Patents by Inventor Michael D. Breitenstein

Michael D. Breitenstein 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 and system for determining poses of objects from range images using adaptive sampling of pose spaces
    Patent number: 7844106
    Abstract: A method for determining a pose of an object from a range image is presented. A distribution of poses for an object is determined from a model of the object. A set of reference poses is selected according to the distribution, such that more reference poses are selected for more probable poses than less probable poses. A reference image for each reference pose is generated, and the reference pose used to generate the reference image that best matches a range image including the object is assigned as the pose of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc
    Inventors: Hanspeter Pfister, In Kyu Park, Marcel German, Michael D. Breitenstein
  • Method and system for determining objects poses from range images
    Patent number: 7844105
    Abstract: A method and system determines a pose of an object by comparing an input range image acquired of a scene including the input object to each of a set of reference range image of a reference object, such that each reference range images has an associated different pose, and the reference object is similar to the input object. Then, the pose associated with the reference range image which best matches the input range image is selected as the pose of the input object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Hanspeter Pfister, Marcel Germann, Michael D. Breitenstein
  • Method and System for Determining Poses of Objects from Range Images Using Adaptive Sampling of Pose Spaces
    Publication number: 20090074238
    Abstract: A method for determining a pose of an object from a range image is presented. A distribution of poses for an object is determined from a model of the object. A set of reference poses is selected according to the distribution, such that more reference poses are selected for more probable poses than less probable poses. A reference image for each reference pose is generated, and the reference pose used to generate the reference image that best matches a range image including the object is assigned as the pose of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Hanspeter Pfister, In Kyu Park, Marcel German, Michael D. Breitenstein
  • Method and System for Determining Objects Poses from Range Images
    Publication number: 20080260238
    Abstract: A method and system determines a pose of an object by comparing an input range image acquired of a scene including the input object to each of a set of reference range image of a reference object, such that each reference range images has an associated different pose, and the reference object is similar to the input object. Then, the pose associated with the reference range image which best matches the input range image is selected as the pose of the input object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Hanspeter Pfister, Marcel Germann, Michael D. Breitenstein