Patents by Inventor Stefan Vacek

Stefan Vacek 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).

  • Vehicle vision system
    Patent number: 9536306
    Abstract: In order to determine extrinsic parameters of a vehicle vision system or an aspect of a vehicle vision system, road lane markings may be identified in an image captured by a camera and provided to the vehicle vision system. For one or more of the identified road lane markings, a first set of parameters defining an orientation and a position of a line along which a road lane marking extends in an image plane may be determined. Also, a second set of parameters defining an orientation and a position of a line along which a road lane marking extends in a road plane may be determined. A linear transformation that defines a mapping between the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters may be identified. The extrinsic parameters may be established based on the identified linear transformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Koba Natroshvili, Stefan Vacek
  • Vehicle Vision System
    Publication number: 20130002871
    Abstract: In order to determine extrinsic parameters of a vehicle vision system or an aspect of a vehicle vision system, road lane markings may be identified in an image captured by a camera and provided to the vehicle vision system. For one or more of the identified road lane markings, a first set of parameters defining an orientation and a position of a line along which a road lane marking extends in an image plane may be determined. Also, a second set of parameters defining an orientation and a position of a line along which a road lane marking extends in a road plane may be determined. A linear transformation that defines a mapping between the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters may be identified. The extrinsic parameters may be established based on the identified linear transformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Koba Natroshvili, Stefan Vacek