Patents by Inventor Ronald Alan Riley

Ronald Alan Riley 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).

  • Publication number: 20120027371
    Abstract: The video summarization system and method supports a moving sensor or multiple sensors by mapping imagery back to a common ortho-rectified geometry. The video summarization system includes at least one video sensor to acquire video data, of at least one area of interest (AOI), including video frames having a plurality of different perspectives. The video sensor may be a moving sensor or a plurality of sensors to acquire video data, of the at least one AOI, from respective different perspectives. A memory stores the video data, and a processor is configured to cooperate with the memory to register video frames from the AOI, ortho-rectify registered video frames based upon a common geometry, identify events within the ortho-rectified registered video frames, and generate a video summary of selected events shifted in time within a selected AOI based upon identified events within the ortho-rectified registered video frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Jay Hackett, Tariq Bakir, Jeremy Jackson, Richard Cannata, Ronald Alan Riley
  • Patent number: 7936949
    Abstract: Method and system for creating a fused image from an image pair. The method includes obtaining (204) image data defining a first image of a panchromatic image type and a second image of a multi-spectral image type. The first image has a first spatial resolution and a first spectral resolution. The second image has a second spatial resolution which is lower than the first spatial resolution and a second spectral resolution higher than the first spectral resolution. The first image and the second image are fused (216) to initialize a fused image having the first spatial resolution and the second spectral resolution. A point spread function and a set of spectral weights are used to determine scaling factors for scaling (218) radiance value of pixels defining the fused image in accordance with radiance value of pixels forming the first image and the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald Alan Riley, Tariq Bakir, Adrian M. Peter, Morteza Akbari
  • Patent number: 7835594
    Abstract: Method and system for creating a fused image from an image pair. The method includes obtaining (204) image data defining a first image of a panchromatic image type and a second image of a multi-spectral image type. The first image has a first spatial resolution and a first spectral resolution. The second image has a second spatial resolution which is lower than the first spatial resolution and a second spectral resolution higher than the first spectral resolution. The first image and the second image are fused (216) to initialize a fused image having the first spatial resolution and the second spectral resolution. A blurring function is used (220) to help form the fused image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald Alan Riley, Tariq Bakir, Adrian M. Peter, Morteza Akbari
  • Patent number: 7826685
    Abstract: Method and system for creating a fused image from an image pair comprising a high resolution panchromatic image and lower resolution multi-spectral image. The method includes obtaining image data (204) defining a first image of a panchromatic image type and a second image of a multi-spectral image type. The first image has a first spatial resolution and a first spectral resolution. The second image has a second spatial resolution which is lower than the first spatial resolution and a second spectral resolution higher than the first spectral resolution. The method also includes a step (212) of concurrently calculating a point-spread function for down-sampling the first image to the second spatial resolution, and a set of weights for down-sampling the second image to the first spectral resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald Alan Riley, Tariq Bakir, Adrian M. Peter, Morteza Akbari
  • Publication number: 20080131024
    Abstract: Method and system for creating a fused image from an image pair. The method includes obtaining (204) image data defining a first image of a panchromatic image type and a second image of a multi-spectral image type. The first image has a first spatial resolution and a first spectral resolution. The second image has a second spatial resolution which is lower than the first spatial resolution and a second spectral resolution higher than the first spectral resolution. The first image and the second image are fused (216) to initialize a fused image having the first spatial resolution and the second spectral resolution. A blurring function is used (220) to help form the fused image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: HARRIS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ronald Alan Riley, Tariq Bakir, Adrian M. Peter, Morteza Akbari
  • Publication number: 20080129752
    Abstract: Method and system for creating a fused image from an image pair comprising a high resolution panchromatic image and lower resolution multi-spectral image. The method includes obtaining image data (204) defining a first image of a panchromatic image type and a second image of a multi-spectral image type. The first image has a first spatial resolution and a first spectral resolution. The second image has a second spatial resolution which is lower than the first spatial resolution and a second spectral resolution higher than the first spectral resolution. The method also includes a step (212) of concurrently calculating a point-spread function for down-sampling the first image to the second spatial resolution, and a set of weights for down-sampling the second image to the first spectral resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: HARRIS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ronald Alan Riley, Tariq Bakir, Adrian M. Peter, Morteza Akbari
  • Publication number: 20080131025
    Abstract: Method and system for creating a fused image from an image pair. The method includes obtaining (204) image data defining a first image of a panchromatic image type and a second image of a multi-spectral image type. The first image has a first spatial resolution and a first spectral resolution. The second image has a second spatial resolution which is lower than the first spatial resolution and a second spectral resolution higher than the first spectral resolution. The first image and the second image are fused (216) to initialize a fused image having the first spatial resolution and the second spectral resolution. A point spread function and a set of spectral weights are used to determine scaling factors for scaling (218) radiance value of pixels defining the fused image in accordance with radiance value of pixels forming the first image and the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: HARRIS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ronald Alan Riley, Tariq Bakir, Adrian M. Peter, Morteza Akbari