Patents by Inventor Patrick L.E. Vandewalle

Patrick L.E. Vandewalle 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).

  • GENERATION OF A DEPTH MAP
    Publication number: 20110227914
    Abstract: A method of generating a depth map for an image comprises the following steps: displaying the image, displaying an indication on the image in a first region of the image, displaying a plurality of labels, receiving a user input selecting one of the plurality of labels, setting a label for the first region to the selected label, repeating steps two to five for a different region, until a predefined event has occurred, accessing a predefined scheme for converting a label map to a depth map, and generating a depth map according to the predefined scheme and labels set following the user inputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Christiaan Varekamp, Patrick L.E. Vandewalle