Patents by Inventor Ermal Dreshaj

Ermal Dreshaj 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).

  • Video communication with three dimensional perception
    Patent number: 9106908
    Abstract: Generally, this disclosure provides methods and systems for real-time video communication with three dimensional perception image rendering through generated parallax effects based on identification, segmentation and tracking of foreground and background layers of an image. The system may include an image segmentation module configured to segment a current local video frame into a local foreground layer and a local background layer and to generate a local foreground mask based on an estimated boundary between the local foreground layer and the local background layer; a face tracking module configured to track a position of a local user's face; a background layer estimation module configured to estimate a remote background layer; and an image rendering module configured to render a 3D perception image based on the estimated remote background layer, the current remote video frame and the remote foreground mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Yi Wu, Wei Sun, Michael M. Chu, Ermal Dreshaj, Philip Muse, Lucas B. Ainsworth, Garth Shoemaker, Igor V. Kozintsev
  • VIDEO COMMUNICATION WITH THREE DIMENSIONAL PERCEPTION
    Publication number: 20140028794
    Abstract: Generally, this disclosure provides methods and systems for real-time video communication with three dimensional perception image rendering through generated parallax effects based on identification, segmentation and tracking of foreground and background layers of an image. The system may include an image segmentation module configured to segment a current local video frame into a local foreground layer and a local background layer and to generate a local foreground mask based on an estimated boundary between the local foreground layer and the local background layer; a face tracking module configured to track a position of a local user's face; a background layer estimation module configured to estimate a remote background layer; and an image rendering module configured to render a 3D perception image based on the estimated remote background layer, the current remote video frame and the remote foreground mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Yi Wu, Wei Sun, Michael M. Chu, Ermal Dreshaj, Philip Muse, Lucas B. Ainsworth, Garth Shoemaker, Igor V. Kozintsev