Patents by Inventor Stephen Pollard
Stephen Pollard 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).
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Publication number: 20230400296Abstract: In some examples, a scanning system comprises a reference structure comprising multiple fiducial objects arranged within an imaging volume of the scanning system, and a scanner to scan an object on a platform within the imaging volume of the scanning system to generate scan data, the scan data comprising a reference component representing the position of the multiple fiducial objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2020Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: GUY De WARRENNE BRUCE ADAMS, STEPHEN POLLARD, FRASER DICKIN
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Publication number: 20230385479Abstract: A method of making a measurement relating to an object manufactured according to a model may be provided. The object may have a measured surface comprising a surface deviation relative to a corresponding surface of the model. The method may comprise obtaining measured surface data representing at least a portion of the measured surface comprising the said surface deviation. The method may comprise determining a measurement surface corresponding to the measured surface of the object by performing a statistical analysis of at least a portion of the measured surface data in respect of an interpretation direction such that a portion of the measured surface data is offset from the measurement surface in the interpretation direction. The method may comprise making a measurement relating to the object depending on the measurement surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2020Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Faisal Azhar, Stephen POLLARD, Sven Molkenstruck, Guy ADAMS
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Patent number: 11688153Abstract: An object ID-centered workflow method utilizes an object identifier (ID) associated with an object. Forensic identification of serialization elements of the object ID enables access to a registry of workflows.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Steven J. Simske, Guy Adams, Stephen Pollard, Jason S. Aronoff
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Publication number: 20220398769Abstract: In some examples, a method for recovering an alignment grid comprising multiple fiducial dots, the alignment grid for resolving multiple data dots, comprises determining a respective local structure within a local region around each fiducial dot and each data dot, and generating a connected subset of local structures to form a candidate alignment grid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2019Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Stephen Pollard, Robert Ulichney, Matthew D. Gaubatz
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Patent number: 11460931Abstract: A method for recovering perspective distortion of a coded dot pattern on a surface, comprises generating a stereo-pair of images of a portion of the coded dot pattern, the stereo-pair of images comprising an overlap region comprising a subset of dots of the coded dot pattern that are common to the stereo-pair of images, selecting, in one image of the stereo-pair of images, a focus pattern from the subset of dots, determining a set of potential matches for the focus pattern in the other image of the stereo-pair of images, for each potential match, determining a set of additional dots of the coded dot pattern consistent with a single plane, and selecting a single plane with the highest number of consistent matched dots.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Stephen Pollard
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Publication number: 20220156510Abstract: An example system includes a feature extraction engine. The feature extraction engine is to determine a plurality of scale-dependent features for a portion of a target. The system also includes a signature-generation engine to select a subset of the plurality of scale-dependent features based on a strength of each feature. The signature-generation engine also is to store a numeric representation of the portion of the target and the subset of the plurality of scale-dependent features.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Stephen Pollard, Guy Adams, Steven Simske
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Patent number: 11315286Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method comprises defining a region of interest on a three-dimensional model of an object. The method may comprise capturing an image of an object manufactured according to the three-dimensional model. The method may comprise determining, using a processor, a position and orientation of the three-dimensional model with respect to the object in the captured image. The method may comprise locating the region of interest on the manufactured object. A portion of the manufactured object within the region of interest may comprise an identifiable feature. An apparatus and a machine-readable medium are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2017Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Faisal Azhar, Stephen Pollard, Guy Adams, Steven J. Simske
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Patent number: 11263478Abstract: An example system includes a feature extraction engine. The feature extraction engine is to determine a plurality of scale-dependent features for a portion of a target. The system also includes a signature-generation engine to select a subset of the plurality of scale-dependent features based on a strength of each feature. The signature-generation engine also is to store a numeric representation of the portion of the target and the subset of the plurality of scale-dependent features.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2016Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Stephen Pollard, Guy Adams, Steven Simske
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Patent number: 11263784Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to determining image capture position information based on a quasi-periodic pattern. For example, a processor may determine whether a target area is within a captured image based on the detection of a quasi-periodic pattern in a first detection area and in a second detection area of the captured image.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Robert Ulichney, Matthew Gaubatz, Stephen Pollard
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Publication number: 20210377422Abstract: In an example method, a visually significant marking scheme is generated including a pattern of data marks and reference marks based on a received image to be printed, data information, and reference information. Data marks are generated based on the data information and the reference marks are generated based on the reference information. The image is printed including the data marks and the reference marks arranged based on the visually significant marking scheme onto the surface of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Robert Ulichney, Matthew D. Gaubatz, Stephen Pollard
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Patent number: 11113592Abstract: A data-bearing medium is disclosed. The data-bearing medium includes a section of cells having a set of opposite-shifted clusters. The cells include a combination of opposite shifts of the set of opposite-shifted clusters, which represent a single value.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Robert Ulichney, Matthew D. Gaubatz, Stephen Pollard
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Publication number: 20210263597Abstract: A method for recovering perspective distortion of a coded dot pattern on a surface, comprises generating a stereo-pair of images of a portion of the coded dot pattern, the stereo-pair of images comprising an overlap region comprising a subset of dots of the coded dot pattern that are common to the stereo-pair of images, selecting, in one image of the stereo-pair of images, a focus pattern from the subset of dots, determining a set of potential matches for the focus pattern in the other image of the stereo-pair of images, for each potential match, determining a set of additional dots of the coded dot pattern consistent with a single plane, and selecting a single plane with the highest number of consistent matched dots.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Stephen Pollard
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Patent number: 11102376Abstract: An example system in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a halftone engine and a gray value engine. The halftone engine is to apply halftoning to an image recursively across a plurality of levels of image scales and spatial resolutions, to generate a pattern that is at least quasi-periodic across the plurality of levels. The gray value engine is to substitute gray values recursively for at least a portion of the halftoning.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Robert Ulichney, Matthew D. Gaubatz, Stephen Pollard
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Publication number: 20210256235Abstract: An object ID-centered workflow method utilizes an object identifier (ID) associated with an object. Forensic identification of serialization elements of the object ID enables access to a registry of workflows.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Steven J. Simske, Guy Adams, Stephen Pollard, Jason S. Aronoff
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Patent number: 11085761Abstract: A system for determining the surface structure of an object, the system comprising a first assembly including an illumination source, and a binary mask to generate a binary pattern, the binary mask disposed between the illumination source and a defocusing element to modify the binary pattern to provide a continuously modulated fringe pattern to illuminate the surface of the object.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Alper Oktar, Stephen Pollard, Guy Adams
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Patent number: 11074423Abstract: An object ID-centered workflow method utilizes an object identifier (ID) associated with an object. Forensic identification of serialization elements of the object ID enables access to a registry of workflows.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Steven J. Simske, Guy Adams, Stephen Pollard, Jason S. Aronoff
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Publication number: 20200372230Abstract: An object ID-centered workflow method utilizes an object identifier (ID) associated with an object. Forensic identification of serialization elements of the object ID enables access to a registry of workflows.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2018Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Steven J. Simske, Guy Adams, Stephen Pollard, Jason S. Aronoff
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Publication number: 20200311245Abstract: A method for authenticating an instance of an object comprises transmitting an object-instance identity derived from identity data associated with an instance of the object to an object service, receiving location data from the object service representing locations of respective ones of multiple object-instance-specific virtual marks, and transmitting data derived from one or more of the virtual marks to the object service.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2017Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Stephen Pollard, Faisal Azhar, Guy Adams, Steven J. Simske
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Publication number: 20200263979Abstract: A system for determining the surface structure of an object, the system comprising a first assembly including an illumination source, and a binary mask to generate a binary pattern, the binary mask disposed between the illumination source and a defocusing element to modify the binary pattern to provide a continuously modulated fringe pattern to illuminate the surface of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2017Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Alper Oktar, Stephen Pollard, Guy Adams
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Publication number: 20200117969Abstract: A data-bearing medium is disclosed. The data-bearing medium includes a section of cells having a set of opposite-shifted clusters. The cells include a combination of opposite shifts of the set of opposite-shifted clusters, which represent a single value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2017Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Robert Ulichney, Matthew D. Gaubatz, Stephen Pollard