Patents by Inventor Murray Paulson

Murray Paulson 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).

  • Lidar system for object detection and recognition
    Patent number: 11467255
    Abstract: A lidar sensor system and method use the parallax phenomenon to determine one or more attributes of an object, such its distance, size, or shape. An optical element illuminates the object with a linear beam along a first plane. A photodetector is displaced from the optical element so that it detects the reflection of the linear beam from the object along a second plane, which is at an angle to the first plane. A computer-implemented line detection module determines a measure of deviation of the linear beam reflection from a vanishing point of the first plane. A computer-implemented analysis module determines the attribute based on the measure of deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Inventors: Siamak Akhlaghi Esfahany, Viet Hoang, Ilya Utkin, Murray Paulson, Ken Brizel
  • Automated system to verify structural integrity of a structure
    Patent number: 10962442
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for examining the integrity of a structure having a visually repetitive pattern such as a fence, includes an imaging system having a light source and an optical element to produce a narrow substantially vertical light beam, and a photodetector to receive reflected light. The light beam is directed at the structure while moving laterally, producing a planar image of the structure which is continually refreshed. The system processes the images and identifies an anomalous feature from an anomaly in the repetitive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Alberta Centre for Advanced MNT Products
    Inventors: Kenneth Wayne Brizel, Murray Paulson, Ilya Utkin, Nehla Ghouaiel, Siamak Akhlaghi Esfahany
  • AUTOMATED SYSTEM TO VERIFY STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF A STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20200033227
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for examining the integrity of a structure having a visually repetitive pattern such as a fence, includes an imaging system having a light source and an optical element to produce a narrow substantially vertical light beam, and a photodetector to receive reflected light. The light beam is directed at the structure while moving laterally, producing a planar image of the structure which is continually refreshed. The system processes the images and identifies an anomalous feature from an anomaly in the repetitive pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kenneth Wayne Brizel, Murray Paulson, Ilya Utkin, Nehla Ghouaiel, Siamak Akhlaghi Esfahany
  • LIDAR SYSTEM FOR OBJECT DETECTION AND RECOGNITION
    Publication number: 20190212414
    Abstract: A lidar sensor system and method use the parallax phenomenon to determine one or more attributes of an object, such its distance, size, or shape. An optical element illuminates the object with a linear beam along a first plane. A photodetector is displaced from the optical element so that it detects the reflection of the linear beam from the object along a second plane, which is at an angle to the first plane. A computer-implemented line detection module determines a measure of deviation of the linear beam reflection from a vanishing point of the first plane. A computer-implemented analysis module determines the attribute based on the measure of deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Siamak Akhlaghi Esfahany, Viet Hoang, llya Utkin, Murray Paulson, Ken Brizel