Patents by Inventor Bradley Dodson

Bradley Dodson 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).

  • Patent number: 11755917
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating a depth map of a scene from a camera image using a neural network. One of the methods includes obtaining an image captured by a first sensor. A neural network processes the image to generate a respective score for each of a plurality of locations in the image. Known depth data specifying respective known depth values for some of the locations in the image is obtained. A depth output is generated that assigns a depth value to some of the locations in the image, including determining whether the score for a location exceeds a threshold; and when the score exceeds the threshold and the known depth value is available for the location, assigning the known depth value for the location to the location in the depth output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Bradley Dodson, Zhinan Xu
  • Publication number: 20230110391
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining the visibility of query points using depth estimates generated by a neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Vincent Michael Casser, Bradley Dodson
  • Publication number: 20210149408
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating a depth map of a scene from a camera image using a neural network. One of the methods includes obtaining an image captured by a first sensor. A neural network processes the image to generate a respective score for each of a plurality of locations in the image. Known depth data specifying respective known depth values for some of the locations in the image is obtained. A depth output is generated that assigns a depth value to some of the locations in the image, including determining whether the score for a location exceeds a threshold; and when the score exceeds the threshold and the known depth value is available for the location, assigning the known depth value for the location to the location in the depth output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Bradley Dodson, Zhinan Xu
  • Patent number: 8341145
    Abstract: Faces may be indexed and identified using visual and social criteria. In one example, the visual features of a face are quantified, and the quantification of the features is represented in a vector. Aspects of the vector are then represented in the form of text strings. Social context surrounding the face is also represented in the form of text strings. The text strings—both the visual-based strings and/or the social-based strings—are associated with the face, and are stored in an index. The association of these strings with the face then may make the face text-searchable on both its visual and social features. Searches on these visual and/or social features may be used to help to assist in identifying new images of faces, or to propose tags for users to apply to photos.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bradley Dodson, David Nichols, Chung Webster, Joel Scaria
  • Publication number: 20120158700
    Abstract: Faces may be indexed and identified using visual and social criteria. In one example, the visual features of a face are quantified, and the quantification of the features is represented in a vector. Aspects of the vector are then represented in the form of text strings. Social context surrounding the face is also represented in the form of text strings. The text strings—both the visual-based strings and/or the social-based strings—are associated with the face, and are stored in an index. The association of these strings with the face then may make the face text-searchable on both its visual and social features. Searches on these visual and/or social features may be used to help to assist in identifying new images of faces, or to propose tags for users to apply to photos.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bradley Dodson, David Nichols, Chung Webster, Joel Scaria
  • Patent number: 7575474
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) including a planar surface conductor, e.g. such as a microstrip transmission line or coplanar transmission waveguide. A surface mount connector portion is mounted to the PCB and includes an electrically conductive header having a cylindrical bore extending therethrough and aligned normal to the PCB, the electrically conductive header also having a radially extending main recess in a bottom end thereof in communication with the cylindrical bore. An electrically conductive pin extends through the main recess and has a first end coupled to the planar surface conductor, a second end within the cylindrical bore and a bend therebetween. A dielectric is in the main recess between the pin and adjacent portions of the electrically conductive header, and an interconnect is within the cylindrical bore and includes a center conductive channel to receive the second end of the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: James Bradley Dodson, Norman Rivers, George Albert Harrison