Patents by Inventor Alexander Behrens

Alexander Behrens 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: 10339803
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an assistance system of a motor vehicle. An image is detected by means of a camera of the assistance system and a traffic sign is determined within the detected image. An alignment of the determined traffic sign is determined with respect to the motor vehicle, and a signal device of the assistance system is triggered by the alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Behrens, Steen Kristensen
  • Patent number: 9792511
    Abstract: A method is provided for operating a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle to detect a polygon-shaped (and especially rectangular) traffic sign with a number of edges. A camera acquires an image of the traffic sign. Within at least a portion of the image, a number of first line segments is determined, which is less than the number of edges of the traffic sign. Based on the first line segments, a reproduction of the traffic sign is identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH
    Inventor: Alexander Behrens
  • Publication number: 20170132925
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an assistance system of a motor vehicle. An image is detected by means of a camera of the assistance system and a traffic sign is determined within the detected image. An alignment of the determined traffic sign is determined with respect to the motor vehicle, and a signal device of the assistance system is triggered by the alignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Behrens, Steen Kristensen
  • Publication number: 20160026882
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (20) for operating an assistance system (2) of a motor vehicle for detecting a polygon traffic sign (4) with a number of edges (14). By means of a camera (8) an image (16) of the traffic sign (4) is detected and within the detected image (16) a number of first routes (40) is determined, which is smaller than the number of edges (14) of the traffic sign (4). Based on the first routes (40) a reproduction (18) of the traffic sign (4) is identified. The invention relates further to an assistance system (2) of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventor: Alexander BEHRENS
  • Patent number: 8451895
    Abstract: Multiview videos are acquired of a scene with corresponding cameras arranged at poses, such that there is view overlap between any pair of cameras. V-frames are generated from the multiview videos. The V-frames are encoded using only spatial prediction. Then, the V-frames are inserted periodically in an encoded bit stream to provide random temporal access to the multiview videos. Additional view dependency information enables the decoding of a reduced number of frames prior to accessing randomly a target frame for a specified view and time, and decoding the target frame. The method also decodes multiview videos by maintaining a reference picture list for a current frame of a plurality of multiview videos, and predicting each current frame of the plurality of multiview videos according to reference pictures indexed by the associated reference picture list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Vetro, Huifang Sun, Jun Xin, Emin Martinian, Alexander Behrens
  • Publication number: 20100322311
    Abstract: Multiview videos are acquired of a scene with corresponding cameras arranged at poses, such that there is view overlap between any pair of cameras. V-frames are generated from the multiview videos. The V-frames are encoded using only spatial prediction. Then, the V-frames are inserted periodically in an encoded bit stream to provide random temporal access to the multiview videos. Additional view dependency information enables the decoding of a reduced number of frames prior to accessing randomly a target frame for a specified view and time, and decoding the target frame. The method also decodes multiview videos by maintaining a reference picture list for a current frame of a plurality of multiview videos, and predicting each current frame of the plurality of multiview videos according to reference pictures indexed by the associated reference picture list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Anthony Vetro, Huifang Sun, Jun Xin, Emin Martinian, Alexander Behrens
  • Patent number: 7728877
    Abstract: A system and method synthesizes multiview videos. Multiview videos are acquired of a scene with corresponding cameras arranged at a poses such that there is view overlap between any pair of cameras. A synthesized multiview video is generated from the acquired multiview videos for a virtual camera. A reference picture list is maintained for each current frame of each of the multiview videos and the synthesized video. The reference picture list indexes temporal reference pictures and spatial reference pictures of the acquired multiview videos and the synthesized reference pictures of the synthesized multiview video. Then, each current frame of the multiview videos is predicted according to reference pictures indexed by the associated reference picture list during encoding and decoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Xin, Emin Martinian, Alexander Behrens, Anthony Vetro, Huifang Sun
  • Patent number: 7710462
    Abstract: A method randomly accesses multiview videos. Multiview videos are acquired of a scene with corresponding cameras arranged at poses, such that there is view overlap between any pair of cameras. V-frames are generated from the multiview videos. The V-frames are encoded using only spatial prediction. Then, the V-frames are inserted periodically in an encoded bitstream to provide random temporal access to the multiview videos.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Xin, Emin Martinian, Alexander Behrens, Anthony Vetro, Huifang Sun
  • Patent number: 7489342
    Abstract: A system and method manages multiview videos. A reference picture list is maintained for each current frame of multiple multiview videos. The reference picture list indexes temporal reference pictures, spatial reference pictures and synthesized reference pictures of the multiview videos. Then, each current frame of the multiview videos is predicted according to reference pictures indexed by the associated reference picture list during encoding and decoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Xin, Emin Martinian, Alexander Behrens, Anthony Vetro, Huifang Sun
  • Publication number: 20060146141
    Abstract: A method randomly accesses multiview videos. Multiview videos are acquired of a scene with corresponding cameras arranged at poses, such that there is view overlap between any pair of cameras. V-frames are generated from the multiview videos. The V-frames are encoded using only spatial prediction. Then, the V-frames are inserted periodically in an encoded bitstream to provide random temporal access to the multiview videos.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Jun Xin, Emin Martinian, Alexander Behrens, Anthony Vetro, Huifang Sun
  • Publication number: 20060146143
    Abstract: A system and method manages multiview videos. A reference picture list is maintained for each current frame of multiple multiview videos. The reference picture list indexes temporal reference pictures, spatial reference pictures and synthesized reference pictures of the multiview videos. Then, each current frame of the multiview videos is predicted according to reference pictures indexed by the associated reference picture list during encoding and decoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Jun Xin, Emin Martinian, Alexander Behrens, Anthony Vetro, Huifang Sun
  • Publication number: 20060146138
    Abstract: A system and method synthesizes multiview videos. Multiview videos are acquired of a scene with corresponding cameras arranged at a poses such that there is view overlap between any pair of cameras. A synthesized multiview video is generated from the acquired multiview videos for a virtual camera. A reference picture list is maintained for each current frame of each of the multiview videos and the synthesized video. The reference picture list indexes temporal reference pictures and spatial reference pictures of the acquired multiview videos and the synthesized reference pictures of the synthesized multiview video. Then, each current frame of the multiview videos is predicted according to reference pictures indexed by the associated reference picture list during encoding and decoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Jun Xin, Emin Martinian, Alexander Behrens, Anthony Vetro, Huifang Sun