Patents by Inventor David F. Harnett

David F. Harnett 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).

  • Mixing infrared and color component data point clouds
    Patent number: 9191643
    Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed towards mixing RGB data with infrared data so as to provide depth-related data in regions where infrared data are sparse. Infrared data, such as corresponding to point cloud data, are processed to determine sparse regions therein. For any such sparse regions, RGB data corresponding to a counterpart region in the RGB data are added to a data structure. The data structure, which may include or be concatenated to the IR data, may be used for depth-related data, e.g., with a point cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick John Sweeney, David F. Harnett
  • MIXING INFRARED AND COLOR COMPONENT DATA POINT CLOUDS
    Publication number: 20140307952
    Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed towards mixing RGB data with infrared data so as to provide depth-related data in regions where infrared data are sparse. Infrared data, such as corresponding to point cloud data, are processed to determine sparse regions therein. For any such sparse regions, RGB data corresponding to a counterpart region in the RGB data are added to a data structure. The data structure, which may include or be concatenated to the IR data, may be used for depth-related data, e.g., with a point cloud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Patrick John Sweeney, David F. Harnett