Patents by Inventor Robert F. Biro

Robert F. Biro 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).

  • Calibration and transformation of a camera system's coordinate system
    Patent number: 9542743
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that determine a mapping between a first camera system's coordinate system and a second camera system's coordinate system; or determine a transformation between a robot's coordinate system and a camera system's coordinate system, and/or locate, in a robot's coordinate system, a tool extending from an arm of the robot based on the tool location in the camera's coordinate system. The disclosed systems and methods may use transformations derived from coordinates of features found in one or more images. The transformations may be used to interrelate various coordinate systems, facilitating calibration of camera systems, including in robotic systems, such as an image-guided robotic systems for hair harvesting and/or implantation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Restoration Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: John A Tenney, Erik R. Burd, Hui Zhang, Robert F. Biro
  • Calibration and Transformation of a Camera System's Coordinate System
    Publication number: 20160035079
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that determine a mapping between a first camera system's coordinate system and a second camera system's coordinate system; or determine a transformation between a robot's coordinate system and a camera system's coordinate system, and/or locate, in a robot's coordinate system, a tool extending from an arm of the robot based on the tool location in the camera's coordinate system. The disclosed systems and methods may use transformations derived from coordinates of features found in one or more images. The transformations may be used to interrelate various coordinate systems, facilitating calibration of camera systems, including in robotic systems, such as an image-guided robotic systems for hair harvesting and/or implantation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Restoration Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Tenney, Erik R. Burd, Hui Zhang, Robert F. Biro
  • Calibration and transformation of a camera system's coordinate system
    Patent number: 9188973
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that determine a mapping between a first camera system's coordinate system and a second camera system's coordinate system; or determine a transformation between a robot's coordinate system and a camera system's coordinate system, and/or locate, in a robot's coordinate system, a tool extending from an arm of the robot based on the tool location in the camera's coordinate system. The disclosed systems and methods may use transformations derived from coordinates of features found in one or more images. The transformations may be used to interrelate various coordinate systems, facilitating calibration of camera systems, including in robotic systems, such as an image-guided robotic systems for hair harvesting and/or implantation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Restoration Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Tenney, Erik R. Burd, Hui Zhang, Robert F. Biro
  • CALIBRATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF A CAMERA SYSTEM'S COORDINATE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130010081
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that determine a mapping between a first camera system's coordinate system and a second camera system's coordinate system; or determine a transformation between a robot's coordinate system and a camera system's coordinate system, and/or locate, in a robot's coordinate system, a tool extending from an arm of the robot based on the tool location in the camera's coordinate system. The disclosed systems and methods may use transformations derived from coordinates of features found in one or more images. The transformations may be used to interrelate various coordinate systems, facilitating calibration of camera systems, including in robotic systems, such as an image-guided robotic systems for hair harvesting and/or implantation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: John A. Tenney, Erik R. Burd, Hui Zhang, Robert F. Biro