Patents by Inventor Eckehard Steinbach
Eckehard Steinbach 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: 10393603Abstract: The present disclosure presents a visuo-haptic sensor, which is based on a passive, deformable element whose deformation is observed by a camera. In particular, the improved simplified sensor may determine the force and/or torque applied to a point of the sensor in multiple spatial dimensions.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Technische Universität MünchenInventors: Nicolas Alt, Eckehard Steinbach, Martin Freundl
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Patent number: 10319146Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a method of visual localization, comprising: generating a plurality of virtual views, wherein each of the virtual views is associated with a location; obtaining a query image; determining the location where the query image was obtained on the basis of a comparison of the query image with said virtual views.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2013Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: NAVVIS GMBHInventors: Eckehard Steinbach, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Sebastian Hilsenbeck
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Publication number: 20190155837Abstract: There is provided a visual localization method comprising: (a) transmitting data representative of one or more detected visual features from a mobile device to a server; (b) estimating the location of the mobile device at the server based on the visual features received from the mobile device; (c) transmitting reference data associated with the estimated location from the server to the mobile device; and (d) the mobile device determining its location based on the reference data received from the server.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan, Anas Al-Nuaimi, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Florian Schweiger, Eckehard Steinbach
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Patent number: 10229136Abstract: There is provided a visual localization method comprising: (a) transmitting data representative of one or more detected visual features from a mobile device to a server; (b) estimating the location of the mobile device at the server based on the visual features received from the mobile device; (c) transmitting reference data associated with the estimated location from the server to the mobile device; and (d) the mobile device determining its location based on the reference data received from the server.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: NAVVIS GMBHInventors: Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan, Anas Al-Nuaimi, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Florian Schweiger, Eckehard Steinbach
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Publication number: 20180267609Abstract: The disclosure relates to a manually operable tactile input/output device for a data processing system, in particular a tactile computer mouse, which is configured with a housing and a plurality of actuators in operative connection with the housing and in which the actuators are arranged and jointly controlled in the housing to cause at least temporarily a tactile perception by a user in manual contact with the housing, by which simultaneously at least two and in particular all five tactile perception dimensions of microscopic roughness, macroscopic roughness, friction, hardness and heat are simulated. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to an operating method for a manually operable tactile input/output device and a data processing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: Technische Universität MünchenInventors: Matti Strese, Kevin Kuonath, Andreas Noll, Eckehard Steinbach, Martin Piccolrovazzi
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Publication number: 20180189327Abstract: There is provided a visual localization method comprising: (a) transmitting data representative of one or more detected visual features from a mobile device to a server; (b) estimating the location of the mobile device at the server based on the visual features received from the mobile device; (c) transmitting reference data associated with the estimated location from the server to the mobile device; and (d) the mobile device determining its location based on the reference data received from the server.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: MOHAMMAD ABU-ALQUMSAN, ANAS AL-NUAIMI, ROBERT HUITL, GEORG SCHROTH, FLORIAN SCHWEIGER, ECKEHARD STEINBACH
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Patent number: 9946733Abstract: There is provided a visual localization method comprising: (a) transmitting data representative of one or more detected visual features from a mobile device to a server; (b) estimating the location of the mobile device at the server based on the visual features received from the mobile device; (c) transmitting reference data associated with the estimated location from the server to the mobile device; and (d) the mobile device determining its location based on the reference data received from the server.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: NAVVIS GMBHInventors: Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan, Anas Al-Nuaimi, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Florian Schweiger, Eckehard Steinbach
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Publication number: 20170328795Abstract: The present disclosure presents a visuo-haptic sensor, which is based on a passive, deformable element whose deformation is observed by a camera. In particular, the improved simplified sensor may determine the force and/or torque applied to a point of the sensor in multiple spatial dimensions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: Technische Universität MünchenInventors: Nicolas Alt, Eckehard Steinbach, Martin Freundl
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Patent number: 9757862Abstract: A visuo-haptic sensor is presented which uses a deformable, passive material that is mounted in view of a camera. When objects interact with the sensor the deformable material is compressed, causing a change in the shape thereof. The change of shape is detected and evaluated by an image processor that is operatively connected to the camera. The camera may also observe the vicinity of the manipulator to measure ego-motion and motion of close-by objects. The visuo-haptic sensor may be attached to a mobile platform, a robotic manipulator or to any other machine which needs to acquire haptic information about the environment.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Technische Universität MünchenInventors: Nicolas Alt, Eckehard Steinbach
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Publication number: 20170212911Abstract: There is provided a visual localization method comprising: (a) transmitting data representative of one or more detected visual features from a mobile device to a server; (b) estimating the location of the mobile device at the server based on the visual features received from the mobile device; (c) transmitting reference data associated with the estimated location from the server to the mobile device; and (d) the mobile device determining its location based on the reference data received from the server.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: MOHAMMAD ABU-ALQUMSAN, ANAS AL-NUAIMI, ROBERT HUITL, GEORG SCHROTH, FLORIAN SCHWEIGER, ECKEHARD STEINBACH
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Publication number: 20170201805Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a compression device for compressing a data stream from a source to at least one sink in which at least one first bandwidth and one second bandwidth of a network, which is available to the source for transmitting the data stream to the at least one sink, is determined. The data stream may be is compressed to a first compressed data stream using at least one first compression rate, and to a second compressed data stream using a second compression rate. The first compression rate may be optimized for transmission using the first bandwidth, while the second compression rate may be optimized for transmission using the second bandwidth. The first compressed data stream and the second compressed data stream may then be providing for transmission at the same time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2017Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: Damien Schroeder, Christian Lottermann, Eckehard Steinbach
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Patent number: 9641981Abstract: There is provided a visual localization method comprising: (a) transmitting data representative of one or more detected visual features from a mobile device to a server; (b) estimating the location of the mobile device at the server based on the visual features 5 received from the mobile device; (c) transmitting reference data associated with the estimated location from the server to the mobile device; and (d) the mobile device determining its location based on the reference data received from the server.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2011Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: NAVVIS GMBHInventors: Eckehard Steinbach, Georg Schroth, Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan, Robert Huitl, Anas Al-Nuaimi, Florian Schweiger
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Publication number: 20160107316Abstract: A visuo-haptic sensor is presented which uses a deformable, passive material that is mounted in view of a camera. When objects interact with the sensor the deformable material is compressed, causing a change in the shape thereof. The change is shape is detected and evaluated by and image processor that is operatively connected to the camera. The camera may also observe the vicinity of the manipulator to measure ego-motion and motion of close-by objects. The visuo-haptic sensor may be attached to a mobile platform, a robotic manipulator or to any other machine which needs to acquire haptic information about the environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Nicolas Alt, Eckehard Steinbach
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Publication number: 20150243080Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a method of visual localisation, comprising: generating a plurality of virtual views, wherein each of the virtual views is associated with a location; obtaining a query image; determining the location where the query image was obtained on the basis of a comparison of the query image with said virtual views.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2013Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventors: Eckehard Steinbach, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Sebastian Hilsenbeck
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Patent number: 8908512Abstract: A method is provided for performing a rate shaping of multiple data streams which are to be transmitted through a network. The network has the capability to perform a rate shaping using a first rate shaping scheme and at least one other rate shaping scheme other than said first rate shaping scheme. The method can include determining based on the resources of the network the maximum number n of data streams for which said first rate shaping scheme can be applied as a rate shaping scheme, selecting n data streams among the multiple data streams which are to be transmitted and performing a transcoding on them to perform a rate shaping, and performing a rate shaping for other data streams using a different rate shaping scheme other than said first rate shaping scheme.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Srisakul Thakolsri, Wolfgang Kellerer, Eckehard Steinbach
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Patent number: 8743719Abstract: There is provided a method for allocating network rates to a plurality of mobile terminals through which users access possibly different applications through a network having a certain limited total bandwidth to allocate. The method comprises an optimization operation which uses a quality utility function as input which indicates for a certain application the quality perceived by a user depending on the allocated data rate, preferably further also depending on the channel condition. Then there is performed an optimizing operation such that it calculates a combined quality measure based on the quality utility functions for the different applications and for different possible resource allocations to the plurality of applications in such a way that said quality measure is optimized.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Srisakul Thakolsri, Wolfgang Kellerer, Eckehard Steinbach
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Publication number: 20140047071Abstract: For transmitting multimedia data to a plurality of clients over a network, wherein the multimedia data is stored in a plurality of formats of different multimedia rates, on the basis of utility information for the multimedia data, the utility information describing a relationship between multimedia quality and multimedia rate, and on the basis of a condition of the network, for each of the plurality of clients available multimedia rates for the multimedia data are determined. In response to a client request for transmitting the multimedia data with a desired multimedia rate, in accordance with the available multimedia rates determined for the requesting client, a format of the requested multimedia data is selected and the multimedia data is transmitted in the selected format to the requesting client.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Mohammed SHEHADA, Dirk STAEHLE, Wolfgang KELLERER, Eckehard STEINBACH, Ali EL ESSAILI, Damien SCHROEDER
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Publication number: 20130288702Abstract: There is provided a visual localization method comprising: (a) transmitting data representative of one or more detected visual features from a mobile device to a server; (b) estimating the location of the mobile device at the server based on the visual features 5 received from the mobile device; (c) transmitting reference data associated with the estimated location from the server to the mobile device; and (d) the mobile device determining its location based on the reference data received from the server.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2011Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT MUNCHENInventors: Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan, Anas Al-Nuaimi, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Florian Schweiger, Eckehard Steinbach
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Patent number: 8428120Abstract: Applying a mechanism of image signal processing and color-space-conversion to convert the captured Green components to be Y, luminance components for only those pixels having raw Green data without interpolation, and to convert the Blue components to be U, chrominance components for only those pixels having raw Blue data, and Red components to be V, chrominance components for only those pixels having raw Red data. These converted YUV components are input to a predetermined video compression codec for reducing the intra- and inter-frame redundant information.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2007Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Taiwan Imagingtek CorporationInventors: Chih-Ta Star Sung, Eckehard Steinbach, Yin-Chun Blue Lan, Hu Chen, Mingzhe Sun
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Publication number: 20120192242Abstract: An evaluation server for evaluating a plurality of videos, said evaluation server comprising: a module for identifying among a plurality of videos those videos which capture the same event by determining whether the video has been taken from a location lying at or within a certain geographic area and by determining whether the video has been taken at or within a certain time; said evaluation server further comprising: a module for receiving said plurality of videos in real-time; a module for repeatedly obtaining scene-based relevance parameters to obtain updated priority values of said videos; a module for rearranging the priority of the processing of said videos based on the updated priority values.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Inventors: Wolfgang Kellerer, Daniele Munaretto, Srisakul Thakolsri, Eckehard Steinbach, Ali El Essaili