Patents by Inventor Thomas Sondergaard

Thomas Sondergaard 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).

  • Publication number: 20240045021
    Abstract: A system for tracking the movement of an object includes a radar device having a first field of view. The radar device generates radar data indicating one of a range corresponding to a distance of a moving object within the first field of view from the radar device and a range rate corresponding to a rate at which the distance is changing relative to the radar device. The system also includes an imager having a second field of view at least partially overlapping the first field of view in an overlap field of view. The imager generates imager data measuring, when the object is in the second field of view, an angular position of the object relative to the imager in at least one dimension. In addition, the system includes a processor combining the radar data and imager data, when the object is in the overlap field of view, to identify a track of the object in at least two dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Fredrik TUXEN, Thomas SØNDERGAARD
  • Patent number: 11828867
    Abstract: A system for tracking the movement of an object includes a radar device having a first field of view. The radar device generates radar data indicating one of a range corresponding to a distance of a moving object within the first field of view from the radar device and a range rate corresponding to a rate at which the distance is changing relative to the radar device. The system also includes an imager having a second field of view at least partially overlapping the first field of view in an overlap field of view. The imager generates imager data measuring, when the object is in the second field of view, an angular position of the object relative to the imager in at least one dimension. In addition, the system includes a processor combining the radar data and imager data, when the object is in the overlap field of view, to identify a track of the object in at least two dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: TRACKMAN A/S
    Inventors: Fredrik Tuxen, Thomas Søndergaard
  • Publication number: 20230204720
    Abstract: A method includes generating an initial radar track using radar data and initial radar parameters and an initial camera track using image angular position data, initial camera parameters, and the radar range data in combination with calculating correction parameters to be applied to one of the radar data and the image data by comparing positions for the object from the initial radar track and the initial camera track, the first correction parameters being selected so that, when applied to the data from the other of the radar and the camera, to generate a first corrected track, a degree of correspondence between the first corrected track and the track of the other of the radar and camera is higher than a degree of correspondence between the initial radar track and the initial camera track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas SØNDERGAARD, Fredrik TUXEN, Michael UNGSTRUP
  • Patent number: 11619708
    Abstract: A method includes generating an initial radar track using radar data and initial radar parameters and an initial camera track using image angular position data, initial camera parameters, and the radar range data in combination with calculating correction parameters to be applied to one of the radar data and the image data by comparing positions for the object from the initial radar track and the initial camera track, the first correction parameters being selected so that, when applied to the data from the other of the radar and the camera, to generate a first corrected track, a degree of correspondence between the first corrected track and the track of the other of the radar and camera is higher than a degree of correspondence between the initial radar track and the initial camera track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TRACKMAN A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Søndergaard, Fredrik Tuxen, Michael Ungstrup
  • Publication number: 20220035000
    Abstract: A method includes generating an initial radar track using radar data and initial radar parameters and an initial camera track using image angular position data, initial camera parameters, and the radar range data in combination with calculating correction parameters to be applied to one of the radar data and the image data by comparing positions for the object from the initial radar track and the initial camera track, the first correction parameters being selected so that, when applied to the data from the other of the radar and the camera, to generate a first corrected track, a degree of correspondence between the first corrected track and the track of the other of the radar and camera is higher than a degree of correspondence between the initial radar track and the initial camera track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas SØNDERGAARD, Fredrik TUXEN, Michael UNGSTRUP
  • Publication number: 20210223378
    Abstract: A system for tracking the movement of an object includes a radar device having a first field of view. The radar device generates radar data indicating one of a range corresponding to a distance of a moving object within the first field of view from the radar device and a range rate corresponding to a rate at which the distance is changing relative to the radar device. The system also includes an imager having a second field of view at least partially overlapping the first field of view in an overlap field of view. The imager generates imager data measuring, when the object is in the second field of view, an angular position of the object relative to the imager in at least one dimension. In addition, the system includes a processor combining the radar data and imager data, when the object is in the overlap field of view, to identify a track of the object in at least two dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Fredrik TUXEN, Thomas SØNDERGAARD
  • Patent number: 10989791
    Abstract: A system for tracking the movement of an object includes a radar device having a first field of view. The radar device generates radar data indicating one of a range corresponding to a distance of a moving object within the first field of view from the radar device and a range rate corresponding to a rate at which the distance is changing relative to the radar device. The system also includes an imager having a second field of view at least partially overlapping the first field of view in an overlap field of view. The imager generates imager data measuring, when the object is in the second field of view, an angular position of the object relative to the imager in at least one dimension. In addition, the system includes a processor combining the radar data and imager data, when the object is in the overlap field of view, to identify a track of the object in at least two dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: TRACKMAN A/S
    Inventors: Fredrik Tuxen, Thomas Søndergaard
  • Publication number: 20210033722
    Abstract: A method includes capturing first data with a first sensor and second data with a second sensor in a multi-sensor tracking system, the first and second data corresponding to a path of an object, wherein each of the sensors has a set of initial parameters. The method includes generating a first initial object track using the first data and the first initial parameters and a second initial object track using the second data and the second initial parameters, matching the first and second initial object tracks and determining a degree of correspondence therebetween; and calculating first optimized parameters for the first sensor, wherein, when a first optimized object track is calculated using the first data and the first optimized parameters, the first optimized object track and the second initial object track have a higher degree of correspondence therebetween than the first and second initial object tracks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Søndergaard, Fredrik Tuxen, Michael Ungstrup
  • Publication number: 20180156914
    Abstract: A system for tracking the movement of an object includes a radar device having a first field of view. The radar device generates radar data indicating one of a range corresponding to a distance of a moving object within the first field of view from the radar device and a range rate corresponding to a rate at which the distance is changing relative to the radar device. The system also includes an imager having a second field of view at least partially overlapping the first field of view in an overlap field of view. The imager generates imager data measuring, when the object is in the second field of view, an angular position of the object relative to the imager in at least one dimension. In addition, the system includes a processor combining the radar data and imager data, when the object is in the overlap field of view, to identify a track of the object in at least two dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Fredrik TUXEN, Thomas SØNDERGAARD
  • Patent number: 8788631
    Abstract: A system for extending an enterprise resource planning application is provided. The system employs “Add-ins” that each have a functional behavior that is independent of the client on which it executes and a user interface behavior that is dependent on the characteristics of the display, and other characteristics, of the client (i.e., a display target). When a user attempts to invoke an Add-in via the client runtime, the client runtime determines whether the Add-in is available at the user's computer. If not, the client runtime downloads the appropriate artifact for execution at the user's computer. In this environment, neither the client runtime nor the server-side business logic contains the logic used to implement a particular Add-in behavior on the supported display targets. Instead, this logic is contained within separate artifacts associated with a single Add-in having a particular behavior, each artifact implementing the behavior for a specific display target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christian Olaf Abeln, Mehmet Kerem Kiziltunc, Stuart Glasson, Thomas Sondergaard Jensen, Uffe Kjall
  • Patent number: 6792188
    Abstract: The present invention relates to optical fibers and especially to optical fibers having microstructures in core and/or cladding region(s). The fibers may be utilized for dispersion compensation and non-linear applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Crystal Fibre A/S
    Inventors: Stig Eigil Barkou Libori, Jes Broeng, Anders Bjarklev, Thomas Sondergaard, Martin Dybendal Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20020061176
    Abstract: Micro-structured optical fibers are improved with respect to increasing the dispersion, both to large negative or large positive values, in a first fiber design in which the fiber has a micro-structured core region being surrounded by a micro-structured cladding region with cladding features being large compared to a predetermined wavelength of light, which can be guided through the fiber. Preferably, the effective index of refraction of the core region, Nco, is larger than the effective index of refraction of the cladding region, Ncl, at the predetermined wavelength of light. It is further preferred that the refractive index of one or more of the core features is lower than the refractive index of the core material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Stig Eigil Barkou Libori, Jes Broeng, Anders Bjarklev, Thomas Sondergaard, Martin Dybendal Nielsen
  • Patent number: D811431
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jacob Winther Jespersen, Thomas Søndergaard Jensen, Michael Helligsø Svinth, Eigo Kawatani