Patents by Inventor Robert Huitl

Robert Huitl 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).

  • Publication number: 20240169660
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a method of visual localization, comprising: generating a plurality of virtual views, wherein each of the virtual views is associated with a location; obtaining a query image; determining the location where the query image was obtained on the basis of a comparison of the query image with said virtual views.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Eckehard Steinbach, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Sebastian Hilsenbeck
  • Publication number: 20240152550
    Abstract: There is provided a visual localization method comprising: (a) transmitting data representative of one or more detected visual features from a mobile device to a server; (b) estimating the location of the mobile device at the server based on the visual features received from the mobile device; (c) transmitting reference data associated with the estimated location from the server to the mobile device; and (d) the mobile device determining its location based on the reference data received from the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan, Anas Al-Nuaimi, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Florian Schweiger, Eckehard Steinbach
  • Patent number: 11887247
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a method of visual localization, comprising: generating a plurality of virtual views, wherein each of the virtual views is associated with a location; obtaining a query image; determining the location where the query image was obtained on the basis of a comparison of the query image with said virtual views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NAVVIS GMBH
    Inventors: Eckehard Steinbach, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Sebastian Hilsenbeck
  • Patent number: 11803586
    Abstract: There is provided a visual localization method comprising: (a) transmitting data representative of one or more detected visual features from a mobile device to a server; (b) estimating the location of the mobile device at the server based on the visual features received from the mobile device; (c) transmitting reference data associated with the estimated location from the server to the mobile device; and (d) the mobile device determining its location based on the reference data received from the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: NavVis GmbH
    Inventors: Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan, Anas Al-Nuaimi, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Florian Schweiger, Eckehard Steinbach
  • Publication number: 20230142545
    Abstract: A device and method for precise selection of a space coordinate by means of a digital image. A digital image of surface elements in a three-dimensional space and a point cloud are provided, with space coordinates allocated to the points which form the point cloud, and surface elements allocated to the points in the three-dimensional space. The surface elements in the three-dimensional space are visualised by a first display. A pixel of the digital image is tagged, and approximated space coordinates for the tagged pixel are determined, which correspond to the surface element visualised by the tagged pixel in three-dimensional space. Subsequently, a supplementary view is superimposed, which displays the points of the point cloud located within a limited three-dimensional environment of the approximate space coordinates determined for the tagged pixel in a second display. Finally, a point of the point cloud is selected in the supplementary view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: NavVis GmbH
    Inventors: Fahad MANSOOR, Robert HUITL, Raphael NEBLICH, Lisa CALI, Tamino HARTMAN, Stefan ROMBERG, Georg SCHROTH
  • Publication number: 20210350629
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a method of visual localization, comprising: generating a plurality of virtual views, wherein each of the virtual views is associated with a location; obtaining a query image; determining the location where the query image was obtained on the basis of a comparison of the query image with said virtual views.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Eckehard Steinbach, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Sebastian Hilsenbeck
  • Patent number: 11094123
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a method of visual localization, comprising: generating a plurality of virtual views, wherein each of the virtual views is associated with a location; obtaining a query image; determining the location where the query image was obtained on the basis of a comparison of the query image with said virtual views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: NAVVIS GMBH
    Inventors: Eckehard Steinbach, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Sebastian Hilsenbeck
  • Publication number: 20210182334
    Abstract: There is provided a visual localization method comprising: (a) transmitting data representative of one or more detected visual features from a mobile device to a server; (b) estimating the location of the mobile device at the server based on the visual features received from the mobile device; (c) transmitting reference data associated with the estimated location from the server to the mobile device; and (d) the mobile device determining its location based on the reference data received from the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan, Anas Al-Nuaimi, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Florian Schweiger, Eckehard Steinbach
  • Patent number: 10956489
    Abstract: There is provided a visual localization method comprising: (a) transmitting data representative of one or more detected visual features from a mobile device to a server; (b) estimating the location of the mobile device at the server based on the visual features received from the mobile device; (c) transmitting reference data associated with the estimated location from the server to the mobile device; and (d) the mobile device determining its location based on the reference data received from the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: NavVis GmbH
    Inventors: Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan, Anas Al-Nuaimi, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Florian Schweiger, Eckehard Steinbach
  • Publication number: 20200167382
    Abstract: There is provided a visual localization method comprising: (a) transmitting data representative of one or more detected visual features from a mobile device to a server; (b) estimating the location of the mobile device at the server based on the visual features received from the mobile device; (c) transmitting reference data associated with the estimated location from the server to the mobile device; and (d) the mobile device determining its location based on the reference data received from the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan, Anas Al-Nuaimi, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Florian Schweiger, Eckehard Steinbach
  • Patent number: 10585938
    Abstract: There is provided a visual localization method comprising: (a) transmitting data representative of one or more detected visual features from a mobile device to a server; (b) estimating the location of the mobile device at the server based on the visual features received from the mobile device; (c) transmitting reference data associated with the estimated location from the server to the mobile device; and (d) the mobile device determining its location based on the reference data received from the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: NavVis GmbH
    Inventors: Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan, Anas Al-Nuaimi, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Florian Schweiger, Eckehard Steinbach
  • Publication number: 20190287293
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a method of visual localization, comprising: generating a plurality of virtual views, wherein each of the virtual views is associated with a location; obtaining a query image; determining the location where the query image was obtained on the basis of a comparison of the query image with said virtual views.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Eckehard Steinbach, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Sebastian Hilsenbeck
  • Patent number: 10319146
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a method of visual localization, comprising: generating a plurality of virtual views, wherein each of the virtual views is associated with a location; obtaining a query image; determining the location where the query image was obtained on the basis of a comparison of the query image with said virtual views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: NAVVIS GMBH
    Inventors: Eckehard Steinbach, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Sebastian Hilsenbeck
  • Publication number: 20190155837
    Abstract: There is provided a visual localization method comprising: (a) transmitting data representative of one or more detected visual features from a mobile device to a server; (b) estimating the location of the mobile device at the server based on the visual features received from the mobile device; (c) transmitting reference data associated with the estimated location from the server to the mobile device; and (d) the mobile device determining its location based on the reference data received from the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan, Anas Al-Nuaimi, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Florian Schweiger, Eckehard Steinbach
  • Patent number: 10229136
    Abstract: There is provided a visual localization method comprising: (a) transmitting data representative of one or more detected visual features from a mobile device to a server; (b) estimating the location of the mobile device at the server based on the visual features received from the mobile device; (c) transmitting reference data associated with the estimated location from the server to the mobile device; and (d) the mobile device determining its location based on the reference data received from the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: NAVVIS GMBH
    Inventors: Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan, Anas Al-Nuaimi, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Florian Schweiger, Eckehard Steinbach
  • Publication number: 20180189327
    Abstract: There is provided a visual localization method comprising: (a) transmitting data representative of one or more detected visual features from a mobile device to a server; (b) estimating the location of the mobile device at the server based on the visual features received from the mobile device; (c) transmitting reference data associated with the estimated location from the server to the mobile device; and (d) the mobile device determining its location based on the reference data received from the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: MOHAMMAD ABU-ALQUMSAN, ANAS AL-NUAIMI, ROBERT HUITL, GEORG SCHROTH, FLORIAN SCHWEIGER, ECKEHARD STEINBACH
  • Patent number: 9946733
    Abstract: There is provided a visual localization method comprising: (a) transmitting data representative of one or more detected visual features from a mobile device to a server; (b) estimating the location of the mobile device at the server based on the visual features received from the mobile device; (c) transmitting reference data associated with the estimated location from the server to the mobile device; and (d) the mobile device determining its location based on the reference data received from the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: NAVVIS GMBH
    Inventors: Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan, Anas Al-Nuaimi, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Florian Schweiger, Eckehard Steinbach
  • Publication number: 20170212911
    Abstract: There is provided a visual localization method comprising: (a) transmitting data representative of one or more detected visual features from a mobile device to a server; (b) estimating the location of the mobile device at the server based on the visual features received from the mobile device; (c) transmitting reference data associated with the estimated location from the server to the mobile device; and (d) the mobile device determining its location based on the reference data received from the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: MOHAMMAD ABU-ALQUMSAN, ANAS AL-NUAIMI, ROBERT HUITL, GEORG SCHROTH, FLORIAN SCHWEIGER, ECKEHARD STEINBACH
  • Patent number: 9641981
    Abstract: There is provided a visual localization method comprising: (a) transmitting data representative of one or more detected visual features from a mobile device to a server; (b) estimating the location of the mobile device at the server based on the visual features 5 received from the mobile device; (c) transmitting reference data associated with the estimated location from the server to the mobile device; and (d) the mobile device determining its location based on the reference data received from the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: NAVVIS GMBH
    Inventors: Eckehard Steinbach, Georg Schroth, Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan, Robert Huitl, Anas Al-Nuaimi, Florian Schweiger
  • Publication number: 20150243080
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a method of visual localisation, comprising: generating a plurality of virtual views, wherein each of the virtual views is associated with a location; obtaining a query image; determining the location where the query image was obtained on the basis of a comparison of the query image with said virtual views.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Eckehard Steinbach, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Sebastian Hilsenbeck