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US 6037936
Computer vision system with a graphic user interface and remote camera control
Current assignee: Criticom Corp
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Patent summary
Title, assignee, inventors, filing/issue dates, abstract, and a plain-language overview of the claims.
Patent Overview: US6037936A
Title: Computer vision system with a graphic user interface and remote camera control
Patent number: US6037936A
Application number: US08/662,219
Filing date: 1996-06-12
Publication/grant date: 2000-03-14
Priority date: 1993-09-10 (claimed from US08/119,360)
Inventor(s): John Ellenby, Thomas W. Ellenby, Peter Ellenby, Joseph Page
Original/current assignee (per listed data): Criticom Corp
Legal status (as listed): Expired – Lifetime; anticipated expiration 2013-09-10
Purpose and plain-language scope
According to the supplied excerpt, the invention relates generally to graphical user interfaces for computer systems, and in particular to graphical user interfaces for "special computer vision systems, sometimes and herein known as 'Augmented Reality™' computer vision systems." The excerpt further states that the graphical user interfaces of the invention "find great novelty in their interaction, responsiveness and function related to these highly specialized compu[ter vision systems]" (text truncated in source excerpt). The title indicates the system includes a graphical user interface and remote camera control. Classifications include G06F3/0481 (GUI interaction techniques) and H04N23/62 (camera parameter control via user interfaces), consistent with a GUI-driven camera/vision system.
What the excerpt does not establish
The supplied text is an excerpt and does not include the claims, detailed description, drawings, or the full statements of novelty. It therefore does not establish the specific claimed elements, the exact scope of "remote camera control," or the technical mechanisms described. It also does not establish the identity or contents of cited prior art. The litigation entries, family members, and assignee listings appear as database metadata; no litigation, ownership, validity, or prior-art conclusions should be drawn from this overview.
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