Patents by Inventor Timothy Stephen Mason

Timothy Stephen Mason 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: 10916033
    Abstract: A system and method determining a camera pose. The method comprises receiving a first image and a second image, the first and second images being associated with a camera pose and a height map for pixels in each corresponding image, and determining a mapping between the first image and the second image using the corresponding height maps, the camera pose and a mapping of the second image to an orthographic view. The method further comprises determining alignment data between the first image transformed using the determined mapping and the second image and determining a refined camera pose based on the determined alignment data and alignment data associated with at least one other camera pose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Peter Alleine Fletcher, David Peter Morgan-Mar, Matthew Raphael Arnison, Timothy Stephen Mason
  • Publication number: 20190188871
    Abstract: A method of combining object data captured from an object, the method comprising: receiving first object data and second object data, the first and second object data comprising intensity image data and three-dimensional geometry data of the object; synthesising a first fused image of the object and a second fused image of the object by fusing the respective intensity image data and the respective three-dimensional geometry data of the object illuminated by a directional lighting arrangement produced by a directional light source, the directional lighting arrangement produced by the directional light source being different to a lighting arrangement used to capture at least one of the first object data and the second object data; aligning the first fused image and the second fused image; and combining the first object data and the second object data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: PETER ALLEINE FLETCHER, MATTHEW RAPHAEL ARNISON, TIMOTHY STEPHEN MASON
  • Publication number: 20190073792
    Abstract: A system and method determining a camera pose. The method comprises receiving a first image and a second image, the first and second images being associated with a camera pose and a height map for pixels in each corresponding image, and determining a mapping between the first image and the second image using the corresponding height maps, the camera pose and a mapping of the second image to an orthographic view. The method further comprises determining alignment data between the first image transformed using the determined mapping and the second image and determining a refined camera pose based on the determined alignment data and alignment data associated with at least one other camera pose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Alleine Fletcher, David Peter Morgan-Mar, Matthew Raphael Arnison, Timothy Stephen Mason