Patents by Inventor Barbara Balents

Barbara Balents 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).

  • Systems and methods for generating 3D scenes with time element for display
    Patent number: 10074214
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for generating and visualizing 3D scenes include, in one aspect, a method including: obtaining metadata for 2D images that are related to a location of interest; searching for discrete image correspondences between pairs of the 2D images; grouping the 2D images into different time periods, including inferring one or more time periods for a portion of the 2D images that do not have date metadata; receiving a selection of at least one of the different time periods; finding camera intrinsic and extrinsic parameters for each image grouped into the selected time period; reconstructing a 3D scene of the location during the selected time period from the 2D images grouped into the selected time period using the camera intrinsic and extrinsic parameters; and providing the 3D scene for use in displaying the location of interest from different 3D perspectives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: James Peter La Fleur, Kimberly Whinna Cottrell, Barbara Balents, Todd Christopher Nicol, George William Fitzmaurice, Luc Robert, Emmanuel Gallo
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING 3D SCENES WITH TIME ELEMENT FOR DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20170193331
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for generating and visualizing 3D scenes include, in one aspect, a method including: obtaining metadata for 2D images that are related to a location of interest; searching for discrete image correspondences between pairs of the 2D images; grouping the 2D images into different time periods, including inferring one or more time periods for a portion of the 2D images that do not have date metadata; receiving a selection of at least one of the different time periods; finding camera intrinsic and extrinsic parameters for each image grouped into the selected time period; reconstructing a 3D scene of the location during the selected time period from the 2D images grouped into the selected time period using the camera intrinsic and extrinsic parameters; and providing the 3D scene for use in displaying the location of interest from different 3D perspectives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: James Peter La Fleur, Kimberly Whinna Cottrell, Barbara Balents, Todd Christopher Nicol, George William Fitzmaurice, Luc Robert, Emmanuel Gallo