Patents by Inventor Rick Baer

Rick Baer 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).

  • ON-CHIP CAMERA SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE OBJECT TRACKING AND IDENTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20090097704
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods provide multiple object identification and tracking using an object recognition system, such as a camera system. One method of tracking multiple objects includes constructing a first set of objects in real time as a camera scans an image of a first frame row by row. A second set of objects is constructed concurrently in real time as the camera scans an image of a second frame row by row. The first and second sets of objects are stored separately in memory and the sets of objects are compared. Based on the comparison between the first frame (previous frame) and the second frame (current frame), a unique ID is assigned to an object in the second frame (current frame).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Laura Savidge, Rick Baer, Scott Smith