Patents by Inventor JAMES PETTERSON

JAMES PETTERSON 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).

  • Publication number: 20120170805
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for object detection. A method includes automatically collecting a set of training data images from a plurality of images. The method further includes generating occluded images. The method also includes storing in a memory the generated occluded images as part of the set of training data images, and training an object detector using the set of training data images stored in the memory. The method additionally includes detecting an object using the object detector, the object detector detecting the object based on the set of training data images stored in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: LISA M. BROWN, ROGERIO S. FERIS, SHARATHCHANDRA U. PANKANTI, JAMES PETTERSON, BEHJAT SIDDIQUIE