Patents by Inventor Richard Antony Kirk

Richard Antony Kirk 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).

  • Image processing apparatus
    Patent number: 7079679
    Abstract: In an image processing system, a subject object 210 is placed on top of an object support 220 on a calibration object 34 having a known pattern of features thereon. Images recorded at different positions and orientations are processed to generate a three-dimensional computer model of the subject object alone or the subject object together with the calibration object. By imaging the subject object 210 on an object support instead of placing it directly on the calibration object, the user is provided with flexibility in the selection of the pattern and color of the calibration and the selection of the imaging positions and orientations. By providing an object support 220 having a top surface on which the subject object 210 sits which does not protrude from beneath the base of the subject object 210, the user is provided with flexibility in the selection of lighting conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Richard Antony Kirk, Alexander Ralph Lyons, Adam Michael Baumberg, Richard Ian Taylor, Aaron William Christopher Kotcheff
  • Image processing apparatus
    Publication number: 20020061130
    Abstract: In an image processing system, a subject object 210 is placed on top of an object support 220 on a calibration object 34 having a known pattern of features thereon. Images recorded at different positions and orientations are processed to generate a three-dimensional computer model of the subject object alone or the subject object together with the calibration object. By imaging the subject object 210 on an object support instead of placing it directly on the calibration object, the user is provided with flexibility in the selection of the pattern and color of the calibration and the selection of the imaging positions and orientations. By providing an object support 220 having a top surface on which the subject object 210 sits which does not protrude from beneath the base of the subject object 210, the user is provided with flexibility in the selection of lighting conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Richard Antony Kirk, Alexander Ralph Lyons, Adam Michael Baumberg, Richard Ian Taylor, Aaron William Christopher Kotcheff