Patents by Inventor Benedikt Koeppel
Benedikt Koeppel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11315217Abstract: A smartphone may be freely moved in three dimensions as it captures a stream of images of an object. Multiple image frames may be captured in different orientations and distances from the object and combined into a composite image representing an image of the object. The image frames may be formed into the composite image based on representing features of each image frame as a set of points in a three dimensional point cloud. Inconsistencies between the image frames may be adjusted when projecting respective points in the point cloud into the composite image. Quality of the image frames may be improved by processing the image frames to correct errors. Further, operating conditions may be selected, automatically or based on instructions provided to a user, to reduce motion blur. Techniques, including relocalization such that, allow for user-selected regions of the composite image to be changed.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: ML Netherlands C.V.Inventors: Alexander Ilic, Manuel Werlberger, Benedikt Koeppel
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Publication number: 20220103709Abstract: A smartphone may be freely moved in three dimensions as it captures a stream of images of an object. Multiple image frames may be captured in different orientations and distances from the object and combined into a composite image representing an three-dimensional image of the object. The image frames may be formed into the composite image based on representing features of each image frame as a set of points in a three dimensional depth map. Coordinates of the points in the depth map may be estimated with a level of certainty. The level of certainty may be used to determine which points are included in the composite image. The selected points may be smoothed and a mesh model may be formed by creating a convex hull of the selected points. The mesh model and associated texture information may be used to render a three-dimensional representation of the object on a two-dimensional display.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: ML Netherlands C.V.Inventors: Alexander Ilic, Benedikt Koeppel
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Patent number: 11245806Abstract: A smartphone may be freely moved in three dimensions as it captures a stream of images of an object. Multiple image frames may be captured in different orientations and distances from the object and combined into a composite image representing an three-dimensional image of the object. The image frames may be formed into the composite image based on representing features of each image frame as a set of points in a three dimensional depth map. Coordinates of the points in the depth map may be estimated with a level of certainty. The level of certainty may be used to determine which points are included in the composite image. The selected points may be smoothed and a mesh model may be formed by creating a convex hull of the selected points. The mesh model and associated texture information may be used to render a three-dimensional representation of the object on a two-dimensional display.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: ML Netherlands C.V.Inventors: Alexander Ilic, Benedikt Koeppel
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Publication number: 20200162629Abstract: A smartphone may be freely moved in three dimensions as it captures a stream of images of an object. Multiple image frames may be captured in different orientations and distances from the object and combined into a composite image representing an three-dimensional image of the object. The image frames may be formed into the composite image based on representing features of each image frame as a set of points in a three dimensional depth map. Coordinates of the points in the depth map may be estimated with a level of certainty. The level of certainty may be used to determine which points are included in the composite image. The selected points may be smoothed and a mesh model may be formed by creating a convex hull of the selected points. The mesh model and associated texture information may be used to render a three-dimensional representation of the object on a two-dimensional display.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: ML Netherlands C.V.Inventors: Alexander Ilic, Benedikt Koeppel
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Publication number: 20190362469Abstract: A smartphone may be freely moved in three dimensions as it captures a stream of images of an object. Multiple image frames may be captured in different orientations and distances from the object and combined into a composite image representing an image of the object. The image frames may be formed into the composite image based on representing features of each image frame as a set of points in a three dimensional point cloud. Inconsistencies between the image frames may be adjusted when projecting respective points in the point cloud into the composite image. Quality of the image frames may be improved by processing the image frames to correct errors. Further, operating conditions may be selected, to automatically or based on instructions provided to a user, to reduce motion blur. Techniques, including relocalization such that, allow for user-selected regions of the composite image to be changed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: ML Netherlands C.V.Inventors: Alexander Ilic, Manuel Werlberger, Benedikt Koeppel
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Patent number: 10484561Abstract: A smartphone may be freely moved in three dimensions as it captures a stream of images of an object. Multiple image frames may be captured in different orientations and distances from the object and combined into a composite image representing an three-dimensional image of the object. The image frames may be formed into the composite image based on representing features of each image frame a set of points in a three dimensional depth map. Coordinates of the points in the depth map may be estimated with a level of certainty. The level of certainty may be used to determine which points are included in the composite image. The selected points may be smoothed and a mesh model may be formed by creating a convex hull of the selected points. The mesh model and associated texture information may be used to render a three-dimensional representation of the object on a two-dimensional display.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: ML Netherlands C.V.Inventors: Alexander Ilic, Benedikt Koeppel
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Patent number: 10410321Abstract: A smartphone may be freely moved in three dimensions as it captures a stream of images of an object. Multiple image frames may be captured in different orientations and distances from the object and combined into a composite image representing an image of the object. The image frames may be formed into the composite image based on representing features of each image frame as a set of points in a three dimensional point cloud. Inconsistencies between the image frames may be adjusted when projecting respective points in the point cloud into the composite image. Quality of the image frames may be improved by processing the image frames to correct errors. Further, operating conditions may be selected, automatically or based on instructions provided to a user, to reduce motion blur. Techniques, including relocalization such that, allow for user-selected regions of the composite image to be changed.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: MN Netherlands C.V.Inventors: Alexander Ilic, Manuel Werlberger, Benedikt Koeppel
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Publication number: 20170085733Abstract: A smartphone may be freely moved in three dimensions as it captures a stream of images of an object. Multiple image frames may be captured in different orientations and distances from the object and combined into a composite image representing an three-dimensional image of the object. The image frames may be formed into the composite image based on representing features of each image frame a set of points in a three dimensional depth map. Coordinates of the points in the depth map may be estimated with a level of certainty. The level of certainty may be used to determine which points are included in the composite image. The selected points may be smoothed and a mesh model may be formed by creating a convex hull of the selected points. The mesh model and associated texture information may be used to render a three-dimensional representation of the object on a two-dimensional display.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2015Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: Dacuda AGInventors: Alexander Ilic, Benedikt Koeppel
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Publication number: 20160328827Abstract: A smartphone may be freely moved in three dimensions as it captures a stream of images of an object. Multiple image frames may be captured in different orientations and distances from the object and combined into a composite image representing an image of the object. The image frames may be formed into the composite image based on representing features of each image frame as a set of points in a three dimensional point cloud. Inconsistencies between the image frames may be adjusted when projecting respective points in the point cloud into the composite image. Quality of the image frames may be improved by processing the image frames to correct errors. Further, operating conditions may be selected, automatically or based on instructions provided to a user, to reduce motion blur. Techniques, including relocalization such that, allow for user-selected regions of the composite image to be changed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2015Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicant: Dacuda AGInventors: Alexander Ilic, Manuel Werlberger, Benedikt Koeppel