Patents by Inventor Chaim BLAU

Chaim BLAU 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).

  • LIDAR-camera fusion where LIDAR and camera validly see different things
    Patent number: 12112497
    Abstract: A navigation system for a host vehicle may include a processor programmed to: receive from a camera onboard the host vehicle at least one captured image representative of an environment of the host vehicle, wherein the camera is positioned at a first location relative to the host vehicle; receive point cloud information from a LIDAR system onboard the host vehicle, wherein the LIDAR system is positioned at a second location relative to the host vehicle; analyze the at least one captured image and the received point cloud information to detect one or more objects in the shared field of view region; determine whether a vantage point difference between the first location of the camera and the second location of the LIDAR system accounts for the one or more detected objects being represented in only one of the at least one captured image or the received point cloud information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: MOBILEYE VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Chaim Blau, Ofer Springer, Kevin Rosenblum, Alon Ziv, Erez Dagan, David Boublil, Nadav Shaag, David Neuhof, Jeffrey Moskowitz, Gal Topel, Yotam Stern
  • LIDAR-Camera Fusion Where LIDAR and Camera Validly See Different Things
    Publication number: 20220324437
    Abstract: A navigation system for a host vehicle may include a processor programmed to: receive from a camera onboard the host vehicle at least one captured image representative of an environment of the host vehicle, wherein the camera is positioned at a first location relative to the host vehicle; receive point cloud information from a LIDAR system onboard the host vehicle, wherein the LIDAR system is positioned at a second location relative to the host vehicle; analyze the at least one captured image and the received point cloud information to detect one or more objects in the shared field of view region; determine whether a vantage point difference between the first location of the camera and the second location of the LIDAR system accounts for the one or more detected objects being represented in only one of the at least one captured image or the received point cloud information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Chaim BLAU, Ofer SPRINGER, Kevin ROSENBLUM, Alon ZIV, Erez DAGAN, David BOUBLIL, Nadav SHAAG, David NEUHOF, Jeffrey MOSKOWITZ, Gal TOPEL, Yotam STERN