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20080319723 | EXEMPLAR/PDE-BASED TECHNIQUE TO FILL NULL REGIONS AND CORRESPONDING ACCURACY ASSESSMENT - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial data storage device, and a processor cooperating with the geospatial data storage device for selectively inpainting data into at least one void in geospatial model data using a partial differential equation (PDE) algorithm and an exemplar algorithm. | 12-25-2008 |
20100207936 | FUSION OF A 2D ELECTRO-OPTICAL IMAGE AND 3D POINT CLOUD DATA FOR SCENE INTERPRETATION AND REGISTRATION PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT - Method and system for combining a 2D image with a 3D point cloud for improved visualization of a common scene as well as interpretation of the success of the registration process. The resulting fused data contains the combined information from the original 3D point cloud and the information from the 2D image. The original 3D point cloud data is color coded in accordance with a color map tagging process. By fusing data from different sensors, the resulting scene has several useful attributes relating to battle space awareness, target identification, change detection within a rendered scene, and determination of registration success. | 08-19-2010 |
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20100209013 | REGISTRATION OF 3D POINT CLOUD DATA TO 2D ELECTRO-OPTICAL IMAGE DATA - Method and system for registration of a two dimensional image data set and a three-dimensional image comprising point cloud data. The method begins by cropping a three-dimensional volume of point cloud data comprising a three-dimensional image data to remove a portion of the point cloud data comprising a ground surface within a scene, and dividing the three-dimensional volume into a plurality of m sub-volumes. Thereafter, the method continues by edge-enhancing a two-dimensional image data. Then, for each qualifying sub-volume, creating a filtered density image, calculating a two-dimensional correlation surface based on the filtered density image and the two-dimensional image data that has been edge enhanced, finding a peak of the two-dimensional correlation surface, determining a corresponding location of the peak within the two-dimensional image, defining a correspondence point set; and storing the correspondence point set in a point set list. Finally, a transformation is determined that minimizes the error between a plurality of the correspondence point sets contained in the point set list. | 08-19-2010 |
20110115812 | METHOD FOR COLORIZATION OF POINT CLOUD DATA BASED ON RADIOMETRIC IMAGERY - Systems and methods for improving visualization and interpretation of spatial data of a location are provided. In the method, a first radiometric image and three-dimensional (3-D) point cloud data registered ( | 05-19-2011 |
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20110200249 | SURFACE DETECTION IN IMAGES BASED ON SPATIAL DATA - A system and method are provided for detecting surfaces in image data based on spatial data. The method includes obtaining an empirical probability density function (PDF) for the spatial data, where the spatial data includes a plurality of three-dimensional ( | 08-18-2011 |
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20140166659 | PACKAGE FORMED BY CONTAINER AND OVERCAP - A closure lid is provided for use in covering an opening in a container and engaging a peripheral rim defining the opening. The closure lid includes a body for covering the container opening and a plurality of projecting portions that extend from a periphery of the body. The projecting portions are spaced from one another around the periphery of the body, with each formed to surround a portion of the container rim. A ring is frangibly connected to the projecting portions and surrounds container rim. A plurality of retaining fingers or tabs are provided, with each finger spaced from one another and interleaved within the spacing between adjacent projecting portions. The fingers project inwardly from the ring and engage the external sidewall of the container rim. The engagement of the fingers with the container is visible through the spacing between the projecting portions. | 06-19-2014 |
20140263326 | CLOSURE FOR CONTAINER - A closure is provided for use in covering a discharge opening in a container and engaging a peripheral rim defining the opening. The closure lid includes a body for covering the container opening and a plurality of projecting portions that extend from a periphery of the body. The projecting portions are spaced from one another, with each formed to surround a portion of the container rim. A ring is connected to the projecting portions and surrounds the container rim. A plurality of retaining fingers are provided, with each finger spaced from one another and interleaved within the spacing between adjacent projecting portions. The fingers project inwardly from the ring and engage the bead on the container rim. The engagement of the fingers with the container rim is visible through the spacing between the projecting portions. | 09-18-2014 |
20140263356 | CLOSURE FOR CONTAINER - A closure is provided for use in covering an opening in a container and engaging a peripheral rim defining the opening. The closure includes a body for covering the container opening and a plurality of projecting portions that extend from a periphery of the body. The projecting portions are spaced from one another around the periphery of the body, with each formed to surround a portion of the container rim. A ring is connected to the projecting portions and surrounds the container rim. A plurality of retaining fingers are provided, with each fingers spaced from one another and interleaved within the spacing between adjacent projecting portions. The fingers project inwardly from the ring and include a projected end for engagement with the container rim. The projected ends of the fingers include a varied or undulating surface. | 09-18-2014 |
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20080286473 | Ice Adhesion Mitigation - Hydrophobic coating compositions containing siloxanes and fluoropolymer resin hinder the accumulation of moisture and reduce the adhesion of ice formed on the coating. Applications of such coating compositions to surfaces thus reduce the propensity for ice formation on a treated surface, and ease the dislodging of any ice formed on the treated surface. | 11-20-2008 |
20100275617 | Foam/Aerogel Composite Materials for Thermal and Acoustic Insulation and Cryogen Storage - The invention involves composite materials containing a polymer foam and an aerogel. The composite materials have improved thermal insulation ability, good acoustic insulation, and excellent physical mechanical properties. The composite materials can be used, for instance, for heat and acoustic insulation on aircraft, spacecraft, and maritime ships in place of currently used foam panels and other foam products. The materials of the invention can also be used in building construction with their combination of light weight, strength, elasticity, ability to be formed into desired shapes, and superior thermal and acoustic insulation power. The materials have also been found to have utility for storage of cryogens. A cryogenic liquid or gas, such as N | 11-04-2010 |
20100279044 | Aerogel / Polymer Composite Materials - The invention provides new composite materials containing aerogels blended with thermoplastic polymer materials at a weight ratio of aerogel to thermoplastic polymer of less than 20:100. The composite materials have improved thermal insulation ability. The composite materials also have better flexibility and less brittleness at low temperatures than the parent thermoplastic polymer materials. | 11-04-2010 |
20100280171 | Aerogel / Polymer Composite Materials - The invention provides new composite materials containing aerogels blended with thermoplastic polymer materials at a weight ratio of aerogel to thermoplastic polymer of less than 20:100. The composite materials have improved thermal insulation ability. The composite materials also have better flexibility and less brittleness at low temperatures than the parent thermoplastic polymer materials. | 11-04-2010 |
20110171066 | Chemochromic Detector for Sensing Gas Leakage and Process for Producing the Same - A chemochromic sensor for detecting a combustible gas, such as hydrogen, includes a chemochromic pigment mechanically mixed with a polymer and formed into a rigid or pliable material. In a preferred embodiment, the chemochromic detector includes aerogel material. The detector is robust and easily modifiable for a variety of applications and environmental conditions, such as atmospheres of inert gas, hydrogen gas, or mixtures of gases, or in environments that have variable temperature, including high temperatures such as above 100° C. and low temperatures such as below −196° C. | 07-14-2011 |
20110209894 | Electrically Conductive Composite Material - A composite material formed of electrically conductive metalized carbon fibers, a thin metal coating or a composite material formed of a conductive polymer and metal nanoparticles. | 09-01-2011 |
20110210749 | In-Situ Wire Damage Detection System - An in-situ system for detecting damage in an electrically conductive wire. The system comprises a substrate at least partially covered by a layer of electrically conductive material forming a continuous on non-continuous electrically conductive layer connected to an electrical signal generator adapted to delivering electrical signals to the electrically conductive layer. Data is received and processed to identify damage to the substrate or electrically conductive layer. The electrically conductive material may include metalized carbon fibers, a thin metal coating, a conductive polymer, carbon nanotubes, metal nanoparticles or a combination thereof. | 09-01-2011 |
20130005045 | Chemochromic Detector for Sensing Gas Leakage and Process for Producing the Same - A chemochromic sensor for detecting a combustible gas, such as hydrogen, includes a chemochromic pigment mechanically mixed with a polymer and molded into a rigid or pliable shape. In a preferred embodiment, the chemochromic detector is within the material which is molded into a manufactured part, said part becoming the detector itself. The detector is robust and easily modifiable for a variety of applications and environmental conditions, such as atmospheres of inert gas, hydrogen gas, or mixtures of gases, or in environments that have variable temperature, including high temperatures such as above 100° C. and low temperatures such as below −196° C. | 01-03-2013 |