Patents by Inventor Apu Kapadia

Apu Kapadia 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 and system of enforcing privacy policies for mobile sensory devices
    Patent number: 10592687
    Abstract: A method and device for classifying collected images. The method and device include instructions to compare a captured image to a known set of images to determine the location depicted therein; and applying a classification upon the image based upon the determined location depicted therein and whether the determined location indicates that the image has the potential to depict privacy sensitive information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation, United States of America as Represented by The Secretary of The Navy
    Inventors: Apu Kapadia, Robert E. Templeman, David Crandall, Mohammed Korayem
  • Method and apparatus for virtual 3D model generation and navigation using opportunistically captured images
    Patent number: 9998684
    Abstract: A method and device for opportunistically collecting images of a location via a mobile device, the device including algorithms that allow the selective winnowing of collected images to facilitate the creation of a 3D model from the images while minimizing the storage needed to hold the pictures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation, The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Apu Kapadia, Md Zahidur Rahman, David Crandall, Robert E. Templeman
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ENFORCING PRIVACY POLICIES FOR MOBILE SENSORY DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160239682
    Abstract: A method and device for classifying collected images. The method and device include instructions to compare a captured image to a known set of images to determine the location depicted therein; and applying a classification upon the image based upon the determined location depicted therein and whether the determined location indicates that the image has the potential to depict privacy sensitive information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Apu KAPADIA, Robert E. TEMPLEMAN, David CRANDALL, Mohammed KORAYEM
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIRTUAL 3D MODEL GENERATION AND NAVIGATION USING OPPORTUNISTICALLY CAPTURED IMAGES
    Publication number: 20150049170
    Abstract: A method and device for opportunistically collecting images of a location via a mobile device, the device including algorithms that allow the selective winnowing of collected images to facilitate the creation of a 3D model from the images while minimizing the storage needed to hold the pictures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Apu Kapadia, Md Zahidur Rahman, David Crandall, Robert E. Templeman