Patents by Inventor W. Lance Hodges

W. Lance Hodges 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).

  • Graphical management system for interactive environment monitoring
    Patent number: 11610403
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring an environment using a Graphical Management System (GMS) are described. The GMS may present a vector image map of the environment for interaction by a user. The user may zoom and pan on the map to generate views of the map with various ranges of detail of the map. Video data from a plurality of video cameras may also be displayed on the map based on the user input and the level of zoom and the location viewed in the map. Further, the user may select a timeline event and sensor data associated with the event and the map may be initialized at the time and location of the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Security Systems, L.L.C.
    Inventors: W. Lance Hodges, S. Robert Johnson
  • GRAPHICAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING
    Publication number: 20210319235
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring an environment using a Graphical Management System (GMS) are described. The GMS may present a vector image map of the environment for interaction by a user. The user may zoom and pan on the map to generate views of the map with various ranges of detail of the map. Video data from a plurality of video cameras may also be displayed on the map based on the user input and the level of zoom and the location viewed in the map. Further, the user may select a timeline event and sensor data associated with the event and the map may be initialized at the time and location of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: W. Lance Hodges, S. Robert Johnson
  • Graphical management system for interactive environment monitoring
    Patent number: 11074460
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring an environment using a Graphical Management System (GMS) are described. The GMS may present a vector image map of the environment for interaction by a user. The user may zoom and pan on the map to generate views of the map with various ranges of detail of the map. Video data from a plurality of video cameras may also be displayed on the map based on the user input and the level of zoom and the location viewed in the map. Further, the user may select a timeline event and sensor data associated with the event and the map may be initialized at the time and location of the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Security Systems, L.L.C.
    Inventors: W. Lance Hodges, S. Robert Johnson