Matthew C Hill

US Patent:

7016539, Mar 21, 2006

Filed:

Jul 13, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/114335

Inventors:

William M. Silver - Weston MA, US
E. John McGarry - Portland OR, US
Matthew L. Hill - Yonkers NY, US
Nigel Foster - Newton MA, US
Sanjay Nichani - Natick MA, US
Willard P. Foster - Brookline MA, US
Adam Wagman - Framingham MA, US

Assignee:

Cognex Corporation - Natick MA

International Classification:

G06K 9/62

US Classification:

382216, 382291

Abstract:

Disclosed is a method for determining the absence or presence of one or more instances of a predetermined pattern in an image, and for determining the location of each found instance within a multidimensional space. A model represents the pattern to be found, the model including a plurality of probes. Each probe represents a relative position at which a test is performed in an image at a given pose, each such test contributing evidence that the pattern exists at the pose. The method further includes a comparison of the model with a run-time image at each of a plurality of poses. A match score is computed at each pose to provide a match score surface. Then, the match score is compared with an accept threshold, and used to provide the location any instances of the pattern in the image.

US Patent:

8363956, Jan 29, 2013

Filed:

Dec 30, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/028008

Inventors:

William M. Silver - Weston MA, US
E. John McGarry - Portland OR, US
Matthew L. Hill - Yonkers NY, US
Nigel J. Foster - Newton MA, US
Sanjay Nichani - Natick MA, US
Willard P. Foster - Brookline MA, US
Adam Wagman - Framingham MA, US

Assignee:

Cognex Corporation - Natick MA

International Classification:

G06K 9/62

US Classification:

382209, 382181, 382190, 382276

Abstract:

Disclosed is a method for determining the absence or presence of one or more instances of a predetermined pattern in an image, and for determining the location of each found instance within a multidimensional space. A model represents the pattern to be found, the model including a plurality of probes. Each probe represents a relative position at which a test is performed in an image at a given pose, each such test contributing evidence that the pattern exists at the pose. The method further includes a comparison of the model with a run-time image at each of a plurality of poses. A match score is computed at each pose to provide a match score surface. Then, the match score is compared with an accept threshold, and used to provide the location any instances of the pattern in the image.

US Patent:

8363972, Jan 29, 2013

Filed:

Dec 31, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/027963

Inventors:

William M. Silver - Weston MA, US
E. John McGarry - Portland OR, US
Matthew L. Hill - Yonkers NY, US
Nigel J. Foster - Newton MA, US
Sanjay Nichani - Natick MA, US
Willard P. Foster - Brookline MA, US
Adam Wagman - Framingham MA, US

Assignee:

Cognex Corporation - Natick MA

International Classification:

G06K 9/62

US Classification:

382261, 382181, 382209

Abstract:

Disclosed is a method for determining the absence or presence of one or more instances of a predetermined pattern in an image, and for determining the location of each found instance within a multidimensional space. A model represents the pattern to be found, the model including a plurality of probes. Each probe represents a relative position at which a test is performed in an image at a given pose, each such test contributing evidence that the pattern exists at the pose. The method further includes a comparison of the model with a run-time image at each of a plurality of poses. A match score is computed at each pose to provide a match score surface. Then, the match score is compared with an accept threshold, and used to provide the location any instances of the pattern in the image.

US Patent:

20210134042, May 6, 2021

Filed:

Oct 16, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/073217

Inventors:

- München, DE
- Austin TX, US
Michael BLACK - Tübingen, DE
Silvia ZUFFI - Bologna, IT
Alice O'TOOLE - Dallas TX, US
Matthew Q. HILL - Dallas TX, US
Carina A. HAHN - Dallas TX, US

International Classification:

G06T 13/40
G06T 15/00

Abstract:

A computer-implemented method for indexing a database of human body shapes, wherein the human body shapes are represented in terms of coefficient vectors in a geometric body space. The method includes predicting, for human body shapes in the database, a vector of word ratings, based on parameters of the human body shape, using a mapping between the geometric body space and a linguistic body space, wherein the linguistic body space is represented in terms of body descriptor words; and storing the body descriptor words and their predicted rating values in the database with each human body shape.