Patents Examined by Jonathan M Cofino
  • Patent number: 11670046
    Abstract: The scale of modeled building objects from collected imagery is determined by identifying architectural elements within building object imagery, determining a scale of the identified architectural elements by matching them to known industry standard architectural element based on dimensional ratio comparisons and deriving an average scaling factor based on scale of the identified architectural elements. A three dimensional model of the building object is scaled according to the average scaling. Scaled architecture elements within a relative error can be used for scaling the model according to an updated scale factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Halliday, Antonio Carlos Marques da Silva Junior, Roberto Klein, Adam J. Altman
  • Patent number: 11663778
    Abstract: A method and system of generating an image of a subject from the viewpoint of a virtual camera includes obtaining a plurality of source images of a subject and pose data for each source camera or cameras that captured the source images. Virtual camera pose data is also obtained indicating a pose of a virtual camera relative to the subject. Each source image is distorted based on a difference in pose of the corresponding source camera and the pose of the virtual camera. A weighting is determined for each distorted image based on a similarity between the pose of the corresponding source camera and the pose of the virtual camera. The distorted images are then blended together in accordance with the weightings to form an image of the subject from the viewpoint of the virtual camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Damian Hosfield, Nicola Orrù, Ian Henry Bickerstaff
  • Patent number: 11657570
    Abstract: A method of creating a 3D model of a physical object includes adaptively and iteratively generating a number disparity maps from image data representing a plurality of images of the physical object iteratively captured by a plurality of cameras having electrically adjustable focal lengths by varying at least one of the focal lengths of the plurality of cameras and a distance of the physical object from the plurality of cameras during capture of the images until one of the disparity maps is determined to have a least a threshold level of disparity, and converting the one of the disparity maps into the 3D model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Praveen Kumar Pandian Shanmuganathan
  • Patent number: 11574441
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for creating three dimensional models of building objects by creating a point cloud from a plurality of input images, defining edges of the building object's surfaces represented by the point cloud, creating simplified geometries of the building object's surfaces and constructing a building model based on the simplified geometries. Input images may include ground, orthographic, or oblique images. The resultant model may be scaled according to correlation with select image types and textured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Shaohui Sun, Ioannis Pavlidis, Adam J. Altman
  • Patent number: 11574442
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for creating three dimensional models of building objects by creating a point cloud from a plurality of input images, defining edges of the building object's surfaces represented by the point cloud, creating simplified geometries of the building object's surfaces and constructing a building model based on the simplified geometries. Input images may include ground, orthographic, or oblique images. The resultant model may be scaled according to correlation with select image types and textured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Shaohui Sun, Ioannis Pavlidis, Adam J. Altman
  • Patent number: 11574439
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for creating three dimensional models of building objects by creating a point cloud from a plurality of input images, defining edges of the building object's surfaces represented by the point cloud, creating simplified geometries of the building object's surfaces and constructing a building model based on the simplified geometries. Input images may include ground, orthographic, or oblique images. The resultant model may be scaled according to correlation with select image types and textured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Shaohui Sun, Ioannis Pavlidis, Adam J. Altman
  • Patent number: 11551369
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that overcome the limitations of conventional techniques by bridging a gap between user interaction with digital content using a computing device and a user's physical environment through use of augmented reality content. In one example, user interaction with augmented reality digital content as part of a live stream of digital images of a user's environment is used to specify a size of an area that is used to filter search results to find a “best fit”. In another example, a geometric shape is used to represent a size and shape of an object included in a digital image (e.g., a two-dimensional digital image). The geometric shape is displayed as augmented reality digital content as part of a live stream of digital images to “assess fit” of the object in the user's physical environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Preeti Patil Anadure, Mukul Arora, Ashwin Ganesh Krishnamurthy
  • Patent number: 11538218
    Abstract: A system for a three-dimensional reproduction of an off-road vehicle can include camera modules, sensors, interface circuitry, processing circuitry, and memory; the sensor can collect vehicle data and map data; the processing circuitry can adjust the vehicle data and the map data; the processing circuitry can graphically reproduce the off-road vehicle by the adjusted vehicle data and the adjusted map data, and the reproduction is in a three-dimensional representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Varun J. Prabhakar
  • Patent number: 11495191
    Abstract: A display device, an electronic system and a control method are disclosed. The display device includes a memory device. The memory device includes a memory array, an input/output logic circuit and a control logic circuit. The memory array includes a plurality of sub-arrays and each sub-array stores extended display identification data. The input/output logic circuit is configured to receive an identification data request from a host device and determine whether to perform an identification data access process according to the identification data request The control logic circuit is configured to read extended display identification data stored in a target sub-array of the plurality of sub-arrays of the memory array according to memory address information in response to determining to perform the identification data access process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Feng-Yuan Chen, Chou-Chieh Chang
  • Patent number: 11443079
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for generating an interior design pertaining to a floor plan and creating a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the interior design for achieving high quality interior décor for residential as well as commercial properties. An aspect of the present disclosure pertains to a system for generating and visualizing the interior design in the 3D representation that includes a two-dimensional image receive module to receive a two-dimensional input image of the floor plan, a shape determination module to determine shape of a defined space of the floor plan, an object position determination module to determine position of one or more objects in the defined space, an object placement module to place the one or more objects in the defined space, and a three-dimensional representation generation module to generate a 3D representation of the interior design pertaining to the floor plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SNAPTRUDE INC.
    Inventor: Syed Altaf Hussain Ganihar
  • Patent number: 11430195
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus which can improve user-friendliness of a description screen for assembly of parts in creation of a robot. The apparatus performs display control to separately display a plurality of parts for creation of a robot, display a line connecting joint surfaces of the respective parts, and display animation in which the respective parts are jointed in accordance with the line connecting the joint surfaces in assembly order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayaka Satoh, Mitsuo Okumura, Takehiko Sasaki, Masaaki Isozu, Shohei Takahashi, Marika Nozue
  • Patent number: 11371347
    Abstract: A method for real-time presentation of information to an operator of a mining operation, the information relating to at least a first stone block to be removed from an exploitation site, the method comprising capturing with a camera a video stream of the mining operation of the first block, recognizing the first block in the video stream; extracting image data of the first block from the video stream; determining, based on the image data, at least one parameter of the first block, obtaining, based on the parameter, information related to the mining operation; and visualizing the video stream in real time to the operator on a display, the video stream comprising an image of the first block, wherein visualizing the video stream comprises using augmented reality techniques to visualize the image of the first block in an accentuated manner, and overlay the video stream with the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: MY VIRTUAL REALITY SOFTWARE AS
    Inventor: Urban Mäder
  • Patent number: 11367262
    Abstract: A system and method for implementing an acceleration structure are disclosed. The method includes: determining a position of an entity; mapping the position to a 3D (three-dimensional) voxel grid coordinate in the acceleration structure, which comprises a central grid structure and six additional grid structures each comprising a set of voxels; determining a first offset value corresponding to the 3D voxel grid coordinate that corresponds to either the central grid structure or one of the six additional grid structures; and determining a second offset value corresponding to the 3D voxel grid coordinate that corresponds to a particular voxel within either the central grid structure or one of the six additional grid structures corresponding to the first offset value, wherein data corresponding to the entity is stored in memory a location based on the first offset value and the second offset value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Electronic Arts Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Henrik Halén, David Andreas Brinck
  • Patent number: 11321918
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating a corresponding 3D mesh representing a 3D object includes transforming an initial three-dimensional mesh into a planar mesh, wherein each vertex or edge of the planar mesh is a transformation of a vertex or edge from the initial three-dimensional mesh; and sampling the planar mesh to generate a plurality of samples such that each sample comprises a three-dimensional coordinate representing a point in a three-dimensional space derived and/or taken directly from the initial three-dimensional mesh, and a coordinate representing a position of the sample relative to other samples; and generating the sampled matrix based on the plurality of samples; and representing the sampled matrix as a corresponding 3D mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: 3SHAPE A/S
    Inventors: Jens Christian Jørgensen, Jens Peter Träff, Alejandro Alonso Diaz
  • Patent number: 11321915
    Abstract: Non-interpolatable classification of rocks in a region as defined by rock classification maps may be digitized to generate gridded index map. For rock classification maps stored as raster images, image treatment may be applied to generate the gridded index map. The gridded index map may be associated with lithology values using a rock-lithology library, and the lithology values may be used to generate a lithologic representation of the region. Such conversion of rock classification maps for modeling the region may improve input lithologic data accuracy and consistency, while enhancing the efficiency of lithologic modeling (e.g., for basin modeling).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Yushi Zhao, Jianchang Liu, Barry Jay Katz
  • Patent number: 11315318
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for constructing a grid map by using a binocular stereo camera. A high-performance computing platform is constructed by using a binocular camera and a GPU, and a high-performance solving algorithm is constructed to obtain a high-quality grid map containing three-dimensional information. The system in the present invention is easy to construct, so the input data may be collected by using the binocular stereo camera; the program is simple and easy to implement. According to the present invention, the grid height is calculated by using spatial prior information and statistical knowledge, so that a three-dimensional result is more robust; and according to the present invention, the adaptive threshold of grids is solved by using spatial geometry, filtering and screening of the grids are completed, and thus the generalization ability and robustness of the algorithm are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Wei Zhong, Shenglun Chen, Haojie Li, Zhihui Wang, Risheng Liu, Xin Fan, Zhongxuan Luo
  • Patent number: 11276229
    Abstract: The scale of modeled building objects from collected imagery is determined by identifying architectural elements within building object imagery, determining a scale of the identified architectural elements by matching them to known industry standard architectural element based on dimensional ratio comparisons and deriving an average scaling factor based on scale of the identified architectural elements. A three dimensional model of the building object is scaled according to the average scaling. Scaled architecture elements within a relative error can be used for scaling the model according to an updated scale factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Halliday, Antonio Carlos Marques da Silva Junior, Roberto Klein, Adam J. Altman
  • Patent number: 11270510
    Abstract: A system comprising a screen, client devices comprising processing devices that render an augmented or mixed reality interactive environment that is shared among the client devices, the augmented or mixed reality interactive environment including one or more virtual objects and narratives, wherein one or more of the client devices are configured to generate an individualized experience in the augmented or mixed reality interactive environment, a given one of the client devices including an output device configured to project images on the screen, the projected images associated with the augmented or mixed reality interactive environment, and an input device configured to receive user interactions with the augmented or mixed reality interactive environment. The system further comprises a server communicatively coupled to the client devices via a network, the server monitors the user interactions and modifies the one or more virtual objects and narratives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventor: David Peter Warhol
  • Patent number: 11182960
    Abstract: The system generates real-time augmented reality video for TV broadcast, cinema or video games. The system includes a monoscopic video camera including a body, a stereoscopic video camera, and a processor. The system includes sensors, including multiple non-optical sensors, which provide real-time positioning data defining the 3D position and 3D orientation of the monoscopic video camera, or enable the 3D position and 3D orientation of the monoscopic video camera to be calculated. The processor is configured to use the real-time positioning data automatically to create, recall, render or modify computer generated 3D objects. The processor is configured to determine the 3D position and orientation of the monoscopic video camera with reference to a 3D map of the real-world generated whilst the camera is being used to capture video. The processor is configured to track the scene without a requirement for an initial or prior survey of the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: NCAM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Samuel Boivin, Brice Michoud
  • Patent number: 11157073
    Abstract: A method for calibrating an orientation of an eye-mounted display relative to a user's gaze, preferably performed by a system. The system causes the eye-mounted display to project a calibration image onto the user's retina. The user provides information about a relative orientation between the user's gaze and the calibration image, for example a translation offset or a relative rotation. Based on the received information, an orientation for the eye-mounted display that aligns with the user's gaze is determined. Images to be projected by the eye-mounted display onto the user's retina can be adjusted based on the determined orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Tectus Corporation
    Inventor: Hansong Zhang