Patents by Inventor Kyler William Schwartz
Kyler William Schwartz 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).
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Patent number: 11985425Abstract: A video may be captured by an image capture device in motion. A stabilized view of the video may be generated by providing a punchout of the video. The punchout of the video may compensate for rotation of the image capture device during capture of the video. The size of the punchout of the video may be changed based on different rotational positions of to provide a view that includes different extents of the captured visual content. The changes in the size of the punchout may simulate changes in zoom of the visual content.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2023Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz, Peter Tran
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Patent number: 11887210Abstract: Methods and apparatus for image processing of spherical content via hardware acceleration components. In one embodiment, an EAC image is subdivided into facets via existing software addressing and written into the memory buffers (normally used for rectilinear cubemaps) in a graphics processing unit (GPU). The EAC facets may be translated, rotated, and/or mirrored so as to align with the expected three-dimensional (3D) coordinate space. The GPU may use existing hardware accelerator logic, parallelization, and/or addressing logic to greatly improve 3D image processing effects (such as a multi-band blend using Gaussian blurs.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: William Edward MacDonald, Kyler William Schwartz, David A. Newman
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Publication number: 20230410251Abstract: Apparatus and methods for optimized stitching of overcapture content. In one embodiment, the optimized stitching of the overcapture content includes capturing the overcapture content; producing overlap bands associated with the captured overcapture content; downsampling the produced overlap bands; generating derivative images from the downsampled overlap bands; generating a cost map associated with the generated derivative images; determining shortest path information for the generated cost map; generating a warp file based on the determined shortest path information, the generated warp file being utilized for the optimized stitching of the overcapture content. Camera apparatus and a non-transitory computer-readable apparatus are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Daryl Stimm, David Newman, Kyler William Schwartz, William Edward MacDonald
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Publication number: 20230412788Abstract: A viewing direction may define an angle/visual portion of a spherical video at which a viewing window is directed. A trajectory of viewing direction may include changes in viewing directions for playback of spherical video. Abrupt changes in the viewing directions may result in jerky or shaky views of the spherical video. Changes in the viewing directions may be stabilized to provide stabilized views of the spherical video. Amount of stabilization may be limited by a margin constraint.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Daryl Stimm, William Edward MacDonald, Kyler William Schwartz
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Publication number: 20230362487Abstract: Positions of an image capture device during capture of a video may be transferred to a computing device before the video is transferred to the computing device. The positions of the image capture device may be used to determine a viewing window for the video before the video is obtained. The viewing window may be used to present a stabilized view of the video when the video is obtained. For example, a stabilized view of the video may be presented as the video is streamed to the computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz, Kevin Marcus Grant
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Patent number: 11783447Abstract: Apparatus and methods for optimized stitching of overcapture content. In one embodiment, the optimized stitching of the overcapture content includes capturing the overcapture content; producing overlap bands associated with the captured overcapture content; downsampling the produced overlap bands; generating derivative images from the downsampled overlap bands; generating a cost map associated with the generated derivative images; determining shortest path information for the generated cost map; generating a warp file based on the determined shortest path information, the generated warp file being utilized for the optimized stitching of the overcapture content. Camera apparatus and a non-transitory computer-readable apparatus are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Daryl Stimm, David Newman, Kyler William Schwartz, William Edward MacDonald
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Publication number: 20230317115Abstract: A video may include visual content having a progress length. A user may interact with a mobile device to set framings of the visual content at moments within the progress length. The framings of the visual content may be provided to a video editing application. The video editing application may utilize the framings set via the mobile device to provide preliminary framings of the visual content at the moments within the progress length.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Scott Corbin, Joshua Hamill, Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz
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Publication number: 20230308601Abstract: Multiple framings of a video may define different positionings of a viewing window at different moments within the video. The positionings of the viewing window defined by the multiple framings may be used as fixed positionings of the viewing window in a viewing path. The viewing path may define changes in the positioning of the viewing window between the fixed positionings. A presentation of the video may be generated to include the extents of the video within the viewing window.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz, William Edward MacDonald
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Patent number: 11750790Abstract: A viewing direction may define an angle/visual portion of a spherical video at which a viewing window is directed. A trajectory of viewing direction may include changes in viewing directions for playback of spherical video. Abrupt changes in the viewing directions may result in jerky or shaky views of the spherical video. Changes in the viewing directions may be stabilized to provide stabilized views of the spherical video. Amount of stabilization may be limited by a margin constraint.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Daryl Stimm, William Edward MacDonald, Kyler William Schwartz
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Patent number: 11721366Abstract: A video may include visual content having a progress length. A user may interact with a mobile device to set framings of the visual content at moments within the progress length. The framings of the visual content may be provided to a video editing application. The video editing application may utilize the framings set via the mobile device to provide preliminary framings of the visual content at the moments within the progress length.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Scott Corbin, Joshua Hamill, Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz
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Publication number: 20230247292Abstract: Methods and apparatus for stabilizing image data based on a lens polynomial. Non-rectilinear footage can be captured and rectified in-camera; the rectified images may be stabilized to provide rectified stable video. In one exemplary embodiment, the footage is rectified and stabilized based on a lens polynomial and the camera's own movement. In some variants, the rectified stable video may be stored along with its margin track. In-camera rectified stable video provides several benefits over traditional techniques (e.g., the ability to share rectilinear content from the camera without additional post-processing, as well as reduced file sizes of the shared videos). Lens-aware post-processing can reuse portions of the in-camera rectified stable videos while providing additional benefits (e.g., the ability to re-frame the video in post-production).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2022Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz, Andrew Russell, Robert McIntosh
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Patent number: 11706527Abstract: Positions of an image capture device during capture of a video may be transferred to a computing device before the video is transferred to the computing device. The positions of the image capture device may be used to determine a viewing window for the video before the video is obtained. The viewing window may be used to present a stabilized view of the video when the video is obtained. For example, a stabilized view of the video may be presented as the video is streamed to the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz, Kevin Marcus Grant
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Patent number: 11683440Abstract: Multiple framings of a video may define different positionings of a viewing window at different moments within the video. The positionings of the viewing window defined by the multiple framings may be used as fixed positionings of the viewing window in a viewing path. The viewing path may define changes in the positioning of the viewing window between the fixed positionings. A presentation of the video may be generated to include the extents of the video within the viewing window.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz, William Edward MacDonald
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Publication number: 20230179862Abstract: A video may be captured by an image capture device in motion. A stabilized view of the video may be generated by providing a punchout of the video. The punchout of the video may compensate for rotation of the image capture device during capture of the video. The size of the punchout of the video may be changed based on different rotational positions of to provide a view that includes different extents of the captured visual content. The changes in the size of the punchout may simulate changes in zoom of the visual content.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2023Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz, Peter Tran
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Patent number: 11622076Abstract: A video may be captured by an image capture device in motion. A stabilized view of the video may be generated by providing a punchout of the video. The punchout of the video may compensate for rotation of the image capture device during capture of the video. The size of the punchout of the video may be changed based on different rotational positions of to provide a view that includes different extents of the captured visual content. The changes in the size of the punchout may simulate changes in zoom of the visual content.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz, Peter Tran
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Publication number: 20230034490Abstract: Multiple framings of a video may define different positionings of a viewing window at different moments within the video. The positionings of the viewing window defined by the multiple framings may be used as fixed positionings of the viewing window in a viewing path. The viewing path may define changes in the positioning of the viewing window between the fixed positionings. A presentation of the video may be generated to include the extents of the video within the viewing window.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz, William Edward MacDonald
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Publication number: 20230011843Abstract: Methods and apparatus for image processing of spherical content via hardware acceleration components. In one embodiment, an EAC image is subdivided into facets via existing software addressing and written into the memory buffers (normally used for rectilinear cubemaps) in a graphics processing unit (GPU). The EAC facets may be translated, rotated, and/or mirrored so as to align with the expected three-dimensional (3D) coordinate space. The GPU may use existing hardware accelerator logic, parallelization, and/or addressing logic to greatly improve 3D image processing effects (such as a multi-band blend using Gaussian blurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: William Edward MacDonald, Kyler William Schwartz, David A. Newman
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Patent number: 11481863Abstract: Methods and apparatus for image processing of spherical content via hardware acceleration components. In one embodiment, an EAC image is subdivided into facets via existing software addressing and written into the memory buffers (normally used for rectilinear cubemaps) in a graphics processing unit (GPU). The EAC facets may be translated, rotated, and/or mirrored so as to align with the expected three-dimensional (3D) coordinate space. The GPU may use existing hardware accelerator logic, parallelization, and/or addressing logic to greatly improve 3D image processing effects (such as a multi-band blend using Gaussian blurs.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Inventors: William Edward MacDonald, Kyler William Schwartz, David A. Newman
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Patent number: 11477394Abstract: Multiple framings of a video may define different positionings of a viewing window at different moments within the video. The positionings of the viewing window defined by the multiple framings may be used as fixed positionings of the viewing window in a viewing path. The viewing path may define changes in the positioning of the viewing window between the fixed positionings. A presentation of the video may be generated to include the extents of the video within the viewing window.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz, William Edward MacDonald
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Publication number: 20220279128Abstract: A video may be captured by an image capture device in motion. A horizon-leveled view of the video may be generated by providing a punchout of the video. The punchout of the video may compensate for rotation of the image capture device during capture of the video. The placement of the punchout of the video may be changed based on different rotational positions of to provide a view in which a horizon depicted within the video is leveled.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Daryl Stimm, Kyler William Schwartz, Jonathan Leland Thorn