Patents by Inventor Theodore TSESMELIS

Theodore TSESMELIS 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: 11175733
    Abstract: An image signal indicative of the head pose of a person in a scene, as provided by a camera may be processed by estimating, as a function of the image signal received by the image sensor, the head pose of the person. A view frustum of the person may be generated from the estimated head pose. A visual frustum of attention or VFOA of the person may be generated from the view frustum. From the visual frustum, a predicted movement trajectory of the person or an estimated scene attention map as a function of the visual frustum of attention, preferably by identifying in the attention map at least one object to be controlled may be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignees: OSRAM GMBH, FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA, UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI VERONA
    Inventors: Marco Cristani, Alessio Del Bue, Michael Eschey, Fabio Galasso, Irtiza Hasan, Herbert Kaestle, Francesco Setti, Theodore Tsesmelis
  • Publication number: 20210199498
    Abstract: A method of measuring illumination of an environment may include capturing (e.g. via an RGB-D camera arrangement) images of an illuminated environment. The method may further include extracting from the image captured light emittance values as well as albedo values of surface areas (“patches”) across the environment. The method also includes computing illumination values of surface areas across the environment as a function of the emittance values and the albedo values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Theodore TSESMELIS, Irtiza HASAN, Fabio GALASSO, Herbert KAESTLE, Alessio DEL BUE, Marco CRISTANI
  • Patent number: 10893594
    Abstract: A lighting system including a set of lighting devices for lighting an environment that may be controlled by a method. The method may include receiving, from one or more image sensors (e.g. a RGB-D camera—W), an image signal including a sequence of images of the environment under different conditions of illumination and light reflection. The method may further include processing the image signal to provide a light source identification signal representative of light sources affecting the environment, and controlling the lighting devices as a function of the light source identification signal, and, possibly, of human occupancy and activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignees: Osram GmbH, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Université degli Studi di Verona
    Inventors: Marco Cristani, Alessio Del Bue, Michael Eschey, Fabio Galasso, Irtiza Hasan, Herbert Kaestle, Theodore Tsesmelis
  • Publication number: 20190373704
    Abstract: A lighting system including a set of lighting devices for lighting an environment that may be controlled by a method. The method may include receiving, from one or more image sensors (e.g. a RGB-D camera—W), an image signal including a sequence of images of the environment under different conditions of illumination and light reflection. The method may further include processing the image signal to provide a light source identification signal representative of light sources affecting the environment, and controlling the lighting devices as a function of the light source identification signal, and, possibly, of human occupancy and activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Marco CRISTIANI, Alessio DEL BUE, Michael ESCHEY, Fabio GALASSO, Irtiza HASAN, Herbert KAESTLE, Theodore TSESMELIS
  • Publication number: 20190250702
    Abstract: An image signal indicative of the head pose of a person in a scene, as provided by a camera may be processed by estimating, as a function of the image signal received by the image sensor, the head pose of the person. A view frustum of the person may be generated from the estimated head pose. A visual frustum of attention or VFOA of the person may be generated from the view frustum. From the visual frustum, a predicted movement trajectory of the person or an estimated scene attention map as a function of the visual frustum of attention, preferably by identifying in the attention map at least one object to be controlled may be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Marco Cristani, Alessio Del Bue, Michael Eschey, Fabio Galasso, Irtiza Hasan, Herbert Kaestle, Francesco Setti, Theodore Tsesmelis