Patents by Inventor Richard Cagley

Richard Cagley 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).

  • Systems and methods for dynamic registration of multimodal images
    Patent number: 9684963
    Abstract: Various techniques are disclosed for a system and method to dynamically co-register images captured by two or more separate imaging modules. For example, in one embodiment, a method includes: capturing a thermal image of an object; capturing a visible light (VL) image of the object; determining a plurality of thermal image reference points from the thermal image; determining a plurality of VL image reference points from the VL image; determining a geometric transform based on the plurality of thermal image reference points and the plurality of VL image reference points; and applying the geometric transform to the thermal image or the VL image to align the thermal image and the VL image. In another embodiment, an imaging system comprises two or more separate imaging modules and one or more processors configured to perform the method above to dynamically co-register images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: FLIR Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Grant, Nicholas Högasten, Scott McNally, Richard Cagley
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC REGISTRATION OF MULTIMODAL IMAGES
    Publication number: 20160196653
    Abstract: Various techniques are disclosed for a system and method to dynamically co-register images captured by two or more separate imaging modules. For example, in one embodiment, a method includes: capturing a thermal image of an object; capturing a visible light (VL) image of the object; determining a plurality of thermal image reference points from the thermal image; determining a plurality of VL image reference points from the VL image; determining a geometric transform based on the plurality of thermal image reference points and the plurality of VL image reference points; and applying the geometric transform to the thermal image or the VL image to align the thermal image and the VL image. In another embodiment, an imaging system comprises two or more separate imaging modules and one or more processors configured to perform the method above to dynamically co-register images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Gregory Grant, Nicholas Högasten, Scott McNally, Richard Cagley