Patents by Inventor Mark Allmen

Mark Allmen 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).

  • Video analytic rule detection system and method
    Patent number: 8564661
    Abstract: A video surveillance system is set up, calibrated, tasked, and operated. The system extracts video primitives and extracts event occurrences from the video primitives using event discriminators. The extracted video primitives and event occurrences may be used to create and define additional video analytic rules. The system can undertake a response, such as an alarm, based on extracted event occurrences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: ObjectVideo, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan J. Lipton, John I. W. Clark, Zhong Zhang, Peter L. Venetianer, Thomas Strat, Mark Allmen, William Severson, Niels Haering, Andrew Chosak, Matthew Frazier, James Sfekas, Tasuki Hirata
  • Bit-rate allocation system for object-based video encoding
    Patent number: 7321624
    Abstract: A video sequence is encoded, where the video sequence includes a background composite and foreground regions. The video sequence is encoded based on balancing bits per pixel for the background composite with bits per pixel for the foreground regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Objectvideo, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Allmen, Zhong Zhang, Thomas M. Strat
  • Video surveillance system employing video primitives
    Publication number: 20050146605
    Abstract: A video surveillance system is set up, calibrated, tasked, and operated. The system extracts video primitives and extracts event occurrences from the video primitives using event discriminators. The system can undertake a response, such as an alarm, based on extracted event occurrences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Alan Lipton, Thomas Strat, Peter Venetianer, Mark Allmen, William Severson, Niels Haering, Andrew Chosak, Zhong Zhang, Matthew Frazier, James Sfekas, Tasuki Hirata, John Clark
  • Scene model generation from video for use in video processing
    Patent number: 6738424
    Abstract: A method of generating and utilizing a scene model from a sequence of video frames produces a three-dimensional scene model, useful for video processing. The method separates foreground and background data. It uses an estimate of relative motion of an observer to project each frame onto a coordinate system of the three-dimensional scene model. It then merges the background data of a given frame into the scene model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: ObjectVideo, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Allmen, Chris Debrunner, William Severson, Thomas M. Strat
  • Video segmentation using statistical pixel modeling
    Patent number: 6625310
    Abstract: A method for segmenting video data into foreground and background portions utilizes statistical modeling of the pixels. A statistical model of the background is built for each pixel, and each pixel in an incoming video frame is compared with the background statistical model for that pixel. Pixels are determined to be foreground or background based on the comparisons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: DiamondBack Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan J. Lipton, Mark Allmen, Niels Haering, William Severson, Thomas M. Strat
  • Video segmentation using statistical pixel modeling
    Publication number: 20020159634
    Abstract: A method for segmenting video data into foreground and background portions utilizes statistical modeling of the pixels. A statistical model of the background is built for each pixel, and each pixel in an incoming video frame is compared with the background statistical model for that pixel. Pixels are determined to be foreground or background based on the comparisons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Alan J. Lipton, Mark Allmen, Niels Haering, William Severson, Thomas M. Strat