Norbert Stöffler
Norbert Stöffler

Having graduated in Electrical Engineering I stayed at the Lab for Real-Time Computer Systems at TUM as an assistant researcher. My main interest were Autonomous Robots and the application of Computer Vision to this field, and I have kept some relic web pages from this cool university times here.

After finishing my PhD (Dr.-Ing.) I started at DynaPel Systems, a spin-off from a former video research lab of the Kirch Group. There, I developed real-time video-analytics systems, productized in the SteadyEye and CloseView appliances. In 2005 I moved on to Freescale Semiconductors (now NXP) and began working on video-centric IP-Cores (ADAS vision accelerator demo here).

Then I joined a startup named Metaio in 2011, building up a team and leading the development of the "AR Engine", an IP-Core for next generation Augmented Reality on smart phones. When Metaio was acquired by Apple in 2015, I moved to the San Francisco bay area and joined their Special Projects Group.

After returning to Munich I started working at the Intel Drone Group, managing the F8+ firmware development. Since 2020 I am back in research, investigating Dependable Computing in Robotics at the Intel Labs.

Patents

Stöffler N.; Peng, Y.: Integrity and Safety Checking for Robots.
Stöffler N.; Peng, Y.; Paulitsch M.: Sensor Verifier and Method.
Stöffler N. et al.: Enhanced Robot Safety Perception and Integrity Monitoring.
Stöffler N. et al.: Unintended Human Action Detection in an AMR Environment.
Stöffler N. et al.: Pedestrian Traffic Management.
Stöffler N.; Rosales, R.; Scholl, K.U.: Strapless Autonomous Extended Reality Viewer.
Kern, L.; Stöffler N.: Apparatus and method for detecting a feature in an image. (WO/2016/0063349)
Stöffler, N.; Meier P.: Method of matching image features with reference features and integrated circuit therefor. (WO/2013/071981)
Deur, M.; Herrmann, S.; Stöffler, N.: Pixel data processing apparatus and method of processing pixel data. (WO/2011/051756)
Stöffler, N.; Raubuch, M.: System and method for efficient image feature extraction. (WO/2010/076668)
Raubuch, M.; Stöffler, N.: Microprocessor architecture and method of instruction decoding. (WO/2010/084379)


Publications and Invited Talks