Alan D Weidemann

8238658, Aug 7, 2012

Jan 15, 2010

12/688011

Cheryl A. Blain - Slidell LA, US
Carolus M. Cobb - Slidell LA, US
Alan Weidemann - Carriere MS, US

The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC

G06K 9/34
G06K 9/48

382173, 382199

A computer-implemented method for creating an ordered set of shoreline boundary points by transforming data from remotely sensed imagery of shorelines is provided. A water data set and an edge data set are transformed into a set of 3-point boundary segments having a specific head and tail point and the segments are ordered from tail to head in a clockwise or counterclockwise manner relative to the water. Once the 3-point segments are created they are easily linked together into larger segments. These large multi-point segments in turn are linked together to create the shorelines for rivers or coastal areas.

8437568, May 7, 2013

May 14, 2012

13/470804

Weilin Hou - Slidell LA, US
Alan Weidemann - Carriere MS, US

The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC

G06K 9/40

382254, 382305, 382260, 382299, 382255, 382262, 382263, 382270, 382274, 382275

A method for calculating an image quality metric for evaluating the quality of a digital image including the steps of denoising the data of the image, identifying edges in the denoised data, determining an edge profile of the edges, determining a grayscale angle for each identified edge in the edge profile that is associated with the edge, and calculating the image quality metric based on a weighted average of the grayscale angles for all the edges.

8437569, May 7, 2013

May 14, 2012

13/470981

Weilin Hou - Slidell LA, US
Alan Weidemann - Carriere MS, US

The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC

G06K 9/40

382254, 382305, 382260, 382299, 382255, 382262, 382263, 382270, 382274, 382275

A method for simultaneously optimizing a digital image taken in or through a scattering medium and obtaining information regarding optical properties of the scattering medium is provided. Digital image data are received by a computer. The digital image is evaluated according to an objective image quality metric and a resulting image quality value is compared to a previously stored image quality value for the image. A revised optical transfer function is derived by modeling the optical properties of the medium to be used to generate a restored digital image, which is derived from the original image and the revised optical transfer function. The restored digital image is evaluated according to the objective image quality metric and an optimized restored image is identified. The optical properties associated with the optical transfer function producing the optimized restored image represent a close approximation of the true optical properties of the medium.

8542924, Sep 24, 2013

Jul 1, 2012

13/539451

Cheryl A. Blain - Slidell LA, US
Carolus M. Cobb - Slidell LA, US
Alan Weidemann - Carriere MS, US

The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC

G06K 9/34

382173

A computer-implemented method for creating an ordered set of boundary data by transforming data from remotely sensed imagery of shorelines is provided. A feature data set and an edge data set are transformed into a set of 3-point boundary segments having a specific head and tail point and the segments are ordered from tail to head in a clockwise or counterclockwise manner relative to the water. Once the 3-point segments are created they are easily linked together into larger segments. These large multi-point segments in turn are linked together to create a closed loop in a predetermined direction, for example, but not limited to, the shorelines for rivers or coastal areas.

8639055, Jan 28, 2014

Apr 4, 2013

13/856487

Weilin Hou - Slidell LA, US
Alan D. Weidemann - Carriere MS, US

The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC

G06K 9/40

382266, 382254, 382325, 382260, 382299, 382255, 382262, 382263, 382270, 382274, 382275

A method for calculating an image quality metric for evaluating the quality of a digital image including the steps of denoising the data of the image, identifying edges in the denoised data, determining an edge profile of the edges, determining a grayscale angle for each identified edge in the edge profile that is associated with the edge, and calculating the image quality metric based on a weighted average of the grayscale angles for all the edges.

20090252430, Oct 8, 2009

Apr 6, 2009

12/418683

Wellin Hou - Slidell LA, US
Alan Weidemann - Carriere MS, US

The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC

G06K 9/40
G06K 9/54

382254, 382305

A method for simultaneously optimizing a digital image taken in or through a scattering medium and obtaining information regarding optical properties of the scattering medium is provided. Data of the digital image is received by a computer. The digital image is evaluated according to an objective image quality metric and a resulting image quality value is compared to a previously stored image quality value for the image. A revised optical transfer function is derived by modeling the optical properties of the medium to be used to generate a restored digital image, which is derived from the original image and the revised optical transfer function. The restored digital image is evaluated according to the objective image quality metric and an optimized restored image is identified. The optical properties associated with the optical transfer function producing the optimized restored image are retrieved and represent a close approximation of the true optical properties of the medium.

20120101795, Apr 26, 2012

Oct 26, 2010

12/911922

Cheryl A. Blain - Slidell LA, US
Robert S. Linzell - Carriere MS, US
Alan Weidemann - Carriere MS, US
Paul E. Lyon - Slidell LA, US

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE - ARLINGTON VA

G06G 7/50

703 9

System and method for extraction and processing of river bank coordinates from imagery, generation of an unstructured mesh of the river using river bank positions and available or synthetic bathymetry, application of upstream and downstream boundary forcing data, contingencies for handling missing data, and configuration of multiple realizations of the developed river model.

20130330010, Dec 12, 2013

Aug 14, 2013

13/966537

Cheryl Ann Blain - Slidell LA, US
Carolus M. Cobb - Slidell LA, US
Alan D. Weidemann - Carriere MS, US

The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Arlington VA

G06K 9/46

382199

A computer-implemented method for creating an ordered set of boundary data by transforming data from remotely sensed imagery of shorelines is provided. A feature data set and an edge data set are transformed into a set of 3-point boundary segments having a specific head and tail point and the segments are ordered from tail to head in a clockwise or counterclockwise manner relative to the water. Once the 3-point segments are created they are easily linked together into larger segments. These large multi-point segments in turn are linked together to create a closed loop in a predetermined direction, for example, but not limited to, the shorelines for rivers or coastal areas.