Patents by Inventor Bernd Girod
Bernd Girod 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: 9805331Abstract: A method of tracking an inventory of objects via a mobile communications device includes acquiring an image of one or more of the objects via the mobile communications device, which also collects a location of the mobile communications device while acquiring the image of the one or more of the objects. The location and image are transferred from the mobile communications device to a remote server via a wireless network, such that the one or more of the objects are identified at the server based on the image, and the location and identity of the one or more objects are stored on a database associated with the server.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2011Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignees: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYInventors: Cheng-Hsin Hsu, Kyu-Han Kim, Jatinder Pal Singh, David M. Chen, Sam Tsai, Bernd Girod
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Patent number: 9710492Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product may be provided for generating a plurality of compressed feature descriptors that can be represented by a relatively small number of bits, thereby facilitating transmission and storage of the feature descriptors. A method, apparatus and computer program product may also be provided for permitting a compressed representation of a feature descriptor to be compared with a plurality of compressed representations of feature descriptors of respective predefined features. By permitting the comparison to be performed utilizing compressed representations of feature descriptors, a respective feature descriptor may be identified without having to first decompress the feature descriptor, thereby potentially increasing the efficiency with which feature descriptors may be identified.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2009Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Radek Grzeszczuk, Vijay Chandrasekhar, Gabriel Takacs, Bernd Girod
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Patent number: 9621930Abstract: A method is described for streaming video data within a network, wherein the video data includes a sequence of frames. The method includes encoding the sequence of frames and generating a plurality of substreams from the encoded frames in this embodiment. Each of the plurality of substreams is assigned an identifier, and each substream includes a common encoded frame and a non-overlapping portion of the encoded sequence. The non-overlapping portion of the encoded sequence of each substream is selected from the encoded frames based on the identifier of the respective substream. The method also includes transmitting the plurality of substreams to a receiver in an embodiment.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignees: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYInventors: Jeonghun Noh, Minar Makar, Bernd Girod, Frank Hartung, Jatinder Pal Singh
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Patent number: 9514380Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method in which one or more local descriptors relating to an interest point of an image are received. A global descriptor is determined for the image on the basis of the one or more local descriptors; and the global descriptor is compressed. The disclosure also relates to an apparatus comprising a processor and a memory including computer program code, and storage medium having stored thereon a computer executable program code for use by an apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignees: Nokia Corporation, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Gabriel Takacs, Radek Grzeszczuk, David Chen, Shang-Hsuan Tsai, Vijay Chandrasekhar, Bernd Girod
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Patent number: 9449249Abstract: Various methods are described for improving the compression of location information during a visual search. One example method may comprise identifying one or more features of a source query image for a visual search. The method may further comprise generating a histogram map comprising one or more histogram bins, wherein the histogram map represents the location of the one or more features of the source query image. Additionally, the method may comprise generating a context for at least one of the one or more histogram bins, wherein the context comprises a first context value based on information related to one or more neighboring bins located a first distance from the respective histogram bin and a second context value based on information related to one or more neighboring bins located a second distance from the respective histogram bin. Similar and related methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignees: Nokia Corporation, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Shang-Hsuan Tsai, David Chen, Gabriel Takacs, Radek Grzeszczuk, Vijay Chandrasekhar, Bernd Girod
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Patent number: 9253511Abstract: Systems and methods are described that can provide users with personalized video content feeds. In several embodiments, a multi-modal segmentation process is utilized that relies upon cues derived from video, audio and/or text data present in a video data stream. In a number of embodiments, video streams from a variety of sources are segmented. Links are identified between video segments and between video segments and online articles containing additional information relevant to the video segments. The additional information obtained by linking a video segment to an additional source of data can be utilized in the generation of personalized playlists. In the context of news programming, the dynamic mixing and aggregation of news videos from multiple sources can greatly enrich the news watching experience. In several embodiments, processes for linking video segments to additional sources of data can be implemented as part of a video search engine service.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: David Mo Chen, Huizhong Chen, Maryam Daneshi, Andre Filgueiras de Araujo, Bernd Girod, Shanghsuan Tsai, Peter Vajda, Matthew Chuck-Jun Yu
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Publication number: 20160014482Abstract: Next-generation media consumption is likely to be more personalized, device agnostic, and pooled from many different sources. Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention can provide users with personalized video content feeds providing the video content that matters most to them. In several embodiments, a multi-modal segmentation process is utilized that relies upon cues derived from video, audio and/or text data present in a video data stream. In a number of embodiments, video streams from a variety of sources are segmented. Links are identified between video segments and between video segments and online articles containing additional information relevant to the video segments. In many embodiments, video clips from video segments can be ordered and concatenated based on importance in order to generate news briefs.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: David Mo Chen, Huizhong Chen, Maryam Daneshi, Andre Filgueiras de Araujo, Bernd Girod, Shanghsuan Tsai, Peter Vajda, Matthew Chuck-Jun Yu
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Publication number: 20150293995Abstract: Systems and methods are described that can provide users with personalized video content feeds. In several embodiments, a multi-modal segmentation process is utilized that relies upon cues derived from video, audio and/or text data present in a video data stream. In a number of embodiments, video streams from a variety of sources are segmented. Links are identified between video segments and between video segments and online articles containing additional information relevant to the video segments. The additional information obtained by linking a video segment to an additional source of data can be utilized in the generation of personalized playlists. In the context of news programming, the dynamic mixing and aggregation of news videos from multiple sources can greatly enrich the news watching experience. In several embodiments, processes for linking video segments to additional sources of data can be implemented as part of a video search engine service.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2014Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: David Mo Chen, Huizhong Chen, Maryam Daneshi, Andre Filgueiras de Araujo, Bernd Girod, Shanghsuan Tsai, Peter Vajda, Matthew Chuck-Jun Yu
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Publication number: 20150293928Abstract: Systems and methods are described that can provide users with personalized video content feeds. In several embodiments, a multi-modal segmentation process is utilized that relies upon cues derived from video, audio and/or text data present in a video data stream. In a number of embodiments, video streams from a variety of sources are segmented. Links are identified between video segments and between video segments and online articles containing additional information relevant to the video segments. The additional information obtained by linking a video segment to an additional source of data can be utilized in the generation of personalized playlists. In the context of news programming, the dynamic mixing and aggregation of news videos from multiple sources can greatly enrich the news watching experience. In several embodiments, processes for linking video segments to additional sources of data can be implemented as part of a video search engine service.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2014Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: David Mo Chen, Huizhong Chen, Maryam Daneshi, Andre Filgueiras de Araujo, Bernd Girod, Shanghsuan Tsai, Peter Vajda, Matthew Chuck-Jun Yu
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Publication number: 20150296228Abstract: Systems and methods are described that can provide users with personalized video content feeds. In several embodiments, a multi-modal segmentation process is utilized that relies upon cues derived from video, audio and/or text data present in a video data stream. In a number of embodiments, video streams from a variety of sources are segmented. Links are identified between video segments and between video segments and online articles containing additional information relevant to the video segments. The additional information obtained by linking a video segment to an additional source of data can be utilized in the generation of personalized playlists. In the context of news programming, the dynamic mixing and aggregation of news videos from multiple sources can greatly enrich the news watching experience. In several embodiments, processes for linking video segments to additional sources of data can be implemented as part of a video search engine service.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2014Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: David Mo Chen, Huizhong Chen, Maryam Daneshi, Andre Filgueiras de Araujo, Bernd Girod, Shanghsuan Tsai, Peter Vajda, Matthew Chuck-Jun Yu
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Patent number: 8832751Abstract: A system for enabling streaming video to a mobile client includes a plurality of fixed node peers linked to the mobile client via one or more networks as well as a video source linked to fixed node peers and configured to provide streaming video data representing a video presentation to each of the fixed node peers. A decoder assembly associated with each of the fixed node peers is configured to decode the streaming video data and to transcode a portion of the decoded streaming video data for transmission to the mobile client. A video substream manager and interleaver on the mobile client is provided for receiving the transcoded output of the decoder assemblies of the fixed node peers and reconstructing the video presentation on a screen of the mobile client.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2010Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignees: Deutsche Telekom AG, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Jeonghun Noh, Bernd Girod, Jatinder Pal Singh, Kyu-Han Kim, Sachin Kumar Agarwal, Peter Pogrzeba
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Patent number: 8687891Abstract: Various methods for tracking and recognition with rotation invariant feature descriptors are provided. One example method includes generating an image pyramid of an image frame, detecting a plurality of interest points within the image pyramid, and extracting feature descriptors for each respective interest point. According to some example embodiments, the feature descriptors are rotation invariant. Further, the example method may also include tracking movement by matching the feature descriptors to feature descriptors of a previous frame and performing recognition of an object within the image frame based on the feature descriptors. Related example methods and example apparatuses are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignees: Stanford University, Nokia CorporationInventors: Gabriel Takacs, Radek Grzeszczuk, Vijay Chandrasekhar, Bernd Girod
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Patent number: 8553520Abstract: A system and method for performing echo suppression on a server in browser-based online audio conferences without downloading or installing software on a participant's computing device is disclosed. Streams of audio communication data from the participants in an audio conference are received at the server. An echo suppression application determines the first party that speaks by analyzing the streams to locate speech data, and assigns that party as the “owner” of the audio channel. The speech data is sent to the other participants in the conference. The application then determines whether newly received audio from the owner of the channel is new speech; if so, then the party remains the owner of the channel, and the new speech data is also sent to the other parties in the conference. The channel is surrendered if no new speech is received from the owner in a defined period, and the next party that speaks becomes the new owner of the channel. The other audio data from the participants is replaced by silence.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2011Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Inventors: Badri N. Rajasekar, Chuo-Ling Chang, Gaurav Gupta, Bernd Girod, Yang Cao
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Patent number: 8392201Abstract: A method for streaming audio data in a network, the audio data having a sequence of samples, includes encoding the sequence of samples into a plurality of coded base bitstreams, generating a plurality of enhancement streams, and transmitting the coded base bitstreams and the enhancement bitstreams to a receiver for decoding. Each of the enhancement bitstreams is generated from one of a plurality of non-overlapping portions of the sequence of samples.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2010Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignees: Deutsche Telekom AG, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Jeonghun Noh, Bernd Girod, Peter Pogrzeba, Sachin Kumar Agarwal, Jatinder Pal Singh, Kyu-Han Kim
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Patent number: 8346000Abstract: A variety of methods, devices, systems and arrangements are implemented for processing and coding of video images. According to one such implementation, a method is implemented for encoding a sequence of images. A plurality of orthogonal transforms is implemented on a set of N images, where N is greater than one. The images are linked by motion fields that include sets of respective portions of the images. In particular, the construction of a motion-compensated orthogonal transform is accomplished for the important case where at least one portion of any of the N images—or any part of this portion—is used more than once to motion-compensate other portions of the N images—or parts thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2008Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Markus H. Flierl, Bernd Girod
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Patent number: 8300693Abstract: A method is disclosed for decomposing a set of even and odd pictures into low-band and high-band pictures respectively in a image decomposing unit, in which the even picture is used by at least two prediction motion compensators on which the output signal of each prediction motion compensator is scaled according to the number of prediction motion compensators. The method includes calculating the high-band picture by subtracting from the odd picture the scaled motion-compensated signals and using the high-band picture in the at least two update motion compensators, the output signal of each update motion compensator being scaled according to the number of update motion compensators. Finally, the low-band picture is calculated by adding the scaled update motion-compensated signals to the even picture.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2006Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignees: Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Markus Flierl, Bernd Girod, Pierre Vandergheynst
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Publication number: 20120202515Abstract: A method of tracking an inventory of objects via a mobile communications device includes acquiring an image of one or more of the objects via the mobile communications device, which also collects a location of the mobile communications device while acquiring the image of the one or more of the objects. The location and image are transferred from the mobile communications device to a remote server via a wireless network, such that the one or more of the objects are identified at the server based on the image, and the location and identity of the one or more objects are stored on a database associated with the server.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2011Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicants: STANFORD UNIVERSITY, DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AGInventors: Cheng-Hsin Hsu, Kyu-Han Kim, Jatinder Pal Singh, David M. Chen, Sam Tsai, Bernd Girod
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Publication number: 20120054818Abstract: A system for enabling streaming video to a mobile client includes a plurality of fixed node peers linked to the mobile client via one or more networks as well as a video source linked to fixed node peers and configured to provide streaming video data representing a video presentation to each of the fixed node peers. A decoder assembly associated with each of the fixed node peers is configured to decode the streaming video data and to transcode a portion of the decoded streaming video data for transmission to the mobile client. A video substream manager and interleaver on the mobile client is provided for receiving the transcoded output of the decoder assemblies of the fixed node peers and reconstructing the video presentation on a screen of the mobile client.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicants: STANFORD UNIVERSITY, DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AGInventors: Jeonghun NOH, Bernd GIROD, Jatinder Pal SINGH, Kyu-Han KIM, Sachin Kumar AGARWAL, Peter POGRZEBA
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Publication number: 20120029911Abstract: A method for streaming audio data in a network, the audio data having a sequence of samples, includes encoding the sequence of samples into a plurality of coded base bitstreams, generating a plurality of enhancement streams, and transmitting the coded base bitstreams and the enhancement bitstreams to a receiver for decoding. Each of the enhancement bitstreams is generated from one of a plurality of non-overlapping portions of the sequence of samples.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2010Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicants: STANFORD UNIVERSITY, DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AGInventors: Jeonghun NOH, Bernd GIROD, Peter POGRZEBA, Sachin Kumar AGARWAL, Jatinder Pal SINGH, Kyu-Han KIM
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Publication number: 20110286627Abstract: Various methods for tracking and recognition with rotation invariant feature descriptors are provided. One example method includes generating an image pyramid of an image frame, detecting a plurality of interest points within the image pyramid, and extracting feature descriptors for each respective interest point. According to some example embodiments, the feature descriptors are rotation invariant. Further, the example method may also include tracking movement by matching the feature descriptors to feature descriptors of a previous frame and performing recognition of an object within the image frame based on the feature descriptors. Related example methods and example apparatuses are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2010Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicants: STANFORD UNIVERSITY, NOKIA CORPORATIONInventors: Gabriel Takacs, Radek Grzeszczuk, Vijay Chandrasekhar, Bernd Girod