Patents by Inventor Tim KALBFUSS

Tim KALBFUSS 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: 10762643
    Abstract: A method and a device for evaluating image data of a vehicle camera, involves: a) recording a first image by the vehicle camera, b) recording a subsequent second image by the vehicle camera, c) extracting multiple correspondent features in the first and second images, d) assuming a motion of the vehicle camera (motion hypothesis) between the recordings of the first image and the second image, e) determining a reprojection error of an extracted feature, which indicates the difference between the flow measured from the feature extracted in the first and second images and the flow calculated from the motion hypothesis, and f) establishing outliers, wherein an extracted feature is established as an outlier if the reprojection error of this feature reaches or exceeds a threshold, wherein the threshold is not constant within an iteration that includes at least steps b) to g). This offers an improved detection and removal of outliers to estimate the motion of the vehicle camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Martin Buczko, Volker Willert, Tim Kalbfuss
  • Publication number: 20190311485
    Abstract: A method and a device for evaluating image data of a vehicle camera, involves: a) recording a first image by the vehicle camera, b) recording a subsequent second image by the vehicle camera, c) extracting multiple correspondent features in the first and second images, d) assuming a motion of the vehicle camera (motion hypothesis) between the recordings of the first image and the second image, e) determining a reprojection error of an extracted feature, which indicates the difference between the flow measured from the feature extracted in the first and second images and the flow calculated from the motion hypothesis, and f) establishing outliers, wherein an extracted feature is established as an outlier if the reprojection error of this feature reaches or exceeds a threshold, wherein the threshold is not constant within an iteration that includes at least steps b) to g). This offers an improved detection and removal of outliers to estimate the motion of the vehicle camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Martin BUCZKO, Volker WILLERT, Tim KALBFUSS