Patents by Inventor Lyuba Alboul

Lyuba Alboul 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).

  • Method and system for image processing for profiling with uncoded structured light
    Patent number: 7804586
    Abstract: A 3D scanning apparatus configured to image a physical entity comprises a radiation projector for projecting a plurality of radiation stripes onto the physical entity, a detector for detecting striped radiation received from the physical entity; and a data storage device for storing the received radiation as a pixellated bitmap image, the apparatus characterised in that the physical entity, the radiation projector and the detector are geometrically arranged to constrain the number of times that each received stripe is permitted to occur in a given pixel row of the bitmap, the geometrica) constraint determining a stored occlusion classification comprising a plurality of types of occlusions and the apparatus additionally comprising an occlusion type processing means configured to utilise the classification for detecting the various types of occlusions in said received image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Sheffield Hallam University
    Inventors: Marcos A. Rodrigues, Alan Robinson, Lyuba Alboul
  • Method and System for Image Processing for Profiling with Uncoded Structured Light
    Publication number: 20080237505
    Abstract: A 3D scanning apparatus configured to image a physical entity comprises a radiation projector for projecting a plurality of radiation stripes onto the physical entity, a detector for detecting striped radiation received from the physical entity; and a data storage device for storing the received radiation as a pixellated bitmap image, the apparatus characterised in that the physical entity, the radiation projector and the detector are geometrically arranged to constrain the number of times that each received stripe is permitted to occur in a given pixel row of the bitmap, the geometrica) constraint determining a stored occlusion classification comprising a plurality of types of occlusions and the apparatus additionally comprising an occlusion type processing means configured to utilise the classification for detecting the various types of occlusions in said received image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2005
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Marco A. Rodrigues, Alan Robinson, Lyuba Alboul