Patents by Inventor Helmut H. Pitters

Helmut H. Pitters 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: 12226237
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computer system for human gait analysis are described. A video stream of an individual walking includes a plurality of frames reflecting the walk of the individual. A skeletal motion of the individual is extracted, by inferring, from the obtained video stream, three-dimensional gait information. The three-dimensional gait information includes estimates of the individual's joint locations including at least the individual's foot locations on each frame, wherein the estimates are derived by matching for each frame two-dimensional coordinates of the respective frame with respective three-dimensional model information of the individual's body. One or more gait parameters of the individual may be determined, based on the individual's foot locations in local extrema frames showing local extrema of the distance between one foot location of the individual and a corresponding reference joint location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Lindera GmbH
    Inventor: Helmut H. Pitters
  • Publication number: 20210275107
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computer system for human gait analysis are described. A video stream of an individual walking includes a plurality of frames reflecting the walk of the individual. A skeletal motion of the individual is extracted, by inferring, from the obtained video stream, three-dimensional gait information. The three-dimensional gait information includes estimates of the individual's joint locations including at least the individual's foot locations on each frame, wherein the estimates are derived by matching for each frame two-dimensional coordinates of the respective frame with respective three-dimensional model information of the individual's body. One or more gait parameters of the individual may be determined, based on the individual's foot locations in local extrema frames showing local extrema of the distance between one foot location of the individual and a corresponding reference joint location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Helmut H. Pitters