Patents by Inventor Michael Cervoni

Michael Cervoni 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: 12361591
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and vehicles for performing intrinsic calibration of the cameras in the vehicle. A processor may acquire plural images of a target captured by the camera at different locations. For each image, the processor may tone map the image, binarize the tone-mapped image, define a structuring element based on the digital form of the shape of the target, perform morphology on the image to align and calibrate the structuring elements, filter the target and modify each of the other pixels to black, and compile an output image. Based on the calibration, the principal point values may be shifted to account for discrepancies and store calibrated values in each camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Sai Vishnu Aluru, Michael Dominic Done, Michael Cervoni, Syed Mahdi, Aadi Kothari
  • Patent number: 12322115
    Abstract: A method for evaluating edge quality in an image includes receiving an image from a camera of a vehicle, detecting an edge in the image captured by the camera, fitting a polynomial curve to the edge in the image captured by the camera, executing a numerical optimizer to determine a minimum distance from each pixel in the image of the edge to the polynomial curve, determining a modulation transfer function (MTF) value using the minimum distance, determining whether the MTF value is greater than predetermined threshold, and providing an alert in response to determining that the MTF value is not greater than the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Sai Vishnu Aluru, Michael Cervoni, Jonathan Patrick Agnew, Logan Elliot Stack
  • Publication number: 20250139828
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and vehicles for performing intrinsic calibration of the cameras in the vehicle. A processor may acquire plural images of a target captured by the camera at different locations. For each image, the processor may tone map the image, binarize the tone-mapped image, define a structuring element based on the digital form of the shape of the target, perform morphology on the image to align and calibrate the structuring elements, filter the target and modify each of the other pixels to black, and compile an output image. Based on the calibration, the principal point values may be shifted to account for discrepancies and store calibrated values in each camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Sai Vishnu Aluru, Michael Dominic Done, Michael Cervoni, Syed Mahdi, Aadi Kothari
  • Publication number: 20240104743
    Abstract: A method for evaluating edge quality in an image includes receiving an image from a camera of a vehicle, detecting an edge in the image captured by the camera, fitting a polynomial curve to the edge in the image captured by the camera, executing a numerical optimizer to determine a minimum distance from each pixel in the image of the edge to the polynomial curve, determining a modulation transfer function (MTF) value using the minimum distance, determining whether the MTF value is greater than predetermined threshold, and providing an alert in response to determining that the MTF value is not greater than the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Sai Vishnu Aluru, Michael Cervoni, Jonathan Patrick Agnew, Logan Elliot Stack