Daniel B Curtis

US Patent:

8170372, May 1, 2012

Filed:

Mar 30, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/075975

Inventors:

Michael B. Kennedy - Baltimore MD, US
Daniel Curtis - Easton MD, US

International Classification:

G06K 9/36

US Classification:

382291

Abstract:

The present invention is a method and system to precisely locate objects of interest in any given image scene space, which finds the presence of objects based upon pattern matching geometric relationships to a master, known set. The method and system prepares images for feature and attribute detection and identifies the presence of potential objects of interest, then narrows down the objects based upon how well they match a pre designated master template. The method by which matching takes place is done through finding all objects, plotting its area, juxtaposing a sweet spot overlap of its area on master objects, which in turn forms a glyph shape. The glyph shape is recorded, along with all other formed glyphs in an image's scene space and then mapped to form sets using a classifier and finally a pattern matching algorithm. The resulting objects of interest matches are then refined to plot the contour boundaries of the object's grouped elements (arrangement of contiguous pixels of the given object called a Co-Glyph) and finally snapped to its component actual dimensions e. g. , x, y of a character or individual living cell.

US Patent:

20050193075, Sep 1, 2005

Filed:

Feb 16, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/058396

Inventors:

Maurice Haff - Easton MD, US
Christopher Fahey - Denton MD, US
Daniel Curtis - Easton MD, US
Michael Larson - Queenstown MD, US
Christopher Clarke - Annapolis MD, US

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709206000

Abstract:

A Postal Authority regulated e-Mail messaging application is provided over a public network to a plurality of mailers and addressees using authenticated transaction records. The application transmits at least one e-Mail message through at least one e-Mail account configured for a specific class of service. The application creates transaction records relevant to the specific class of service based upon details of completed transactions. Electronic postmarks are obtained to authenticate transaction records. Authenticated transaction records are sent to the mailer. A unique identifier of an electronic postmark is embedded in the e-Mail message. The e-Mail message incorporating the unique identifier is sent to at least one addressee. Authenticated e-Mail messages and transaction records are created and protected from undetectable modification.

US Patent:

20230065027, Mar 2, 2023

Filed:

Aug 25, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/822185

Inventors:

Daniel E. Curtis - Davenport FL, US

International Classification:

G06T 17/05
G06T 15/00

Abstract:

A method of generating map images in a computing device includes loading source map data or vector data onto a host; loading an output tile system; determining which output tiles to process by cross-referencing the source map data or the vector data with the output tile system; loading source maps or vector data to a graphics processing unit memory; executing a graphics processing unit kernel to process data and return a map tile to the host; writing the map tile to a file on a database; determining if all tiles have been processed; and generating output map tiles. A map tile generation system includes computing devices; servers connected via a network; non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing instructions and machine-learning graphics processor units coupled to the servers via a kernel interface program.