Patents by Inventor TIMOTHY S. CORNELL

TIMOTHY S. CORNELL 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).

  • Image acquisition and processing system for vehicle equipment control
    Patent number: 8924078
    Abstract: An image acquisition and processing system includes an image sensor and one or more processors that are configured to receive at least a portion of at least one image from the image sensor. The dynamic aim of the image sensor is configured as a function of at least one feature extracted from at least a portion of an image. To accomplish the task, the system utilizes a series of adaptive thresholds used in parallel comparators to determine whether or not a pixel in a given image scene falls on the edge of a given lane line on a road. The location of the lane lines are then used to determine the scene vanishing point, which ideally will be co-located at the optical scene center. If they are not in agreement, the pixel data set being processed can be adjusted to accommodate for any disagreement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Gentex Corporation
    Inventors: Oliver M. Jeromin, Steven M. Currie, Gregory S. Bush, Eric J. Walstra, Joseph S. Stam, Timothy S. Cornell
  • IMAGE ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT CONTROL
    Publication number: 20120072080
    Abstract: An image acquisition and processing system includes an image sensor and one or more processors that are configured to receive at least a portion of at least one image from the image sensor. The dynamic aim of the image sensor is configured as a function of at least one feature extracted from at least a portion of an image. To accomplish the task, the system utilizes a series of adaptive thresholds used in parallel comparators to determine whether or not a pixel in a given image scene falls on the edge of a given lane line on a road. The location of the lane lines are then used to determine the scene vanishing point, which ideally will be co-located at the optical scene center. If they are not in agreement, the pixel data set being processed can be adjusted to accommodate for any disagreement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: OLIVER JEROMIN, STEVEN CURRIE, GREGORY S. BUSH, ERIC J. WALSTRA, JOSEPH S. STAM, TIMOTHY S. CORNELL