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Michael Kroepfl — 23 Patents

Microsoft: 15 patents #2,633 of 40,388Top 7%
NVIDIA: 8 patents #932 of 7,811Top 15%
Kirkland, WA: #232 of 3,517 inventorsTop 7%
Washington: #3,876 of 76,902 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
Michael Kroepfl has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at Microsoft. The first was granted in 2011 and the most recent in September 2025. Michael Kroepfl ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list Michael Kroepfl in Kirkland, WA, US.

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Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12416714 Sensor data point cloud generation for map creation and localization for autonomous systems and applications Amir Akbarzadeh, Andrew Carley, Birgit Henke, Si Lu, Ivana Stojanovic +4 more 2025-09-16
12292495 Sensor data based map creation for autonomous systems and applications Amir Akbarzadeh, Andrew Carley, Birgit Henke, Si Lu, Ivana Stojanovic +4 more 2025-05-06
12189018 Sensor data based map creation and localization for autonomous systems and applications Amir Akbarzadeh, Andrew Carley, Birgit Henke, Si Lu, Ivana Stojanovic +5 more 2025-01-07
11908203 Analysis of point cloud data using depth maps Ishwar Kulkarni, Ibrahim Eden, David Nister 2024-02-20 $2,198,118,000
11698272 Map creation and localization for autonomous driving applications Amir Akbarzadeh, Ruchi Bhargava, Vaibhav Thukral, Neda Cvijetic, Vadim Cugunovs +11 more 2023-07-11 $2,115,530,000
11477374 Three dimensional image capture system for imaging building facades using a digital camera, a near-infrared camera, and laser range finder Michael Gruber, Martin Ponticelli, Stephen L. Lawler, Joachim Bauer, Franz W. Leberl +5 more 2022-10-18 $176,053,000
11301697 Analysis of point cloud data using depth maps Ishwar Kulkarni, Ibrahim Eden, David Nister 2022-04-12 $1,737,651,000
10776983 Analysis of point cloud data using depth and texture maps Ishwar Kulkarni, Ibrahim Eden, David Nister 2020-09-15 $530,155,000
10769840 Analysis of point cloud data using polar depth maps and planarization techniques Ishwar Kulkarni, Ibrahim Eden, David Nister 2020-09-08 $880,922,000
10715724 Vehicle-mounted sensor system that includes cameras and laser measurement systems Michael Gruber, Martin Ponticelli, Stephen L. Lawler, Joachim Bauer, Franz W. Leberl +5 more 2020-07-14 $94,985,000
9091755 Three dimensional image capture system for imaging building facades using a digital camera, near-infrared camera, and laser range finder Michael Gruber, Martin Ponticelli, Stephen L. Lawler, Joachim Bauer, Franz W. Leberl +5 more 2015-07-28 $31,589,000
8971641 Spatial image index and associated updating functionality Daniel Buchmueller, David Nister, Vadim Cugunovs, Blaise Aguera-Arcas, Scott V. Fynn +1 more 2015-03-03 $20,156,000
8831380 Viewing media in the context of street-level images Eyal Ofek, Julian Walker, Gonzalo Alberto Ramos, Blaise Aguera y Arcas 2014-09-09 $31,811,000
8675122 Determining exposure time in a digital camera Martin Ponticelli, Hannes Hegenbarth, Gur Kimchi, John Charles Curlander 2014-03-18 $35,700,000
8611643 Spatially registering user photographs Eyal Ofek, Dan Hou, Blaise Aguera y Arcas, Scott V. Fynn, Roberto R. Molinari +1 more 2013-12-17 $25,958,000
8447136 Viewing media in the context of street-level images Eyal Ofek, Julian Walker, Gonzalo Alberto Ramos, Blaise Aguera y Arcas 2013-05-21 $24,092,000
8428088 Synchronization of multiple data sources to a common time base Gerhard Neuhold, Stefan Bernögger, Martin Ponticelli, Joachim Pehserl, Gur Kimchi +1 more 2013-04-23 $18,172,000
8429156 Spatial attribute ranking value index Daniel Buchmueller, Frederik Schaffalitzky 2013-04-23 $18,172,000
8295589 Spatially registering user photographs Eyal Ofek, Dan Hou, Blaise Aguera y Arcas, Scott V. Fynn, Roberto R. Molinari +1 more 2012-10-23 $17,154,000
8284250 Determining trigger rate for a digital camera Joachim Bauer, Gerhard Neuhold, Stefan Bernögger, Gur Kimchi, John Charles Curlander 2012-10-09 $19,647,000
8244431 Determining velocity using multiple sensors Joachim Pehserl, Joachim Bauer, Stephen L. Lawler, Gur Kimchi, John Charles Curlander 2012-08-14 $12,366,000
8189925 Geocoding by image matching Eyal Ofek, Yonatan Wexler, Donald Wysocki, Gur Kimchi 2012-05-29 $15,522,000
7974314 Synchronization of multiple data source to a common time base Gerhard Neuhold, Stefan Bernögger, Martin Ponticelli, Joachim Pehserl, Gur Kimchi +1 more 2011-07-05 $15,908,000