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Klaus Peter Bogeso, Adorp NL

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090176808 COMBINATION OF A SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR AND A 5-HT2C ANTAGONIST, INVERSE AGONIST OR PARTIAL AGONIST - The present invention relates to the use of compounds and compositions of compounds having serotonin reuptake inhibiting activity and 5-HT07-09-2009

Patent applications by Klaus Peter Bogeso, Adorp NL

Klaus Peter Gungl, Aidlingen DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090113094System for performing a serial communication between a central control block and satellite components - The various embodiments described herein relate to a system for performing a serial communication between a central control block and a plurality of satellite components within a semiconductor chip. The system comprises at least one logical ring that serially connects the satellite components to the central control block. The system further comprises a centralized timer. The satellite components aid the system in obeying protocols and performing direct accesses to and/or from registers. The logical ring comprises at least one data channel that is provided for transmitting data packets and address packets. Single-envelope transactions are implemented. Errors of the satellite components associated with the single-envelope transactions are reported to the central control block as additional acknowledgement information.04-30-2009

Klaus Peter Koch, Darmstadt DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110224528 FLEXIBLE, MULTI-CHANNEL MICROELECTRODE FOR RECORDING LABORATORY ANIMAL EEG AND METHOD FOR RECORDING LABORATORY ANIMAL EEG USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a novel, elastic, biocompatible, micro-sized, polyimide-based multi-channel microelectrode for recording of electroencephalography (EEG) from a laboratory animal including mouse, and a method for recording of laboratory animal EEG using the microelectrode. The microelectrode may include 2 grounding electrodes and 32 recording electrodes. A connector for signal transmission easily connects the microelectrode to a signal acquiring apparatus. The total weight of the microelectrode, including the connector, does not exceed 150 mg. Laboratory animal EEG, including that of mouse, provides the advantage of monitoring the brain state of a freely moving animal following a genetic or pharmaceutical manipulation. The microelectrode can be implanted without surgery and may be detached from wires while EEG is not recorded from the laboratory animal. The microelectrode can successfully acquire broadband EEG signals from the skull of the laboratory animal and is effective in monitoring spatial and temporal pattern of brain activities of the laboratory animal.09-15-2011

Klaus Peter Kopper, Helmenzen DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090212768Magnetic Tagging Techniques - This invention relates to microfluidic apparatus for reading, writing and sorting magnetic tags attached to chemical and biological molecules and other entities. We describe apparatus for separating chemical or biological molecules or moieties each individually attached to a MBM tag miniature multi-bit magnetic tag capable of adopting a plurality of remanent magnetic configurations corresponding to binary information, the apparatus comprising: at least one input for said tagged molecules or moieties; at least two outputs for said tagged molecules or moieties; a microfluidic flow channel incorporating: magnetic readers to read said binary information; magnetic writers to write said binary information; and a switch to direct said tagged molecules or moieties to a selected said output responsive to said binary information. The invention also relates to planar multibit magnetic tags suitable for use with such apparatus.08-27-2009

Klaus Peter Maab, Viersen DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090021044SEALING OR GUIDING ASSEMBLIES AND METHOD OF MAKING IT - A sealing or guiding assembly for sealing or guiding a corner of a closure member such as a window (01-22-2009

Klaus Peter Meyer, Ratingen DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100266348MULTICOMPONENT COMPOSITION FOR FILLING AND/OR INJECTING CRACKS, FLAWS AND CAVITIES IN STRUCTURES OR EARTH AND ROCK FORMATIONS - A multicomponent composition for filling and/or grouting cracks, flaws, and cavities in structures or earth and stone formations, including: i) water; ii) cement; iii) an aqueous plastic dispersion; and iv) at least one monomer, which can be radically polymerized, or a polyisocyanate. A material is thus obtained as a sealant, which displays great adjustment capabilities of hardness and reaction time, in addition to its cost-effectiveness. Such a composition unifies positive properties of various materials as a sealant, such as expansion capacity and swelling capacity.10-21-2010

Klaus Peter Möbius, Zoullnitz DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100179068Assays - A method for assaying a sample for each of multiple analytes is described. The method includes contacting an array of spaced-apart test zones with a liquid sample (e.g., whole blood). The test zones disposed within a channel of a microfluidic device. The channel is defined by at least one flexible wall and a second wall which may or may not be flexible. Each test zone comprising a probe compound specific for a respective target analyte. The microfluidic device is compressed to reduce the thickness of the channel, which is the distance between the inner surfaces of the walls within the channel. The presence of each analyte is determined by optically detecting an interaction at each of multiple test zones for which the distance between the inner surfaces at the corresponding location is reduced. The interaction at each test zone is indicative of the presence in the sample of a target analyte.07-15-2010

Klaus Peter Möbius, Zoullnitz DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100179068Assays - A method for assaying a sample for each of multiple analytes is described. The method includes contacting an array of spaced-apart test zones with a liquid sample (e.g., whole blood). The test zones disposed within a channel of a microfluidic device. The channel is defined by at least one flexible wall and a second wall which may or may not be flexible. Each test zone comprising a probe compound specific for a respective target analyte. The microfluidic device is compressed to reduce the thickness of the channel, which is the distance between the inner surfaces of the walls within the channel. The presence of each analyte is determined by optically detecting an interaction at each of multiple test zones for which the distance between the inner surfaces at the corresponding location is reduced. The interaction at each test zone is indicative of the presence in the sample of a target analyte.07-15-2010

Klaus Peter Moubius, Zoullnitz DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100056387ASSAYS - A method for assaying a sample for each of multiple analytes is described. The method includes contacting an array of spaced-apart test zones with a liquid sample (e.g., whole blood). The test zones are disposed within a channel of a microfluidic device. The channel is defined by at least one flexible wall and a second wall which may or may not be flexible. Each test zone comprising a probe compound specific for a respective target analyte. The microfluidic device is compressed to reduce the thickness of the channel, which is the distance between the inner surfaces of the walls within the channel. The presence of each analyte is determined by optically detecting an interaction at each of multiple test zones for which the distance between the inner surfaces at the corresponding location is reduced. The interaction at each test zone is indicative of the presence in the sample of a target analyte.03-04-2010

Klaus Peter Schmidt, Bonn DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090000525Pallet - The invention relates to a pallet (01-01-2009
20090008397PALLET CONTAINER - A pallet container for the storage and transport of liquid or free-flowing goods, includes a thin-walled inner container of thermoplastic material, a tubular lattice frame closely surrounding the inner plastic container in the form of a support jacket, and a bottom pallet upon which the inner plastic container rests and with which the tubular lattice frame is securely fixed. The inner plastic container includes for withdrawal of liquid goods at the lower side, approximately in mid-section in a side wall near its bottom a blown, calibrated tubular pipe for allowing attachment of a closeable discharge fitting which is fixedly welded with its tubular housing to the calibrated tubular pipe of the inner container.01-08-2009
20090152151PALLET CONTAINER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROSTATICALLY NON-CHARGEABLE AND/OR ELECTRIC CHARGE-DRAINING PALLET CONTAINER - A pallet container includes a bottom pallet, a lattice frame, and a multilayer inner container made of thermoplastic material by a blow-molding technique and received in the lattice frame, for storing and transporting liquid fill material. The inner container has an exterior layer which is configured to be incapable of permanently retaining an electrostatic charge by allowing electric charges to be drained. The exterior layer contains an antistatic compound and has a layer thickness which does not or only insubstantially change a transparency or translucency of the exterior layer, allowing easy optical detection of a fill level of the liquid fill material in the container. The exterior layer includes a fusible, easily stretchable thermoplastic material (polymer). At least one of a center layer and an interior layer of the multilayer container includes a cold-impact-resistant HDPE material (High Density Polyethylene) with a high molecular weight.06-18-2009
20090269530Multilayer Plastic Container - A multilayer thermoplastic container for storing and transporting liquid contents, especially combustible or explosive contents, is made of at least three superimposed layers and includes at least one layer for discharging an electric charge. The innermost layer of the container in contact with the liquid content is made of virgin material. A second integrated inner layer which is covered by the innermost virgin material layer is electrically conductive as a result of incorporated additives, e.g. conductive carbon black and is covered on the outside by another electrically non-conductive layer. Electric charge carriers that accumulate on the surface of the thin inner layer due to the friction with the content are “suctioned through” large areas of the inner, electrically non-conductive layer by the second, electrically conductive layer and discharged.10-29-2009
20100200579PALLET CONTAINER - A pallet container for the storage and transport of liquid or free-flowing goods, includes a thin-walled inner container of thermoplastic material, a tubular lattice frame closely surrounding the inner plastic container in the form of a support jacket, and a bottom pallet upon which the inner plastic container rests and with which the tubular lattice frame is securely fixed. The inner plastic container includes for withdrawal of liquid goods at the lower side, approximately in mid-section in a side wall near its bottom a blown, calibrated tubular pipe for allowing attachment of a closeable discharge fitting which is fixedly welded with its tubular housing to the calibrated tubular pipe of the inner container.08-12-2010
20110180554PALLET CONTAINER - The present invention relates to a pallet container (07-28-2011

Patent applications by Klaus Peter Schmidt, Bonn DE

Klaus Peter Werner, Wijchen NL

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100187449OPTICAL SENSOR MODULE AND ITS MANUFACTURE - The invention relates to an optical sensor module (07-29-2010
20110116101LASER SELF-MIXING MEASURING DEVICE - A laser self-mixing measuring device is provided, comprising a laser with a laser cavity and a surface arranged along the optical path of the laser beam which redirects incident laser light back into the laser cavity. The surface comprises a periodic structure which diffracts the laser light into partial beams.05-19-2011

Klaus-Peter Bansemir, Langenfeld DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100056642HEPATITIS A VIRICIDE - The invention relates to agents which combat the hepatitis A virus, containing only minimal amounts of chlorine-containing and/or chlorine cleaving active ingredients, or none of said substances. The inventions also relates to the use of these agents and to a method for their production.03-04-2010

Klaus-Peter Dimitrov-Kuhl, Hillsborough, NJ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090046303PARAMETERIZED OPTICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for segmented parametric optimization of emissions from a light source, including a light source emitting light rays at a plurality of angles and an optic for directing light rays from the light source, the optic including at least one annular segment, the at least one annular segment being configured to optimize a characteristic of the emitted light rays, and a method for using and manufacturing the system.02-19-2009

Klaus-Peter Dörle, Mehlingen DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100047054TURBOCHARGER - The invention relates to a turbocharger (02-25-2010

Klaus-Peter Dörle, Mehlingen DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100047054TURBOCHARGER - The invention relates to a turbocharger (02-25-2010

Klaus-Peter Galuschki, Berlin DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110255769MACHINE PERFORMANCE TESTING METHOD AND DEVICE - A transparent panel is used to acquire a test sample from a machine to be tested; where the test sample includes at least one object placed on the transparent panel by the machine to be tested. A scanning device is used to scan the transparent panel to obtain image data and a computing device is used to determine the operation accuracy of the machine to be tested according to the image data from the scanning device. These devices may be used for machine performance testing and acquiring an image of the test sample.10-20-2011

Klaus-Peter Gerbling, Berlin DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090186375Method for Determining Bioactivity of Molecules - The present invention relates to a method for determining activity of a molecule, wherein the molecule comprises at least two active parts, and wherein the first part is capable of modulating the activity of cells, and the second part can specifically bind to a target, and kits useful for performing the method.07-23-2009

Klaus-Peter Koch, Weingarten DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090128375Control Apparatus Having at Least One Pushbutton Switch and Domestic Appliance Having a Control Apparatus - A control apparatus having at least one pushbutton switch can be used, for example, in a control panel of an electronic domestic appliance. The control apparatus includes a mount element, a piezo-film having at least one sensor field corresponding to the at least one pushbutton switch, a first adhesive layer connecting the piezo-film to the mount element, a cover layer facing a user side, a second adhesive layer connecting the cover layer to the piezo-film, and at least one attachment element for attachment of the control apparatus to the control panel. An electronic domestic appliance having a control apparatus is also provided.05-21-2009

Klaus-Peter Kuenkele, Benediktbeuern DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080226635Antibodies against insulin-like growth factor I receptor and uses thereof - An antibody binding to IGF-IR and being glycosylated with a sugar chain at Asn297, said antibody being characterized in that the amount of fucose within said sugar chain is between 20% and 50%, has improved properties in antitumor therapy.09-18-2008
20090275126ANTIBODIES AGAINST INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I RECEPTOR AND USES THEREOF - Antibodies against insulin like growth factor I receptor (IGF-IR), methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions containing said antibodies, and uses for such antibodies are disclosed. Such antibodies are implicated in antitumor therapy.11-05-2009
20100081796BISPECIFIC ANTI-EGFR/ANTI-IGF-1R ANTIBODIES - The present invention relates to bispecific antibodies against EGFR and against IGF-1R, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions containing said antibodies, and methods of treatment using the antibodies.04-01-2010
20100322927GLYCOSYLATED ANTIBODIES - The invention provides an antibody comprising human IgG1 or IgG3 heavy chain constant domains that are glycosylated with a sugar chain at Asn297, said antibody being characterized in that the amount of fucose within said sugar chain is at least 99%, and in addition the amount of NGNA is 1% or less and/or the amount of N-terminal alpha 1,3 galactose is 1% or less, and uses thereof.12-23-2010
20100323373METHOD FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE INHIBITORY ACTIVITY OF ANTIBODIES AGAINST INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I RECEPTOR - A method for the assessment of the inhibitory activity of an antibody for inhibiting the binding of IGF-1 and/or IGF-2 to IGF-1R in a lysed PBL sample of a mammal which has been treated with said antibody, characterized in that the IGF-1R protein level of said PBLs is measured as a measure for the inhibitory activity of said antibody.12-23-2010
20110009317CONJUGATES OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1 AND POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) - A conjugate consisting of an insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-I) variant and one or two poly(ethylene glycol) group(s), characterized in that said IGF-I variant has an amino acid alteration at up to three amino acid positions 27, 37, 65, 68 of the wild-type IGF-I amino acid sequence so that one or two of said amino acids is/are lysine and amino acid 27 is a polar amino acid but not lysine, is conjugated via the primary amino group(s) of said lysine(s) and said poly(ethylene glycol) group(s) have an overall molecular weight of from 20 to 100 kDa is disclosed. This conjugate is useful for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's Disease.01-13-2011

Patent applications by Klaus-Peter Kuenkele, Benediktbeuern DE

Klaus-Peter Lang, Brackenheim-Botenheim DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100153468CONFIGURATION CHANGE WITHOUT DISRUPTION OF INCOMPLETE PROCESSES - Various embodiments include one or more of systems, methods, software, and data structures to provide flexibility when configuring systems to new or different processes while not disrupting incomplete processes. Some embodiments include receiving input representative of a configuration change to at least one configuration setting and storing a copy of a setting of the at least one configuration setting from a current configuration to an historical configuration setting storage location. Such embodiments may further include storing the input representative of the configuration change into the current configuration. Following such configuring processes already initiated may be completed according to the copied historical configuration setting and new processes may be initiated according to the new configuration setting. These and other embodiments are described herein.06-17-2010

Patent applications by Klaus-Peter Lang, Brackenheim-Botenheim DE

Klaus-Peter Lang, Bad-Waldsee DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110142553CONVEYOR DEVICE FOR PNEUMATICALLY CONVEYING BULK MATERIAL - A conveyor device is used for the pneumatic conveying of bulk material. The conveyor device has a main conveyor pipe and a plurality of bypass conveyor pipe sections which are separate from one another and arranged one behind the other within the latter. The main extent direction of the bypass conveyor pipe sections runs along the main conveyor pipe. The bypass conveyor pipe sections in each case have an inlet opening and an outlet opening for conveyor gas. The inlet opening, when the main conveyor pipe is horizontally installed, is arranged in a cross sectional portion of the main conveyor pipe, which is located above a cross sectional portion of the main conveyor pipe, in which the outlet opening is arranged. The result is a conveyor device, of which the efficiency, in other words the ratio of the conveying power and the conveyor gas quantity used, is improved.06-16-2011

Klaus-Peter Lang, Brackenheim DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100281243Configuring Computer Systems with Business Configuration Information - A configuration server includes a configuration repository that stores a wide range of configuration information for possible use by application programs. The configuration repository may include configuration parameters, settings for the parameters, and meta-data of definitions and descriptions of the parameters. Configuration information is selected from the configuration repository and stored in a configuration directory for later use by application programs at runtime. The configuration information is accessed from the configuration directory when needed by an application program or a component thereof.11-04-2010
20100281244Configuring Computer Systems with Business Configuration Information - A configuration server includes a configuration repository that stores a wide range of configuration information for possible use by application programs. The configuration repository may include configuration parameters, settings for the parameters, and meta-data of definitions and descriptions of the parameters. Configuration information is selected from the configuration repository and stored in a configuration directory for later use by application programs at runtime. The configuration information is accessed from the configuration directory when needed by an application program or a component thereof.11-04-2010
20100287075Configuring Computer Systems with Business Configuration Information - A configuration server includes a configuration repository that stores a wide range of configuration information for possible use by application programs. The configuration repository may include configuration parameters, settings for the parameters, and meta-data of definitions and descriptions of the parameters. Configuration information is selected from the configuration repository and stored in a configuration directory for later use by application programs at runtime. The configuration information is accessed from the configuration directory when needed by an application program or a component thereof.11-11-2010

Patent applications by Klaus-Peter Lang, Brackenheim DE

Klaus-Peter Lebkuecher, Lengerich DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100282412METHOD OF MAKING A PROTECTIVE FILM - A protective film is made by extruding a molten-plastic film from a slit nozzle into a nip formed between an outer face of a rotatable roll and a face of a metal belt. One of these faces is smooth. The belt is tensioned to press the film in the nip between the belt and the roll outer face. The belt or the roll is cooled to harden the film such that one face of the film engaging the smooth face of the roll or belt is rendered smooth and free of defects.11-11-2010

Klaus-Peter Linzmaier, Winterbach DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100188070METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING A LEVEL OF AN ELECTRIC MEASUREMENT VARIABLE THAT CAN BE CHANGED OVER TIME - A method measures a level of an electric measurement variable that can be changed over time, particularly an electric voltage or an electric current. A measurement signal of the measurement variable is differentiated and a current amplitude value of the differentiated measurement variable is determined. Through the iterative approximation of a comparison value to the current amplitude value a level value of the measurement variable is determined.07-29-2010
20110197514CONTROLLER FOR PLATFORM DOORS - A method and a system control platform doors that are disposed at a distance to each other corresponding to a train to be entered via the platform. In order to actuate platform doors in a simple manner such that the door system of a platform is highly available, the platform doors are divided into a plural number of groups, that adjacent platform doors are associated with different groups. Each group may be connected to at least two controllers via one respective transfer medium, that control signals of at least one controller are transferred to the platform doors via the transfer media, such that in case of failure of one controller, the functions of the failed controller are transferred to the at least second controller.08-18-2011

Klaus-Peter Meier, Stammham DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080305722Method for the single-sided polishing of bare semiconductor wafers - Single-sided polishing of bare semiconductor wafers is accomplished by using a polishing head with a membrane made of a resilient material by which polishing pressure is transmitted onto the backside of the semiconductor wafer to be polished, wherein the semiconductor wafer is pressed against a polishing cloth with a smooth surface while supplying a polishing agent, and is prevented from sliding off the membrane by a retainer ring. The retainer ring is provided with channels on a side surface facing the polishing cloth.12-11-2008

Klaus-Peter Mollhagen, Memmingen DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080246241Axle suspension for heavy vehicles - The present invention relates to an axle suspension for heavy vehicles, in particular trucks, comprising an axle beam which bears axle parts projecting over at oppositely disposed sides, each axle part preferably bearing a wheel drive; an axle beam bearing which permits upward and downward movements of the axle beam as well as pendular movements of the axle beam around a substantially lying pendular axis transverse to the longitudinal direction of the axle parts; a spring device for the resilient support of the upward and downward movements of the axle beam at a vehicle frame; and also a pendular damping device for the damping of the pendular movements of the axle beam. The invention is characterized in that the pendular damping device has a rotary axle which is pivoted to a part connected to the vehicle frame and drives a damping lever rotatably pivoted to the axle beam in a rotary manner on pendular movements of the axle beam, said damping lever acting on at least one damping element fastened to the axle beam.10-09-2008
20080291772Building material mixer - The present invention relates to a building material mixer having a mixer drum which can be rotationally driven by a mixer drive, with the mixer drum being rotatably supported by the mixer drive at a mixer frame part, in particular a traveling gear frame part, at one of its end face ends and with the mixer drive having a drive part, in particular a hydraulic motor, and a drive transmission connected to the mixer drum. In accordance with the invention, the building material mixer is characterized in that the mixer drive is movably supported by movable bearing means at the mixer frame part allowing tilting movements; and in that the mixer drum is fastened to the transmission housing of the drive transmission.11-27-2008

Klaus-Peter Paulat, Schwendi DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110011230DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A HOLE IN A SHEET-SHAPED MATERIAL - In a device (01-20-2011

Klaus-Peter Saeck, Detmold DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100103567Circuit arrangement for protecting electronic devices against incorrect logic voltages - The invention is based on the problem of devising a circuit arrangement (04-29-2010

Klaus-Peter Weiss, Pirna DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090239156Apparatus and Method for the Removal of Pellicles from Masks - An apparatus and a method for the removal of pellicles from masks which can be used for photolithographic purposes. The pellicles are removed from masks in a universal manner without them being further contaminated or damaged. In an apparatus, at least one grip is present for the manipulation of masks provided with pellicles which has at least two fixing elements which engage at the edge of a mask with exerted pressure force. There are moreover present in this connection at least one detector for the contactless determination of the position of mounts formed at the radially outer edge of pellicles, and a heating device for the heating of an adhesive with which pellicles are fastened to a mask with material continuity, and a removal apparatus of the pellicles from a mask having a mask fixing unit and a pellicle removal unit.09-24-2009

Klaus-Peter Zeffler, Darmstadt DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090285373METHOD FOR USING DIGITAL DATA NETWORKS FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF DATA VIA VOICE CONNECTION PATHS - A method for reducing bandwidth when transmitting data between a sending terminal and a receiving terminal over a voice connection path using a digital data network. The coding of user information is converted within the digital data network between data transmission in the voice connection path and data transmission in the digital data network so that the user information is transmitted on one section of the digital data network via the coded voice connection path and the user information is transmitted on another section of the digital data network using a method suitable for the digital data network.11-19-2009

Klaus-Peter Ziock, Clinton, TN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080203316Dual-sided coded-aperture imager - In a vehicle, a single detector plane simultaneously measures radiation coming through two coded-aperture masks, one on either side of the detector. To determine which side of the vehicle a source is, the two shadow masks are inverses of each other, i.e., one is a mask and the other is the anti-mask. All of the data that is collected is processed through two versions of an image reconstruction algorithm. One treats the data as if it were obtained through the mask, the other as though the data is obtained through the anti-mask.08-28-2008
20110024611CALIBRATION METHOD FOR VIDEO AND RADIATION IMAGERS - The relationship between the high energy radiation imager pixel (HERIP) coordinate and real-world x-coordinate is determined by a least square fit between the HERIP x-coordinate and the measured real-world x-coordinates of calibration markers that emit high energy radiation imager and reflect visible light. Upon calibration, a high energy radiation imager pixel position may be determined based on a real-world coordinate of a moving vehicle. Further, a scale parameter for said high energy radiation imager may be determined based on the real-world coordinate. The scale parameter depends on the y-coordinate of the moving vehicle as provided by a visible light camera. The high energy radiation imager may be employed to detect radiation from moving vehicles in multiple lanes, which correspondingly have different distances to the high energy radiation imager.02-03-2011
20110025841ESTIMATING VEHICLE HEIGHT USING HOMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS - Multiple homography transformations corresponding to different heights are generated in the field of view. A group of salient points within a common estimated height range is identified in a time series of video images of a moving object. Inter-salient point distances are measured for the group of salient points under the multiple homography transformations corresponding to the different heights. Variations in the inter-salient point distances under the multiple homography transformations are compared. The height of the group of salient points is estimated to be the height corresponding to the homography transformation that minimizes the variations.02-03-2011