Inventor

Edgar A. Bernal

Inventor

Webster, NY, US

Overview

2011–2021

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 123 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G06Vprimary

G06VImage or video recognition or understanding19%

G06KGraphical data reading17%

G06TImage data processing or generation, in general16%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television16%

G06FElectric digital data processing8%

G08GTraffic control systems4%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes4%

A61BDiagnosis3%

G01BMeasuring length, thickness or similar linear dimensions2%

G01SRadio direction-finding2%

PatentTitleYear

11,120,505Image analysis system for verification of property roof damage2021 11,055,786Image segmentation system for verification of property roof damage2021 10,958,843Multi-camera system for simultaneous registration and zoomed imagery2021 10,943,320System and method for robotic inspection2021 10,928,362Nondestructive inspection using dual pulse-echo ultrasonics and method therefor2021 10,909,845System and method for enhancing images and video frames2021 10,776,659Systems and methods for compressing data2020 10,733,721Automated material characterization system including conditional generative adversarial networks2020 10,511,676Image analysis system for property damage assessment and verification2019 10,488,371Nondestructive inspection using thermoacoustic imagery and method therefor2019 10,452,951Active visual attention models for computer vision tasks2019 10,430,937Automated material characterization system including conditional generative adversarial networks2019 10,408,912Method and system for detecting that an object of interest has re-entered a field of view of an imaging device2019 10,387,803Sensor system for transcoding data2019 10,388,005Sensor system for data enhancement2019 10,262,328System and method for video-based detection of drive-offs and walk-offs in vehicular and pedestrian queues2019 10,219,739Breathing pattern identification for respiratory function assessment2019 10,210,392System and method for detecting potential drive-up drug deal activity via trajectory-based analysis2019 10,201,293Non-contact monitoring of spatio-temporal respiratory mechanics via depth sensing2019 10,176,384Method and system for automated sequencing of vehicles in side-by-side drive-thru configurations via appearance-based classification2019 10,160,550Ice detection and real time ice estimation using innovative sensor data learning approaches2018 10,110,858Computer-vision based process recognition of activity workflow of human performer2018 10,042,031Method and system for detecting that an object of interest has re-entered a field of view of an imaging device2018 10,018,703Method for stop sign law enforcement using motion vectors in video streams2018 9,996,737Method and system for automatically recognizing facial expressions via algorithmic periocular localization2018 9,977,968System and method for relevance estimation in summarization of videos of multi-step activities2018 9,977,970Method and system for detecting the occurrence of an interaction event via trajectory-based analysis2018 9,965,687System and method for detecting potential mugging event via trajectory-based analysis2018 9,940,633System and method for video-based detection of drive-arounds in a retail setting2018 9,881,221'Method and system for estimating gaze direction of vehicle drivers'2018 9,875,903Store resource event detection2018 9,865,056'Video based method and system for automated side-by-side drive thru load balancing'2018 9,854,221Hyperspectral imaging devices using hybrid vector and tensor processing2017 9,854,148Micro-location of devices within a wireless network using room boundary images2017 9,846,915Image capture system for property damage assessment2017 9,846,811System and method for video-based determination of queue configuration parameters2017 9,805,255'Temporal fusion of multimodal data from multiple data acquisition systems to automatically recognize and classify an action'2017 9,778,750'Hand-gesture-based region of interest localization'2017 9,767,570'Systems and methods for computer vision background estimation using foreground-aware statistical models'2017 9,736,493'System and method for achieving computationally efficient motion estimation in video compression based on motion direction and magnitude prediction'2017 9,648,211'Automatic video synchronization via analysis in the spatiotemporal domain'2017 9,641,763'System and method for object tracking and timing across multiple camera views'2017 9,615,022'High-resolution imaging devices using low-resolution sensors and compressive sensing exploiting joint sparsity'2017 9,600,711'Method and system for automatically recognizing facial expressions via algorithmic periocular localization'2017 9,594,949'Human identity verification via automated analysis of facial action coding system features'2017 9,582,722'Video-based vehicle speed estimation from motion vectors in video streams'2017 9,569,680'Automated running-engine detection in stationary motor vehicles'2017 9,536,152'Methods and systems for multimedia trajectory annotation'2017 9,525,860'Enhancing a spatio-temporal resolution of a depth data stream'2016 9,514,537'System and method for adaptive depth map reconstruction'2016 9,483,838'Method and system for automated sequencing of vehicles in side-by-side drive-thru configurations via appearance-based classification'2016 9,477,892'Efficient method of offline training a special-type parked vehicle detector for video-based on-street parking occupancy detection systems'2016 9,471,889'Video tracking based method for automatic sequencing of vehicles in drive-thru applications'2016 9,442,176'Bus lane infraction detection method and system'2016 9,436,277'System and method for producing computer control signals from breath attributes'2016 9,424,747'Vehicle counting methods and systems utilizing compressed video streams'2016 9,418,426'Model-less background estimation for foreground detection in video sequences'2016 9,412,185'Reconstructing an image of a scene captured using a compressed sensing device'2016 9,405,974'System and method for using apparent size and orientation of an object to improve video-based tracking in regularized environments'2016 9,390,328'Static occlusion handling using directional pixel replication in regularized motion environments'2016 9,390,329'Method and system for automatically locating static occlusions'2016 9,384,554'Contemporaneously reconstructing images captured of a scene illuminated with unstructured and structured illumination sources'2016 9,377,294'Handheld cellular apparatus for volume estimation'2016 9,361,690'Video based method and system for automated side-by-side traffic load balancing'2016 9,354,711'Dynamic hand-gesture-based region of interest localization'2016 9,323,991'Method and system for video-based vehicle tracking adaptable to traffic conditions'2016 9,301,710'Processing a video for respiration rate estimation'2016 9,286,516'Method and systems of classifying a vehicle using motion vectors'2016 9,275,289'Feature- and classifier-based vehicle headlight/shadow removal in video'2016 9,253,420'Hyperspectral single pixel imager with fabry perot filter'2016 9,251,416'Time scale adaptive motion detection'2016 9,253,503'Computationally efficient motion estimation with learning capabilities for video compression in transportation and regularized environments'2016 9,226,691'Processing a video for tidal chest volume estimation'2016 9,224,278'Automated method and system for detecting the presence of a lit cigarette'2015 9,219,867'Method and apparatus for compressive imaging of a scene using a single pixel camera'2015 9,213,901'Robust and computationally efficient video-based object tracking in regularized motion environments'2015 9,213,900'Automated vision-based clutter detector and notifier'2015 9,188,785'Single-pixel camera architecture with simultaneous multi-band acquisition'2015 9,183,619'Repair or editing of damaged (torn) scanned halftone prints'2015 9,183,746'Single camera video-based speed enforcement system with a secondary auxiliary RGB traffic camera'2015 9,176,221'Distance estimation in camera-based systems utilizing motion measurement and compression attributes'2015 9,165,194'Heuristic-based approach for automatic payment gesture classification and detection'2015 9,158,985'Method and apparatus for processing image of scene of interest'2015 9,155,475'Enabling hybrid video capture of a scene illuminated with unstructured and structured illumination sources'2015 9,141,868'Contemporaneously reconstructing images captured of a scene illuminated with unstructured and structured illumination sources'2015 9,129,524'Method of determining parking lot occupancy from digital camera images'2015 9,070,218'Reconstructing an image of a scene captured using a compressed sensing device'2015 9,025,883'Adaptive quality image reconstruction via a compressed sensing framework'2015 9,015,072'Method and apparatus for automated inventory management using depth sensing'2015 8,995,754'Estimating a pose of a camera for volume estimation'2015 8,977,004'Methods and systems for vascular pattern localization using temporal features'2015 8,971,985'Minute ventilation estimation based on depth maps'2015 8,970,910'Visible and invisible watermarking of printed images via 2nd generation stochastic seed frequency modulation'2015 8,957,788'Vehicle reverse detection method and system via video acquisition and processing'2015 8,953,044'Multi-resolution video analysis and key feature preserving video reduction strategy for (real-time) vehicle tracking and speed enforcement systems'2015 8,934,145'System and method of image edge growth control'2015 8,897,522'Processing a video for vascular pattern detection and cardiac function analysis'2014 8,855,436'System for and method of selective video frame compression and decompression for efficient event-driven searching in large databases'2014 8,823,798'Obscuring identification information in an image of a vehicle'2014 8,792,969'Respiratory function estimation from a 2D monocular video'2014 8,767,254'Processing images to be blended with reflected images'2014 8,744,132'Video-based method for detecting parking boundary violations'2014 8,737,747'Method for automated tire detection and recognition'2014 8,737,690'Video-based method for parking angle violation detection'2014 8,731,245'Multiple view transportation imaging systems'2014 8,681,383'2nd generation dot-off-dot stochastic halftone'2014 8,666,117'Video-based system and method for detecting exclusion zone infractions'2014 8,610,963'Image corner sharpening method and system'2013 8,576,449'Parametrically controlled halftone spot function for an irregular halftone grid'2013 8,564,840'Halftone tiling and halftoning for annular rasters'2013 8,547,598'Polygonal-boundary-based halftone method'2013 8,467,099'Directional halftone method with enhanced edge and detail rendition'2013 8,437,036'Image path utilizing sub-sampled cross-channel image values'2013 8,351,084'Vector error diffusion with edge control'2013 8,335,387'Streak compensation in compressed image paths'2012 8,284,450'Streak compensation in compressed image paths'2012 8,203,760'Vector halftoning in an image path utilizing sub-sampled cross-channel image values'2012 8,098,404'Content-aware uniform rosette color halftone image resizing using iterative determination of energy metrics'2012 8,094,973'Content aware image resizing for text and contone images'2012 8,077,356'Content-aware halftone image resizing using iterative determination of energy metrics'2011 8,077,352'GAMUT aim and GAMUT mapping method for spatially varying color lookup tables'2011 8,077,357'Content-aware resizing of uniform rosette color halftone images'2011 8,023,153'Content-aware halftone image resizing'2011

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2011–2019Patents assigned to XEROX CORP (91)· patent assignee history

2011–2018Patents assigned to LOCE ROBERT P (31)· patent assignee history

2011–2015Patents assigned to BERNAL EDGAR (12)· patent assignee history

2011–2021Based in Webster, NY, US· patent location history

2013–2018Patents assigned to BERNAL EDGAR A (31)· patent assignee history

2017–2021Patents assigned to CONDUENT BUSINESS SERVICES LLC (24)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
XEROX CORP	91	2011–2019
BERNAL EDGAR Aself	31	2013–2018
LOCE ROBERT P	31	2011–2018
CONDUENT BUSINESS SERVICES LLC	24	2017–2021
BERNAL EDGARself	12	2011–2015

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Webster, New York, US	123	2011–2021