EDGE DETECTION IMAGE CAPTURE AND RECOGNITION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220036114
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method of electronically identifying a license plate and comparing the results to a predetermined database. The software aspect of the system runs on standard PC hardware and can be linked to other applications or databases. It first uses a series of image manipulation techniques to detect, normalize and enhance the image of the number plate. Optical character recognition (OCR) is used to extract the alpha-numeric characters of the license plate. The recognized characters are then compared to databases containing information about the vehicle and/or owner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Cyclops Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Chigos, Karthik Vishwanathan, Wenbiao Wang
  • EDGE DETECTION IMAGE CAPTURE AND RECOGNITION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130170711
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method of electronically identifying a license plate and comparing the results to a predetermined database. The software aspect of the system runs on standard PC hardware and can be linked to other applications or databases. It first uses a series of image manipulation techniques to detect, normalize and enhance the image of the number plate. Optical character recognition (OCR) is used to extract the alpha-numeric characters of the license plate. The recognized characters are then compared to databases containing information about the vehicle and/or owner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Cyclops Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Chigos, Karthik Vishwanathan