Patents by Inventor Varsha Chandrashekhar Hedau

Varsha Chandrashekhar Hedau 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: 20240104879
    Abstract: In various examples, calibration techniques for interior depth sensors and image sensors for in-cabin monitoring systems and applications are provided. An intermediary coordinate system may be generated using calibration targets distributed within an interior space to reference 3D positions of features detected by both depth-perception and optical image sensors. Rotation-translation transforms may be determined to compute a first transform (H1) between the depth-perception sensor's 3D coordinate system and the 3D intermediary coordinate system, and a second transform (H2) between the optical image sensor's 2D coordinate system and the intermediary coordinate system. A third transform (H3) between the depth-perception sensor's 3D coordinate system and the optical image sensor's 2D coordinate system can be computed as a function of H1 and H2. The calibration targets may comprise a structural substrate that includes one or more fiducial point markers and one or more motion targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Hairong JIANG, Yuzhuo REN, Nitin BHARADWAJ, Chun-Wei CHEN, Varsha Chandrashekhar HEDAU
  • Publication number: 20240104941
    Abstract: In various examples, sensor parameter calibration techniques for in-cabin monitoring systems and applications are presented. An occupant monitoring system (OMS) is an example of a system that may be used within a vehicle or machine cabin to perform real-time assessments of driver and occupant presence, gaze, alertness, and/or other conditions. In some embodiments, a calibration parameter for an interior image sensor is determined so that the coordinates of features detected in 2D captured images may be referenced to an in-cabin 3D coordinate system. In some embodiments, a processing unit may detect fiducial points using an image of an interior space captured by a sensor, determine a 2D image coordinate for a fiducial point using the image, determine a 3D coordinate for the fiducial point, determine a calibration parameter comprising a rotation-translation transform from the 2D image coordinate and the 3D coordinate, and configure an operation based on the calibration parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Yuzhuo REN, Hairong JIANG, Niranjan AVADHANAM, Varsha Chandrashekhar HEDAU
  • Patent number: 9330500
    Abstract: An image into which one or more objects are to be inserted is obtained. Based on the image, both a 3-dimensional (3D) representation and a light model of the scene in the image are generated. One or more objects are added to the 3D representation of the scene. The 3D representation of the scene is rendered, based on the light model, to generate a modified image that is the obtained image modified to include the one or more objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Kevin Karsch, Varsha Chandrashekhar Hedau, David A. Forsyth, Derek Hoiem
  • Publication number: 20130147798
    Abstract: An image into which one or more objects are to be inserted is obtained. Based on the image, both a 3-dimensional (3D) representation and a light model of the scene in the image are generated. One or more objects are added to the 3D representation of the scene. The 3D representation of the scene is rendered, based on the light model, to generate a modified image that is the obtained image modified to include the one or more objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Kevin Karsch, Varsha Chandrashekhar Hedau, David A. Forsyth, Derek Hoiem