Enrico Dibernardo

7805025, Sep 28, 2010

Jun 10, 2009

12/482314

Enrico DiBernardo - Pasadena CA, US
Luis F. Goncalves - South Pasadena CA, US

Vederi, LLC - Pasadena CA

G06K 9/60
G08G 1/123
H04N 7/00
G01C 21/00

382305, 3409951, 348113, 701200

A system and method synthesizing images of a locale to generate a composite image that provide a panoramic view of the locale. A video camera moves along a street recording images of objects along the street. A GPS receiver and inertial navigation system provide the position of the camera as the images are being recorded. The images are indexed with the position data provided by the GPS receiver and inertial navigation system. The composite image is created on a column-by-column basis by determining which of the acquired images contains the desired pixel column, extracting the pixels associated with the column, and stacking the columns side by side. The composite images are stored in an image database and associated with a street name and number range of the street being depicted in the image. The image database covers a substantial amount of a geographic area allowing a user to visually navigate the area from a user terminal.

8295955, Oct 23, 2012

Aug 5, 2011

13/204075

Enrico DiBernardo - Glendora CA, US
Paolo Pirjanian - Glendale CA, US

Evolutions Robotics, Inc. - Pasadena CA

G05B 19/18

700 56, 700 59, 701114

The invention is generally related to the estimation of position and orientation of an object with respect to a local or a global coordinate system using reflected light sources. A typical application of the method and apparatus includes estimation and tracking of the position of a mobile autonomous robot. Other applications include estimation and tracking of an object for position-aware, ubiquitous devices. Additional applications include tracking of the positions of people or pets in an indoor environment. The methods and apparatus comprise one or more optical emitters, one or more optical sensors, signal processing circuitry, and signal processing methods to determine the position and orientation of at least one of the optical sensors based at least in part on the detection of the signal of one or more emitted light sources reflected from a surface.

7996097, Aug 9, 2011

May 14, 2010

12/780746

Enrico DiBernardo - Glendora CA, US
Paolo Pirjanian - Glendale CA, US

Evolution Robotics, Inc. - Pasadena CA

G05B 19/18

700 56, 700 59, 701207

The invention is generally related to the estimation of position and orientation of an object with respect to a local or a global coordinate system using reflected light sources. A typical application of the method and apparatus includes estimation and tracking of the position of a mobile autonomous robot. Other applications include estimation and tracking of an object for position-aware, ubiquitous devices. Additional applications include tracking of the positions of people or pets in an indoor environment. The methods and apparatus comprise one or more optical emitters, one or more optical sensors, signal processing circuitry, and signal processing methods to determine the position and orientation of at least one of the optical sensors based at least in part on the detection of the signal of one or more emitted light sources reflected from a surface.

20050213082, Sep 29, 2005

Mar 25, 2005

11/090621

Enrico DiBernardo - Glendora CA, US
Paolo Pirjanian - Glendale CA, US

Evolution Robotics, Inc. - Pasadena CA

G01C003/00
G01C003/08
G01C005/00

356139030, 356004010, 356003100

The invention is generally related to the estimation of position and orientation of an object with respect to a local or a global coordinate system using reflected light sources. A typical application of the method and apparatus includes estimation and tracking of the position of a mobile autonomous robot. Other applications include estimation and tracking of an object for position-aware, ubiquitous devices. Additional applications include tracking of the positions of people or pets in an indoor environment. The methods and apparatus comprise one or more optical emitters, one or more optical sensors, signal processing circuitry, and signal processing methods to determine the position and orientation of at least one of the optical sensors based at least in part on the detection of the signal of one or more emitted light sources reflected from a surface.

20060020369, Jan 26, 2006

Jun 30, 2005

11/171031

Charles Taylor - Punta Gorda FL, US
Andrew Parker - Novato CA, US
Shek Lau - Foster City CA, US
Eric Blair - San Rafael CA, US
Andrew Heninger - Stanford CA, US
Eric Ng - San Leandro CA, US
Enrico DiBernardo - Glendora CA, US
Robert Witman - Pasadena CA, US
Michael Stout - Rancho Palos Verdes CA, US

G06F 19/00

700245000, 318568120

The invention covers a robot cleaner that includes a cleaning unit and wheels to move the robot cleaner. The robot cleaner also includes a processor for controlling cleaning that is capable of estimating the size of a room based on distances between obstacles. The robot cleaner has several modes of operation that allow it to clean an entire room more effectively.

20070299604, Dec 27, 2007

Jun 11, 2007

11/761361

ENRICO DiBERNARDO - Pasadena CA, US
Luis Goncalves - South Pasadena CA, US

G01C 21/00

701207000

A system and method synthesizing images of a locale to generate a composite image that provide a panoramic view of the locale. A video camera moves along a street recording images of objects along the street. A GPS receiver and inertial navigation system provide the position of the camera as the images are being recorded. The images are indexed with the position data provided by the GPS receiver and inertial navigation system. The composite image is created on a column-by-column basis by determining which of the acquired images contains the desired pixel column, extracting the pixels associated with the column, and stacking the columns side by side. The composite images are stored in an image database and associated with a street name and number range of the street being depicted in the image. The image database covers a substantial amount of a geographic area allowing a user to visually navigate the area from a user terminal.