Pose determination and tracking by matching 3D objects to a 2D sensor

TM Peurach, P Whalen, D Haanpaa, M Whalen… - US Patent …, 2001 - Google Patents
(56) References Cited An improved method of pose determination and tracking does away
with conventional Segmentation while taking US PATENT DOCUMENTS advantage of multi …

System and method of three-dimensional image capture and modeling

M Petrov, A Migdal, A Lebedev, V Shelyekhova… - US Patent …, 2006 - Google Patents
2001-08-13 Assigned to VIEWPOINT CORPORATION reassignment VIEWPOINT
CORPORATION ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR …

Image system for three dimensional, 360 DEGREE, time sequence surface map** of moving objects

SY Lu - US Patent 5,852,672, 1998 - Google Patents
[57] ABSTRACT A three-dimensional motion camera system comprises a light projector
placed between two synchronous video cam eras all focused on an object-of-interest. The …

Methods and apparatus for practical 3D vision system

AS Wallack, D Michael - US Patent 8,111,904, 2012 - Google Patents
US8111904B2 - Methods and apparatus for practical 3D vision system - Google Patents
US8111904B2 - Methods and apparatus for practical 3D vision system - Google Patents …

Processing of image obtained by multi-eye camera

M Ishikawa, K Iijima, K Yano, S Kurahashi… - US Patent …, 2003 - Google Patents
There is disclosed a binocular camera which can realize panoramic view and stereoscopic
view during image sensing. There is also disclosed a binocular camera which has two …

Methods and apparatus for controlling a video system with visually recognized props

RL Andersson - US Patent 6,243,491, 2001 - Google Patents
A passive prop for controlling the operation of a video game through visually detecting and
tracking the prop. One aspect of the invention is a spherical prop of principally one color, but …

Three-dimensional information processing apparatus and method

K Iijima, S Okauchi, M Matsugu, M Sekine… - US Patent …, 2002 - Google Patents
(*) Notice: This patent issued on a continued pros ecution application filed under 37 CFR
OTHER PUBLICATIONS 1.53 (d), and is subject to the twenty year patent term provisions of …

Image processing apparatus and image processing method

A Maki, M Watanabe, N Matsuda, C Wiles - US Patent 6,072,903, 2000 - Google Patents
[57] ABSTRACT A moving picture processing apparatus comprises an image capture unit for
taking in time-series images (moving picture series) of a target object, a feature point …

Method and arrangement for digitized three-dimensional sensing of the shape of bodies or body parts

R Massen - US Patent 5,911,126, 1999 - Google Patents
METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DIGITIZED THREE-DIMENSIONAL SENSING OF
THE SHAPE OF BODES OR BODY PARTS The invention relates to a method and an …

Machine vision calibration targets and methods of determining their location and orientation in an image

D Michael, A Wallack - US Patent 6,137,893, 2000 - Google Patents
A machine vision method analyzes a calibration target of the type having two or more
regions, each having a" imageable characteristic," eg, a different color, contrast, or …