Charles R Dotson

US Patent:

7812711, Oct 12, 2010

Filed:

Jun 28, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/770674

Inventors:

Mark Richard Brown - Vancouver, CA
Charles Robert Dotson - Litchfield Park AZ, US

Assignee:

Alertstar Safety Corporation USA - Tempe AZ

International Classification:

B60R 25/10

US Classification:

34042618, 340937, 340438, 340439, 701301

Abstract:

A passenger vehicle safety system is provided which comprises a violation system, a warning system or an inside system. The violation system collects evidence of traffic violation occurring in a vicinity of a passenger vehicle. The warning system provides a warning to individuals outside and in the vicinity of the passenger vehicle. The intra-vehicle system collects images of persons inside, or in the vicinity of, the passenger vehicle, so as to allow the passenger vehicle's driver or one or more individuals located at a remote location, some distance from the passenger, to monitor activity in and around the passenger vehicle. Information captured by the inside system can be viewed in real time, as the information is being collected, or some time later, or both.

US Patent:

47471557, May 24, 1988

Filed:

Sep 2, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/902854

Inventors:

Charles R. Dotson - Litchfield Park AZ

Assignee:

Loral Corporation - New York NY

International Classification:

G06K 900

US Classification:

382 42

Abstract:

An apparatus (32) and technique for compensating for motion in an electro-optical camera system. An image system is maintained on an aircraft for generating an image of terrain while the aircraft is in flight. A high resolution linear array (24) generates an image from a field of view (30), while a rectangular array (26) generates a corresponding image on a periodic basis. The rectangular image serves as a reference for the pixels of the linear array for determining if features in the linear array have shifted or distorted. An error is generated corresponding to the differences between the linear array and the rectangular array, the linear array being corrected as a function of the error.