Patents by Inventor Stephen Thomas Nuske

Stephen Thomas Nuske 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).

  • Methods and system for detecting curved fruit with flash and camera and automated image analysis with invariance to scale and partial occlusions
    Patent number: 10217013
    Abstract: This invention relates to a system and method for detecting the curved surfaces of fruit using a flash and camera system and automated image analysis. Lighting upon fruit is controlled, with a flash or multiple flashes positioned beside the camera illuminate the fruit. The flash causes a strong specular reflectance at the center of curved fruit (such as apples, grapes, or avocados, among others). From this point of specular reflectance, pixel intensity decreases steadily toward the edges of curved fruit. The method searches the images to find points of specular reflectance surrounded by curved shaded regions belonging to the curved fruit and can detect fruit of various sizes and scales within image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Nuske, Zania Pothen
  • Methods and System for Detecting Curved Fruit with Flash and Camera and Automated Image Analysis with Invariance to Scale and Partial Occlusions
    Publication number: 20180129894
    Abstract: This invention relates to a system and method for detecting the curved surfaces of fruit using a flash and camera system and automated image analysis. Lighting upon fruit is controlled, with a flash or multiple flashes positioned beside the camera illuminate the fruit. The flash causes a strong specular reflectance at the center of curved fruit (such as apples, grapes, or avocados, among others). From this point of specular reflectance, pixel intensity decreases steadily toward the edges of curved fruit. The method searches the images to find points of specular reflectance surrounded by curved shaded regions belonging to the curved fruit and can detect fruit of various sizes and scales within image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Nuske, Zania Pothen