Patents by Inventor Ralph Newton Crabtree

Ralph Newton Crabtree 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).

  • People counting and tracking systems and methods
    Patent number: 11631253
    Abstract: Various techniques are provided for counting and/or tracking objects within a field of view of an imaging system, while excluding certain objects from the results. A monitoring system may count or track people identified in captured images while utilizing an employee identification system including a wireless signal receiver to identify and remove the employees from the result. The system includes algorithms for separating employee counts from customer counts, thereby offering enhanced tracking analytics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Teledyne FLIR, LLC
    Inventors: Shuen Yan Stephen Se, Ralph Newton Crabtree
  • PEOPLE COUNTING AND TRACKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20210004606
    Abstract: Various techniques are provided for counting and/or tracking objects within a field of view of an imaging system, while excluding certain objects from the results. A monitoring system may count or track people identified in captured images while utilizing an employee identification system including a wireless signal receiver to identify and remove the employees from the result. The system includes algorithms for separating employee counts from customer counts, thereby offering enhanced tracking analytics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Shuen Yan Stephen Se, Ralph Newton Crabtree