Patents by Inventor Leonardus Gerardus Johannus Meertens

Leonardus Gerardus Johannus Meertens 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: 9934594
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to augmented reality, and more particularly to augmented reality systems and methods using textiles. In one embodiment, a processor-implemented textile-based augmented reality method is disclosed. The method may comprise capturing, via one or more hardware processors, a video frame including a depiction of an aperiodic marker included in an ornamental design of a textile fabric. Via the one or more hardware processors, the presence of the marker may be identified using one or more image-processing marker detection techniques. The identified marker may be associated with one or more audio-visual content files. Finally, data from the one or more audio-visual content files may be displayed as part of an augmented reality presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Spell Disain Ltd.
    Inventors: Kristi Kuusk, Wouter Pieter Anton Widdershoven, Guido van Gageldonk, Leonardus Gerardus Johannus Meertens