US Patent Issued to Morgan State University on May 26 for "Egress obstruction detection via computer vision" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,952, issued on May 26, was assigned to Morgan State University (Baltimore).

"Egress obstruction detection via computer vision" was invented by Ismail A. Idowu (Catonsville, Md.) and Kofi Nyarko (Essex, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An Automated Computer-Vision based system and method for identifying potential hazards to building occupants in building exit pathways is described to address the inherent challenges in manual building safety inspections. The computer vision-based approach automates the inspection of an interior building hallway (exit access) for an obstruction that may be a potential hazard. The invention mitigates th...