Patents by Inventor Denise Spell

Denise Spell 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).

  • Fusion of vision and depth sensors for navigation in complex environments
    Patent number: 10527423
    Abstract: A system and a method for autonomous localization of a ground, surface or aerial vehicle with respect to a surface of a complex shape is disclosed. Localization is used by way of an optical flow method. Sensed optical (electro-optical, infrared, thermal) images are augmented by depth data, i.e., distance from the distance sensor to points on the sensed surface object. A modification of the optical flow method is applied to sequence of frames obtained in such a way to compute displacement of the vehicle with respect to the surface object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: LUFTRONIX, INC.
    Inventors: Roman Pavlyuk, Volodymyr Kozak, Klaus Sonnenleiter, Denise Spell