Patents by Inventor Rebecca Jeanne Smith

Rebecca Jeanne Smith 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).

  • Method of tracking objects using hyperspectral imagery
    Patent number: 9430846
    Abstract: A method of tracking motion of at least one object of a group of moving objects using hyperspectral imaging includes, among other things, obtaining a series of hyperspectral image frames; comparing each frame in the series to a template to determine changes in the image between frames; identifying a group of pixels in each frame associated with the changes; identifying changes as motion of the moving objects; correlating the pixel groups frame to frame to spatially determine at least one parameter of the motion of the objects; and correlating the pixel groups with a spectral reflectance profile associated with the at least one object wherein the track of the at least one object is distinguishable from the tracks of other moving objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Baby Sebastian, Eric Daniel Buehler, Stefano Angelo Mario Lassini, Benjamin Thomas Occhipinti, Konrad Robert Kuczynski, Richard Shawn Kelly, Matthew James Schafer, Rebecca Jeanne Smith
  • METHOD OF TRACKING OBJECTS USING HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGERY
    Publication number: 20140314272
    Abstract: A method of tracking motion of at least one object of a group of moving objects using hyperspectral imaging includes, among other things, obtaining a series of hyperspectral image frames; comparing each frame in the series to a template to determine changes in the image between frames; identifying a group of pixels in each frame associated with the changes; identifying changes as motion of the moving objects; correlating the pixel groups frame to frame to spatially determine at least one parameter of the motion of the objects; and correlating the pixel groups with a spectral reflectance profile associated with the at least one object wherein the track of the at least one object is distinguishable from the tracks of other moving objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas Baby Sebastian, Eric Daniel Buehler, Stefano Angelo Mario Lassini, Benjamin Thomas Occhipinti, Konrad Robert Kuczynski, Richard Shawn Kelly, Matthew James Schafer, Rebecca Jeanne Smith