Patents by Inventor Joseph M. Degol

Joseph M. Degol 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).

  • Computation of point clouds and joint display of point clouds and building information models with project schedules for monitoring construction progress, productivity, and risk for delays
    Patent number: 11288412
    Abstract: A system initializes a set of calibrated images with known 3D pose relative to a 3D building information model (BIM) to be anchor images, detects features within images of unknown position and orientation, and determines matches with features of the calibrated images. The system determines a subset of the images that have at least a threshold number of matching features, selects an image from the subset of the images having the largest number of matching features, and executes a reconstruction algorithm using the image and the anchor images to calibrate the image to the BIM and generate an initial 3D point cloud model. The system repeats the last steps to identify a second image from the subset and perform, starting with the initial 3D point cloud model and using the second image, 3D reconstruction to generate an updated 3D point cloud model that is displayable in a graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Mani Golparvar-Fard, Derek Hoiem, Jacob Je-Chian Lin, Kook In Han, Joseph M. Degol
  • COMPUTATION OF POINT CLOUDS AND JOINT DISPLAY OF POINT CLOUDS AND BUILDING INFORMATION MODELS WITH PROJECT SCHEDULES FOR MONITORING CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS, PRODUCTIVITY, AND RISK FOR DELAYS
    Publication number: 20190325089
    Abstract: A system initializes a set of calibrated images with known 3D pose relative to a 3D building information model (BIM) to be anchor images, detects features within images of unknown position and orientation, and determines matches with features of the calibrated images. The system determines a subset of the images that have at least a threshold number of matching features, selects an image from the subset of the images having the largest number of matching features, and executes a reconstruction algorithm using the image and the anchor images to calibrate the image to the BIM and generate an initial 3D point cloud model. The system repeats the last steps to identify a second image from the subset and perform, starting with the initial 3D point cloud model and using the second image, 3D reconstruction to generate an updated 3D point cloud model that is displayable in a graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: Reconstruct Inc.
    Inventors: Mani Golparvar-Fard, Derek Hoiem, Jacob Je-Chian Lin, Kook In Han, Joseph M. Degol