Recent Patents in Signal Processing (January 2014) - Hyperspectral Imaging

For our December 2013 issue, we cover recent patents granted in the area of hyperspectral imaging. Below, we consider several recent inventions pertaining to the imaging (sensing) of hyperspectral images, randomized algorithms for data acquisition, dimensionality reduction and compression, and applications of the acquired hyperspectral data. For additional articles about recent research in this area, we direct the reader to the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine's recent Special Issue on Signal and Image Processing in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing.

Number: 8,611,603
Title: Method and apparatus for object tracking via hyperspectral imagery
Inventors: D. Rosario
Issued: December 17, 2013
Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, DC)

Number: 8,570,442
Title: Hyperspectral image reconstruction via a compressed sensing framework
Inventors: L. Mestha and A. E. Gil
Issued: October 29, 2013
Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, CT)

Number: 8,538,195
Title: Hyperspectral image dimension reduction system and method
Inventors: I. Robinson
Issued: September 17, 2013
Assignee: Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)

Number: 8,432,974
Title: Method and system for compression of hyperspectral or multispectral imagery with a global optimal compression algorithm (GOCA)
Inventors: W. Chen
Issued: April 30, 2013
Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, DC)

Number: 8,599,374
Title: Hyperspectral imaging systems and methods for imaging a remote object
Inventors: L. Comstock II, R. Wiggins, and K. Woodard
Issued: December 3, 2013
Assignee: Corning Incorporated (Corning, NY)

Number: 8,559,719
Title: Spectral anomaly detection in deep shadows
Inventors: A. Kanaev, J. Murray-Krezan
Issued: October 15, 2013
Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, DC)

Number: 8,515,179
Title: System and method for hyperspectral image compression
Inventors: I. Robinson
Issued: August 20, 2013
Assignee: Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)

Number: 8,514,491
Title: Capturing and processing of images using monolithic camera array with heterogeneous imagers
Inventors: J. Duparre
Issued: August 20, 2013
Assignee: Pelican Imaging Corporation (Mountain View, CA)

Number: 8,462,983
Title: Method and apparatus for gas detection based on spectral spatial misregistration
Inventors: K. Wolowelsky, Z. Figov
Issued: June 11, 2013
Assignee: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd (Haifa, Israel)

Number:  8,406,469
Title: System and method for progressive band selection for hyperspectral images
Inventors: K. Fisher
Issued: March 26, 2013
Assignee: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, DC)

If you have an interesting patent to share when we next feature patents related to hyperspectral imaging, or if you are especially interested in a signal processing research field that you would want to be highlighted in this section, please send email to Shantanu Rane (rane AT merl DOT com).