Patents by Inventor Guy Raz

Guy Raz 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: 11310466
    Abstract: A device for monitoring occupants of seats in a passenger compartment of a vehicle comprises a heat sink divided into a plurality of sections. Each of the sections comprises a base and cooling fins. The bases extend along a common axis and define a central niche therebetween. Structured light sources are attached to the sections. The structured light sources have an optical element for forming a structured light pattern. The structured light sources are oriented along the common axis and at oblique angles to the central niche, such that the structured light patterns, in combination, are directed such that they would cover occupants of seats of the vehicle. A camera is attached to the niche and configured to capture image patterns resulting from distortion of the plurality of structured light patterns by the occupants of the seats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: GUARDIAN OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yotam Amiram, Yoav Zuta, Guy Raz
  • Publication number: 20220076436
    Abstract: A unified imaging device used for detecting and classifying objects in a scene including motion and micro-vibrations by receiving a plurality of images of the scene captured by an imaging sensor of the unified imaging device comprising a light source adapted to project on the scene a predefined structured light pattern constructed of a plurality of diffused light elements, classifying object(s) present in the scene by visually analyzing the image(s), extracting depth data of the object(s) by analyzing position of diffused light element(s) reflected from the object(s), identifying micro-vibration(s) of the object(s) by analyzing a change in a speckle pattern of the reflected diffused light element(s) in at least some consecutive images and outputting the classification, the depth data and data of the one or more micro-vibrations which are derived from the analyses of images captured by the imaging sensor and are hence inherently registered in a common coordinate system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Yoav Zuta, Gideon Carmen, Roi Levy, Guy Raz
  • Publication number: 20220067410
    Abstract: System and methods are provided for providing first responders after a vehicle accident with useful information regarding the medical status and injuries of the vehicle's occupants. The system includes an in-cabin sensor comprising at least one or more of an image sensor, depth sensor and micro-vibration sensor for capturing sensory data of the vehicle cabin including pre-crash data, during-crash and post-crash. The system also includes at least one processor configured to analyze the sensory data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Guy RAZ, Tal RECANATI
  • Patent number: 11182915
    Abstract: A unified imaging device used for detecting and classifying objects in a scene including motion and micro-vibrations by receiving a plurality of images of the scene captured by an imaging sensor of the unified imaging device comprising a light source adapted to project on the scene a predefined structured light pattern constructed of a plurality of diffused light elements, classifying object(s) present in the scene by visually analyzing the image(s), extracting depth data of the object(s) by analyzing position of diffused light element(s) reflected from the object(s), identifying micro-vibration(s) of the object(s) by analyzing a change in a speckle pattern of the reflected diffused light element(s) in at least some consecutive images and outputting the classification, the depth data and data of the one or more micro-vibrations which are derived from the analyses of images captured by the imaging sensor and are hence inherently registered in a common coordinate system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignees: GENTEX CORPORATION, GUARDIAN OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Yoav Zuta, Gideon Carmon, Roi Levy, Guy Raz
  • Publication number: 20210341620
    Abstract: System and methods are provided for detecting vibrations of one or more object in a scene comprising at least one illumination source configured to project light in a structured light pattern on the scene; a Time-of-Flight (ToF) imaging device comprising: an illumination source configured to project modulated light into the scene, a ToF sensor, configured to capture a plurality of images comprising reflections of the modulated light, the structured light pattern from the one or more objects in the scene and ambient light images of one or more objects in the scene; and at least one processor configured to: extract depth data of said one or more objects by analyzing the plurality of images and analyze one or more changes in one or more speckle patterns of at least one of the reflections of said structured light pattern in at least some consecutive images of the plurality of images; and identify the vibrations of the at least one object based on said speckle pattern analysis and said depth data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Guy RAZ, Yuval GRONAU
  • Publication number: 20210179117
    Abstract: There is provided a system for generating instructions for adjustment of vehicle sub-system(s) according to an analysis of a computed six degrees of freedom (6 DOF) of vehicle occupant(s), comprising: hardware processor(s), and a non-transitory memory having stored thereon a code for execution by the at least one hardware processor, the code comprising instructions for: obtaining at least one image of a cabin of a vehicle captured by an image sensor, obtaining depth data from a depth sensor that senses the cabin of the vehicle, wherein the at least one image and the depth data depict at least one head of at least one occupant, computing 6 DOF for the at least one head according to the at least one image and depth data, and generating instructions for adjustment of at least one vehicle sub-system according to the computed 6 DOF of the at least one vehicle occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Guardian Optical Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Vladimir GLAZMAN, Yonatan EADAN, Gil DOTAN, Yoav ZUTA, Eran DUKAS, Guy RAZ
  • Publication number: 20210160457
    Abstract: A device for monitoring occupants of seats in a passenger compartment of a vehicle comprises a heat sink divided into a plurality of sections. Each of the sections comprises a base and cooling fins. The bases extend along a common axis and define a central niche therebetween. Structured light sources are attached to the sections. The structured light sources have an optical element for forming a structured light pattern. The structured light sources are oriented along the common axis and at oblique angles to the central niche, such that the structured light patterns, in combination, are directed such that they would cover occupants of seats of the vehicle. A camera is attached to the niche and configured to capture image patterns resulting from distortion of the plurality of structured light patterns by the occupants of the seats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Guardian Optical Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Yotam Amiram, Yoav Zuta, Guy Raz
  • Patent number: 10996049
    Abstract: A system and a method for producing an adjustable light pattern are provided herein. The system may include: a transmitter configured to illuminate a scene with a patterned light being adjusted based on predefined criteria; a receiver configured to receive reflections of the adjusted patterned light; and a computer processor configured to control the adjustment of the patterned light and further analyze the received reflections, to yield a depth map of objects within the scene, wherein the transmitter may include: a light source configured to produce a light beam; a first reflector tiltable approximately along a line on an x-y plane in a Cartesian x-y-z coordinate system; and a second reflector tiltable along a z-axis in said coordinate system, wherein the reflectors are tilted along their respective axes back and forth so as to divert the light beam for creating the adjusted patterned light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Guy Raz
  • Patent number: 10837765
    Abstract: Apparatus for structured light scanning. The structured light includes one or more projected lines or other patterns. At least two independent emitters emit light for each projected line or pattern. Typically the at least two independent emitters are arranged in a row. The apparatus also includes a pattern generator for causing light from respective emitters of a given row to overlap along a pattern axis to form a projected pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Guy Raz, Nadav Grossinger, Nitay Romano
  • Publication number: 20200293750
    Abstract: A unified imaging device used for detecting and classifying objects in a scene including motion and micro-vibrations by receiving a plurality of images of the scene captured by an imaging sensor of the unified imaging device comprising a light source adapted to project on the scene a predefined structured light pattern constructed of a plurality of diffused light elements, classifying object(s) present in the scene by visually analyzing the image(s), extracting depth data of the object(s) by analyzing position of diffused light element(s) reflected from the object(s), identifying micro-vibration(s) of the object(s) by analyzing a change in a speckle pattern of the reflected diffused light element(s) in at least some consecutive images and outputting the classification, the depth data and data of the one or more micro-vibrations which are derived from the analyses of images captured by the imaging sensor and are hence inherently registered in a common coordinate system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Guardian Optical Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoav ZUTA, Gideon CARMON, Roi LEVY, Guy RAZ
  • Patent number: 10519616
    Abstract: A skimming device configured to collect and store floating debris captured from a body of water. The debris includes at least one of liquid debris such as petrochemicals, semi-solid debris, and/or solid debris on or near the surface of the body of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SKIMKING, INC.
    Inventors: Nicolas Casadio, Christian Casadio, Guy Raz, Moshe Zruya
  • Publication number: 20190285405
    Abstract: A system and a method for producing an adjustable light pattern are provided herein. The system may include: a transmitter configured to illuminate a scene with a patterned light being adjusted based on predefined criteria; a receiver configured to receive reflections of the adjusted patterned light; and a computer processor configured to control the adjustment of the patterned light and further analyze the received reflections, to yield a depth map of objects within the scene, wherein the transmitter may include: a light source configured to produce a light beam; a first reflector tiltable approximately along a line on an x-y plane in a Cartesian x-y-z coordinate system; and a second reflector tiltable along a z-axis in said coordinate system, wherein the reflectors are tilted along their respective axes back and forth so as to divert the light beam for creating the adjusted patterned light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventor: Guy Raz
  • Patent number: 10408605
    Abstract: A system and a method for producing an adjustable light pattern are provided herein. The system may include: a transmitter configured to illuminate a scene with a patterned light being adjusted based on predefined criteria; a receiver configured to receive reflections of the adjusted patterned light; and a computer processor configured to control the adjustment of the patterned light and further analyze the received reflections, to yield a depth map of objects within the scene, wherein the transmitter may include: a light source configured to produce a light beam; a first reflector tiltable approximately along a line on an x-y plane in a Cartesian x-y-z coordinate system; and a second reflector tiltable along a z-axis in said coordinate system, wherein the reflectors are tilted along their respective axes back and forth so as to divert the light beam for creating the adjusted patterned light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Guy Raz
  • Publication number: 20190154437
    Abstract: Apparatus for structured light scanning. The structured light includes one or more projected lines or other patterns. At least two independent emitters emit light for each projected line or pattern. Typically the at least two independent emitters are arranged in a row. The apparatus also includes a pattern generator for causing light from respective emitters of a given row to overlap along a pattern axis to form a projected pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Guy Raz, Nadav Grossinger, Nitay Romano
  • Patent number: 10168147
    Abstract: Apparatus for structured light scanning. The structured light includes one or more projected lines or other patterns. At least two independent emitters emit light for each projected line or pattern. Typically the at least two independent emitters are arranged in a row. The apparatus also includes a pattern generator for causing light from respective emitters of a given row to overlap along a pattern axis to form a projected pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Guy Raz, Nadav Grossinger, Nitay Romano
  • Publication number: 20180349522
    Abstract: A method includes, using a processor, obtaining a digital building information model (BIM) that models a building plan for a building by virtue of defining a plurality of BIM objects associated with respective planned portions of the building, each BIM object having location information that indicates a respective location of the planned portion of the building associated with the BIM object, obtaining a reconstructed three dimensional model (RTDM) of the building that was reconstructed from information acquired by one or more optical sensors, using the location information of one or more of the BIM objects, identifying a correspondence between a portion of the RTDM and at least one of the BIM objects, by registering the RTDM and the BIM to one another, and modifying the portion of the RTDM, based on the corresponding BIM object. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Ori Aphek, Guy Raz
  • Publication number: 20180238009
    Abstract: A skimming device configured to collect and store floating debris captured from a body of water. The debris includes at least one of liquid debris such as petrochemicals, semi-solid debris, and/or solid debris on or near the surface of the body of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Nicolas Casadio, Christian Casadio, Guy Raz, Moshe Zruya
  • Patent number: 10031588
    Abstract: A tracking system generates a structured light pattern in a local area. The system includes an array of lasers that generate light. The array of lasers includes a plurality of lasers and an optical element. The plurality of lasers are grouped into at least two subsets of lasers, and each of the at least two subsets of lasers is independently switchable. The optical element includes a plurality of cells that are each aligned with a respective subset of the array of lasers. Each cell receives light from a corresponding laser of the array of lasers, and each cell individually applies a modulation to the received light passing through the cell to form a corresponding portion of the structured light pattern that is projected onto a local area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Nitay Romano, Nadav Grossinger, Yair Alpern, Emil Alon, Guy Raz
  • Publication number: 20180157342
    Abstract: A tracking system generates a structured light pattern in a local area. The system includes an array of lasers that generate light. The array of lasers includes a plurality of lasers and an optical element. The plurality of lasers are grouped into at least two subsets of lasers, and each of the at least two subsets of lasers is independently switchable. The optical element includes a plurality of cells that are each aligned with a respective subset of the array of lasers. Each cell receives light from a corresponding laser of the array of lasers, and each cell individually applies a modulation to the received light passing through the cell to form a corresponding portion of the structured light pattern that is projected onto a local area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Nitay Romano, Nadav Grossinger, Yair Alpern, Emil Alon, Guy Raz
  • Patent number: 9976271
    Abstract: A skimming device configured to collect and store floating debris captured from the surface of a body of water. The skimming device includes a debris collector having an enclosed body defining an opening for receiving and storing captured debris therein; a skimming device movement member configured to move the skimming device in the body of water; a debris movement member configured to capture floating debris from the body of water and pass the captured debris into the debris collector; and a housing that surrounds the debris collector and skimming movement member such that the two endless belts of the skimming movement member extend above and below the housing. The debris includes at least one of liquid debris such as floating petrochemicals, semi-solid debris, and/or solid debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Skimking, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Casadio, Christian Casadio, Guy Raz, Moshe Zruya