Patents by Inventor Zoltán Fegyver

Zoltán Fegyver 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: 20200175721
    Abstract: The invention is a method for camera misalignment detection by means of processing images of a camera fixed to a vehicle and having a field of view containing a vehicle image area (11) imaging a portion of the vehicle and a remaining area (12), wherein in said processing step a plurality of reference locations (21) within an input image are used, said reference locations (21) being determined as edge locations along a boundary of the vehicle image area (11) in a reference image, and said processing step comprises checking at the reference locations (21) within the input image whether said reference locations (21) are edge locations by ascertaining at each reference location (21) whether a magnitude of an image gradient is above a gradient threshold limit, and alerting misalignment depending on an ascertained subset of the reference locations (21) where the gradient threshold limit is not reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Zoltán Fegyver, László Babay
  • Patent number: 10664997
    Abstract: The invention is a method for camera misalignment detection by means of processing images of a camera fixed to a vehicle and having a field of view containing a vehicle image area (11) imaging a portion of the vehicle and a remaining area (12), wherein in said processing step a plurality of reference locations (21) within an input image are used, said reference locations (21) being determined as edge locations along a boundary of the vehicle image area (11) in a reference image, and said processing step comprises checking at the reference locations (21) within the input image whether said reference locations (21) are edge locations by ascertaining at each reference location (21) whether a magnitude of an image gradient is above a gradient threshold limit, and alerting misalignment depending on an ascertained subset of the reference locations (21) where the gradient threshold limit is not reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Almotive Kft.
    Inventors: Zoltán Fegyver, László Babay
  • Patent number: 10089753
    Abstract: The invention provides a method, a system and a computer-readable medium for calibrating a camera by using a multi-pattern calibration rig, each pattern being repetitive and comprising calibration shapes, wherein the following steps are carried out: capturing an image of the multi-pattern calibration rig with the camera, segmenting contours of the imaged calibration shapes, building groups of coherent contours based on the similarity of their shapes and their distances from each other, and identifying the positions of the patterns in the image based on the contour groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Almotive Kft.
    Inventors: Zoltán Fegyver, Kristóf Várszegi