Patents by Inventor Michel Bätz

Michel Bätz 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: 11546614
    Abstract: There are disclosed techniques for encoding and/or decoding multiple image information, e.g. through recurrent neural network based stereo compression. In an image encoder (1), a primary block (100) encodes a primary image information, and a secondary block (300) encodes a secondary image information. States for the primary block are transformed onto states for the secondary block at a transformation block (200), which keeps into account correspondence information (e.g. disparity information) between the first image information and the second image information. In an image decoder (1b), a primary block (100) decodes an encoded version of a primary image information, and a secondary block (300) encodes an encoded version of a secondary image information. States for the primary block are transformed onto states for the secondary block at a transformation block (200), which keeps into account correspondence information (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Muhammad Shahzeb Khan Gul, Michel Bätz, Joachim Keinert