Patents
US 9465987 B1: Monitoring and detecting weather conditions based on images acquired from image sensor aboard mobile platforms
- Granted
- 2016-10-11
- Filed
- 2015-03-17 application 14660510
- Type
- Utility · 21 claims
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Abstract
A weather control station receives from a communication network data packets transmitted wirelessly to the network by a mobile platform separated from the control station. The data packets carry images captured by an image sensor aboard the mobile platform and show one or more weather conditions local to the mobile platform. The control station recovers the images from the data packets and processes the recovered images according to one or more weather condition detection algorithms to detect the one or more weather conditions, respectively. The weather station reports the one or more detected weather conditions.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg161011.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exelis Inc. 229 patents | US company or organization | McLean, VA | EXELIS INC. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state EXELIS INC. SEC filer EXACT medium confidence: identical full name, one of each nationally | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Bell | Boulder, CO | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Eric Dixon | Herndon, VA | 7 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H04N | Pictorial communication, e.g. television | H04N7/183 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06V | Image or video recognition or understanding | G06V20/588 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | Security interest Security interest Joinder to patent security agreement | NV5 GEOSPATIAL SOLUTIONS, INC. signed 2025-11-03 | JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT NEW YORK, NY | 73452/582 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2023-07-12 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | NV5 GLOBAL, INC. signed 2023-05-24 | NV5 GEOSPATIAL SOLUTIONS, INC. HOLLYWOOD, FL | 64232/314 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2023-07-07 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. signed 2023-04-06 | NV5 GLOBAL, INC. HOLLYWOOD, FL | 64189/870 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2022-11-09 | Name change Change of name | HARRIS CORPORATION signed 2019-06-29 | L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. MELBOURNE, FL | 61901/757 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2017-12-04 | Merger Merger | EXELIS INC. signed 2015-12-23 | HARRIS CORPORATION MELBOURNE, FL | 44284/675 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2015-03-18 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BELL, BRIAN signed 2015-03-17 DIXON, ERIC signed 2015-03-17 | EXELIS INC. MCLEAN, VA | 35191/728 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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