Patents by Inventor Franciscus Van Den Heuvel

Franciscus Van Den Heuvel 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).

  • Patent number: 10264239
    Abstract: Method for producing a digital photo comprising pixels, wherein at least some of the pixels comprise position information, the method comprising of: taking a photo with a known geometry of the optical system with which the photo is taken; recording the position from which the photo has been taken; recording the direction in which the photo has been taken; providing a three-dimensional model comprising points which are comprised by at least an outer surface of an object in the field of view of the position where the photo has been taken, wherein the points comprise position information; relating a pixel on the one hand and a corresponding point in the three-dimensional model on the other; and recording, in a manner associated with the pixel, the position information of the corresponding pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Cyclomedia Technology B.V.
    Inventors: Bart Beers, Franciscus van den Heuvel
  • Publication number: 20130141549
    Abstract: Method for producing a digital photo comprising pixels, wherein at least some of the pixels comprise position information, the method comprising of: taking a photo with a known geometry of the optical system with which the photo is taken; recording the position from which the photo has been taken; recording the direction in which the photo has been taken; providing a three-dimensional model comprising points which are comprised by at least an outer surface of an object in the field of view of the position where the photo has been taken, wherein the points comprise position information; relating a pixel on the one hand and a corresponding point in the three-dimensional model on the other; and recording, in a manner associated with the pixel, the position information of the corresponding pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Cyclomedia Technology B.V.
    Inventors: Bart Beers, Franciscus van den Heuvel
  • Publication number: 20080075391
    Abstract: Method for producing an image from a vehicle, comprising the steps of: mounting a first camera on the vehicle, the first camera having a field of view; mounting a second camera on the vehicle and on a predetermined position relative to the first camera, the second camera having a field of view; acquiring a first image with the first camera; acquiring a second image with the second camera after the first image has been acquired when the position of the second camera is sufficiently close to or even coincides with the position from which the first image was taken, whereby the field of view of the second camera partially overlaps the field of view of the first camera when the first image was taken; and generating an image by stitching the first image and the second image together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: CycloMedia Technology B.V.
    Inventors: Franciscus Van Den Heuvel, Bart Beers, Rudolf Verwaal