Patents by Inventor Tom Shenhav

Tom Shenhav 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).

  • Panoramic image production
    Patent number: 8717412
    Abstract: A method of assembling a panoramic image from a plurality of frames in a camera, the method comprising: (a) acquiring a video stream using a camera; (b) selecting an initial frame from the video stream for capture as a still image; (c) further selecting additional frames; and (d) stitching the additional frames to the initial frame in the camera to create a panoramic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Natan Linder, Eli Ben-Ami, Adar Shtainhart, Israel Distanik, Ehud Lavsky, Noam Sorek, Orna Bregman-Amitai, Lilach Armony-Shimoni, Tom Shenhav
  • Method and device for real time 3D navigation in panoramic images and cylindrical spaces
    Patent number: 8325187
    Abstract: A method for navigating through a panoramic image in a handheld device comprises rendering a preview of a panoramic image on a cylindrical screen (cylinder), viewed from outside, as bird's eye view, providing 3 degrees of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tom Shenhav, Alex Cohn
  • Identification of a graphical symbol by identifying its constituent contiguous pixel groups as characters
    Patent number: 8023725
    Abstract: A method for identifying a predefined graphic symbol having a plurality of graphical characters. The method comprises the following steps: a) receiving a digital image having a plurality of pixels depicting a scene, b) identifying a plurality of first groups of contiguous pixels in the proximity of one another, members of each one the first group having a first common pixel defining property, and c) identifying at least one of the plurality of first groups as one of the plurality of graphical characters, thereby detecting the predefined graphic symbol in the digital image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoav Schwartzberg, Tom Shenhav
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REAL TIME 3D NAVIGATION IN PANORAMIC IMAGES AND CYLINDRICAL SPACES
    Publication number: 20110096089
    Abstract: A method for navigating through a panoramic image in a handheld device comprises rendering a preview of a panoramic image on a cylindrical screen (cylinder), viewed from outside, as bird's eye view, providing 3 degrees of freedom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tom Shenhav, Alex Cohn
  • Panoramic image production
    Publication number: 20090021576
    Abstract: A method of assembling a panoramic image from a plurality of frames in a camera, the method comprising: (a) acquiring a video stream using a camera; (b) selecting an initial frame from the video stream for capture as a still image; (c) further selecting additional frames; and (d) stitching the additional frames to the initial frame in the camera to create a panoramic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Natan Linder, Eli Ben-Ami, Adar Shtainhart, Israel Distanik, Ehud Lavsky, Noam Sorek, Orna Bregman-Amitai, Lilach Armony-Shimoni, Tom Shenhav
  • Method and a device for detecting graphic symbols
    Publication number: 20080253656
    Abstract: A method for identifying a predefined graphic symbol having a plurality of graphical characters. The method comprises the following steps: a) receiving a digital image having a plurality of pixels depicting a scene, b) identifying a plurality of first groups of contiguous pixels in the proximity of one another, members of each one the first group having a first common pixel defining property, and c) identifying at least one of the plurality of first groups as one of the plurality of graphical characters, thereby detecting the predefined graphic symbol in the digital image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoav Schwartzberg, Tom Shenhav