Patents by Inventor Graham L. Fyffe

Graham L. Fyffe 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).

  • Patent number: 11972526
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that present a view of a device user's face portion, that would otherwise be blocked by an electronic device positioned in front of the face, on an outward-facing display of the user's device. The view of the user's face portion may be configured to enable observers to see the user's eyes and facial expressions as if they were seeing through a clear device at the user's actual eyes and facial expressions. Various techniques are used to provide views of the user's face that are realistic, that show the user's current facial appearance, and/or that present the face portion with 3D spatial accuracy, e.g., each eye appearing to be in its actual 3D position. Some implementations combine live data with previously-obtained data, e.g., combining live data with enrollment data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gilles M. Cadet, Shaobo Guan, Olivier Soares, Graham L. Fyffe, Yang Song
  • Patent number: 10099644
    Abstract: A facial image capture system may capture images of a face of a person while the person is moving. A video camera may capture sequential images of a scene to which the video camera is directed. A marker-based location detection system may determine and generate information about the location of a marker worn on or close to the face of the person. A camera control system may automatically adjusts both the horizontal and vertical direction to which the video camera is directed so as to cause the sequential images of the camera to each be of the face of the person while the person is moving, based on the information about the location of the marker from the marker-based location detection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: University of Southern California
    Inventors: Paul E. Debevec, Mark Bolas, Graham L. Fyffe
  • Publication number: 20150350537
    Abstract: A facial image capture system may capture images of a face of a person while the person is moving. A video camera may capture sequential images of a scene to which the video camera is directed. A marker-based location detection system may determine and generate information about the location of a marker worn on or close to the face of the person. A camera control system may automatically adjusts both the horizontal and vertical direction to which the video camera is directed so as to cause the sequential images of the camera to each be of the face of the person while the person is moving, based on the information about the location of the marker from the marker-based location detection system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Paul E. Debevec, Mark Bolas, Graham L. Fyffe