Patents by Inventor Tomer Michaeli

Tomer Michaeli 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: 9692939
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods of blind deblurring and blind super-resolution utilizing internal patch recurrence. Small signal patches tend to repeat “as is” across multiple scales of a natural signal. This fractal-like behavior is utilized for signal processing tasks, including “Blind Deblurring” or “Blind Super-Resolution”, namely, removing signal blur or increasing signal resolution without a-priori knowledge of the underlying blur kernel. While the cross-scale patch recurrence is strong in signals taken under ideal conditions, the cross-scale patch recurrence significantly diminishes when the acquisition blur deviates from an ideal blur. These deviations from ideal patch recurrences are used for recovering the underlying (unknown) blur kernel. The correct blur kernel is recovered by seeking the kernel which maximizes the patch similarity across scales of a related “reference” signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Michal Irani, Tomer Michaeli
  • Publication number: 20150081522
    Abstract: A method and system for providing liquid funds to a business, the method comprising the business issuing an accounts receivable (AR) invoice to a client, the AR invoice requesting payment of a total amount charged, the business registering with a funder for an automatically underwritten fund provision service, the business requesting liquid funds from the funder, the liquid funds having a value determined by the total amount charged on the AR invoice, and the business receiving requested liquid funds from the funder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Eyal Shinar, Yuval Ariav, Tomer Michaeli
  • Publication number: 20140354886
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods of blind deblurring and blind super-resolution utilizing internal patch recurrence. Small signal patches tend to repeat “as is” across multiple scales of a natural signal. This fractal-like behavior is utilized for signal processing tasks, including “Blind Deblurring” or “Blind Super-Resolution”, namely, removing signal blur or increasing signal resolution without a-priori knowledge of the underlying blur kernel. While the cross-scale patch recurrence is strong in signals taken under ideal conditions, the cross-scale patch recurrence significantly diminishes when the acquisition blur deviates from an ideal blur. These deviations from ideal patch recurrences are used for recovering the underlying (unknown) blur kernel. The correct blur kernel is recovered by seeking the kernel which maximizes the patch similarity across scales of a related “reference” signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Tomer MICHAELI, Michal Irani
  • Patent number: 8085991
    Abstract: The present invention is an iterative method for normalization of a probe image against the Eigenspace learned from a database of images. The invention is also an iterative method for normalizing the n images in a database, wherein the normalization is carried out without using a predetermined criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Rafael-Armament Development Authority Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomer Michaeli
  • Publication number: 20090067681
    Abstract: The present invention is an iterative method for normalization of a probe image against the Eigenspace learned from a database of images. The invention is also an iterative method for normalizing the n images in a database, wherein the normalization is carried out without using a predetermined criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventor: Tomer Michaeli