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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2009
Applicants:

Mark F. Cunningham, Oak Ridge, TN (US);

Lorenzo Fabris, Knoxville, TN (US);

Timothy F. Gee, Oak Ridge, TN (US);

James S. Goddard, Jr., Knoxville, TN (US);

Thomas P. Karnowski, Knoxville, TN (US);

Klaus-peter Ziock, Clinton, TN (US);

Inventors:

Mark F. Cunningham, Oak Ridge, TN (US);

Lorenzo Fabris, Knoxville, TN (US);

Timothy F. Gee, Oak Ridge, TN (US);

James S. Goddard, Jr., Knoxville, TN (US);

Thomas P. Karnowski, Knoxville, TN (US);

Klaus-peter Ziock, Clinton, TN (US);

Assignee:

UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

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.


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