Patents by Inventor Tadamasa Sawada

Tadamasa Sawada 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: 9787969
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing a pair of 2-D images are described. In one example, a stereoscopic set of images is converted into a collection of regions that represent individual 3-D objects in the pair of images. In one embodiment, the system recovers the 3-D point P for each point p that appears in both images. It estimates the 3-D orientation of the floor plane, and the image capture planes and their height from the floor. The system then identifies the collection B of points P that do not represent points on the floor and generates a projection C of B onto a plane parallel to the floor. It blurs the projection C and identifies peaks in the blurred image, then fits symmetric figures to the points in C around the identified peaks. The system projects the 3-D figures associated with the symmetric figures back onto the 2-D images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Zygmunt Pizlo, Tadamasa Sawada, Yunfeng Li
  • Publication number: 20160227192
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing a pair of 2-D images are described. In one example, a stereoscopic set of images is converted into a collection of regions that represent individual 3-D objects in the pair of images. In one embodiment, the system recovers the 3-D point P for each point p that appears in both images. It estimates the 3-D orientation of the floor plane, and the image capture planes and their height from the floor. The system then identifies the collection B of points P that do not represent points on the floor and generates a projection C of B onto a plane parallel to the floor. It blurs the projection C and identifies peaks in the blurred image, then fits symmetric figures to the points in C around the identified peaks. The system projects the 3-D figures associated with the symmetric figures back onto the 2-D images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Zygmunt Pizlo, Tadamasa Sawada, Yunfeng Li
  • Patent number: 9225964
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing a pair of 2-D images are described. In one example, a stereoscopic set of images is converted into a collection of regions that represent individual 3-D objects in the pair of images. In one embodiment, the system recovers the 3-D point P for each point p that appears in both images. It estimates the 3-D orientation of the floor plane, and the image capture planes and their height from the floor. The system then identifies the collection B of points P that do not represent points on the floor and generates a projection C of B onto a plane parallel to the floor. It blurs the projection C and identifies peaks in the blurred image, then fits symmetric figures to the points in C around the identified peaks. The system projects the 3-D figures associated with the symmetric figures back onto the 2-D images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Zygmunt Pizlo, Tadamasa Sawada, Yunfeng Li
  • Publication number: 20140049613
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing a pair of 2-D images are described. In one example, a stereoscopic set of images is converted into a collection of regions that represent individual 3-D objects in the pair of images. In one embodiment, the system recovers the 3-D point P for each point p that appears in both images. It estimates the 3-D orientation of the floor plane, and the image capture planes and their height from the floor. The system then identifies the collection B of points P that do not represent points on the floor and generates a projection C of B onto a plane parallel to the floor. It blurs the projection C and identifies peaks in the blurred image, then fits symmetric figures to the points in C around the identified peaks. The system projects the 3-D figures associated with the symmetric figures back onto the 2-D images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Zygmunt Pizlo, Tadamasa Sawada, Yunfeng Li
  • Patent number: 8406567
    Abstract: A system processes 2D images of 2D or 3D objects, creating a model of the object that is consistent with the image and as veridical as the perception of the 2D image by humans. Vertices of the object that are hidden in the image are recovered by using planarity and symmetry constraints. The 3D shape is recovered by maximizing 3D compactness of the recovered object and minimizing its surface area. In some embodiments, these two criteria are weighted by using the geometric mean.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Zygmunt Pizlo, Tadamasa Sawada, Yunfeng Li
  • Publication number: 20100079450
    Abstract: A system processes 2D images of 2D or 3D objects, creating a model of the object that is consistent with the image and as veridical as the perception of the 2D image by humans. Vertices of the object that are hidden in the image are recovered by using planarity and symmetry constraints. The 3D shape is recovered by maximizing 3D compactness of the recovered object and minimizing its surface area. In some embodiments, these two criteria are weighted by using the geometric mean.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Zygmunt Pizlo, Tadamasa Sawada, Yunfebg Li