Patents by Inventor Jon Scott McElvain

Jon Scott McElvain 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: 11922639
    Abstract: A method for generating an high-dynamic-range (HDR) color image from a dual-exposure-time single-shot HDR color image sensor includes obtaining pixel values generated by a local region of sensor pixels of the image sensor, determining a motion parameter for the local region from pixel values associated with a first color, and demosaicing the pixel values of the local region to determine, for each of three colors, an output value of the images pixel, wherein relative contributions of short-exposure-time pixels and long-exposure-time pixels to the output value are weighted according to the motion parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Yuelong Li, Jon Scott McElvain, Mohammad Tofighi
  • Publication number: 20220256071
    Abstract: A high-dynamic-range (HDR) camera module with adaptive image data linearization includes (i) an HDR image sensor configured to generate tone-compressed HDR images as respective frames that include active pixel data and metadata, (ii) a processor outside the HDR image sensor, and (iii) a memory outside the HDR image sensor and storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, control the processor to: (a) extract, from a frame of a first tone-compressed HDR image, tone-compressed pixel intensities from the active pixel data and a histogram of pre-tone-compression pixel intensities from the metadata, (b) derive, from the tone-compressed pixel intensities and the histogram, a correspondence between tone-compressed pixel intensities and pre-tone-compression pixel intensities, and (c) linearize at least a portion of the active pixel data of either the first tone-compressed HDR image or a subsequent tone-compressed HDR image, according to the correspondence, to produce a linearized HDR ima
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventor: Jon Scott MCELVAIN
  • Publication number: 20210248758
    Abstract: A method for generating an high-dynamic-range (HDR) color image from a dual-exposure-time single-shot HDR color image sensor includes obtaining pixel values generated by a local region of sensor pixels of the image sensor, determining a motion parameter for the local region from pixel values associated with a first color, and demosaicing the pixel values of the local region to determine, for each of three colors, an output value of the images pixel, wherein relative contributions of short-exposure-time pixels and long-exposure-time pixels to the output value are weighted according to the motion parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Yuelong Li, Jon Scott McElvain, Mohammad Tofighi