Patents by Inventor Jochen J. Steil

Jochen J. Steil 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).

  • Adaptive scene dependent filters in online learning environments
    Patent number: 8238650
    Abstract: A method and a system for determining an object segment in an electronic image. Preferably the method or system is sufficiently fast to allow real-time processing. A method for determining an object segment in an electronic image may comprise the steps of unsupervised learning of a multi-feature segmentation and of forming a relevance map. The method may further comprise the step of estimating the probability of a segment belonging to an object by the overlap of the segment and the relevance map in the electronic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Research Institute GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Gotting, Heiko Wersing, Jochen J. Steil