Low flame smoke
    25.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09617195B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-11

    申请号:US13889218

    申请日:2013-05-07

    CPC classification number: C06D3/00 C09K5/16 F24V30/00 F42B12/48

    Abstract: A smoke producing method and device of the present disclosure produces a non-incendiary, organic-polymerization based, smoke-producing reaction. The method of generating smoke comprises initiating a frontal polymerization reaction by heating a composition comprising a monomer compound that exothermically polymerizes upon initiation with an initiator compound and an initiator compound that initiates polymerization of the monomer compound present at a mass concentration that is at least five percent of the mass concentration of the monomer compound. The polymerization of the monomer compound is exothermic, and in one embodiment the concentration of initiator compound is at least five percent of the concentration of monomer compound. The smoke mainly comprises thermal decomposition products of the initiator compound.

    Pedestrian Right of Way Monitoring and Reporting System and Method
    26.
    发明申请
    Pedestrian Right of Way Monitoring and Reporting System and Method 有权
    行人监控报告制度与方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160364614A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-15

    申请号:US15244712

    申请日:2016-08-23

    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring vehicle traffic and collecting data indicative of pedestrian right of way violations by vehicles is provided. The system comprises memory and logic for monitoring traffic intersections and recording evidence indicating that vehicles have violated pedestrian right of way. Two sensor modalities collecting video data and radar data of the intersection under observation are employed in one embodiment of the system. The violation evidence can be accessed remotely by a traffic official for issuing of traffic citations.

    Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于监控车辆交通并收集指示车辆违反行为权行为的数据的系统和方法。 该系统包括用于监测交通路口的记忆和逻辑,并记录表明车辆违反行人权利的证据。 在系统的一个实施例中采用了收集观测交叉点的视频数据和雷达数据的两种传感器模式。 违规证据可以由交通官员远程访问以发出交通引用。

    Sky polarization and sun sensor system and method
    27.
    发明授权
    Sky polarization and sun sensor system and method 有权
    天极化和太阳传感器系统及方法

    公开(公告)号:US09423484B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-23

    申请号:US14521401

    申请日:2014-10-22

    Abstract: A system for determining a new orientation and/or position of an object comprises a sky polarimeter configured to record image data of the sky, a signal processing unit, and logic configured to receive and store in memory the image data received from the sky polarimeter. The logic calculates the Stokes parameters (S0, S1, S2,), DoLP, and AoP from the image data, detects obscurants and filters the obscurants (such as clouds and trees) from the image data to produce a filtered image. The logic is further configured to find the Sun and zenith in the filtered image, and to determine the roll, pitch, yaw, latitude and longitude of the object using the filtered image. A method for determining a new position/orientation of an object comprises recording raw image data using a sky polarimeter, calculating S0, S1, S2, DoLP, and AoP from the image data, detecting obscurants and filtering the obscurants from the image data to produce a filtered image, obtaining last known position/orientation data of the object, finding the Sun and zenith in the filtered image, and determining the roll, pitch, yaw, latitude and longitude of the object using the filtered image.

    Abstract translation: 一种用于确定物体的新取向和/或位置的系统包括被配置为记录天空的图像数据的天体偏振计,信号处理单元和被配置为在存储器中存储从天线偏振计接收的图像数据的逻辑。 该逻辑从图像数据计算斯托克斯参数(S0,S1,S2,),DoLP和AoP,从图像数据中检测晦暗并过滤掉晦暗者(如云和树)以产生滤波图像。 该逻辑被进一步配置成在经滤波的图像中找到太阳和天顶,并且使用滤波图像来确定对象的滚动,俯仰,偏航,纬度和经度。 一种用于确定对象的新位置/取向的方法包括使用天空偏振计记录原始图像数据,从图像数据计算S0,S1,S2,DoLP和AoP,从图像数据中检测晦暗并对晦暗进行滤波以产生 滤波图像,获得对象的最后已知位置/取向数据,在滤波图像中找到太阳和天顶,以及使用滤波图像确定对象的滚动,俯仰,偏航,纬度和经度。

    Polarization imaging for facial recognition enhancement system and method

    公开(公告)号:US11068700B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-20

    申请号:US16431374

    申请日:2019-06-04

    Abstract: A method for enhancing an image for facial recognition comprises capturing an image of the face with a polarizer and correcting the polarized image for non-uniformity. Stokes Parameters S0, S1, S2 are obtained by weighted subtraction of the polarized image to form Stokes images. DoLP is computed from the Stokes images, and facial recognition algorithms are applied to the DoLP image. A system for enhancing images for facial recognition comprises a polarimeter configured to record polarized image data of a subject's face, a signal processing unit and logic configured to receive and store in memory the image data from the polarimeter, calculate Stokes parameters from the image data, and compute a DoLP image from the Stokes parameters.

    Polarimetric detection of foreign fluids on surfaces

    公开(公告)号:US11022541B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-01

    申请号:US16526503

    申请日:2019-07-30

    Abstract: A method for detecting the presence of foreign fluids on surface comprises estimating an expected polarization response for a foreign fluid desired to be detected. Oil from an oil spill is one such foreign fluid. A polarimeter records raw image data of a surface (e.g., the surface of water) to obtain polarized images of the surface. IR and polarization data products are computed from the polarized images. The IR and polarization data products are converted to multi-dimensional data set to form multi-dimensional imagery. Contrast algorithms are applied to the multi-dimensional imagery to form enhanced contrast images, from which foreign fluids can be automatically detected.

    Celestial positioning system and method

    公开(公告)号:US10962625B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-30

    申请号:US16455029

    申请日:2019-06-27

    Abstract: In a method of determining the position of an object, raw image data of the sky is recorded using a celestial imaging unit. The last known position, orientation, date, and time data of the object are obtained, and the position of a celestial body is measured. A latitude and longitude of the object is determined by matching the measured celestial body position to the expected celestial body position based on the input parameters. A system for determining a new position of an object comprises a celestial imaging unit configured to record image data of the sky, a signal processing unit, and a signal processing unit configured to receive and store in memory the image data received from the celestial imaging unit. The signal processing unit filters the image to find the positions of celestial objects in the sky. The signal processing unit is further configured to use roll and pitch from an IMU, and date and time from a clock to determine the object's position (latitude and longitude).

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