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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:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2012
Applicants:
Andrew D. Estes, Huntsville, AL (US);
Johnny E. Frederick, Meridianville, AL (US);
Inventors:
Andrew D. Estes, Huntsville, AL (US);
Johnny E. Frederick, Meridianville, AL (US);
Assignee:
Intergraph Technologies Company, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and a system for calibrating a camera in a surveillance system. The method and system use a mathematical rotation between a first coordinate system and a second coordinate system in order to calibrate a camera with a map of an area. In some embodiments, the calibration can be used to control the camera and/or to display a view cone on the map.