Patents by Inventor Britta S. Hummel

Britta S. Hummel 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).

  • Real time photometric edge description
    Patent number: 9361538
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for describing and tracking edges within the field of view of one or more imaging devices. In one example, the present system defines a row of pixels taken across a width of the edge, and then determines a binary edge descriptor for the edge by comparing at least one of grayscale values and contrast of pixels within respective pixel pairs from the row of pixels, the result of the comparisons setting bits within the binary descriptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Britta S. Hummel, Oliver Williams, Abdelrehim Ahmed
  • REAL TIME PHOTOMETRIC EDGE DESCRIPTION
    Publication number: 20140177956
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for describing and tracking edges within the field of view of one or more imaging devices. In one example, the present system defines a row of pixels taken across a width of the edge, and then determines a binary edge descriptor for the edge by comparing at least one of grayscale values and contrast of pixels within respective pixel pairs from the row of pixels, the result of the comparisons setting bits within the binary descriptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Britta S. Hummel, Oliver Williams, Abdelrehim Ahmed