Patents by Inventor Frederick Schaffalitzky

Frederick Schaffalitzky 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).

  • Motion modeling in visual tracking
    Patent number: 9767609
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to determining a pose of a device. One disclosed embodiment provides a method comprising receiving sensor information from one or more sensors of the device, and selecting a motion-family model from a plurality of different motion-family models based on the sensor information. The method further comprises providing the sensor information to the selected motion-family model and outputting an estimated pose of the device according to the selected motion-family model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Ethan Eade, Michael John Ebstyne, Frederick Schaffalitzky, Drew Steedly
  • MOTION MODELING IN VISUAL TRACKING
    Publication number: 20150228118
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to determining a pose of a device. One disclosed embodiment provides a method comprising receiving sensor information from one or more sensors of the device, and selecting a motion-family model from a plurality of different motion-family models based on the sensor information. The method further comprises providing the sensor information to the selected motion-family model and outputting an estimated pose of the device according to the selected motion-family model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Ethan Eade, Michael John Ebstyne, Frederick Schaffalitzky, Drew Steedly