Patents by Inventor Bertram Heinrich Drost

Bertram Heinrich Drost 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).

  • Recognition and pose determination of 3D objects in 3D scenes
    Patent number: 8830229
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for recognizing instances of a 3D object in 3D scene data and for determining the 3D poses of said instances comprising the following steps: (a) providing 3D scene data; (b) selecting at least one reference point from the 3D scene data; (c) computing, for each selected reference point, pose candidates for the 3D object under the assumption that said reference point is part of the 3D object; and (d) computing a set of filtered poses from the pose candidates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: MVTec Software GmbH
    Inventors: Bertram Heinrich Drost, Markus Ulrich
  • RECOGNITION AND POSE DETERMINATION OF 3D OBJECTS IN 3D SCENES
    Publication number: 20110273442
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for recognizing instances of a 3D object in 3D scene data and for determining the 3D poses of said instances comprising the following steps: (a) providing 3D scene data; (b) selecting at least one reference point from the 3D scene data; (c) computing, for each selected reference point, pose candidates for the 3D object under the assumption that said reference point is part of the 3D object; and (d) computing a set of filtered poses from the pose candidates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: MVTEC SOFTWARE GMBH
    Inventors: Bertram Heinrich Drost, Markus Ulrich