Patents by Inventor Eli Ross CRANE

Eli Ross CRANE 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).

  • Patent number: 10706565
    Abstract: A multi-dimensional solution directed to employment of a low-resolution motion tracking technique to estimate a homogeneous transformation matrix that is further adapted to accurately characterize movement/motion between successive positions of an object through time. Low-resolution tracking is first used to estimate a homogeneous transformation matrix that describes the motion between successive positions of an object as that object moves over time. The 3-dimensional imaging data is then used to calculate a more accurate homogeneous transformation matrix, providing the accuracy to better characterize motion of the object over time. In the case where the ‘object’ being tracked is a 3-dimensional imaging system (herein, 3DIS), the resulting homogeneous transformation matrix is used to create 3-dimensional digital models of the scene that is in the field-of-view of the 3-dimensional imaging system (3DIS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Seikowave, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew W Bellis, Eli Ross Crane
  • Publication number: 20180165816
    Abstract: A multi-dimensional solution directed to employment of a low-resolution motion tracking technique to estimate a homogeneous transformation matrix that is further adapted to accurately characterize movement/motion between successive positions of an object through time. Low-resolution tracking is first used to estimate a homogeneous transformation matrix that describes the motion between successive positions of an object as that object moves over time. The 3-dimensional imaging data is then used to calculate a more accurate homogeneous transformation matrix, providing the accuracy to better characterize motion of the object over time. In the case where the ‘object’ being tracked is a 3-dimensional imaging system (herein, 3DIS), the resulting homogeneous transformation matrix is used to create 3-dimensional digital models of the scene that is in the field-of-view of the 3-dimensional imaging system (3DIS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Seikowave, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew W. BELLIS, Eli Ross Crane
  • Publication number: 20120113229
    Abstract: A unique computer-implemented process, system, and computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon, executable program code and instructions for 3-dimentional (3-D) image acquisition of a contoured surface-of-interest under observation by at least one camera and employing a preselected SLI pattern. The system includes a 3-D video sequence capture unit having (a) one or more image-capture devices for acquiring video image data as well as color texture data of a 3-D surface-of-interest, and (b) a projector device for illuminating the surface-of-interest with a preselected SLI pattern in, first, an initial Epipolar Alignment and ending in alignment with an Orthogonal (i.e., phase) direction, and then shifting the preselected SLI pattern (‘translation’).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (UKRF)
    Inventors: Laurence G. HASSEBROOK, Charles Joseph CASEY, Eli Ross CRANE, Walter F. LUNDBY