Patents by Inventor Merlin Goettlinger

Merlin Goettlinger 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 for generating a depth map using a camera
    Patent number: 10237535
    Abstract: A method for generating a depth map of at least one selected region (210) of a capturing region (200) of a camera (100), wherein the camera (100) is aimed at a plurality of mutually different partial regions (220, 221, 222) of the at least one selected region (210), wherein for each of the partial regions (220, 221, 222) a depth information item is ascertained from the respective partial region (220, 221, 222) by varying a focus setting of the camera (100), and wherein the depth map (400) is generated taking into account the depth information of the partial regions (220, 221, 222), and to such a camera (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Karl Warzelhan, Merlin Goettlinger
  • METHOD FOR GENERATING A DEPTH MAP USING A CAMERA
    Publication number: 20170188018
    Abstract: A method for generating a depth map of at least one selected region (210) of a capturing region (200) of a camera (100), wherein the camera (100) is aimed at a plurality of mutually different partial regions (220, 221, 222) of the at least one selected region (210), wherein for each of the partial regions (220, 221, 222) a depth information item is ascertained from the respective partial region (220, 221, 222) by varying a focus setting of the camera (100), and wherein the depth map (400) is generated taking into account the depth information of the partial regions (220, 221, 222), and to such a camera (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Jan Karl Warzelhan, Merlin Goettlinger