Patents by Inventor Daniel H. Zhang

Daniel H. Zhang 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: 20180292896
    Abstract: In one example, a head-mounted display (HMD) device includes a laser pattern generator to generate a pattern that is directed into an eye and reflected off of a retina and back out of the eye. A camera is included to capture an image of a reflected pattern from the retina. A pattern analyzer is included to determine a point spread function for the eye from the reflected pattern and to determine a focus plane for a user from the point spread function. A rendering engine renders the content on a display, wherein content at the focus plane is rendered at a higher resolution of the display, and content not at the focus plane is rendered at a lower resolution for the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richmond F. Hicks, Daniel H. Zhang
  • Patent number: 9835773
    Abstract: A depth sensing multiple camera system is described that uses depth sensing cameras. In one example, the camera system includes a primary auto-focus camera to capture an image of a scene at a first focus distance, the primary camera having a fixed field of view through different focus distances, a secondary auto-focus camera to capture an image of the same scene at a second focus distance, the secondary camera having a fixed field of view through different focus distances, and a processor having a port coupled to the primary camera to receive images from the primary camera and also coupled to the secondary camera to receive images from the secondary camera and to determine a depth map for the captured primary camera image using the captured secondary camera image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel H. Zhang, Richmond Hicks
  • Publication number: 20170186170
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and/or methods may provide for identifying a face of a user by extracting contour information from images of shadows cast on the face by a facial features illuminated by a controllable source of illumination. The source of illumination may be left, center, and right portions of the light emitting diode (LED) display on a smart phone, tablet, or notebook that has a forward-facing two-dimensional (2D) camera for obtaining the images. In one embodiment, the user is successively photographed under illumination provided using the left, the center, and the right portions of the LED display, providing shadows on the face from which identifying contour information may be extracted and/or determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas A. Nugraha, Ramon C. Cancel Olmo, Daniel H. Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170054967
    Abstract: A depth sensing multiple camera system is described that uses depth sensing cameras. In one example, the camera system includes a primary auto-focus camera to capture an image of a scene at a first focus distance, the primary camera having a fixed field of view through different focus distances, a secondary auto-focus camera to capture an image of the same scene at a second focus distance, the secondary camera having a fixed field of view through different focus distances, and a processor having a port coupled to the primary camera to receive images from the primary camera and also coupled to the secondary camera to receive images from the secondary camera and to determine a depth map for the captured primary camera image using the captured secondary camera image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel H. Zhang, Richmond Hicks
  • Patent number: 9426450
    Abstract: A depth sensing multiple camera system is described that uses depth sensing cameras. In one example, the camera system includes a primary auto-focus camera to capture an image of a scene at a first focus distance, the primary camera having a fixed field of view through different focus distances, a secondary auto-focus camera to capture an image of the same scene at a second focus distance, the secondary camera having a fixed field of view through different focus distances, and a processor having a first port coupled to the primary camera to receive images from the primary camera and a second port to receive images from the secondary camera and to determine a depth map for the captured primary camera image using the captured secondary camera image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel H. Zhang, Richmond Hicks