Patents by Inventor Andrew Moore Ziegler

Andrew Moore Ziegler 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).

  • Segmentation of 3D point clouds for dense 3D modeling
    Patent number: 9153061
    Abstract: Techniques for segmentation of three-dimensional (3D) point clouds are described herein. An example of a method for user-assisted segmentation of a 3D point cloud described herein includes obtaining a 3D point cloud of a scene containing a target object; receiving a seed input indicative of a location of the target object within the scene; and generating a segmented point cloud corresponding to the target object by pruning the 3D point cloud based on the seed input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sundeep Vaddadi, Andrew Moore Ziegler, Onur C. Hamsici
  • Mosaicing documents for translation using video streams
    Patent number: 8897598
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure propose techniques for reconstructing a document mosaic using video streams of the document. The streams provide information identifying a layout that relates sequential frames of a video to each other. Once the streams are captured using a mobile device, it is then possible to reconstruct a virtual view of the entire document as though it were taken with a single camera shot. The reconstructed virtual view of the document will be suitable as input to an optical character recognition engine, which can be used for translating the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Moore Ziegler, Leon G. Palm
  • Mosaicing documents for translation using video streams
    Patent number: 8699819
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure propose techniques for reconstructing a document mosaic using video streams of the document. The streams provide information identifying a layout that relates sequential frames of a video to each other. Once the streams are captured using a mobile device, it is then possible to reconstruct a virtual view of the entire document as though it were taken with a single camera shot. The reconstructed virtual view of the document will be suitable as input to an optical character recognition engine, which can be used for translating the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Moore Ziegler, Leon Palm
  • SEGMENTATION OF 3D POINT CLOUDS FOR DENSE 3D MODELING
    Publication number: 20130293532
    Abstract: Techniques for segmentation of three-dimensional (3D) point clouds are described herein. An example of a method for user-assisted segmentation of a 3D point cloud described herein includes obtaining a 3D point cloud of a scene containing a target object; receiving a seed input indicative of a location of the target object within the scene; and generating a segmented point cloud corresponding to the target object by pruning the 3D point cloud based on the seed input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sundeep Vaddadi, Andrew Moore Ziegler, Onur C. Hamsici