Thomas A Olson

US Patent:

6542621, Apr 1, 2003

Filed:

Aug 31, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/386871

Inventors:

Frank Z. Brill - Plano TX
Thomas J. Olson - Plano TX

Assignee:

Texas Instruments Incorporated - Dallas TX

International Classification:

G06K 900

US Classification:

382103, 382291

Abstract:

This invention employs probabilistic templates, or p-templates, which probabilistically encode the rough position and extent of the tracked objects image. The p-templates track objects in the scene, one p-template per object. They can be used to incorporate three-dimensional knowledge about the scene, and to reason about occlusion between the objects tracked by the p-templates. This invention requires video capture and digitization hardware, image processing hardware such as a digital signal processor, and a method for estimating the image size of a person standing at a given location in the image.

US Patent:

6628835, Sep 30, 2003

Filed:

Aug 24, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/379986

Inventors:

Frank Z. Brill - Plano TX
Thomas J. Olson - Plano TX

Assignee:

Texas Instruments Incorporated - Dallas TX

International Classification:

G06K 968

US Classification:

382226, 382103, 348155

Abstract:

Given a system which detects simple events, one can define a complex event by constructing a list of sub-events. In order to recognize a complex event, the system keeps a record of the sub-events that have occurred thus far and the objects involved in these sub-events. Whenever the first sub-event in a complex events sequence is recognized, an activation for that complex event is created. The activation contains an indication of the identity of the object involved in the event. The activation also includes an index initialized to one. If a newly detected event matches the next sub-event in any of the currently open complex events, the index for that complex event is incremented. If the index reaches the total number of sub-events in that complex event, the complete complex event is recognized. Thus any desired alarm is generated. Since the complex event that was just recognized may also be a sub-event of another complex event, the activation lists are consulted again to see if the indices of any other complex event activations can be advanced.

US Patent:

7023469, Apr 4, 2006

Filed:

Apr 15, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/292265

Inventors:

Thomas J. Olson - Plano TX, US

Assignee:

Texas Instruments Incorporated - Dallas TX

International Classification:

H04N 7/18

US Classification:

348152, 348143, 348154

Abstract:

A system () for automatically monitoring an area includes a camera unit () having therein a video camera () and an image processing section (). The image processing section saves a reference image from the video camera, compares subsequent images to the reference image, and detects and tracks change regions in the subsequent images. For each change region, the image processing section saves a path of movement of the change region, and a selected image of the change region. Selection is carried out so as to optimize the selected image, for example so that a detected person is facing and close to the video camera. The camera unit is network-ready (), so that a remote workstation () can access the images and other information saved in the camera unit.

US Patent:

7202877, Apr 10, 2007

Filed:

May 23, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/135790

Inventors:

Thomas Olson - Plano TX, US

Assignee:

Texas Instruments Incorporated - Dallas TX

International Classification:

G09G 5/00
G06T 7/00

US Classification:

345644, 345582

Abstract:

Computation of sprite position and size in JSR-184 with revised modelview matrix made with column vector lengths of original modelview matrix.

US Patent:

20090059455, Mar 5, 2009

Filed:

Aug 29, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/201938

Inventors:

Russell Melvin Rosenquist - Plano TX, US
Thomas Brian Olson - Allen TX, US

Assignee:

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED - Dallas TX

International Classification:

H02H 3/00
H02H 3/20
H02H 3/24

US Classification:

361 90

Abstract:

A power interruption protection module, system and method. The power interruption protection module, comprising a charging module for storing a boosted display voltage, a detecting module for identifying at least one of a drop or an increase of a functioning system voltage, wherein at least one of the drop or the increase is beyond a threshold, and a regulating module for receiving a signal from the detecting module, wherein the signal determines at least one of the drop or the increase beyond the threshold, and wherein the regulating module allows or stops the flow of the stored boosted display voltage of the charging module according to the signal of the detecting module.

US Patent:

60832789, Jul 4, 2000

Filed:

May 28, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/864183

Inventors:

Thomas J. Olson - Plano TX
Mark R. Sadowski - Cambridge MA

Assignee:

Texas Instruments Incorporated - Dallas TX

International Classification:

G06F 945

US Classification:

717 2

Abstract:

This application describes the Interactive PP Assembly Language Editor (IPPALE), a software tool intended to help programmers write parallel PP instructions quickly and effectively. IPPALE consists of an editor that (on command from the user) extracts the current assembly language instruction, assembles it, and displays a graphical representation of how the instruction uses the resources of the processor. This allows the programmer to see immediately whether the instruction is legal, and also whether there are idle resources that could potentially still be used. The result is that programmers can experiment with a whole set of parallel instructions without ever invoking the PP assembler. We expect this to lead to faster learning, reduced programmer frustration, and improved overall productivity.

US Patent:

20170339098, Nov 23, 2017

Filed:

May 18, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/158495

Inventors:

- Dallas TX, US
Jamie Lane Graves - Corinth TX, US
Thomas Brian Olson - Allen TX, US

Assignee:

Texas Instruments Incorporated - DALLAS TX

International Classification:

H04L 29/12
G06F 15/02
H02J 7/00

Abstract:

According to an embodiments, a system and method for managing electromagnetic interference in an electronic charging unit is disclosed. The operating frequencies of multiple electronic devices interfacing with the electronic charging unit may be dynamically altered to manage electromagnetic interference from each electronic device such that the aggregated electromagnetic interference from all electronic devices remains within predetermined limits.