Patents by Inventor Andrew Comport

Andrew Comport 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: 11082633
    Abstract: A method for estimating the speed of movement of a first video camera when it captures a current image of a three-dimensional scene, includes storing a reference image corresponding to an image of the same scene captured by a second video camera in a different pose, the reference image including pixels. The method also includes storing the current image, the current image including pixels containing the measurement of a physical quantity measured by that pixel, that physical quantity being the same as the physical quantity measured by the pixels of the reference image. The method further includes storing for each pixel of the reference image or of the current image the measurement of a depth that separates that pixel from the point of the scene photographed by that pixel, estimating the pose of the first camera, and estimating the speed of movement of the first camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: PIXMAP
    Inventors: Andrew Comport, Maxime Meilland
  • Patent number: 10636151
    Abstract: A method for estimating the speed a first video camera when it captures a current image of a three-dimensional scene, the current image including pixels. The method includes storing a reference image corresponding to an image of the same scene captured by a second video camera in a different pose, the reference image including pixels. The method also includes storing the current image, containing for each pixel of the current image the measurement of a physical magnitude measured by that pixel, which is the same as the physical magnitude measured by the pixels of the reference image. The method further includes storing for each pixel of the reference image or of the current image the measurement of a depth that separates that pixel from the point of the scene photographed by that pixel, estimating the pose and speed of the first video camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: PIXMAP
    Inventors: Andrew Comport, Maxime Meilland
  • Publication number: 20190182433
    Abstract: A method for estimating the speed of movement of a first video camera when it captures a current image of a three-dimensional scene, includes storing a reference image corresponding to an image of the same scene captured by a second video camera in a different pose, the reference image including pixels. The method also includes storing the current image, the current image including pixels containing the measurement of a physical quantity measured by that pixel, that physical quantity being the same as the physical quantity measured by the pixels of the reference image. The method further includes storing for each pixel of the reference image or of the current image the measurement of a depth that separates that pixel from the point of the scene photographed by that pixel, estimating the pose of the first camera, and estimating the speed of movement of the first camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: PIXMAP
    Inventors: Andrew Comport, Maxime Meilland
  • Publication number: 20180308240
    Abstract: A method for estimating the speed a first video camera when it captures a current image of a three-dimensional scene, the current image including pixels. The method includes storing a reference image corresponding to an image of the same scene captured by a second video camera in a different pose, the reference image including pixels. The method also includes storing the current image, containing for each pixel of the current image the measurement of a physical magnitude measured by that pixel, which is the same as the physical magnitude measured by the pixels of the reference image. The method further includes storing for each pixel of the reference image or of the current image the measurement of a depth that separates that pixel from the point of the scene photographed by that pixel, estimating the pose and speed of the first video camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: PIXMAP
    Inventors: Andrew Comport, Maxime Meilland
  • Patent number: 9940725
    Abstract: A method for estimating the speed a first video camera when it captures a current image of a three-dimensional scene, the current image including pixels. The method includes storing a reference image corresponding to an image of the same scene captured by a second video camera in a different pose, the reference image including pixels. The method also includes storing the current image, containing for each pixel of the current image the measurement of a physical magnitude measured by that pixel, which is the same as the physical magnitude measured by the pixels of the reference image. The method further includes storing for each pixel of the reference image or of the current image the measurement of a depth that separates that pixel from the point of the scene photographed by that pixel, estimating the pose and speed of the first video camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: PIXMAP
    Inventors: Andrew Comport, Maxime Meilland
  • Publication number: 20160292883
    Abstract: This method comprises the estimation of the speed XvR of displacement of a camera by searching for the speed XvR which minimizes a discrepancy directly between: -a first value of a physical quantity at the level of a first point (p*) of a reference image, and -a second value of the same physical quantity at the level of a second point (p v2) of a current image, the first value of the physical quantity at the level of the first point (p*) of the reference image being constructed: -by selecting neighbour points of the first point (p*) as a function of the speed XvR and of a time to equal to the exposure time of the first camera, then -by averaging the values of the physical quantity at the level of the neighbour points selected and of the first point in such a way as to generate a new value of the physical quantity at the level of the first point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicants: Universite de Nice (UNS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Andrew Comport, Maxime Meilland
  • Publication number: 20160292882
    Abstract: A method for estimating the speed a first video camera when it captures a current image of a three-dimensional scene, the current image including pixels. The method includes storing a reference image corresponding to an image of the same scene captured by a second video camera in a different pose, the reference image including pixels. The method also includes storing the current image, containing for each pixel of the current image the measurement of a physical magnitude measured by that pixel, which is the same as the physical magnitude measured by the pixels of the reference image. The method further includes storing for each pixel of the reference image or of the current image the measurement of a depth that separates that pixel from the point of the scene photographed by that pixel, estimating the pose and speed of the first video camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicants: Universite de Nice (UNS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Andrew Comport, Maxime Meilland