Patents by Inventor Neil M. Tardella

Neil M. Tardella 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).

  • Visual object recognition and tracking
    Patent number: 7680300
    Abstract: This invention describes a method for identifying and tracking an object from two-dimensional data pictorially representing said object by an object-tracking system through processing said two-dimensional data using at least one tracker-identifier belonging to the object-tracking system for providing an output signal containing: a) a type of the object, and/or b) a position or an orientation of the object in three-dimensions, and/or c) an articulation or a shape change of said object in said three dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Energid Technologies
    Inventors: Chu-Yin Chang, James D. English, Neil M. Tardella
  • Visual object recognition and tracking
    Publication number: 20060008119
    Abstract: This invention describes a method for identifying and tracking an object from two-dimensional data pictorially representing said object by an object-tracking system through processing said two-dimensional data using at least one tracker-identifier belonging to the object-tracking system for providing an output signal containing: a) a type of the object, and/or b) a position or an orientation of the object in three-dimensions, and/or c) an articulation or a shape change of said object in said three dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Applicant: Energid Technologies
    Inventors: Chu-Yin Chang, James English, Neil M. Tardella