Patents by Inventor Richard Craig Van Nostrand

Richard Craig Van Nostrand 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).

  • Imaging system analysis methods and apparatus
    Patent number: 7620203
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for analyzing an imaging system or an image produced by the imaging system are disclosed. The imaging system is configured to sense a target on a background and the target, background, and imaging system are associated with spatial information and spectral information. The imaging system or image is analyzed by, first, determining two of a spatial confidence level associated with the spatial information, a spectral confidence level associated with the spectral information, and a total confidence level associated with sensing the target on the background. A non-determined one of the spatial confidence level, the spectral confidence level, and the total confidence level is then calculated responsive to the determined confidence levels for use in analyzing the imaging system or image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Rulon Eugene Simmons, Timothy DeWald Elder, David Jonathan Stewart, Eric John Cincotta, Carolyn A. Kenndey, Richard Craig Van Nostrand