Patents by Inventor Igor Janjic

Igor Janjic 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: 11865978
    Abstract: An example of the present disclosure provides a stereo camera assembly of an object tracking system. The stereo camera assembly comprises a wide-angle lens camera mounted on a mounting structure and a telephoto lens camera mounted on the mounting structure such that a field of view of the telephoto lens camera is at least partially encompassed by a field of view of the wide-angle lens camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a Subsidiary of the Boeing Company
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Heafitz, Igor Janjic
  • Publication number: 20220383515
    Abstract: A digital video computing system receives two or more frames depicting an environment from a camera system of a vehicle. For a salient image feature identified in the two or more frames, a global motion vector is calculated that is indicative of movement of the feature at least partially attributable to movement of the vehicle. A local motion vector is calculated that is indicative of movement of the feature independent from the movement of the vehicle. Based on the local motion vector, the salient image feature is determined to have an apparent motion relative to the environment that is independent from the movement of the vehicle. A candidate image patch is identified including the salient image feature. The candidate image patch is analyzed to output a likelihood that the candidate image patch depicts a second vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventor: Igor Janjic
  • Patent number: 11399137
    Abstract: An object-tracking system is disclosed. The tracking system is designed for environments where global positioning system (GPS), radio frequency (RF), and/or cellular communication signals are unavailable. The system is configured to use camera-captured images of the surrounding environment in conjunction with inertial measurements to perform visual and/or traditional odometry. An object detection algorithm and/or tracking scheme may be used to detect objects within the captured images, to help determine a user position relative to the objects. The detector architecture may be configured to allow for target (and/or object) agnostic camera detection and/or tracking that is easily configurable and/or reconfigurable depending on for the type of object to be detected and/or tracked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
    Inventors: Igor Janjic, Jae-Woo Choi, Franklin Wu
  • Publication number: 20220144186
    Abstract: An example of the present disclosure provides a stereo camera assembly of an object tracking system. The stereo camera assembly comprises a wide-angle lens camera mounted on a mounting structure and a telephoto lens camera mounted on the mounting structure such that a field of view of the telephoto lens camera is at least partially encompassed by a field of view of the wide-angle lens camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Heafitz, Igor Janjic
  • Patent number: 11210794
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system for tracking an object, the method. A region of interest in an image pair is determined based on a bounding box determined for the object in the image pair. A mask based on the region of interest is applied to the image pair. The mask masks out portions of the image pair outside of the region of interest to form masked images. Intensity averaging is performed on the masked images to detect a set of pixels having a greatest intensity in the masked images. The set of pixels in the masked images is a set of common pixels in the masked images in which the set of common pixels is assumed to have a same location in both of the masked images. A three-dimensional position of the object is determined using the set of common pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Igor Janjic, Douglas Famularo
  • Publication number: 20210295530
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system for tracking an object, the method. A region of interest in an image pair is determined based on a bounding box determined for the object in the image pair. A mask based on the region of interest is applied to the image pair. The mask masks out portions of the image pair outside of the region of interest to form masked images. Intensity averaging is performed on the masked images to detect a set of pixels having a greatest intensity in the masked images. The set of pixels in the masked images is a set of common pixels in the masked images in which the set of common pixels is assumed to have a same location in both of the masked images. A three-dimensional position of the object is determined using the set of common pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Igor Janjic, Douglas Famularo
  • Publication number: 20200053292
    Abstract: An object-tracking system is disclosed. The tracking system is designed for environments where global positioning system (GPS), radio frequency (RF), and/or cellular communication signals are unavailable. The system is configured to use camera-captured images of the surrounding environment in conjunction with inertial measurements to perform visual and/or traditional odometry. An object detection algorithm and/or tracking scheme may be used to detect objects within the captured images, to help determine a user position relative to the objects. The detector architecture may be configured to allow for target (and/or object) agnostic camera detection and/or tracking that is easily configurable and/or reconfigurable depending on for the type of object to be detected and/or tracked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Igor Janjic, Jae-Woo Choi, Franklin Wu
  • Publication number: 20190095725
    Abstract: A vehicle perception system for use in a ground based vehicle, such as a locomotive, is provided. The vehicle perception system includes a vehicle monitoring system to collect information regarding one of a state of the vehicle and an environment in which the vehicle is operating. A controller configured to determine one of a condition or an object based on information from the vehicle monitoring system. A response system configured to generate a warning corresponding to the condition or the object and an interface to present the warning to an operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Roshan Kalghatgi, Jae-Woo Choi, Jason Christopher Ryan, Zarrin Khiang-Huey Chua, Igor Janjic, Eugene H. Nahm