Patent №
US 8,553,100
Granted
2013-10-08
Filed 2006
Owner
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
vision
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11507927
The invention provides a searchlight device for a recreational boat or other suitable vehicle, vessel or device, featuring a housing for mounting on the recreational boat or other suitable vehicle, vessel or device; a light arranged in the housing, responsive to a light control signal, for projecting bright illuminating light; and a low lux video camera also arranged in the housing, responsive to images in near total darkness, for providing a video camera signal containing information about the images in near total darkness, for allowing close quarter maneuvering in dim light without the need to activate the bright illuminating light so that an operator of the vehicle, vessel or other suitable device may operate safely while maintaining night vision and not impairing the vision of nearby vehicle, vessel or other suitable device.
AI classification
Ownership
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC.
assignment · 183820944
Assignors
LEBLANC, KENNETH J.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.