Patents by Inventor Steffen Ruthotto

Steffen Ruthotto 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).

  • Method and device for joining a plurality of individual digital images to form a total image
    Patent number: 9773295
    Abstract: In a device and a corresponding method for joining a plurality of individual digital images to form a total image, a plurality of features is determined in a first individual image by means of a selection unit using a feature-based algorithm and then tracked in a second individual image by means of a tracking unit. A transformation matrix, with which the individual images are joined in an output unit to form the total image, is calculated from the determined feature correspondences in a transformation unit. The individual images can be joined in real time and with a high degree of accuracy by means of the feature-based algorithm in combination with a robust algorithm to calculate the transformation matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
    Inventors: Christian Münzenmayer, Christian Winter, Thomas Wittenberg, Stephan Rupp, Dietrich Paulus, Tobias Bergen, Steffen Ruthotto
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR JOINING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL DIGITAL IMAGES TO FORM A TOTAL IMAGE
    Publication number: 20160140691
    Abstract: In a device and a corresponding method for joining a plurality of individual digital images to form a total image, a plurality of features is determined in a first individual image by means of a selection unit using a feature-based algorithm and then tracked in a second individual image by means of a tracking unit. A transformation matrix, with which the individual images are joined in an output unit to form the total image, is calculated from the determined feature correspondences in a transformation unit. The individual images can be joined in real time and with a high degree of accuracy by means of the feature-based algorithm in combination with a robust algorithm to calculate the transformation matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Christian MÜNZENMAYER, Christian WINTER, Thomas WITTENBERG, Stephan RUPP, Dietrich PAULUS, Tobias BERGEN, Steffen RUTHOTTO
  • Method and device for joining a plurality of individual digital images to form a total image
    Patent number: 9262831
    Abstract: In a device and a corresponding method for joining a plurality of individual digital images to form a total image, a plurality of features is determined in a first individual image by means of a selection unit using a feature-based algorithm and then tracked in a second individual image by means of a tracking unit. A transformation matrix, with which the individual images are joined in an output unit to form the total image, is calculated from the determined feature correspondences in a transformation unit. The individual images can be joined in real time and with a high degree of accuracy by means of the feature-based algorithm in combination with a robust algorithm to calculate the transformation matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignees: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG e.V., Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
    Inventors: Christian Münzenmayer, Christian Winter, Thomas Wittenberg, Stephan Rupp, Dietrich Paulus, Tobias Bergen, Steffen Ruthotto
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR JOINING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL DIGITAL IMAGES TO FORM A TOTAL IMAGE
    Publication number: 20120154562
    Abstract: In a device and a corresponding method for joining a plurality of individual digital images to form a total image, a plurality of features is determined in a first individual image by means of a selection unit using a feature-based algorithm and then tracked in a second individual image by means of a tracking unit. A transformation matrix, with which the individual images are joined in an output unit to form the total image, is calculated from the determined feature correspondences in a transformation unit. The individual images can be joined in real time and with a high degree of accuracy by means of the feature-based algorithm in combination with a robust algorithm to calculate the transformation matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Christian Münzenmayer, Christian Winter, Thomas Wittenberg, Stephan Rupp, Steffen Ruthotto, Tobias Bergen, Dietrich Paulus