This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent. Top assignee: International Business Machines Corporation. Active years: 2012.
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Company Filing History:
Years Active: 2012
Title: Carol Sue Robertson Watson and Parking-Facility Technology.
Introduction
Carol Sue Robertson Watson is an inventor associated with Austin, Texas, and International Business Machines Corporation. Her work includes a patented approach to tracking vehicles in parking facilities using optical images.
Latest Patents
The available information identifies one patent for Watson: Method and Apparatus for Managing Parking Lots. The invention describes a computer-implemented method and apparatus that uses a camera to capture a series of two-dimensional images of a vehicle in a parking facility. The system generates a vehicle object from those images, defines its outer-edge frame through a set of parameters, and determines the vehicle’s location using the frame and positional pixel data for the facility. Watson is credited with 1 patent.
Career Highlights
Watson’s listed patent connects her work with computer vision and the management of parking facilities. The disclosed method uses image-based vehicle representations and location data to track vehicles within a parking environment.
Collaborations
Watson’s listed coworkers include Ramanarayan N. Ramanujam and Thomas Henry Barnes. The available information does not specify their roles in the patent or their working relationship with Watson.
Conclusion
Carol Sue Robertson Watson’s documented invention applies optical image processing to vehicle tracking, illustrating a practical use of computer technology in parking-facility management.
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