Monocular modes for autonomous platform guidance systems with auxiliary sensors

S Liu, Z Zhang, G Tsai - US Patent 10,444,761, 2019 - Google Patents
The described positional awareness techniques employing sensory data gathering and
analysis hardware with reference to specific example implementations implement …

User interface to assist three dimensional scanning of objects

M Fischler, A Pajak, MK Ranganath… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for assisting a user in performing a three
dimensional scan of an object. An example user device to assist with scanning may include …

Device and method for merging lidar data

RJ Rzeszutek, BM Scott - US Patent 10,663,590, 2020 - Google Patents
A device and method for merging lidar data is provided. Point cloud data is combined, via a
lidar imaging controller, into a common point cloud data set, each set of point cloud data …

Methods, systems and apparatus for segmenting objects

B Fu, Y Zhang, Y Gu, JJ Williams… - US Patent 10,354,411, 2019 - Google Patents
Methods, systems and apparatus for segmenting objects are provided. A controller: receives,
from one or more sensors, a 3D representation of a scene that includes an object …

System and method of three-dimensional model generation

MA Sarkis, S Sundaresan, KH Lin - US Patent 9,589,362, 2017 - Google Patents
A method includes generating, at an electronic device, a three-dimensional model of an
object based on a sequence of images captured by an image capture device associated …

Dimensioning system for, and method of, dimensioning freight in motion along an unconstrained path in a venue

RM Clayton, CB Swope - US Patent 10,451,405, 2019 - Google Patents
A ranging system captures successive point clouds from moving freight, and a tracking
system tracks successive positions and orientations of the moving freight. A computing …

Non-parametric method of and system for estimating dimensions of objects of arbitrary shape

AR Patel, KJ O'connell, CM Taskiran… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A non-parametric method of, and system for, dimensioning an object of
arbitrary shape, captures a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud of data points over a field of …

Methods, systems and apparatus for segmenting and dimensioning objects

Y Gu, Y Zhang, B Fu, JJ Williams… - US Patent 10,776,661, 2020 - Google Patents
Methods, systems, and apparatus for segmenting and dimensioning objects are disclosed.
An example method disclosed herein includes determining a first sensor of a plurality of …

Method and apparatus for support surface edge detection

RJ Rzeszutek - US Patent 10,572,763, 2020 - Google Patents
Primary Examiner–Ping Y Hsieh (57) ABSTRACT A method of detecting an edge of a
support surface by an imaging controller includes: obtaining a plurality of depth …

Methods and systems for high precision locationing with depth values

PM Brown, C Nanda - US Patent 10,352,689, 2019 - Google Patents
Described herein are methods and systems for high-precision locationing with depth values.
One embodiment takes the form of a method that includes: receiving multiple depth values …