Patents by Inventor Frank Ter Haar

Frank Ter Haar 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: 11910034
    Abstract: An intermediary system and method may be provided for assisting a receiver system in processing video data which is streamed as a video stream to the receiver system via a network. The processing of the video data by the receiver system may be dependent on an analysis of the video data. The intermediary system may provide processing assist data to the receiver system which comprises an analysis result or a processing instruction derived from the analysis results. Accordingly, the receiver system may process the video data without a need for the receiver system itself to analyze the video data, thereby offloading computational complexity to the intermediary system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V., NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO
    Inventors: Hans Maarten Stokking, Frank Ter Haar, Hendrikus Nathaniƫl Hindriks
  • Patent number: 11582383
    Abstract: A method and processor system are provided which analyze a depth map, which may be obtained from a range sensor capturing depth information of a scene, to identify where an object is located in the scene. Accordingly, a region of interest may be identified in the scene which includes the object, and image data may be selectively obtained of the region of interest, rather than of the entire scene containing the object. This image data may be acquired by an image sensor configured for capturing visible light information of the scene. By only selectively obtaining the image data within the region of interest, rather than all of the image data, improvements may be realized in the computational complexity of a possible further processing of the image data, the storage of the image data and/or the transmission of the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V., NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO
    Inventors: Frank Ter Haar, Nanda van der Stap, Hans Maarten Stokking, Martin Prins, Simon Gunkel
  • Publication number: 20220067974
    Abstract: A processor system (200) processes image data from a camera (20) to render a virtual object in a 3D virtual environment and communicate via a network to a server system (300). A processor (220) obtains image data of the physical space from the camera and second data of a second device (30). The processor system sends the image data, the second data and a calibration command to the server system. In the server, a processing resource (320) processes the data according to the calibration command and sends calibration data indicative of a camera pose and a second pose of the second device. The processor generates 3D object data of the object by processing the image data based on the calibration data. The 3D object data is provided for rendering the virtual object in the 3D virtual environment. So, the processor is in control, while the calibration is executed by the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Simon Norbert Bernard Gunkel, Frank Ter Haar, Hans Maarten Stokking
  • Publication number: 20220038756
    Abstract: An intermediary system and method may be provided for assisting a receiver system in processing video data which is streamed as a video stream to the receiver system via a network. The processing of the video data by the receiver system may be dependent on an analysis of the video data. The intermediary system may provide processing assist data to the receiver system which comprises an analysis result or a processing instruction derived from the analysis results. Accordingly, the receiver system may process the video data without a need for the receiver system itself to analyze the video data, thereby offloading computational complexity to the intermediary system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Hans Maarten Stokking, Frank Ter Haar, Hendrikus Nathaniƫl Hindriks
  • Publication number: 20210112193
    Abstract: A method and processor system are provided which analyze a depth map, which may be obtained from a range sensor capturing depth information of a scene, to identify where an object is located in the scene. Accordingly, a region of interest may be identified in the scene which includes the object, and image data may be selectively obtained of the region of interest, rather than of the entire scene containing the object. This image data may be acquired by an image sensor configured for capturing visible light information of the scene. By only selectively obtaining the image data within the region of interest, rather than all of the image data, improvements may be realized in the computational complexity of a possible further processing of the image data, the storage of the image data and/or the transmission of the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Frank Ter Haar, Nanda van der Stap, Hans Maarten Stokking, Martin Prins, Simon Gunkel