Patents by Inventor Winston Yll

Winston Yll 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).

  • Selection strategy for exchanging map information in collaborative multi-user SLAM systems
    Patent number: 9478029
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for selecting a part of SLAM map information of a first device for transmission to a second device in a collaborative SLAM environment. In one embodiment, the functions implemented include: determining whether a 3D registration transformation between a map of the first device and a map of the second device is available; and transmitting a part of map information of the first device to the second device according to one of a first strategy or a second strategy based on whether or not a 3D registration transformation between the map of the first device and the map of the second device is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Winston Yll, Gerhard Reitmayr, Peter H. Rauber, Qi Pan, Zsolt Szalavari, Michael Gervautz