Patents by Inventor Lorne G. Gabel

Lorne G. Gabel 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).

  • Highway premarking guidance system
    Patent number: 4247870
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for marking a line, such as the centerline, along a roadway, using a vehicle carrying paint marking apparatus, in which a pair of television cameras, one mounted on each side of the vehicle, view the edges of the roadway and project the images onto a split screen. By keeping the images on the screen in a predetermined relationship the operator can steer the vehicle in a path along the roadway uniformly spaced from its edges. Preferably a third camera, centrally located on the vehicle, views the vanishing point of the roadway when straight and the image of the vanishing point is registered with a predetermined mark associated with the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1981
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Highways and Transportation
    Inventors: Lorne G. Gabel, Garry E. Paulson, Thomas G. Kirk
  • Method of marking a line along a roadway
    Patent number: 4167592
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for marking a line, such as the centerline, along a roadway, using a vehicle carrying paint marking apparatus, in which a pair of television cameras, one mounted on each side of the vehicle, view the edges of the roadway and project the images onto a split screen. By keeping the images on the screen in a predetermined relationship the operator can steer the vehicle in a path along the roadway uniformly spaced from its edges. Preferably a third camera, centrally located on the vehicle, views the vanishing point of the roadway when straight and the image of the vanishing point is registered with a predetermined mark associated with the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1979
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Saskatchewan
    Inventors: Lorne G. Gabel, Garry E. Paulson, Thomas G. Kirk