Patents by Inventor Thomas B. Myers

Thomas B. Myers 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).

  • Creating a three-dimensional model from two-dimensional images
    Patent number: 6278460
    Abstract: A method is provided in which three-dimensional models are created from a number of two-dimensional images, e.g., a video stream of two-dimensional images or still images, using a single camera without prior knowledge of the position or orientation of the camera, its focal length, etc. The method derives a relative value related to the position or orientation of the camera for each two-dimensional image and then, based on the derived position or orientation, uses “ray casting” to develop the three-dimensional model based on intersecting rays through common features of sequential two-dimensional images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Point Cloud, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas B. Myers, Robert Bodor
  • Systems and methods for generating three dimensional, textured models
    Patent number: 6201546
    Abstract: A method for creating a three dimensional, textured model of at least one object is provided. The method includes identifying regions of the at least one object in a number of two dimensional images of the at least one object. The method further interrelates the regions identified from the two dimensional images and stores data concerning the region, including its texture, in a data structure that represents the model of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Point Cloud, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Bodor, Thomas B. Myers