Patents by Inventor Mikael Carl Lang
Mikael Carl Lang 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: 11004129Abstract: An image processing method includes partitioning an image under test to form a plurality of contiguous image segments having similar image properties, deriving feature data from a subset including one or more of the image segments, and comparing the feature data from the subset of image segments with feature data derived from respective image segments of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Sony Europe B.V.Inventors: Mikael Carl Lang, Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Paul Edward Prayle, Ratna Beresford, Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Michael John Williams
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Publication number: 20180225736Abstract: An image processing method includes partitioning an image under test to form a plurality of contiguous image segments having similar image properties, deriving feature data from a subset including one or more of the image segments, and comparing the feature data from the subset of image segments with feature data derived from respective image segments of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: SONY EUROPE LIMITEDInventors: Mikael Carl LANG, Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Paul Edward Prayle, Ratna Beresford, Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Michael John Williams
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Patent number: 9940655Abstract: An image processing method includes partitioning an image under test to form a plurality of contiguous image segments having similar image properties, deriving feature data from a subset including one or more of the image segments, and comparing the feature data from the subset of image segments with feature data derived from respective image segments of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: SONY EUROPE LIMITEDInventors: Mikael Carl Lang, Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Paul Edward Prayle, Ratna Beresford, Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Michael John Williams
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Publication number: 20160140636Abstract: An image processing method includes partitioning an image under test to form a plurality of contiguous image segments having similar image properties, deriving feature data from a subset including one or more of the image segments, and comparing the feature data from the subset of image segments with feature data derived from respective image segments of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2016Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: Sony Europe LimitedInventors: Mikael Carl Lang, Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Paul Edward Prayle, Ratna Beresford, Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Michael John Williams
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Patent number: 9269105Abstract: An image processing method includes partitioning an image under test to form a plurality of contiguous image segments having similar image properties, deriving feature data from a subset including one or more of the image segments, and comparing the feature data from the subset of image segments with feature data derived from respective image segments of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: SONY EUROPE LIMITEDInventors: Mikael Carl Lang, Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Paul Edward Prayle, Ratna Beresford, Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Michael John Williams
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Patent number: 8385646Abstract: An image processing method includes partitioning an image under test to form a plurality of contiguous image segments having similar image properties, deriving feature data from a subset including one or more of the image segments, and comparing the feature data from the subset of image segments with feature data derived from respective image segments of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2006Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Sony United Kingdom LimitedInventors: Mikael Carl Lang, Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Paul Edward Prayle, Ratna Beresford, Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Michael John Williams
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Patent number: 8352515Abstract: A method of organising data items in an n-dimensional space comprises, for each of a plurality of iterations, the step of generating a relative displacement of position for each data item within the n-dimensional space in accordance with a similarity value between each data item and respective other data items, the distance between each data item and respective other data items in the n-dimensional space, and the difference in position within the n-dimensional space between each data item and at least one reference point.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Inventors: Mikael Carl Lang, Philip Crowhurst
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Patent number: 8340412Abstract: An image processing method includes detecting statistical distribution of permutations of pixel properties amongst contiguous groups of a predetermined number of pixels in at least a portion of an image under test, so as to derive feature data in respect of the image under test, and comparing the feature data derived in respect of the image under test with feature data derived from at least respective portions of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2006Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Sony United Kingdom LimitedInventors: Mikael Carl Lang, Robert Mark Stefan Porter
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Patent number: 8311100Abstract: An information handling method in which information items are mapped to respective nodes in an array of nodes by mutual similarity of the information items, such that similar information items map to nodes at similar positions in the array of nodes; a mapping relationship being defined between feature data relating to an information item and nodes in the array of nodes comprises the steps of: (a) for each of a group of information items: detecting feature data representing each of a set of properties of that information item; (b) for the ensemble of feature data corresponding to the group of information items: detecting more significant and less significant properties within the ensemble; discarding feature data relating to less significant properties, the remaining non-discarded feature data being associated so as to generate a reduced feature vector for each information item; (c) defining a mapping between the reduced feature vectors and nodes in the array of nodes.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2005Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Sony United Kingdom LimitedInventors: Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Paul Edward Prayle, Mikael Carl Lang
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Publication number: 20110296350Abstract: A method of organising data items in an n-dimensional space comprises, for each of a plurality of iterations, the step of generating a relative displacement of position for each data item within the n-dimensional space in accordance with a similarity value between each data item and respective other data items, the distance between each data item and respective other data items in the n-dimensional space, and the difference in position within the n-dimensional space between each data item and at least one reference point.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITEDInventors: Mikael Carl Lang, Philip Crowhurst
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Patent number: 8046393Abstract: A method of organizing data items in an n-dimensional space comprises, for each of a plurality of iterations, the step of generating a relative displacement of position for each data item within the n-dimensional space in accordance with a similarity value between each data item and respective other data items, the distance between each data item and respective other data items in the n-dimensional space, and the difference in position within the n-dimensional space between each data item and at least one reference point.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2007Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Inventor: Mikael Carl Lang
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Publication number: 20100158362Abstract: An image processing method includes detecting statistical distribution of permutations of pixel properties amongst contiguous groups of a predetermined number of pixels in at least a portion of an image under test, so as to derive feature data in respect of the image under test, and comparing the feature data derived in respect of the image under test with feature data derived from at least respective portions of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2006Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITEDInventors: Mikael Carl Lang, Robert Mark Stefan Porter
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Publication number: 20090310861Abstract: An image processing method includes partitioning an image under test to form a plurality of contiguous image segments having similar image properties, deriving feature data from a subset including one or more of the image segments, and comparing the feature data from the subset of image segments with feature data derived from respective image segments of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2006Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITEDInventors: Mikael Carl Lang, Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Paul Edward Prayle, Ratna Beresford, Jonathan Richard Thorpe, Michael John Williams
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Publication number: 20080177763Abstract: A method of organising data items in an n-dimensional space comprises, for each of a plurality of iterations, the step of generating a relative displacement of position for each data item within the n-dimensional space in accordance with a similarity value between each data item and respective other data items, the distance between each data item and respective other data items in the n-dimensional space, and the difference in position within the n-dimensional space between each data item and at least one reference point.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2007Publication date: July 24, 2008Applicant: SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITEDInventor: Mikael Carl LANG