Patents by Inventor Hendrik Lensch

Hendrik Lensch 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: 10057561
    Abstract: Scenes reconstruction may be performed using videos that capture the scenes at high resolution and frame rate. Scene reconstruction may be associated with determining camera orientation and/or location (“camera pose”) throughout the video, three-dimensional coordinates of feature points detected in frames of the video, and/or other information. Individual videos may have multiple frames. Feature points may be detected in, and tracked over, the frames. Estimations of camera pose may be made for individual subsets of frames. One or more estimations of camera pose may be determined as fixed estimations. The estimated camera poses for the frames included in the subsets of frames may be updated based on the fixed estimations. Camera pose for frames not included in the subsets of frames may be determined to provide globally consistent camera poses and three-dimensional coordinates for feature points of the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignees: Disney Enterprises, Inc., ETH Zurich
    Inventors: Benjamin Resch, Hendrik Lensch, Marc Pollefeys, Oliver Wang, Alexander Sorkine Hornung
  • Publication number: 20170237968
    Abstract: Scenes reconstruction may be performed using videos that capture the scenes at high resolution and frame rate. Scene reconstruction may be associated with determining camera orientation and/or location (“camera pose”) throughout the video, three-dimensional coordinates of feature points detected in frames of the video, and/or other information. Individual videos may have multiple frames. Feature points may be detected in, and tracked over, the frames. Estimations of camera pose may be made for individual subsets of frames. One or more estimations of camera pose may be determined as fixed estimations. The estimated camera poses for the frames included in the subsets of frames may be updated based on the fixed estimations. Camera pose for frames not included in the subsets of frames may be determined to provide globally consistent camera poses and three-dimensional coordinates for feature points of the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin Resch, Hendrik Lensch, Marc Pollefeys, Oliver Wang, Alexander Sorkine Hornung
  • Patent number: 9648303
    Abstract: Scenes reconstruction may be performed using videos that capture the scenes at high resolution and frame rate. Scene reconstruction may be associated with determining camera orientation and/or location (“camera pose”) throughout the video, three-dimensional coordinates of feature points detected in frames of the video, and/or other information. Individual videos may have multiple frames. Feature points may be detected in, and tracked over, the frames. Estimations of camera pose may be made for individual subsets of frames. One or more estimations of camera pose may be determined as fixed estimations. The estimated camera poses for the frames included in the subsets of frames may be updated based on the fixed estimations. Camera pose for frames not included in the subsets of frames may be determined to provide globally consistent camera poses and three-dimensional coordinates for feature points of the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: Disney Enterprises, Inc., ETH Zurich
    Inventors: Benjamin Resch, Hendrik Lensch, Marc Pollefeys, Oliver Wang, Alexander Sorkine Hornung
  • Patent number: 8570322
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for efficiently ray tracing micropolygon or other highly complex geometry. In operation, a first hierarchy of a plurality of objects is established. Additionally, rays are traced using the first hierarchy to efficiently identify which of the plurality of objects are potentially intersected. Furthermore, at least one of the potentially intersected objects are decomposed, on-demand, into a set of subobjects, each set of subobjects corresponding to one of the at least one of the potentially intersected objects. Still yet, a second hierarchy is established for at least one of the set of subobjects, the second hierarchy being determined by a connectivity of subobjects in an associated set of subobjects in order to accelerate ray tracing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Johannes Hanika, Alexander Keller, Hendrik Lensch
  • Patent number: 8427656
    Abstract: A system (100) for scanning a three-dimensional object (150) comprises a device for illuminating a plane (110); an imaging sensor (120); and a transparent container (130) for immersing the object (150) in a participating medium (140).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foderung der Wissenschaften E.V.
    Inventors: Matthias Hullin, Martin Fuchs, Ivo Ihrke, Hendrik Lensch, Hans-Peter Seidel
  • Publication number: 20100289799
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for efficiently ray tracing micropolygon or other highly complex geometry. In operation, a first hierarchy of a plurality of objects is established. Additionally, rays are traced using the first hierarchy to efficiently identify which of the plurality of objects are potentially intersected. Furthermore, at least one of the potentially intersected objects are decomposed, on-demand, into a set of subobjects, each set of subobjects corresponding to one of the at least one of the potentially intersected objects. Still yet, a second hierarchy is established for at least one of the set of subobjects, the second hierarchy being determined by a connectivity of subobjects in an associated set of subobjects in order to accelerate ray tracing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Johannes Hanika, Alexander Keller, Hendrik Lensch
  • Publication number: 20090273792
    Abstract: A system (100) for scanning a three-dimensional object (150) comprises a device for illuminating a plane (110); an imaging sensor (120); and a transparent container (130) for immersing the object (150) in a participating medium (140).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: Max-Planck Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Matthias Hullin, Martin Fuchs, Ivo Ihrke, Hendrik Lensch, Hans-Peter Seidel