US Patent Issued to PreAct Technologies on May 27 for "Detection methods to detect objects such as bicyclists" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,263, issued on May 27, was assigned to PreAct Technologies Inc. (Portland, Ore.).

"Detection methods to detect objects such as bicyclists" was invented by Josh Lo (Herndon, Va.), Keith Brendley (Herndon, Va.) and Kurt Brendley (Herndon, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To reliably detect an object such as a bicycle at increased range, an Advanced Driving Support System uses a deep neural network(s) to process an ambient (grey-scale) image into an object that is then tracked by a second range detection camera. Most objects of interest, such as bicycles and automobiles, are outfitted with one or more retroreflectors that are used to ...