Patents by Inventor Troy Crites

Troy Crites 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).

  • Automated passive skin detection system through spectral measurement
    Patent number: 7869043
    Abstract: A passive skin detection system includes a main body which houses a collection optics system having an image splitting device, a visible light filter mechanism having a plurality of narrow band filters and an image capture system. The image capture system stores visible light data as a plurality of digital images formed from a plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of digital images is associated with visible light passed through a respective one of the plurality of narrow band filters. An image processing system, operatively connected to the image capture system, compares relative intensities of each of the plurality of digital images to identify one or more of the plurality of pixels having an absorption bandwidth indicating a presence of skin. The processing system determines whether a person, identified by his skin, is present in any of the images captured by the detection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Sparta, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew B. Campbell, Jeffrey E. Thoma, Andrew J. Dally, Merrick J. DeWitt, Troy A. Crites
  • Automated passive skin detection system through spectral measurement
    Publication number: 20080188758
    Abstract: A passive skin detection system includes a main body which houses a collection optics system having an image splitting device, a visible light filter mechanism having a plurality of narrow band filters and an image capture system. The image capture system stores visible light data as a plurality of digital images formed from a plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of digital images is associated with visible light passed through a respective one of the plurality of narrow band filters. An image processing system, operatively connected to the image capture system, compares relative intensities of each of the plurality of digital images to identify one or more of the plurality of pixels having an absorption bandwidth indicating a presence of skin. The processing system determines whether a person, identified by his skin, is present in any of the images captured by the detection system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Matthew Campbell, Jeffrey Thoma, Andrew Dally, Merrick DeWitt, Troy Crites