Patents by Inventor Bert DE BRABANDERE

Bert DE BRABANDERE 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 for processing an image and performing instance segmentation using affinity graphs
    Patent number: 11881016
    Abstract: A system and a method for processing an image so as to perform instance segmentation. The system/method includes: a—inputting (S1) the image (IMG) to a first neural network configured to output an affinity graph (AF), and b—inputting (S2), to a second neural network, the affinity graph and a predefined seed-map (SM), so as to determine whether other pixels belong to a same instance, and set at a first value the value of the other pixels determined as belonging to the same instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, K.U. LEUVEN R&D
    Inventors: Hiroaki Shimizu, Bert De Brabandere, Davy Neven, Marc Proesmans, Luc Van Gool
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A MASK FOR OBJECT INSTANCES IN AN IMAGE
    Publication number: 20220092869
    Abstract: A system for generating a mask for object instances in an image is provided. The system includes a first module comprising a trained neural network and configured to input the image to the neural network, wherein the neural network is configured to generate: pixel offset vectors for the pixels of the object instance configured to point towards a unique center of an object instance, the pixel offset vectors thereby forming a cluster with a cluster distribution, and for each object instance an estimate of said cluster distribution defining a margin for determining which pixels belong to the object instance. A method for training a neural network map to be used for generating a mask for object instances in an image is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Europe, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U. Leuven R&D
    Inventors: Wim ABBELOOS, Davy NEVEN, Bert DE BRABANDERE, Marc PROESMANS, Luc VAN GOOL
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING AN IMAGE AND PERFORMING INSTANCE SEGMENTATION USING AFFINITY GRAPHS
    Publication number: 20210287049
    Abstract: A system and a method for processing an image so as to perform instance segmentation. The system/method includes: a—inputting (S1) the image (IMG) to a first neural network configured to output an affinity graph (AF), and b—inputting (S2), to a second neural network, the affinity graph and a predefined seed-map (SM), so as to determine whether other pixels belong to a same instance, and set at a first value the value of the other pixels determined as belonging to the same instance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
    Inventors: Hiroaki SHIMIZU, Bert DE BRABANDERE, Davy NEVEN, Marc PROESMANS, Luc VAN GOOL