Patents by Inventor Mark VandeWettering

Mark VandeWettering 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: 9197799
    Abstract: Light field imaging systems, and in particular light field lenses that can be mated with a variety of conventional cameras (e.g., digital or photographic/film, image and video/movie cameras) to create light field imaging systems. Light field data collected by these light field imaging systems can then be used to produce 2D images, right eye/left eye 3D images, to refocus foreground images and/or background images together or separately (depth of field adjustments), and to move the camera angle, as well as to render and manipulate images using a computer graphics rendering engine and compositing tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: PIXAR
    Inventors: David DiFrancesco, Thomas Douglas Selkirk Duff, Mark VandeWettering
  • Publication number: 20140132820
    Abstract: Light field imaging systems, and in particular light field lenses that can be mated with a variety of conventional cameras (e.g., digital or photographic/film, image and video/movie cameras) to create light field imaging systems. Light field data collected by these light field imaging systems can then be used to produce 2D images, right eye/left eye 3D images, to refocus foreground images and/or background images together or separately (depth of field adjustments), and to move the camera angle, as well as to render and manipulate images using a computer graphics rendering engine and compositing tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Pixar
    Inventors: David DiFrancesco, Thomas Douglas Selkirk Duff, Mark VandeWettering
  • Patent number: 8502909
    Abstract: Light field imaging systems, and in particular light field lenses that can be mated with a variety of conventional cameras (e.g., digital or photographic/film, image and video/movie cameras) to create light field imaging systems. Light field data collected by these light field imaging systems can then be used to produce 2D images, right eye/left eye 3D images, to refocus foreground images and/or background images together or separately (depth of field adjustments), and to move the camera angle, as well as to render and manipulate images using a computer graphics rendering engine and compositing tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Pixar
    Inventors: David DiFrancesco, Thomas Douglas Selkirk Duff, Mark VandeWettering, Peter Flowers
  • Publication number: 20110169994
    Abstract: Light field imaging systems, and in particular light field lenses that can be mated with a variety of conventional cameras (e.g., digital or photographic/film, image and video/movie cameras) to create light field imaging systems. Light field data collected by these light field imaging systems can then be used to produce 2D images, right eye/left eye 3D images, to refocus foreground images and/or background images together or separately (depth of field adjustments), and to move the camera angle, as well as to render and manipulate images using a computer graphics rendering engine and compositing tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Pixar
    Inventors: David DiFrancesco, Thomas Douglas Selkirk Duff, Mark VandeWettering, Peter Flowers