Patents by Inventor Zafer Arican

Zafer Arican 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).

  • Determining disparity search range in stereo videos
    Patent number: 8290248
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention disclose a system and a method for determining a disparity search range for a current stereo image of a scene based on a set of stereo images of the scene, comprising steps of: selecting a subset of stereo images from the set of stereo images, the subset includes the current stereo image and at least one neighboring stereo image, wherein the neighboring stereo image is temporally-neighboring to the current stereo image; determining a disparity histogram for each stereo image in the subset of stereo images to form a set of disparity histograms; determining a weighted disparity histogram as a weighted sum of the disparity histograms in the set of disparity histograms; and determining the disparity search range from the weighted disparity histogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Sehoon Yea, Dongbo Min, Zafer Arican, Anthony Vetro
  • Determining Disparity Search Range in Stereo Videos
    Publication number: 20110158528
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention disclose a system and a method for determining a disparity search range for a current stereo image of a scene based on a set of stereo images of the scene, comprising steps of: selecting a subset of stereo images from the set of stereo images, the subset includes the current stereo image and at least one neighboring stereo image, wherein the neighboring stereo image is temporally-neighboring to the current stereo image; determining a disparity histogram for each stereo image in the subset of stereo images to form a set of disparity histograms; determining a weighted disparity histogram as a weighted sum of the disparity histograms in the set of disparity histograms; and determining the disparity search range from the weighted disparity histogram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Sehoon Yea, Dongbo Min, Zafer Arican, Anthony Vetro