Patents by Inventor Annalisa Milella

Annalisa Milella 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).

  • Publication number: 20140126822
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing images, the method comprising: using a radar (4), generating a first image of an area of terrain (8); using a sensor (5), generating a second image of the area of terrain (8); performing an image segmentation process on the first image to identify a point in the first image as corresponding to a ground surface of the area of terrain (8); and projecting the identified point in the first image from the first image into the second image to identify a point in the second image as corresponding to the ground surface of the area of terrain (8). The method may further comprise: for the identified point in the second image, defining a sub-image of the second image containing that point; and performing a feature extraction process on the sub-image to identify points in the sub-image that correspond to the ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
    Inventors: James Patrick Underwood, Bertrand Douillard, Giulio Reina, Annalisa Milella