Patents by Inventor Erik A. Niemeyer

Erik A. Niemeyer 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).

  • 3D camera system for infant monitoring
    Patent number: 10342464
    Abstract: Systems and methods employing a depth-sensing camera to detect abdomen rise and fall during an infant sleep period, or lack thereof due to respiratory arrest. Visual processing of image data collected by one or more 3D digital camera is performed to detect the infant and to measure a distance between an infant's abdominal cavity and a camera baseline over time. An alarm may be triggered at by the system, locally and/or at remote devices, such as a mobile phone, tablet, laptop, etc. The monitoring system may also detect situations when an infant rolls from a back-sleeping to a belly-sleeping position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Erik A. Niemeyer
  • 3D CAMERA SYSTEM FOR INFANT MONITORING
    Publication number: 20170055877
    Abstract: Systems and methods employing a depth-sensing camera to detect abdomen rise and fall during an infant sleep period, or lack thereof due to respiratory arrest. Visual processing of image data collected by one or more 3D digital camera is performed to detect the infant and to measure a distance between an infant's abdominal cavity and a camera baseline over time. An alarm may be triggered at by the system, locally and/or at remote devices, such as a mobile phone, tablet, laptop, etc. The monitoring system may also detect situations when an infant rolls from a back-sleeping to a belly-sleeping position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventor: Erik A. Niemeyer