Patents by Inventor Martin Kurze

Martin Kurze 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).

  • Publication number: 20090109240
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for providing and reconstructing a photorealistic environment, by integrating a virtual item into it, comprising: (a) a dedicated marker, placed in a predefined location within an environment, in which a virtual item has to be integrated, for enabling determining the desired location of said virtual item within said environment; (b) a conventional camera for taking a picture or shooting a video clip of said environment, in which said marker was placed, and then providing a corresponding images of said environment; and (c) one or more servers for receiving said corresponding image of said environment from said camera, processing it, and outputting a photorealistic image that contains said virtual item integrated within it, comprising: (c.1.) a composer for composing a photorealistic image from said corresponding image of said environment; (c.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Roman Englert, Yuval Elovici, Martin Kurze, Katja Henke