Patents by Inventor J. Brian Burns

J. Brian Burns 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).

  • Method and apparatus for recognition of objects via position and orientation consensus of local image encoding
    Patent number: 5828769
    Abstract: A method for recognition of an object in an image is provided, the method comprising the steps of: capturing in electronic memory multiple model images of the object; selecting from each captured model image multiple model image patches; encoding respective selected model image patches as respective sets of inner products of respective image patch data and a set of two-dimensional functions such that the respective sets of inner products include information useful in computing a pose estimate for the object; capturing in the electronic memory a current image; selecting from the captured current image multiple current image patches; encoding respective selected current image patches as respective sets of inner products of respective image patch data and the set of two-dimensional functions such that the respective sets of inner products include information useful in computing a pose estimate for the object; comparing respective current image patch encodings with respective model image patch encodings; identify
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventor: J. Brian Burns