Image stitching and related method therefor

HM Kalayeh - US Patent 8,600,193, 2013 - Google Patents
According to one aspect, a method to Stitch images includes the steps of providing a first
digital image and a second digital image; reading the first digital image and the second …

Method and system for determining 3D object poses and landmark points using surface patches

MJ Jones, T Marks, C Papazov - US Patent 10,515,259, 2019 - Google Patents
A method and system determine a three-dimensional (3D) pose of an object and 3D
locations of landmark points of the object by first obtaining a 3D point cloud of the object. 3D …

Method and system for determining poses of semi-specular objects

PA Beardsley, M Baecher - US Patent 8,107,721, 2012 - Google Patents
US8107721B2 - Method and system for determining poses of semi-specular objects -
Google Patents US8107721B2 - Method and system for determining poses of semi-specular …

Object pose recognition

C Zach - US Patent 9,818,195, 2017 - Google Patents
ABSTRACT A method for use in estimating a pose of an imaged object comprises identifying
candidate elements of an atlas that correspond to pixels in an image of the object, forming …

Three-dimensional measurement apparatus, processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

Y Nakazato, K Kobayashi - US Patent 9,841,271, 2017 - Google Patents
A three-dimensional measurement apparatus selects points corresponding to geometric
features of a three-dimensional shape model of a target object, projects a plurality of …

Position and orientation calibration method and apparatus

D Kotake, S Uchiyama - US Patent 8,577,176, 2013 - Google Patents
A position and orientation measuring apparatus calculates a difference between an image
feature of a two-dimensional image of an object and a projected image of a three …

System and method for determining poses of objects

AK Agrawal, C Wu, RN Raskar, J Thornton - US Patent 8,472,698, 2013 - Google Patents
During pre-processing, a 3D model of the object is rendered for various poses by arranging
virtual point light sources around the lens of a virtual camera. The shadows are used to …

Position and orientation measurement apparatus, position and orientation measurement method, and storage medium

K Kobayashi, S Uchiyama - US Patent 8,786,700, 2014 - Google Patents
A position and orientation measurement apparatus comprises: a distance information
obtaining unit adapted to obtain distance information of a target object captured by a …

Querying a database based on a parametric view function

A Lieutier - US Patent 10,719,549, 2020 - Google Patents
A computer-implemented method queries a database that comprises modeled objects. Each
modeled object represents a physical attribute of a respective real object. The database …

Querying a database with morphology criterion

R Rorato - US Patent 10,929,433, 2021 - Google Patents
The invention notably relates to a computer-implemented method for querying a database.
The database comprises 3D modeled objects that each represent a mechanical part. The …