Patents by Inventor Christian Haene

Christian Haene has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230419600
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to techniques for volumetric performance capture with neural rendering. A technique may involve initially obtaining images that depict a subject from multiple viewpoints and under various lighting conditions using a light stage and depth data corresponding to the subject using infrared cameras. A neural network may extract features of the subject from the images based on the depth data and map the features into a texture space (e.g., the UV texture space). A neural renderer can be used to generate an output image depicting the subject from a target view such that illumination of the subject in the output image aligns with the target view. The neural render may resample the features of the subject from the texture space to an image space to generate the output image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Sean Ryan Francesco FANELLO, Abhi MEKA, Rohit Kumar PANDEY, Christian HAENE, Sergio Orts ESCOLANO, Christoph RHEMANN, Paul DEBEVEC, Sofien BOUAZIZ, Thabo BEELER, Ryan OVERBECK, Peter BARNUM, Daniel ERICKSON, Philip DAVIDSON, Yinda ZHANG, Jonathan TAYLOR, Chloe LeGENDRE, Shahram IZADI
  • Patent number: 11810313
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a real-time active stereo system includes a capture system configured to capture stereo data, where the stereo data includes a first input image and a second input image, and a depth sensing computing system configured to predict a depth map. The depth sensing computing system includes a feature extractor configured to extract features from the first and second images at a plurality of resolutions, an initialization engine configured to generate a plurality of depth estimations, where each of the plurality of depth estimations corresponds to a different resolution, and a propagation engine configured to iteratively refine the plurality of depth estimations based on image warping and spatial propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Vladimir Tankovich, Christian Haene, Sean Ryan Francesco Fanello, Yinda Zhang, Shahram Izadi, Sofien Bouaziz, Adarsh Prakash Murthy Kowdle, Sameh Khamis
  • Publication number: 20230154051
    Abstract: Systems and methods are directed to encoding and/or decoding of the textures/geometry of a three-dimensional volumetric representation. An encoding computing system can obtain voxel blocks from a three-dimensional volumetric representation of an object. The encoding computing system can encode voxel blocks with a machine-learned voxel encoding model to obtain encoded voxel blocks. The encoding computing system can decode the encoded voxel blocks with a machine-learned voxel decoding model to obtain reconstructed voxel blocks. The encoding computing system can generate a reconstructed mesh representation of the object based at least in part on the one or more reconstructed voxel blocks. The encoding computing system can encode textures associated with the voxel blocks according to an encoding scheme and based at least in part on the reconstructed mesh representation of the object to obtain encoded textures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Danhang Tang, Saurabh Singh, Cem Keskin, Phillip Andrew Chou, Christian Haene, Mingsong Dou, Sean Ryan Francesco Fanello, Jonathan Taylor, Andrea Tagliasacchi, Philip Lindsley Davidson, Yinda Zhang, Onur Gonen Guleryuz, Shahram Izadi, Sofien Bouaziz
  • Publication number: 20220343525
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to joint depth prediction from dual cameras and dual pixels. An example method may involve obtaining a first set of depth information representing a scene from a first source and a second set of depth information representing the scene from a second source. The method may further involve determining, using a neural network, a joint depth map that conveys respective depths for elements in the scene. The neural network may determine the joint depth map based on a combination of the first set of depth information and the second set of depth information. In addition, the method may involve modifying an image representing the scene based on the joint depth map. For example, background portions of the image may be partially blurred based on the joint depth map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Rahul GARG, Neal WADHWA, Sean FANELLO, Christian HAENE, Yinda ZHANG, Sergio Orts ESCOLANO, Yael Pritch KNAAN, Marc LEVOY, Shahram IZADI
  • Publication number: 20220254147
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method can include a training phase and a hemorrhage detection phase. The training phase can include: receiving a first plurality of frames from at least one original computed tomography (CT) scan of a target subject, wherein each frame may or may not include a visual indication of a hemorrhage, and further wherein each frame including a visual indication of a hemorrhage has at least one label associated therewith; and using a fully convolutional neural network (FCN) to train a model by determining, for each of the first plurality of frames, whether at least one sub-portion of the frame includes a visual indication of a hemorrhage and classifying the sub-portion of the frame based on the determining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: JITENDRA MALIK, PRATIK MUKHERJEE, ESTHER L. YUH, WEI-CHENG KUO, CHRISTIAN HAENE
  • Patent number: 11335023
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a method for pose estimation using a convolutional neural network includes extracting features from an image, downsampling the features to a lower resolution, arranging the features into sets of features, where each set of features corresponds to a separate keypoint of a pose of a subject, updating, by at least one convolutional block, each set of features based on features of one or more neighboring keypoints using a kinematic structure, and predicting the pose of the subject using the updated sets of features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Sameh Khamis, Christian Haene, Hossam Isack, Cem Keskin, Sofien Bouaziz, Shahram Izadi
  • Publication number: 20210366146
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a method for pose estimation using a convolutional neural network includes extracting features from an image, downsampling the features to a lower resolution, arranging the features into sets of features, where each set of features corresponds to a separate keypoint of a pose of a subject, updating, by at least one convolutional block, each set of features based on features of one or more neighboring keypoints using a kinematic structure, and predicting the pose of the subject using the updated sets of features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Sameh Khamis, Christian Haene, Hossam Isack, Cem Keskin, Sofien Bouaziz, Shahram Izadi
  • Publication number: 20210264632
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a real-time active stereo system includes a capture system configured to capture stereo data, where the stereo data includes a first input image and a second input image, and a depth sensing computing system configured to predict a depth map. The depth sensing computing system includes a feature extractor configured to extract features from the first and second images at a plurality of resolutions, an initialization engine configured to generate a plurality of depth estimations, where each of the plurality of depth estimations corresponds to a different resolution, and a propagation engine configured to iteratively refine the plurality of depth estimations based on image warping and spatial propagation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Vladimir Tankovich, Christian Haene, Sean Rayn Francesco Fanello, Yinda Zhang, Shahram Izadi, Sofien Bouaziz, Adarsh Prakash Murthy Kowdle, Sameh Khamis
  • Patent number: 10997457
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for relighting images using predicted deep reflectance fields are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Christoph Rhemann, Abhimitra Meka, Matthew Whalen, Jessica Lynn Busch, Sofien Bouaziz, Geoffrey Douglas Harvey, Andrea Tagliasacchi, Jonathan Taylor, Paul Debevec, Peter Joseph Denny, Sean Ryan Francesco Fanello, Graham Fyffe, Jason Angelo Dourgarian, Xueming Yu, Adarsh Prakash Murthy Kowdle, Julien Pascal Christophe Valentin, Peter Christopher Lincoln, Rohit Kumar Pandey, Christian Häne, Shahram Izadi
  • Publication number: 20200372284
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for relighting images using predicted deep reflectance fields are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Christoph Rhemann, Abhimitra Meka, Matthew Whalen, Jessica Lynn Busch, Sofien Bouaziz, Geoffrey Douglas Harvey, Andrea Tagliasacchi, Jonathan Taylor, Paul Debevec, Peter Joseph Denny, Sean Ryan Francesco Fanello, Graham Fyffe, Jason Angelo Dourgarian, Xueming Yu, Adarsh Prakash Murthy Kowdle, Julien Pascal Christophe Valentin, Peter Christopher Lincoln, Rohit Kumar Pandey, Christian Häne, Shahram Izadi