Patents by Inventor Jürgen Sturm

Jürgen Sturm 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: 11189078
    Abstract: An electronic device is configured to performing a three-dimensional (3D) scan of an interior space. In some cases, the electronic device acquires information and depth measurements relative to the electronic device. The electronic device acquires voxels in a 3D grid that is generated from the 3D scan. The voxels represent portions of the volume of the interior space. The electronic device determines a trajectory and poses of the electronic device concurrently with performing the 3D scan of the interior space. The electronic device labels voxels representing objects in the interior space based on the trajectory and the poses. In some cases, the electronic device uses queries to perform spatial reasoning at an object level of granularity, positions, overlays, or blends virtual objects into an augmented reality representation of the interior space or modifies positions or orientations of the objects by applying a transformation to corresponding connected components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jürgen Sturm, Martin Bokeloh
  • Patent number: 10572970
    Abstract: An imaging camera and a depth camera are configured to perform a 3D scan of an interior space. A processor is configured to generate voxels in a three-dimensional (3D) grid based on the 3D scan. The voxels represent portions of the volume of the interior space. The processor is also configured to project the voxels onto tiles in a two-dimensional (2D) floor plan of the interior space. The processor is further configured to generate, based on the tiles, a 2D distance grid that represents features in the interior space. In some cases, the 2D distance grid is generated in real-time concurrently with performing the 3D scan of the interior space. The processor is further configured to generate, based on a 2D distance grid, a set of polygons representing elements of the floor plan in real-time. The processor is further configured to generate a simplified set of primitives representing the floor plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Jürgen Sturm, Christoph Schütte
  • Publication number: 20190392630
    Abstract: An electronic device is configured to performing a three-dimensional (3D) scan of an interior space. In some cases, the electronic device acquires information and depth measurements relative to the electronic device. The electronic device acquires voxels in a 3D grid that is generated from the 3D scan. The voxels represent portions of the volume of the interior space. The electronic device determines a trajectory and poses of the electronic device concurrently with performing the 3D scan of the interior space. The electronic device labels voxels representing objects in the interior space based on the trajectory and the poses. In some cases, the electronic device uses queries to perform spatial reasoning at an object level of granularity, positions, overlays, or blends virtual objects into an augmented reality representation of the interior space or modifies positions or orientations of the objects by applying a transformation to corresponding connected components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Jürgen Sturm, Martin Bokeloh
  • Publication number: 20180315162
    Abstract: An imaging camera and a depth camera are configured to perform a 3D scan of an interior space. A processor is configured to generate voxels in a three-dimensional (3D) grid based on the 3D scan. The voxels represent portions of the volume of the interior space. The processor is also configured to project the voxels onto tiles in a two-dimensional (2D) floor plan of the interior space. The processor is further configured to generate, based on the tiles, a 2D distance grid that represents features in the interior space. In some cases, the 2D distance grid is generated in real-time concurrently with performing the 3D scan of the interior space. The processor is further configured to generate, based on a 2D distance grid, a set of polygons representing elements of the floor plan in real-time. The processor is further configured to generate a simplified set of primitives representing the floor plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Jürgen STURM, Christoph SCHÜTTE
  • Patent number: 6617047
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for coating apparatuses and apparatus parts for chemical plant construction—which are taken to mean, for example, apparatus, tank and reactor walls, discharge devices, valves, pumps, filters, compressors, centrifuges, columns, dryers, comminution machines, internals, packing elements and mixing elements—wherein a metal layer or a metal/polymer dispersion layer is deposited in an electroless manner on the apparatus(es) or apparatus part(s) to be coated by bringing the parts into contact with a metal electrolyte solution which, in addition to the metal electrolyte, comprises a reducing agent and optionally the polymer or polymer mixture to be deposited in dispersed form, where at least one polymer is halogenated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Hüffer, Thilo Krebs, Wolfgang Loth, Bernd Rumpf, Jürgen Sturm, Bernd Diebold, Juergen Korkhaus, Joachim Nilges, Axel Franke
  • Patent number: 6509103
    Abstract: A process for coating a reactor, which comprises depositing a metal layer or a metal/polymer dispersion layer on the internal surface of the reactor in an electroless manner by bringing the surfaces into contact with a metal electrolyte solution which, besides the metal electrolyte, comprises a reducing agent and optionally a halogenated polymer to be deposited in dispersed form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Inventors: Stephan Hüffer, Andreas Deckers, Wilhelm Weber, Roger Klimesch, Dieter Littmann, Jürgen Sturm, Götz Lerch