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).
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Patent number: 11082633Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: PIXMAPInventors: Andrew Comport, Maxime Meilland
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Patent number: 10636151Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: PIXMAPInventors: Andrew Comport, Maxime Meilland
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Publication number: 20190182433Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: PIXMAPInventors: Andrew Comport, Maxime Meilland
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Publication number: 20180308240Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicant: PIXMAPInventors: Andrew Comport, Maxime Meilland
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Patent number: 9940725Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 17, 2014Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: PIXMAPInventors: Andrew Comport, Maxime Meilland
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Publication number: 20160292883Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2014Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicants: Universite de Nice (UNS), Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueInventors: Andrew Comport, Maxime Meilland
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Publication number: 20160292882Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2014Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicants: Universite de Nice (UNS), Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueInventors: Andrew Comport, Maxime Meilland