Patents by Inventor Anders Kruger

Anders Kruger 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).

  • Method of highlighting an object of interest in an image or video
    Patent number: 11244168
    Abstract: A method of highlighting an object of interest comprises providing a digital image, determining a region of interest in the digital image covering an object of interest in the digital image having a person identifier, masking all image data in the digital image in a surrounding area to the region of interest, within the detected region of interest, determining a region of exclusion covering an object of exclusion in the digital image having another person identifier, and forming an output image comprising image data from the digital image of the region of interest, wherein the region of exclusion thereof is masked, and comprising the masked image data of the surrounding area. A device for performing the method is also disclosed. The method may be performed on an image sequence, for example in the form of a surveillance video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: AXIS AB
    Inventors: Simon Dahlberg, Anders Kruger
  • METHOD OF HIGHLIGHTING AN OBJECT OF INTEREST IN AN IMAGE OR VIDEO
    Publication number: 20200394411
    Abstract: A method of highlighting an object of interest comprises providing a digital image, determining a region of interest in the digital image covering an object of interest in the digital image having a person identifier, masking all image data in the digital image in a surrounding area to the region of interest, within the detected region of interest, determining a region of exclusion covering an object of exclusion in the digital image having another person identifier, and forming an output image comprising image data from the digital image of the region of interest, wherein the region of exclusion thereof is masked, and comprising the masked image data of the surrounding area. A device for performing the method is also disclosed. The method may be performed on an image sequence, for example in the form of a surveillance video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Axis AB
    Inventors: Simon Dahlberg, Anders Kruger