Patents by Inventor Thomas Michael Breuel

Thomas Michael Breuel 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: 11488418
    Abstract: Estimating a three-dimensional (3D) pose of an object, such as a hand or body (human, animal, robot, etc.), from a 2D image is necessary for human-computer interaction. A hand pose can be represented by a set of points in 3D space, called keypoints. Two coordinates (x,y) represent spatial displacement and a third coordinate represents a depth of every point with respect to the camera. A monocular camera is used to capture an image of the 3D pose, but does not capture depth information. A neural network architecture is configured to generate a depth value for each keypoint in the captured image, even when portions of the pose are occluded, or the orientation of the object is ambiguous. Generation of the depth values enables estimation of the 3D pose of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Umar Iqbal, Pavlo Molchanov, Thomas Michael Breuel, Jan Kautz
  • Publication number: 20210117661
    Abstract: Estimating a three-dimensional (3D) pose of an object, such as a hand or body (human, animal, robot, etc.), from a 2D image is necessary for human-computer interaction. A hand pose can be represented by a set of points in 3D space, called keypoints. Two coordinates (x,y) represent spatial displacement and a third coordinate represents a depth of every point with respect to the camera. A monocular camera is used to capture an image of the 3D pose, but does not capture depth information. A neural network architecture is configured to generate a depth value for each keypoint in the captured image, even when portions of the pose are occluded, or the orientation of the object is ambiguous. Generation of the depth values enables estimation of the 3D pose of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Umar Iqbal, Pavlo Molchanov, Thomas Michael Breuel, Jan Kautz
  • Patent number: 10929654
    Abstract: Estimating a three-dimensional (3D) pose of an object, such as a hand or body (human, animal, robot, etc.), from a 2D image is necessary for human-computer interaction. A hand pose can be represented by a set of points in 3D space, called keypoints. Two coordinates (x,y) represent spatial displacement and a third coordinate represents a depth of every point with respect to the camera. A monocular camera is used to capture an image of the 3D pose, but does not capture depth information. A neural network architecture is configured to generate a depth value for each keypoint in the captured image, even when portions of the pose are occluded, or the orientation of the object is ambiguous. Generation of the depth values enables estimation of the 3D pose of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Umar Iqbal, Pavlo Molchanov, Thomas Michael Breuel, Jan Kautz
  • Publication number: 20190278983
    Abstract: Estimating a three-dimensional (3D) pose of an object, such as a hand or body (human, animal, robot, etc.), from a 2D image is necessary for human-computer interaction. A hand pose can be represented by a set of points in 3D space, called keypoints. Two coordinates (x,y) represent spatial displacement and a third coordinate represents a depth of every point with respect to the camera. A monocular camera is used to capture an image of the 3D pose, but does not capture depth information. A neural network architecture is configured to generate a depth value for each keypoint in the captured image, even when portions of the pose are occluded, or the orientation of the object is ambiguous. Generation of the depth values enables estimation of the 3D pose of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Umar Iqbal, Pavlo Molchanov, Thomas Michael Breuel, Jan Kautz
  • Publication number: 20180247201
    Abstract: A method, computer readable medium, and system are disclosed for training a neural network. The method includes the steps of encoding, by a first neural network, a first image represented in a first domain to convert the first image to a shared latent space, producing a first latent code and encoding, by a second neural network, a second image represented in a second domain to convert the second image to a shared latent space, producing a second latent code. The method also includes the step of generating, by a third neural network, a first translated image in the second domain based on the first latent code, wherein the first translated image is correlated with the first image and weight values of the third neural network are computed based on the first latent code and the second latent code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Ming-Yu Liu, Thomas Michael Breuel, Jan Kautz