Patents
US 9621771 B2: System and method for imaging utility panel elements
- Granted
- 2017-04-11
- Filed
- 2013-03-14 application 13828572
- Type
- Utility · 23 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Switch boxes and other such utility boxes must some time be monitored by video. And most of the time, they are behind a door for security and safety reasons In order to image them, the imaging system must then be located very close to them, that is, inside the enclosure. Disclosed herein are systems and corresponding methods for imaging and monitoring utility panel elements arranged on a utility surface. Example embodiments include an optical focusing element to focus rays from utility panel elements and image the elements onto an imaging plane that is non-parallel with a utility surface, and an imaging surface configured to acquire a representation of the image. Example systems and corresponding methods provide for thermal imaging of utility panel elements at close proximity to the elements and within an enclosure. An advantage of these systems and methods is that utility panel elements such as fuses and switches may be imaged even when located within an enclosure and remotely monitored.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg170411.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PELCO, INC. 80 patents | US company or organization | Clovis, CA | PELCO, INC. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prateek Jain | Clovis, CA | 37 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Greg Millar | Clovis, CA | 30 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| David Dorn | Clovis, CA | 10 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Susan Brooks-Evans | Clovis, CA | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H02K | Dynamo-electric machines | H02K41/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H04N | Pictorial communication, e.g. television | H04N23/20 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G02B | Optical elements, systems or apparatus | G02B7/08 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-05 | Release of security interest Release of security interests in patents | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, A NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION signed 2020-07-31 | PELCO, INC. CLOVIS, CA TRANSOM PELCO ACQUISITION, INC. (FORMERLY ZOOM ACQUISITIONCO, INC.) EL SEGUNDO, CA | 53415/1 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2019-05-29 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | PELCO, INC. signed 2019-05-24 ZOOM ACQUISITIONCO, INC. signed 2019-05-24 | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SANTA MONICA, CA | 49314/16 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2013-06-24 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MILLAR, GREG M. signed 2013-05-17 DORN, DAVID signed 2013-05-28 BROOKS-EVANS, SUSAN signed 2013-05-29 JAIN, PRATEEK signed 2013-05-30 | PELCO, INC. CLOVIS, CA | 30672/552 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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