Patents by Inventor Stanley Thomas Birchfield

Stanley Thomas Birchfield 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).

  • Publication number: 20240153196
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to generate an image of one or more objects. In at least one embodiment, an image of one or more objects is generated using a neural network based on, for example, a representation of a scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Valts Blukis, Taeyeop Lee, Jonathan Tremblay, Bowen Wen, Dieter Fox, Stanley Thomas Birchfield
  • Publication number: 20240123620
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to generate and select grasp proposals. In at least one embodiment, grasp proposals are generated and selected using one or more neural networks, based on, for example, a latent code corresponding to an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Tremblay, Stanley Thomas Birchfield, Valts Blukis, Bowen Wen, Dieter Fox, Taeyeop Lee
  • Publication number: 20240042601
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, under the control of a robotic control system, a gripper on a robot is positioned to grasp a 3-dimensional object. In at least one embodiment, the relative position of the object and the gripper is determined, at least in part, by using a camera mounted on the gripper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Shariq Iqbal, Jonathan Tremblay, Thang Hong To, Jia Cheng, Erik Leitch, Duncan J. McKay, Stanley Thomas Birchfield
  • Publication number: 20240005547
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to determined a pose of an object from a plurality of images. In at least one embodiment, the pose of an object is determined from at least two images of a video sequence using one or more neural networks, in which the neural network produces a distribution of pose information that is filtered to determine the current pose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yunzhi Lin, Jonathan Tremblay, Stephen Walter Tyree, Stanley Thomas Birchfield
  • Publication number: 20230415336
    Abstract: A robot device determines an error associated with equipment included in a data center environment. The robot device may compare the error to candidate errors for which the robot device is already trained to resolve. Based on a result of the comparison, the robot device may perform, in a control environment, candidate maintenance operations in association with resolving the error. The robot device may learn a set of actions associated with successfully resolving the error, based on performing the candidate maintenance operations. The robot device may perform maintenance operations associated with the error. Performing the maintenance operations may include applying the learned set of actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Siddha Ganju, Elad Mentovich, James Stephen Fields, JR., Ryan Kelsey Albright, Jonathan Tremblay, Stanley Thomas Birchfield
  • Patent number: 11833681
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, under the control of a robotic control system, a gripper on a robot is positioned to grasp a 3-dimensional object. In at least one embodiment, the relative position of the object and the gripper is determined, at least in part, by using a camera mounted on the gripper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Shariq Iqbal, Jonathan Tremblay, Thang Hong To, Jia Cheng, Erik Leitch, Duncan J. McKay, Stanley Thomas Birchfield
  • Patent number: 11830145
    Abstract: A manifold voxel mesh or surface mesh is manufacturable by carving a single block of material and a non-manifold mesh is not manufacturable. Conventional techniques for constructing or extracting a surface mesh from an input point cloud often produce a non-manifold voxel mesh. Similarly, extracting a surface mesh from a voxel mesh that includes non-manifold geometry produces a surface mesh that includes non-manifold geometry. To ensure that the surface mesh includes only manifold geometry, locations of the non-manifold geometry in the voxel mesh are detected and converted into manifold geometry. The result is a manifold voxel mesh from which a manifold surface mesh of the object may be extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Kunal Gupta, Shalini De Mello, Charles Loop, Jonathan Tremblay, Stanley Thomas Birchfield
  • Patent number: 11715251
    Abstract: Training deep neural networks requires a large amount of labeled training data. Conventionally, labeled training data is generated by gathering real images that are manually labelled which is very time-consuming. Instead of manually labelling a training dataset, domain randomization technique is used generate training data that is automatically labeled. The generated training data may be used to train neural networks for object detection and segmentation (labelling) tasks. In an embodiment, the generated training data includes synthetic input images generated by rendering three-dimensional (3D) objects of interest in a 3D scene. In an embodiment, the generated training data includes synthetic input images generated by rendering 3D objects of interest on a 2D background image. The 3D objects of interest are objects that a neural network is trained to detect and/or label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Tremblay, Aayush Prakash, Mark A. Brophy, Varun Jampani, Cem Anil, Stanley Thomas Birchfield, Thang Hong To, David Jesus Acuna Marrero
  • Publication number: 20230104782
    Abstract: A manifold voxel mesh or surface mesh is manufacturable by carving a single block of material and a non-manifold mesh is not manufacturable. Conventional techniques for constructing or extracting a surface mesh from an input point cloud often produce a non-manifold voxel mesh. Similarly, extracting a surface mesh from a voxel mesh that includes non-manifold geometry produces a surface mesh that includes non-manifold geometry. To ensure that the surface mesh includes only manifold geometry, locations of the non-manifold geometry in the voxel mesh are detected and converted into manifold geometry. The result is a manifold voxel mesh from which a manifold surface mesh of the object may be extracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Kunal Gupta, Shalini De Mello, Charles Loop, Jonathan Tremblay, Stanley Thomas Birchfield
  • Publication number: 20230013338
    Abstract: A method, computer readable medium, and system are disclosed for performing autonomous path navigation using deep neural networks. The method includes the steps of receiving image data at a deep neural network (DNN), determining, by the DNN, both an orientation of a vehicle with respect to a path and a lateral position of the vehicle with respect to the path, utilizing the image data, and controlling a location of the vehicle, utilizing the orientation of the vehicle with respect to the path and the lateral position of the vehicle with respect to the path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Nikolai Smolyanskiy, Alexey Kamenev, Jeffrey David Smith, Stanley Thomas Birchfield
  • Publication number: 20220277472
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to determine a pose and relative dimensions of an object from an image. In at least one embodiment, a pose and relative dimensions of an object are determined from an image based at least in part on, for example, features of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Stanley Thomas Birchfield, Jonathan Tremblay, Yunzhi Lin, Stephen Walter Tyree
  • Publication number: 20220269271
    Abstract: A method, computer readable medium, and system are disclosed for performing autonomous path navigation using deep neural networks. The method includes the steps of receiving image data at a deep neural network (DNN), determining, by the DNN, both an orientation of a vehicle with respect to a path and a lateral position of the vehicle with respect to the path, utilizing the image data, and controlling a location of the vehicle, utilizing the orientation of the vehicle with respect to the path and the lateral position of the vehicle with respect to the path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Nikolai Smolyanskiy, Alexey Kamenev, Jeffrey David Smith, Stanley Thomas Birchfield
  • Patent number: 11417063
    Abstract: One or more images (e.g., images taken from one or more cameras) may be received, where each of the one or more images may depict a two-dimensional (2D) view of a three-dimensional (3D) scene. Additionally, the one or more images may be utilized to determine a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a scene. This representation may help an entity navigate an environment represented by the 3D scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yunzhi Lin, Jonathan Tremblay, Stephen Walter Tyree, Stanley Thomas Birchfield
  • Patent number: 11375176
    Abstract: When an image is projected from 3D, the viewpoint of objects in the image, relative to the camera, must be determined. Since the image itself will not have sufficient information to determine the viewpoint of the various objects in the image, techniques to estimate the viewpoint must be employed. To date, neural networks have been used to infer such viewpoint estimates on an object category basis, but must first be trained with numerous examples that have been manually created. The present disclosure provides a neural network that is trained to learn, from just a few example images, a unique viewpoint estimation network capable of inferring viewpoint estimations for a new object category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hung-Yu Tseng, Shalini De Mello, Jonathan Tremblay, Sifei Liu, Jan Kautz, Stanley Thomas Birchfield
  • Publication number: 20220197284
    Abstract: A method, computer readable medium, and system are disclosed for performing autonomous path navigation using deep neural networks. The method includes the steps of receiving image data at a deep neural network (DNN), determining, by the DNN, both an orientation of a vehicle with respect to a path and a lateral position of the vehicle with respect to the path, utilizing the image data, and controlling a location of the vehicle, utilizing the orientation of the vehicle with respect to the path and the lateral position of the vehicle with respect to the path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Nikolai Smolyanskiy, Alexey Kamenev, Jeffrey David Smith, Stanley Thomas Birchfield
  • Publication number: 20220134537
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to map coordinates in task space to a set of joint angles of an articulated robot. In at least one embodiment, a neural network is trained to map task-space coordinates to joint space coordinates of a robot by simulating a plurality of robots at various joint angles, and determining the position of their respective manipulators in task space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Visak Chadalavada Vijay Kumar, David Hoeller, Balakumar Sundaralingam, Jonathan Tremblay, Stanley Thomas Birchfield
  • Publication number: 20220126445
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques are described that solve task and motion planning problems. In at least one embodiment, a task and motion planning problem is modeled using a geometric scene graph that records positions and orientations of objects within a playfield, and a symbolic scene graph that represents states of objects within context of a task to be solved. In at least one embodiment, task planning is performed using symbolic scene graph, and motion planning is performed using a geometric scene graph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Yuke Zhu, Yifeng Zhu, Stanley Thomas Birchfield, Jonathan Tremblay
  • Patent number: 11281221
    Abstract: A method, computer readable medium, and system are disclosed for performing autonomous path navigation using deep neural networks. The method includes the steps of receiving image data at a deep neural network (DNN), determining, by the DNN, both an orientation of a vehicle with respect to a path and a lateral position of the vehicle with respect to the path, utilizing the image data, and controlling a location of the vehicle, utilizing the orientation of the vehicle with respect to the path and the lateral position of the vehicle with respect to the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventors: Nikolai Smolyanskiy, Alexey Kamenev, Jeffrey David Smith, Stanley Thomas Birchfield
  • Publication number: 20220068024
    Abstract: One or more images (e.g., images taken from one or more cameras) may be received, where each of the one or more images may depict a two-dimensional (2D) view of a three-dimensional (3D) scene. Additionally, the one or more images may be utilized to determine a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a scene. This representation may help an entity navigate an environment represented by the 3D scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Yunzhi Lin, Jonathan Tremblay, Stephen Walter Tyree, Stanley Thomas Birchfield
  • Publication number: 20220044075
    Abstract: Training deep neural networks requires a large amount of labeled training data. Conventionally, labeled training data is generated by gathering real images that are manually labelled which is very time-consuming. Instead of manually labelling a training dataset, domain randomization technique is used generate training data that is automatically labeled. The generated training data may be used to train neural networks for object detection and segmentation (labelling) tasks. In an embodiment, the generated training data includes synthetic input images generated by rendering three-dimensional (3D) objects of interest in a 3D scene. In an embodiment, the generated training data includes synthetic input images generated by rendering 3D objects of interest on a 2D background image. The 3D objects of interest are objects that a neural network is trained to detect and/or label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jonathan Tremblay, Aayush Prakash, Mark A. Brophy, Varun Jampani, Cem Anil, Stanley Thomas Birchfield, Thang Hong To, David Jesus Acuna Marrero