Inventor · Bloomington, MN, US

Kwong Wing Au

51Patents
8h-index
78Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 30, 2005 → Jan 22, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8364334B2 System and method for navigating an autonomous vehicle using laser detection and ranging Physics 171 Active
US8064647B2 System for iris detection tracking and recognition at a distance Physics 54 Active
US7646922B2 Object classification in video images Physics 21 Active
US8138927B2 Flare characterization and control system Physics 17 Active
US7778445B2 Method and system for the detection of removed objects in video images Physics 16 Active
US9695981B2 Image recognition for personal protective equipment compliance enforcement in work areas Physics 14 Active
US8755997B2 Laser ranging process for road and obstacle detection in navigating an autonomous vehicle Physics 13 Active
US8358855B2 Determining probabilities from compared covariance appearance models to detect objects of interest in images Physics 9 Active
US9196032B1 Equipment and method for three-dimensional radiance and gas species field estimation Physics 7 Active
US8117010B2 Spectral signal detection system Physics 7 Active
US9127891B2 Furnace visualization Physics 6 Active
US7567704B2 Method and apparatus for identifying physical features in video Physics 6 Active
US9212851B2 Multi resolution, hierarchical radiance field estimation Physics 5 Active
US10810530B2 System and method for workflow management Physics 5 Active
US8400509B2 Authentication apparatus for value documents Physics 4 Active
US8497904B2 System and method of target based smoke detection Physics 3 Active
US8700359B2 System and method for detection of radiation Physics 3 Active
US11248963B2 Equipment and method for three-dimensional radiance and gas species field estimation in an open combustion environment Physics 3 Active
US8948467B2 Ocular and iris processing system and method Physics 3 Active
US8761458B2 System for iris detection, tracking and recognition at a distance Physics 3 Active
US9053366B2 System and method for detecting motion in compressed video Electricity 3 Active
US9250135B2 MWIR sensor for flame detection Physics 3 Active
US9696210B2 Extended temperature range mapping process of a furnace enclosure using various device settings Physics 3 Active
US8520895B2 System and method for range and velocity estimation in video data as a function of anthropometric measures Physics 2 Active
US8254634B2 Intelligent image segmentation system and method for accurate target detection Physics 2 Active

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