Patents by Inventor Sietse Dijkstra

Sietse Dijkstra 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).

  • Patent number: 11902667
    Abstract: An imaging system may include a plurality of networked imagers arranged in a geometric arrangement with respective fields of view covering part or all of a panoramic geometry, at least one inertial measurement unit (IMU) in communication with the networked imagers configured to generate orientation data indicating orientations of the plurality of networked imagers, and at least one processor in communication with the networked imagers and the at least one IMU. The at least one processor may be configured to receive a plurality of images from the plurality of networked imagers and combine the plurality of images into at least one combined image by positioning pixels of each of the plurality of images relative to pixels of the remaining plurality of images, associating the positioned pixels with the orientation data, and merging the oriented pixels of each of the plurality of images into the at least one combined image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: BOUNCE IMAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Francisco Aguilar, Sietse Dijkstra
  • Publication number: 20230396888
    Abstract: At least one combined image may be created from a plurality of images captured by a plurality of cameras. A sensor unit may receive the plurality of images from the plurality of cameras. At least one processor in communication with the sensor unit may correlate each received image with calibration data for the camera from which the image was received. The calibration data may comprise camera position data and characteristic data. The processor may combine at least two of the received images from at least two of the cameras into the at least one combined image by orienting the at least two images relative to one another based on the calibration data for the at least two cameras from which the images were received and merging the at least two aligned images into the at least one combined image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: BOUNCE IMAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Pablo ALVARADO-MOYA, Laura CABRERA, Sietse DIJKSTRA, Francisco AGUILAR
  • Patent number: 11729510
    Abstract: At least one combined image may be created from a plurality of images captured by a plurality of cameras. A sensor unit may receive the plurality of images from the plurality of cameras. At least one processor in communication with the sensor unit may correlate each received image with calibration data for the camera from which the image was received. The calibration data may comprise camera position data and characteristic data. The processor may combine at least two of the received images from at least two of the cameras into the at least one combined image by orienting the at least two images relative to one another based on the calibration data for the at least two cameras from which the images were received and merging the at least two aligned images into the at least one combined image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: BOUNCE IMAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Pablo Alvarado-Moya, Laura Cabrera, Sietse Dijkstra, Francisco Aguilar
  • Publication number: 20220159184
    Abstract: An imaging system may include a plurality of networked imagers arranged in a geometric arrangement with respective fields of view covering part or all of a panoramic geometry, at least one inertial measurement unit (IMU) in communication with the networked imagers configured to generate orientation data indicating orientations of the plurality of networked imagers, and at least one processor in communication with the networked imagers and the at least one IMU. The at least one processor may be configured to receive a plurality of images from the plurality of networked imagers and combine the plurality of images into at least one combined image by positioning pixels of each of the plurality of images relative to pixels of the remaining plurality of images, associating the positioned pixels with the orientation data, and merging the oriented pixels of each of the plurality of images into the at least one combined image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: BOUNCE IMAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Francisco AGUILAR, Sietse DIJKSTRA
  • Patent number: 11212441
    Abstract: An imaging system may include a plurality of networked imagers arranged in a geometric arrangement with respective fields of view covering part or all of a panoramic geometry, at least one inertial measurement unit (IMU) in communication with the networked imagers configured to generate orientation data indicating orientations of the plurality of networked imagers, and at least one processor in communication with the networked imagers and the at least one IMU. The at least one processor may be configured to receive a plurality of images from the plurality of networked imagers and combine the plurality of images into at least one combined image by positioning pixels of each of the plurality of images relative to pixels of the remaining plurality of images, associating the positioned pixels with the orientation data, and merging the oriented pixels of each of the plurality of images into the at least one combined image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: BOUNCE IMAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Francisco Aguilar, Sietse Dijkstra
  • Publication number: 20210160426
    Abstract: An imaging system may include a plurality of networked imagers arranged in a geometric arrangement with respective fields of view covering part or all of a panoramic geometry, at least one inertial measurement unit (IMU) in communication with the networked imagers configured to generate orientation data indicating orientations of the plurality of networked imagers, and at least one processor in communication with the networked imagers and the at least one IMU. The at least one processor may be configured to receive a plurality of images from the plurality of networked imagers and combine the plurality of images into at least one combined image by positioning pixels of each of the plurality of images relative to pixels of the remaining plurality of images, associating the positioned pixels with the orientation data, and merging the oriented pixels of each of the plurality of images into the at least one combined image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: BOUNCE IMAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Francisco AGUILAR, Sietse DIJKSTRA
  • Patent number: 10904434
    Abstract: At least one combined image may be created from a plurality of images captured by a plurality of cameras. A sensor unit may receive the plurality of images from the plurality of cameras. At least one processor in communication with the sensor unit may correlate each received image with calibration data for the camera from which the image was received. The calibration data may comprise camera position data and characteristic data, and may translate the data about a translated virtual center point translated a predetermined distance in space from the virtual center point. The processor may combine at least two of the received images from at least two of the cameras into the at least one combined image by orienting the at least two images relative to one another based on the calibration data for the at least two cameras from which the images were received and merging the at least two aligned images into the at least one combined image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: BOUNCE IMAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Francisco Aguilar, Sietse Dijkstra
  • Publication number: 20200366841
    Abstract: At least one combined image may be created from a plurality of images captured by a plurality of cameras. A sensor unit may receive the plurality of images from the plurality of cameras. At least one processor in communication with the sensor unit may correlate each received image with calibration data for the camera from which the image was received. The calibration data may comprise camera position data and characteristic data. The processor may combine at least two of the received images from at least two of the cameras into the at least one combined image by orienting the at least two images relative to one another based on the calibration data for the at least two cameras from which the images were received and merging the at least two aligned images into the at least one combined image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: BOUNCE IMAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Pablo Alvarado-Moya, Laura Cabrera, Sietse Dijkstra, Francisco Aguilar
  • Patent number: 10771692
    Abstract: At least one combined image may be created from a plurality of images captured by a plurality of cameras. A sensor unit may receive the plurality of images from the plurality of cameras. At least one processor in communication with the sensor unit may correlate each received image with calibration data for the camera from which the image was received. The calibration data may comprise camera position data and characteristic data. The processor may combine at least two of the received images from at least two of the cameras into the at least one combined image by orienting the at least two images relative to one another based on the calibration data for the at least two cameras from which the images were received and merging the at least two aligned images into the at least one combined image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: BOUNCE IMAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Pablo Alvarado-Moya, Laura Cabrera, Sietse Dijkstra, Francisco Aguilar
  • Publication number: 20200106960
    Abstract: At least one combined image may be created from a plurality of images captured by a plurality of cameras. A sensor unit may receive the plurality of images from the plurality of cameras. At least one processor in communication with the sensor unit may correlate each received image with calibration data for the camera from which the image was received. The calibration data may comprise camera position data and characteristic data, and may translate the data about a translated virtual center point translated a predetermined distance in space from the virtual center point. The processor may combine at least two of the received images from at least two of the cameras into the at least one combined image by orienting the at least two images relative to one another based on the calibration data for the at least two cameras from which the images were received and merging the at least two aligned images into the at least one combined image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: BOUNCE IMAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Francisco AGUILAR, Sietse DIJKSTRA
  • Publication number: 20180376061
    Abstract: At least one combined image may be created from a plurality of images captured by a plurality of cameras. A sensor unit may receive the plurality of images from the plurality of cameras. At least one processor in communication with the sensor unit may correlate each received image with calibration data for the camera from which the image was received. The calibration data may comprise camera position data and characteristic data. The processor may combine at least two of the received images from at least two of the cameras into the at least one combined image by orienting the at least two images relative to one another based on the calibration data for the at least two cameras from which the images were received and merging the at least two aligned images into the at least one combined image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: BOUNCE IMAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Pablo Alvarado-Moya, Laura Cabrera, Sietse Dijkstra, Francisco Aguilar
  • Patent number: 10091418
    Abstract: At least one combined image may be created from a plurality of images captured by a plurality of cameras. A sensor unit may receive the plurality of images from the plurality of cameras. At least one processor in communication with the sensor unit may correlate each received image with calibration data for the camera from which the image was received. The calibration data may comprise camera position data and characteristic data. The processor may combine at least two of the received images from at least two of the cameras into the at least one combined image by orienting the at least two images relative to one another based on the calibration data for the at least two cameras from which the images were received and merging the at least two aligned images into the at least one combined image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: BOUNCE IMAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Pablo Alvarado-Moya, Laura Cabrera, Sietse Dijkstra, Francisco Aguilar
  • Publication number: 20160119541
    Abstract: At least one combined image may be created from a plurality of images captured by a plurality of cameras. A sensor unit may receive the plurality of images from the plurality of cameras. At least one processor in communication with the sensor unit may correlate each received image with calibration data for the camera from which the image was received. The calibration data may comprise camera position data and characteristic data. The processor may combine at least two of the received images from at least two of the cameras into the at least one combined image by orienting the at least two images relative to one another based on the calibration data for the at least two cameras from which the images were received and merging the at least two aligned images into the at least one combined image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Pablo Alvarado-Moya, Laura Cabrera, Sietse Dijkstra, Francisco Aguilar