Patents by Inventor Sidney A. Connor

Sidney A. Connor 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).

  • Vehicle navigation methods, systems and computer program products
    Patent number: 10336462
    Abstract: Vehicle navigation methods, systems and computer program products are provided that create a composite video image of a scene from video images of the scene generated by a plurality of video image sensors. The video image from each image sensor includes a respective array of pixels. The composite video image is created by selecting for a composite image pixel at a given position in an array of composite image pixels a pixel at the given position from one of the respective pixel arrays having the highest signal level or highest signal-to-noise ratio. The selecting is repeatedly performed for a plurality of given positions in the array of composite image pixels. The composite video image can be displayed via a display, such as a head-up display utilized in a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Vu Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Sidney A. Connor, J. Stedman Stevens
  • Vehicle navigation methods, systems and computer program products
    Patent number: 10315776
    Abstract: Vehicle navigation methods, systems and computer program products are provided that create a composite video image of a scene from video images of the scene generated by a plurality of video image sensors. The video image from each image sensor includes a respective array of pixels. The composite video image is created by selecting for a composite image pixel at a given position in an array of composite image pixels a pixel at the given position from one of the respective pixel arrays having the highest signal level or highest signal-to-noise ratio. The selecting is repeatedly performed for a plurality of given positions in the array of composite image pixels. The composite video image can be displayed via a display, such as a head-up display utilized in a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Vu Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Sidney A. Connor, J. Stedman Stevens
  • VEHICLE NAVIGATION METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20190023413
    Abstract: Vehicle navigation methods, systems and computer program products are provided that create a composite video image of a scene from video images of the scene generated by a plurality of video image sensors. The video image from each image sensor includes a respective array of pixels. The composite video image is created by selecting for a composite image pixel at a given position in an array of composite image pixels a pixel at the given position from one of the respective pixel arrays having the highest signal level or highest signal-to-noise ratio. The selecting is repeatedly performed for a plurality of given positions in the array of composite image pixels. The composite video image can be displayed via a display, such as a head-up display utilized in a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Sidney A. CONNOR, J. Stedman STEVENS
  • Vehicle Navigation Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products
    Publication number: 20160264255
    Abstract: Vehicle navigation methods, systems and computer program products are provided that create a composite video image of a scene from video images of the scene generated by a plurality of video image sensors. The video image from each image sensor includes a respective array of pixels. The composite video image is created by selecting for a composite image pixel at a given position in an array of composite image pixels a pixel at the given position from one of the respective pixel arrays having the highest signal level or highest signal-to-noise ratio. The selecting is repeatedly performed for a plurality of given positions in the array of composite image pixels. The composite video image can be displayed via a display, such as a head-up display utilized in a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Sidney A. Connor, J. Stedman Stevens