Patents by Inventor Mehmet B Caglar

Mehmet B Caglar 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).

  • Self correcting tracking of moving objects in video
    Patent number: 7983448
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods, systems and devices for identifying and tracking a human hand in a video. The steps for identifying the hand includes detecting parallel lines (bars), detecting curved fingertips (curves), grouping the detected parallel lines and curved fingertips according to a parallel line decision tree and a curved fingertip decision tree, respectively, and merging the parallel line group and the curved fingertip group to identify candidate hands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Niels da Vitoria Lobo, Mehmet B Caglar