Patents by Inventor Anastasios I. Mourikis

Anastasios I. Mourikis 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: 12529563
    Abstract: Localization and navigation systems and techniques are described. An electronic device comprises a processor configured to maintain a state vector storing estimates for a position of the electronic device at poses along a trajectory within an environment along with estimates for positions for one or more features within the environment. The processor computes, from the image data, one or more constraints based on features observed from multiple poses of the electronic device along the trajectory, and computes updated state estimates for the position of the electronic device in accordance with the motion data and the one or more computed constraints without computing updated state estimates for the features for which the one or more constraints were computed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Stergios I. Roumeliotis, Anastasios I. Mourikis
  • Publication number: 20250172396
    Abstract: Localization and navigation systems and techniques are described. An electronic device comprises a processor configured to maintain a state vector storing estimates for a position of the electronic device at poses along a trajectory within an environment along with estimates for positions for one or more features within the environment. The processor computes, from the image data, one or more constraints based on features observed from multiple poses of the electronic device along the trajectory, and computes updated state estimates for the position of the electronic device in accordance with the motion data and the one or more computed constraints without computing updated state estimates for the features for which the one or more constraints were computed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Stergios I. Roumeliotis, Anastasios I. Mourikis
  • Publication number: 20240011776
    Abstract: Localization and navigation systems and techniques are described. An electronic device comprises a processor configured to maintain a state vector storing estimates for a position of the electronic device at poses along a trajectory within an environment along with estimates for positions for one or more features within the environment. The processor computes, from the image data, one or more constraints based on features observed from multiple poses of the electronic device along the trajectory, and computes updated state estimates for the position of the electronic device in accordance with the motion data and the one or more computed constraints without computing updated state estimates for the features for which the one or more constraints were computed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Stergios I. Roumeliotis, Anastasios I. Mourikis
  • Publication number: 20230194266
    Abstract: Localization and navigation systems and techniques are described. An electronic device comprises a processor configured to maintain a state vector storing estimates for a position of the electronic device at poses along a trajectory within an environment along with estimates for positions for one or more features within the environment. The processor computes, from the image data, one or more constraints based on features observed from multiple poses of the electronic device along the trajectory, and computes updated state estimates for the position of the electronic device in accordance with the motion data and the one or more computed constraints without computing updated state estimates for the features for which the one or more constraints were computed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Stergios I. Roumeliotis, Anastasios I. Mourikis
  • Patent number: 11519729
    Abstract: Localization and navigation systems and techniques are described. An electronic device comprises a processor configured to maintain a state vector storing estimates for a position of the electronic device at poses along a trajectory within an environment along with estimates for positions for one or more features within the environment. The processor computes, from the image data, one or more constraints based on features observed from multiple poses of the electronic device along the trajectory, and computes updated state estimates for the position of the electronic device in accordance with the motion data and the one or more computed constraints without computing updated state estimates for the features for which the one or more constraints were computed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Stergios I. Roumeliotis, Anastasios I. Mourikis
  • Patent number: 11486707
    Abstract: Localization and navigation systems and techniques are described. An electronic device comprises a processor configured to maintain a state vector storing estimates for a position of the electronic device at poses along a trajectory within an environment along with estimates for positions for one or more features within the environment. The processor computes, from the image data, one or more constraints based on features observed from multiple poses of the electronic device along the trajectory, and computes updated state estimates for the position of the electronic device in accordance with the motion data and the one or more computed constraints without computing updated state estimates for the features for which the one or more constraints were computed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Stergios I. Roumeliotis, Anastasios I. Mourikis
  • Publication number: 20220082386
    Abstract: Localization and navigation systems and techniques are described. An electronic device comprises a processor configured to maintain a state vector storing estimates for a position of the electronic device at poses along a trajectory within an environment along with estimates for positions for one or more features within the environment. The processor computes, from the image data, one or more constraints based on features observed from multiple poses of the electronic device along the trajectory, and computes updated state estimates for the position of the electronic device in accordance with the motion data and the one or more computed constraints without computing updated state estimates for the features for which the one or more constraints were computed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Stergios I. Roumeliotis, Anastasios I. Mourikis
  • Publication number: 20200300633
    Abstract: Localization and navigation systems and techniques are described. An electronic device comprises a processor configured to maintain a state vector storing estimates for a position of the electronic device at poses along a trajectory within an environment along with estimates for positions for one or more features within the environment. The processor computes, from the image data, one or more constraints based on features observed from multiple poses of the electronic device along the trajectory, and computes updated state estimates for the position of the electronic device in accordance with the motion data and the one or more computed constraints without computing updated state estimates for the features for which the one or more constraints were computed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Stergios I. Roumeliotis, Anastasios I. Mourikis
  • Patent number: 10670404
    Abstract: Localization and navigation systems and techniques are described. An electronic device comprises a processor configured to apply an extended Kalman filter (EKF) as the electronic device traverses the trajectory. The extended Kalman filter is configured to maintain a state vector storing estimates for a position of the electronic device at poses along a trajectory within an environment along with estimates for positions for one or more features within the environment. The EKF computes constraints based on features observed from multiple poses along the trajectory, and updates, in accordance with motion data and the one or more computed constraints, the estimates within the state vector of the extended Kalman filter while excluding, from the state vector, state estimates for positions within the environment for the features that were observed from the multiple poses and for which the constraints were computed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Stergios I. Roumeliotis, Anastasios I. Mourikis
  • Publication number: 20180023953
    Abstract: Localization and navigation systems and techniques are described. An electronic device comprises a processor configured to apply an extended Kalman filter (EKF) as the electronic device traverses the trajectory. The extended Kalman filter is configured to maintain a state vector storing estimates for a position of the electronic device at poses along a trajectory within an environment along with estimates for positions for one or more features within the environment. The EKF computes constraints based on features observed from multiple poses along the trajectory, and updates, in accordance with motion data and the one or more computed constraints, the estimates within the state vector of the extended Kalman filter while excluding, from the state vector, state estimates for positions within the environment for the features that were observed from the multiple poses and for which the constraints were computed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Stergios I. Roumeliotis, Anastasios I. Mourikis
  • Patent number: 9766074
    Abstract: This document discloses, among other things, a system and method for implementing an algorithm to determine pose, velocity, acceleration or other navigation information using feature tracking data. The algorithm has computational complexity that is linear with the number of features tracked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Stergios I. Roumeliotis, Anastasios I. Mourikis
  • Publication number: 20090248304
    Abstract: This document discloses, among other things, a system and method for implementing an algorithm to determine pose, velocity, acceleration or other navigation information using feature tracking data. The algorithm has computational complexity that is linear with the number of features tracked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Stergios I. Roumeliotis, Anastasios I. Mourikis