Patents by Inventor Samer S. Barakat

Samer S. Barakat 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: 10616552
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems may provide for conducting a quality assessment of a depth localization mode, a color localization mode and an inertia localization mode, and selecting one of the depth localization mode, the color localization mode or the inertia localization mode as an active localization mode based on the quality assessment. Additionally, a pose of a camera may be determined relative to a three-dimensional (3D) environment in accordance with the active localization mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel J. Mirota, Samer S. Barakat, Haowei Liu, Duc Q. Pham, Mohamed Selim Ben Himane
  • Patent number: 10404962
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for drift correction for camera tracking. In some cases, the techniques include iterative optimization of the camera poses at selected keyframes captured along the camera trajectory to reduce pose errors. Such iterative optimization may include performing an alignment process using the point cloud of a given keyframe and a point cloud made from one or more overlapping keyframes, such as via an iterative closest point (ICP)-based expectation maximization. The keyframes may then be fused to reconstruct a more accurate model of the scene, discarding the existing model. The new model can then be used for tracking and meshing. In some instances, keyframes may be selected such that the overlap with other keyframes includes enough shape features to allow for alignment with the keyframe depth point cloud. In some cases, the techniques can be performed in a particular order giving precedence to keyframes having smaller pose errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Samer S. Barakat, Mohamed Selim Ben Himane
  • Publication number: 20170280129
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems may provide for conducting a quality assessment of a depth localization mode, a color localization mode and an inertia localization mode, and selecting one of the depth localization mode, the color localization mode or the inertia localization mode as an active localization mode based on the quality assessment. Additionally, a pose of a camera may be determined relative to a three-dimensional (3D) environment in accordance with the active localization mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel J. Mirota, Samer S. Barakat, Haowei Liu, Duc Q. Pham, Mohamed Selim Ben Himane
  • Publication number: 20170094245
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for drift correction for camera tracking. In some cases, the techniques include iterative optimization of the camera poses at selected keyframes captured along the camera trajectory to reduce pose errors. Such iterative optimization may include performing an alignment process using the point cloud of a given keyframe and a point cloud made from one or more overlapping keyframes, such as via an iterative closest point (ICP)-based expectation maximization. The keyframes may then be fused to reconstruct a more accurate model of the scene, discarding the existing model. The new model can then be used for tracking and meshing. In some instances, keyframes may be selected such that the overlap with other keyframes includes enough shape features to allow for alignment with the keyframe depth point cloud. In some cases, the techniques can be performed in a particular order giving precedence to keyframes having smaller pose errors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Samer S. Barakat, Mohamed Selim Ben Himane