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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Raymond Yim, Cambridge, MA (US);
Masashi Saito, Newton, MA (US);
Fatih M. Porikli, Watertown, MA (US);
Jinyun Zhang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Raymond Yim, Cambridge, MA (US);
Masashi Saito, Newton, MA (US);
Fatih M. Porikli, Watertown, MA (US);
Jinyun Zhang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A road surface includes lane marking that store digital information. Images of the road surface and lane markings are acquired by a camera. The digital information is decoded from the images, analyzed so that a feedback signal can be generated according to the decoded digital information.