Patents by Inventor Gabriele C. Seeling

Gabriele C. Seeling 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).

  • Method and apparatus for encoding pictures including a moving object
    Patent number: 5625715
    Abstract: A method of encoding a sequence of images including a moving object, comprises forming an initial template, extracting a mask outlining the object, dividing the template into a plurality (for example sixteen) sub-templates, searching the next frame to find a match with the template, searching the next frame to find a match with each of the sub-templates, determining the displacements of each of the sub-templates with respect to the template, using the displacements to determine affine transform coefficients and performing an affine transform to produce an updated template and updated mask. Encoding is performed at a higher resolution for portions within the outline than for portions outside the outline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy I. P. Trew, Gabriele C. Seeling
  • Method and apparatus for tracking a moving object
    Patent number: 5280530
    Abstract: A method of tracking a moving object in a scene, for example the face of a person in videophone applications, comprises forming an initial template of the face, extracting a mask outlining the face, dividing the template into a plurality (for example sixteen) sub-templates, searching the next frame to find a match with the template, searching the next frame to find a match with each of the sub-templates, determining the displacements of each of the sub-templates with respect to the template, using the displacements to determine affine transform coefficients and performing an affine transform to produce an updated template and updated mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy I. P. Trew, Gabriele C. Seeling