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US 8817103
System and method for video image registration in a heads up display
Current assignee: Science Applications International Corp SAIC
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Patent summary
Title, assignee, inventors, filing/issue dates, abstract, and a plain-language overview of the claims.
Patent Overview — US 8,817,103 B2
Title: System and method for video image registration in a heads up display
Patent number: US8817103B2 | Application number: US12/843,842 | Publication: US20100289724A1
Inventors: John Richard Scales; Mark David Hose
Assignee: Science Applications International Corp (SAIC) — listed as current and original assignee
Key dates: Priority date 2004-12-02 (stated as an assumption, not a legal conclusion); filing date 2010-07-26; publication date 2013-08-26 (grant); adjusted expiration 2027-08-27; legal status listed as Active.
Purpose (per the supplied text): The invention "relates generally to the display of video images" and "provides a method and system for registering a video image with an underlying visual field, such as in a heads up display." The background notes that modern warfare has produced weapons targetable with increasing speed and accuracy, enabling weapon operators to react more quickly when a situation suddenly changes.
Plain-language scope (limited to supplied text): The patent concerns aligning (registering) a video image with the visual field behind it, particularly in a heads-up display. Prior-art keywords supplied are: video, display, weapon, video camera, visual field. Classifications include F41G3/14 and F41G3/16 (indirect aiming means; sighting devices adapted for indirect laying of fire), plus A63F13/53 (video-game head-up display overlays) and A63F13/837 (shooting of targets).
What the excerpt does not establish: No claims are included in the supplied text, so claim scope, claim count, and independent/dependent structure are unknown. No specification detail, figures, embodiments, or prior-art references are provided; the background is truncated ("Excerpt only; consult the source for omitted text"). Inventorship, assignee accuracy, priority, and legal status are expressly qualified as assumptions in the source. The excerpt shows PTAB case IPR2019-01312 filed (Not Instituted – Merits) and Federal Circuit cases 20-1464 and 20-1465, but no proceedings are described here; consistent with instructions, this overview does not evaluate litigation, ownership transfers, validity, or prior art.
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