Patents by Inventor Christopher B. Choy

Christopher B. Choy 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).

  • Publication number: 20240087222
    Abstract: An artificial intelligence framework is described that incorporates a number of neural networks and a number of transformers for converting a two-dimensional image into three-dimensional semantic information. Neural networks convert one or more images into a set of image feature maps, depth information associated with the one or more images, and query proposals based on the depth information. A first transformer implements a cross-attention mechanism to process the set of image feature maps in accordance with the query proposals. The output of the first transformer is combined with a mask token to generate initial voxel features of the scene. A second transformer implements a self-attention mechanism to convert the initial voxel features into refined voxel features, which are up-sampled and processed by a lightweight neural network to generate the three-dimensional semantic information, which may be used by, e.g., an autonomous vehicle for various advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yiming Li, Zhiding Yu, Christopher B. Choy, Chaowei Xiao, Jose Manuel Alvarez Lopez, Sanja Fidler, Animashree Anandkumar
  • Patent number: 11004202
    Abstract: Systems and methods for obtaining 3D point-level segmentation of 3D point clouds in accordance with various embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment includes: at least one processor, and a memory containing a segmentation pipeline application. In addition, the segmentation pipeline application configures the at least one processor to: pre-process a 3D point cloud to group 3D points; provide the groups of 3D points to a 3D neural network to generate initial label predictions for the groups of 3D points; interpolate label predictions for individual 3D points based upon initial label predictions for at least two neighboring groups of 3D points including the group of 3D points to which a given individual 3D point belongs; refine the label predictions using a graph neural network; and output a segmented 3D point cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Lyne P. Tchapmi, Christopher B. Choy, Iro Armeni, JunYoung Gwak, Silvio Savarese
  • Publication number: 20190108639
    Abstract: Systems and methods for obtaining 3D point-level segmentation of 3D point clouds in accordance with various embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment includes: at least one processor, and a memory containing a segmentation pipeline application. In addition, the segmentation pipeline application configures the at least one processor to: pre-process a 3D point cloud to group 3D points; provide the groups of 3D points to a 3D neural network to generate initial label predictions for the groups of 3D points; interpolate label predictions for individual 3D points based upon initial label predictions for at least two neighboring groups of 3D points including the group of 3D points to which a given individual 3D point belongs; refine the label predictions using a graph neural network; and output a segmented 3D point cloud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Lyne P. Tchapmi, Christopher B. Choy, Iro Armeni, JunYoung Gwak, Silvio Savarese