Patents by Inventor Yaser Sheikh

Yaser Sheikh 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).

  • RELATIVE POSE ESTIMATION OF NON-OVERLAPPING CAMERAS USING THE MOTION OF SUBJECTS IN THE CAMERA FIELDS OF VIEW
    Publication number: 20130114851
    Abstract: A relative pose between two cameras is determined by using input data obtained from the motion of subjects, such as pedestrians, between the fields of view of two cameras, determining trajectory information for the subjects, and computing homographies relating lines obtained from trajectories in the first image data to lines obtained from the trajectories in the second image data. The two fields of view need not overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Foote, G. Peter K. Carr, Yaser Sheikh, Iain Matthews
  • MOTION CAPTURE FROM BODY MOUNTED CAMERAS
    Publication number: 20120327194
    Abstract: Body-mounted cameras are used to accurately reconstruct the motion of a subject. Outward-looking cameras are attached to the limbs of the subject, and the joint angles and root pose that define the subject's configuration are estimated through a non-linear optimization, which can incorporate image matching error and temporal continuity of motion. Instrumentation of the environment is not required, allowing for motion capture over extended areas and in outdoor settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Takaaki Shiratori, Hyun Soo Park, Leonid Sigal, Yaser Sheikh, Jessica K. Hodgins
  • Vehicle-use visual field assistance system in which information dispatch apparatus transmits images of blind spots to vehicles
    Patent number: 8179241
    Abstract: A camera of a ground-based information dispatch apparatus captures a blind-spot image, showing a region that is a blind spot with respect to a vehicle driver. A vehicle-mounted camera captures a forward-view image corresponding to the viewpoint of the driver, and the forward-view image is transmitted to the information dispatch apparatus together with vehicle position and direction information and camera parameters. Based on the received information, the blind-spot image is converted to a corresponding image having the viewpoint of the vehicle driver, and the forward-view image and viewpoint-converted blind-spot image are combined to form a synthesized image, which is transmitted to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sakai, Yukimasa Tamatsu, Ankur Datta, Yaser Sheikh, Takeo Kanade
  • Vehicle-use visual field assistance system in which information dispatch apparatus transmits images of blind spots to vehicles
    Publication number: 20090140881
    Abstract: A camera of a ground-based information dispatch apparatus captures a blind-spot image, showing a region that is a blind spot with respect to a vehicle driver. A vehicle-mounted camera captures a forward-view image corresponding to the viewpoint of the driver, and the forward-view image is transmitted to the information dispatch apparatus together with vehicle position and direction information and camera parameters. Based on the received information, the blind-spot image is converted to a corresponding image having the viewpoint of the vehicle driver, and the forward-view image and viewpoint-converted blind-spot image are combined to form a synthesized image, which is transmitted to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sakai, Yukimasa Tamatsu, Ankur Datta, Yaser Sheikh, Takeo Kanade