Patents by Inventor Maarten U. de Haag

Maarten U. de Haag 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: 9726765
    Abstract: A method of determining the position of a user in 3D space is disclosed. In one example, the method comprises utilizing range measurements from one or more GPS satellite vehicles, angular information of a camera located at the user position, and a camera image associated with one or more known markers. The method further comprises determining the angular information of the camera by determining a direction cosine matrix between a camera frame of reference and an earth frame of reference, and designating unit vectors that individually extend from a position within the camera image associated with one of the known markers through the camera focal point to the respective known marker The method also includes integrating into an ordinary least squares matrix, the GPS range measurements, the angular information of the camera, and the unit vectors, and calculating the user position by solving the ordinary least squares matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Ohio University
    Inventors: Thomas D. Arthur, Zhen Zhu, Sumit Bhattacharya, Kim M. Scheff, Maarten U. de Haag, Kevin L. Johnson